First Week of Christmas Vaca!!! (delayed)

We flew into Oakland Thursday (December 18th). It was a LONG day! First we drove 3 hours to Kansas City, and then our flight was delayed 2 hours. Luckily we had signed up for text alerts and we just found a McDonalds with a playplace and hung out. Then we had a 4 hour flight to endure! The kids were pretty good! The plane was completely full, and it was a turbulent flight, which meant a lot of seat belt time. But we finally got here and we are having a blast hanging out with cousins, and Nana and Papa Conn. Here's a glimpse of what we've been up to.

The first time I curled Avery's hair!!

Avery with my cousin Christopher at the fish hatchery in Sacramento

Avery with my Aunt Reinalda

Ethan checking out a display with daddy at the fish hatchery.

More pics to come of the fish hatchery! And everything else we did in Cali for Christmas!

New Tag

If you want to play along just bold what you have done!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a school band/orchestra
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis, eww NO, those things are creepy
10. Sang a solo, nope
11. Bungee jumped, no
12. Visited Paris, no
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea, no
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch, piano
15. Adopted a child, no
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty, no
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France, no
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked , no.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill Mental health is just as important!
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (in general)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke As long as video game Karaoke counts!
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling snorkeling in hawaii.
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud all the time as a child.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business I owned my own daycare!
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone-
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

It's been a while!!!

Things have gotten so busy, but are now starting to calm down (a little). We just had our final Enrichment of the year, and now that that's over with, a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders :) I think it went well, and we had a great turn out. Friday was our ward Christmas party, and that was great too. The kids got to see Santa, and Ethan was very excited to tell Santa what he wants for Christmas, luckily it's actually what he's going to get, and not something he decided last minute. Avery was NOT so excited to see Santa. I thought she was going to pass out, but I made her stay on his lap long enough to get a picture. Here are some pics from the past month.

Our first snow! The day after Thanksgiving!

Picture with Santa!

Enjoying a little Andy's Frozen Custard, after the ward party.

Another attack of the crazy hair. Some days it just has a mind of it's own!