Christmas in Utah

This is the first part of our trip visiting family in Utah. At the Mexico City Airport we ran into Santa and his elves. Santa spoke in Spanish and then English, wished them a Merry Christmas and a fun plane ride. Then the elves gave the kids Santa paper to write their Santa letters. After writing their letters they mailed them in the special mail box the elves had. They each got a bag of candy. What a way to begin our trip.
When we arrived in Utah it was quite cold but we hoped that some snow would come to warm things up a bit. Out of the two and a half weeks we were there it only snowed two days. I was surprised a how much our bodies had gotten use to the weather in Mexico. At least the buildings, homes, and cars are heated.
The next set of Pictures are of us in SLC to see the lights. Then of Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning. Carol Ann and Arvin Leishman let Santa leave the presents for the kids at their home. Santa was quite noisy, grandma said. We had a wonderful Christmas.

Video from Zachary's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Zachary!!!

Zachary's 3rd birthday happened a month ago. He had lots of fun. Zachary was excited he turned three because he was now able to go to school like his brother and sisters. SO BIG!!! His first day of school was two days later. He loves school and has the best teacher ever.

Happy 11th Birthday Rachel!

Rachel's birthday came and I told her she couldn't have one this year. I decided my kids would no longer get older so all birthdays are now canceled. But I was over ruled. We had a lot of fun watching "Back to the Future" as a family. Happy Birthday Rachel!!!

Christmas Morning

We had Santa leave the presents at Charles' parents home. Surprisingly the kids slept in, but when they awoke we couldn't hurry fast enough for them. Charles received a book with two poems about dads and pictures of him, the kids, and family. I think I succeeded in getting a gift that surprised him and he liked. Merry Christmas!

Home For The Holidays

Our first stop in Utah was to Gaylene's home for haircuts. We told her it needed to last a year. Only Charles has had a haircut sense the time we left Utah in June.

We were very busy going to doctor appointments and shopping that we ended up with little time to visit everyone. We spent Christmas eve at Grandma and Grandpa Leishman's home with our cousins, uncles, and aunts. After eating pizza and pumpkin pie we opened our gifts and got to visit.

Marissa and Emmalee Birthday Party

Because we would be flying to Utah on Emmalee's birthday we decided to have the party before we left so we had them open their presents and have cake. So much fun! Happy Birthday Emmalee, Dec. 19 and Marissa, Dec. 28. They are so old now.

Zachary's 2nd Birthday

Rachel's 10th Birthday

I made a beautiful cake for her birthday and then......well.....we decided to keep it out of Zach's hands and so we put it in the oven. Hehe you know the rest. I made banana bread for Charles and now the icing is on the bottom of the cake but at least you can still eat it.

*This is inside our home in the frontroom