We just got back from our 3 week long christmas vacation and are ready for the new semester. We spend the first week with my sister Sarah in Baker city. It was a winter wonderland the whole time. Living in the middle of now where as a lot of perks. We spent a lot of time just playing games with sarah and danny and getting to know or 5 month old neice Mikelle.
After that we made our way to utah with a detour in rexburg and continuing on to Utah. It was a long drive but well worth the time to make it to the Alley family Christmas. We got to spend so a lot of quality time with the allen's, alley's and Emily and her family. Blake as gotten so big now and has evolved from just sitting on the ground to skooting and walking, with some help. He might just skip crawling altogether. Baby john made all of us smile as he has gained so much expression and awareness of the world around him. It was great. It truly felt like a family Christmas with all the games, treats, wonderful dinners and late nights with our family.
On christmas eve we had an unexpected visitor come to Kali and Trenton. Who would have thought luke could fill out a santa suit so well but it was perfect. Trenton giggled so much he couldn't sit still and kali trembled so much she hid back in her bed. The next morning santa brought lots of great presents including a snow that fell almost the whole day.
The rest of vacation was a breeze. We got to have the Allen's for a few more days, got to see my sister Liz and brother John, shoveled lots of snow, and had a broken down car and now have AAA! Steven showed us how helpful they can be :) Now we are back up in good ol' Rexburg and ready for a new semester! Happy New Year!
