A Month of Christmas

Our Christmas lasted about a month. First we had our own, then we had one with Brady's family, and then we had one with my family. It was fun because usually it seems like the holidays fly by. Here is a slide show of our fun times. Scroll over the pictures to see the caption. We were glad to miss most of the terrible snow storms and happy to be in some nice 80 degree weather. Braxton had the time of his life with his cousins. We learned that he can be very, very naughty when joined by other 2 year olds his age. He and his cousin Koy were especially naughty together. Braxton declared him to be his "best friend he's ever seen" within the first day of playing together. Brady and I both got i-pods to our surprise and Braxton got like 3 bowling sets (being that was the only thing he ever asked for). Many things can go on in a house of 18: we went caroling, had a bonfire, played kick-the-can, rode the 4-wheeler, the boys re-roofed the house, Brady jumped off the roof into the pool, my little sister broke her nose, my brother David got engaged, I cut every one's hair, my high school friend Brittani asked me to be a bridesmaid for her wedding, some people got sick and then passed it on to everyone else, we visited New Orleans, Brady went to a Hornets game and the Sugar bowl, we made tons of food every night, we fished in our pond, went to the Baton Rouge temple, watched movies, went to the movies....soo much!! It was a great 3 weeks! Coming home to Utah seemed foreign by the time we returned. Braxton even forgot where his room was. It took us all day to dig our cars out too. Although leaving was sad, being home has been nice(you know I love routines). Good thing my brother gets married Feb. 28, because now we get to see everyone again!