Wednesday, December 23, 2009
What a wonderful day!! Chris was in Texas with us for only a couple of days before he had to go back to Guatemala. After a trying three weeks of being apart, we are all back together again!!
We picked him up at the airport then went to lunch with Meghan and Tyler. That evening everybody went ice skating. It was so much fun! The kids all enjoyed themselves and didn't want to leave. The adults all seemed to enjoy themselves just as much! Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Jamie were the designated photo takers and non-skating kid watchers. It was great to be back on the ice after such a long time....even if I was wearing rental skates!!
The Hunsaker crew.
Getting ready.
Tyler and Meghan's Trey hugging Brooke.
Alysa and Laina trying to not hold onto the wall.
Cole, Kristina, Uncle Matt, Chris, Laina. (Yes, Matt is playing with his blackberry while we're all skating....and he gives me crap for reading my Twilight books!!)
The Whitney Family.
Matt and Kristina conspiring to take out the skate guard.
Cole is getting the hang of it.
Kristina, Alysa, Aunt Meghan, Uncle Tyler
Morgan LOVES skating and wants to take lessons. Unfortunately there are no rinks in Guatemala!!
Laina ice skating.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 - Christmas Eve
Apparently it doesn't snow much in Texas but it snowed just in time for Christmas!
The cast of the nativity pageant. Laina, Abby, Jake, Uncle Matt, Brooke, Aunt Meghan, Cole, Alysa. (and others not pictured!)
Laina and Brooke.
Trey once again entertaining all of the other kids! He learned how to growl and thought it was hilarious!
Friday, December 25, 2009 - Christmas
The Hunsakers
The Hunsakers got a bounce house for Christmas. That was pure entertainment for the little kids!!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Grandpa and Chris took the kids to see the Princess and the Frog. Somehow Meghan and Tyler talked me into going to see New Moon. I have to say that the books are so much better!!
Grandma and Grandpa with Trey
All the grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa
Grandpa helped Cole make his first pinewood derby car.
Morgan, Laina, Cole, and Alysa with Grandma and Grandpa.
The clan.
Playing at the park while the boys played football.
Thank you Matt and Jamie for having us there and for being so patient with us!
Sunday/Monday, December 27/28, 2009
We drove back to Vegas! I am so thankful for DVD's and redbox. The kids watched a ton of movies again but they didn't fight!! We started out the drive with a car off the side of the road every mile or so. After about 1/2 a day we got past the area where the storm had hit and life was good again.
We were making pretty good time until we got stuck at the Hoover Dam for about 2 1/2 hours. It was so painful to be stuck when we were so close to being home!
The rest of our vacation was spent cleaning the house, packing our stuff, and preparing to go back to Guatemala. Chris had to drive the van up to my grandma's house in northern Utah to store it while we are gone. The poor guy has spent more time driving and flying than he has spending time with family!!
Everything is falling into place with the new renters. (Love the Baltzer family!!)
It has been a great trip and it has been great to see friends and family but I am definitely ready to empty the suitcases and be back in my own home. (If you can call a temporary rental in a foreign country my own home!!)
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