A White Christmas

Hello!  Sorry it’s been so long…again!  I promise I’ll get better, at least I’ll try.

As you know we were lucky enough to take a trip to Utah for the Holidays!  We were so excited to go and had so much fun!  We stayed at my dad’s house and he was nice enough to loan us his vehicles when we went to visit everyone else.  My dad and step-mom Marie and my siblings in their family hadn’t seen Abby since Julyish , so they loved being able to see her so much.  We went to church with them the first Sunday we were there and it was so crazy to see all these people that I haven’t seen since I was 16!  I had lots of fun introducing my new lil family that they had all heard so much about.

My little sister Danielle, who was pregnant at the time, was moving so my dad and Joe helped her move in with my mom (while Abby and I watched).  Seeing her about to pop brought back painful memories from when I was in her place.  I felt so bad.  This was the first time Danielle and my little brother Alex (still living with my mom) met Abby, and the first time since Abby was one day old that my mom has seen her.  It was a sweet reunion!

We did a lot of Christmas shopping there so we didn’t have to ship tons from Utah.  That basically took up the first few days we were there!  That’s what we did with my friends Amy and Megan: shopped all day long.  No complaints here, it was tons of fun! Plus they got to meet Abby finally!

Christmas Eve dinner was at my dad’s, all my siblings got together there.  Now my brother Gabe and sister Karina (with her bf Marcus and his daughter Ali) got to meet Abby for the first time!  They served delicious prime rib, then the younger kids involved us all in a nativity play, so cute!  We all opened a couple presents and watched Mr. Bean’s Christmas.

Abby’s first Christmas morning was so great!  We got some wonderful pictures, this one’s my favorite!

We were very blessed with a white Christmas!!

Christmas afternoon we went to Gma and Gpa Hall’s, Joe’s brother Dan and his gf Cassie were there, and Joe’s parents and sisters were there, and of course all the Aunts and Uncles and cousins!  Dan and Cas announced their engagement!  We’re all so excited for them.  We got some cute pics with the other babies Abby’s age.  Joe’s cousin LaChele and Aunt Jen both had a baby within a couple weeks of the time I had Abby.  Big families are fun like that!

The day after Christmas my siblings all got together at my mom’s house for dinner and presents.  Earlier Joe took Alex sledding for the first time!  He had so much fun!!

The next day a bunch of the Dustin family and the Hall family met up at the 7 Peaks skating rink, we got some super cute pics there!  We got some delicious Krispy Kreme donuts afterward, YUM!

All-in-all, the trip ended too soon and we realized how home-sick we were of Utah!!   We’ll be back soon!

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