Where is home? I'm not even sure of that anymore, but we went to Idaho for Christmas! We stayed with my parents for a week and had loads of fun surrounded by family.
First things first, I love my mom's Christmas decorations, especially the ones she's had for forever.
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| I've been rearranging these little houses for more years than I can count! |
Now we can move on to some of the highlights of our vacation. The best part of it was spending time with family.
We had tons of fun sitting in Shay's parent's hot tub. (I didn't get any pictures because it was FREEZING cold outside, and I'm sure the only thing I would have captured in photo form would have been steam.)
We got to celebrate my nephew, Carter's 9th birthday with him! (Shhh. Don't tell Dani, but I stole these pictures from her Facebook. I'm not always the best at remembering to take pictures.)
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| A little laser tag action |
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| Solee with her crazy hair |
We went to a play/magic show at the Mystique Theater with my brother and his family.
Cayben had a sleepover with his cousin, Landon, and craziness ensued.
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| This escalated to them playing in the snow in their undies! Crazy boys! |
We made cookies and Christmas candies with my mom, sister, and nieces. This is a favorite tradition of mine mostly because I love sugar!
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| I just love Quincey's face! |
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| Aunt Crystal is much more patient than me. |
We got to hang out with Santa at Fred Meyer!
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| Yes, Cayben wore PJs to the store. And it's not even Walmart! |
I got to sleep under the Christmas tree with my kids and get snuggles from my babe. This only happened one night. My back couldn't handle sleeping on the hard wood floor for an entire week.
On Christmas Eve the Busenbarks came to town!
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| Solee, Embrie, & Sydnee |
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| Not a Busenbark |
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| Shay & Maelie |
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| My niece Maelie literally makes this face every time she looks at me. |
We had our Christmas Eve party with Shay's family at the Clark's house. We ate too much delicious food, opened presents, and played Jelly Belly Bean Boozled.
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| My niece, Ellyanna, likes me... |
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| and lets me give her lots of kisses! |
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| Embrie & Cayben |
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| The Boys |
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| Wesley, Cayben, Carter, & Ayden |
Both Kim & Nick got a skunk-spray flavored jelly bean. Delicious!
We came home from the Bullock party to find another party, a pajama party, at my parent's house!
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| Mikaiah, Me, Abigail, & Crystal |
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| Tyece, Kia, Me, Abby, & Crystal |
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| Ty, Kia, Me, Abby, Embrie, & Crystal |
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| Solee, Me, Graysen, & Grandma |
Christmas morning finally came! Cayben was the first to wake up. He was excited to see that Santa brought him loads of Pokemon cards and other goodies in his stocking.
Embrie woke up next. She was excited to find a Shopkin's fridge and a full stocking.
With a little lot of encouragement from her siblings, Solee decided to wake and see what she got.
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| The camera flash was a little too bright for this sleepy, yet happy girl. |
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| Santa Pants Mcgillicuddy was sleepy. |
We all were sleepy, so we went back to bed and waited for everyone else to wake up before opening presents under the tree.
Shay and Cayben went for some Christmas Day sledding! Which was fun until Cayben smashed through a fence head first. Call it a Christmas miracle, but he didn't get too injured.
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| Little Man is down! |
Christmas day was filled with presents, family, and food!
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| Jamie rejecting me like always! Haha! |
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| Ty, Charlie, & Cory |
Shay and I ate way too much food! (I came home with an extra 5lbs. Bleh!)
Merry Christmas 2015! Bring on the New Year!
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