Christmas part 4

A few days after Christmas my Grandma came for a visit to see her great grandchildren. It had been a long time since we had seen her last and it was so fun to catch up.

Alex and Heidi both warmed right up to her, although you wouldn't be able to tell from the pictures.

What a beautiful bunch of girls.

This was our attempt at a 4 generation shot. Mom's and daughters. Alex wasn't thrilled about the idea.

Tyler found that a bit of jumping cheered her up.

Unfortunatly a big storm was rolling in and Grandma had to drive home before it hit so we only got to see her for a day. Alex was sad to see her Great Grandma "Anderson" go and kept talking about visiting her the next day.

The week went by fast and on New Years Eve we rented a few movies and had the greatest dinner ever. It was our own melting pot. We did a fondue smorgesborge and completely gorged on all things cheesy and fried and chocolaty. I think for the first time since we got married Tyler and I were both awake at midnight and finally rung in the new year with a kiss.

The next day we drove to Worland, Wyoming to visit my other grandparents.

It was nice to just sit around, relax and chat while the boy's watched football.

Alex and Heidi got to know their other Great Grandparents as well and Alex absolutely adored sitting on her Grandma's lap reading stories. This might have been my favorite moment of the whole vacation.

It was about -12 when Tyler and Grandpa went out to the farm, Grandpa had operated on a cow earlier in the day and the heater wasn't working so they went to try and fix it. Mom and David were off running errands and so it was just Me, Grandma and the girls at home. Alex and Grandma were goofing off together and it was just so cute!!! This might be one of my favorite pictures of all time.

Then of course I went on a picture spree and made everyone gather around to pose for me. We planned on getting up at 3am again and I wanted some pictures to remember the day, of course I didn't thin of it until bedtime.

Heidi and her Great Grandpa Asay. It's so fun watching other people cherish your kids.

Alex was such a goof around her Grandpa.

Here are a few of my favorite people in one of my favorite places.

Once again Alex was the star of the evening.

The next day we woke up early and drove through FREEZING wyoming to beautiful Utah. We went from running the heater on high for hours to turning it to cool just about the minute we hit the Utah border. That is also when everything started looking like we were driving through a christmas book.

And that was it. Soon we were home and the vacation was over. Two weeks without all the normal distractions like homework, TV, Internet and that constant nagging to keep the house clean, sure did everyone good though. We are all wonderfully refreshed and ready for the new year. It's only been 10 days but so far it's been a fantastic year, I honestly couldn't be happier.