Nate's sister Heather and her hubby Zacharius ;o) came to stay with us the week before Christmas. We had our little 'Santa Christmas' on the Saturday before Christmas, and then we loaded up the van for 2 weeks in FREEZING Utah. We were able to see friends, family, more friends and more family! Thank you to all of you that let us stay at your house, and for everything that you all did for us during our stay! Ok...enough of the talk...here's the pics:
Cait and Santa
Ems and Santa. She didn't cry a bit!
Abs and Santa (after much bribing)
Gingerbread (graham cracker) houses!
Heather giving her hubby Zach a haircut. Where else can you get a haircut outside in shorts at the end of December? :oD
Christmas stockings!
Emma's 1st Christmas!
"I eat paper". This one's for you Carrie!
"I eat MORE paper!" Emma was in heaven with all the wrapping paper! Forget the presents....
Abs and her new bike and toys, etc...
This is Heather and Zach's guinea pig Skid. He is the ONLY thing that Emma has ever TRIED to crawl for. She's so close to crawling..but nothing gives her the desire to go like Skid does.
Caitlin's Christmas fun.
Caitlin's favorite gift...the scooter!
'On the road again....' Emma was an ANGEL the entire drive to Utah!
Cait and Abs being goofballs on the drive. As usual.
Christmas at Grandma Debbie's. Thanks for everything Mom!!!
Emma and Sare. And yes Emma was about to start screaming. She didn't do well with strangers. Or anyone for that matter!
Emma and Jake. Emma liked Jake better than any other family member!
Couldn't help myself! Love that chubba profile!
Christmas at Grandpa Brian's
Retoop gets a gun case! Sweet.
Abs scores a laptop!
We were able to meet up with Scott and Katie and their cute girlies for a little while during our trip. It made it REALLY HARD to only be able to hang out with them for a few hours. However, it was so wonderful to be able to get together, and just pick up where we left off...as if thousands of miles, and 6 months hadn't kept us apart. Bella and Maddie have gotten so big! The girls had so much fun playing!
Waited a little too long to get a picture of all 5 girls. Bella and Maddie were so tired!
Thanks guys for letting us get together and hang out for a while! We love and miss you!
Nielson Family Christmas party. Ok...so this was supposed to be the ONE AND ONLY family picture at the Christmas dinner that Carrie was going to take. So notice how everyone is smiling and NOT goofing off? Oh wait...nevermind. Thanks Buns...ya weirdo!
Nate pulling Caitlin behind the 4-wheeler. Or '4-leeler' as Taylor used to say. ;o)
The cousins playing bingo. Caitlin and Abby and Emma are so lucky that they have so many girl cousins on the Nielson side! They had so much fun together!
Caitlin and Abs and Braden. Such a great reunion!!! Braden and the girls had a blast playing and goofing off. It was so great to see Brian and Jenny! And of course Ashley is a little doll! Thanks for hanging out with us guys...soooo hard to be so far away!
This is a perfect picture. Braden, as usual...exploring instead of hammin' it up for the camera like the girls. ;o) Miss you already Jenny!
Cait and Sarah when we went to Firehouse Pizza with my Dad, and Brenda, Mark, Jordan, Collette, and Joseph. Mmmmm....good times!
"Where's my pizza, eh?"
Sare, Joseph, and our cousin Jordan.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The girls stayed up soooo late, but finally fell asleep at about 11:30pm. Rather than suffering the wrath the next day for not waking them back up, we woke them up a few minutes before midnight to bang pots and pans, watch Sarah & Jake's fireworks, and drink Sparkling Apple Cider (that they'd been begging all day for). They both walked outside like zombies, and Abby lightly tapped her pot and said sleepishly "Happy Birthday." It was so hilarious!
Uh...Happy New Year? Viewer Discretion Advised. You can blame Sarah for this picture.
Ems and Momma. Love that girl!
Abby and her cute cousin Delaney. Abby and Caitlin had so much fun with Delaney and Kaylee! They played and played and played a few times. We sure miss them!
The girls in their towels after baths with Grandma. They sure loved being with Grandma so much!
Grandma showing the girls Disneyland rides on her computer.
Hoover Dam baby! Holy cow that thing is HUGE!!!!
Last leg of the trip back home...and they're still smiling!
Caitlin slept in SO MANY weird positions on this trip! This is one of the many pictures...I'll have to find the rest.
Emma's new trick! Ok...so we just have area rugs, and so do our friends Lindsay and Danny. Once Emma gets to the edge of the rug...she'll be off and backed under the couch in a matter of seconds! So funny....
Our couch...
Lindsays' couch....
Funny girl!*Disclaimer: The pictures from the Nielson Family Christmas hooo-rah were totally and COMPLETELY stolen from Mom-Diggity-Dawg and NB's blog. So there...I admit it. I am a thief! And yes, she prefers to be called Mom-Diggity-Dawg. It makes her feel younger. :oD
6 comments:
Looks like loads of fun. I love that those kids have so many people loving them to pieces.
If you don't come to CA soon, we'll have to meet up with you during one of your Utah trips!!
That was a jam packed vacation! Loved all the pictures. It was so great having you all here - it went so fast. Emma is so cute when she is stuck under the couch -- and every other time! Love to all.
I love that picture of Emma looking at Santa Claus. She looks like she's not so sure about him. Cute pics!
I love your picture updates. What a cute fam and a fun trip. It looks like your cute girls had lots of great christmas celebrations!! Love the bike and scooter. You guys really packed it in! I was so glad to see you, even for a few minutes- way too short! You are SO going to pay for putting that ugly picture of me on your blog though. Yikes!! So when can I move to Arizona? I know I'm always complaining to you about this, but I'm SO sick of the snow! :) I think that is a hot picture of you and Nate on New Year's Eve as well. THat should be on the top of your blog. And, or course we can't leave out darling Emma hanging out under the couches. What a little Mush! I want to squeeze her! Love you guys.
Looks like you guys had a GREAT Christmas!! I'm glad you got to visit family & many friends! Only 5 months & we'll be in AZ with you all!
Oh Saysha... I LOVED all the pictures. I haven't heard Kent laugh as hard as when I showed him our family picture with Nate crossing his eyes!
The girls made a haul at Christmas.. so fun!
Can I adopt Em's, please??
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