The Holidays!

We went to Utah this Christmas and stayed close to a month! As much as I love it there, it is so nice to be back. I didn't realize how wonderful it is to have a "routine"! I'll sum everything up as quick as I can! It was a busy month... we got to see Skyler home from Africa (he is such a sweetheart), Tom and Sarah got married, we were able to make it to Sarah's endowment session, both of Riley's grandparents were out, and of course, the usual in Duchesne. We spent about 90% of the time in Heber. (Which was great since we had our own room and space.) One of these days I am going to force Riley to stay in Duchesne the majority of the time so he can learn to LOVE it! Lol.

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun. Riley brought a snowmobile out to Duchesne and we went sledding with the family! That night we played some Minute to Win it games. Grandpa and Grandma Moat came over for dinner and Grandpa Grant stayed for the games, which was nice! Afterward we drove to Heber so we could be there for Christmas morning. We got all kinds of fun things... Macy LOVES her new stroller and doll. Riley got a new playstation 3 this year and money (which he put toward a new tv.) He did a lot of car shopping for his mom and got to go skiing! I got some new running shoes, a cricut, and some money as well! We even managed to fit some racquetball into our schedule! I miss racquetball so much! It was a blast.

Macy was exploring the house every second she could. We would turn around for a second and she was gone! Once we found her eating some cat food, which I think she likes better than real food. (Speaking of cats, she LOVES them. She can now say, "Kitty cat," and meow. She barks like a dog too.) Another time we found her and Elsie in the pantry. Elsie was rubbing her hands together and all over her clothes... found out it was shortening she was into. She rubbed it all over Macy's hair and clothes. Macy also learned how to feed herself cereal with a spoon, thanks to Grandma Steelman!

Riley, Lindsey and the kids, and I went to watch "Annie" in midway. It was a play put on with a really nice dinner. That was probably the highlight of the trip! It was amazing! The singing was incredible and the food was delicious!
Oh, and I almost forgot... Sara and Paul found out they are having another baby! Yay! Tai and Heather are also about half way through their pregnancies. I love love love being an aunt!

To top our Christmas vacation off we flew home on New Years Eve. It was miserable, to say the least. We left the house around 9 AM and didn't get home till midnight. We THOUGHT we were flying to Chicago, then to Cleveland. When we got on the plane we waited for an hour waiting to take off and they decided to switch pilots. A random passenger in a sweatshirt and jeans ended up flying the plane... really strange...to New Mexico, where we switched planes! We flew to Chicago, but didn't land, of course! Instead, we flew around the airport for 30 minutes waiting to land and we almost ran out of gas, so they had to fly to Indianapolis to fill up with gas. From there it took another 45 minutes to take off and FINALLY we landed in Chicago. We eventually made it to Cleveland. It only took one screaming baby the entire way and a few extra stops with a passenger flying the plane to do it. SIGH! We are home! We are excited to start the new year! We welcome 2011 and hope to make it the best year! :)