Christmas at the Cabin

This Christmas my family all got together at a cabin in Heber, Utah.  There was snow everywhere which made it so beautiful and picturesque and especially fun for the kids because they got to play in it.  It was large too, which is good when you have as big a family as I do.  We got family pictures taken one of the days we were there.  With 4 new grandbabies born in 2014, we were a very large group.

We also rode the Polar Express one of the days we were there.  The kids had so much fun riding the train.  Logan loved sucking on my hot cocoa cup.  I bet he would have liked it even better if I'd let him taste the cocoa.

 He has been teething for the last few weeks so he sticks out his tongue like this a lot.

 The kids were a lot less nervous of Santa for this than they have been in the past.  Lucas and Paige voluntarily sat next to him and Lucas even told him what he wanted.

 We all got little bells to take home and I'm pretty sure the kids were shaking them the whole ride back.  Everyone but Logan who was sucking on his.

 Paige danced with the elves.

She is so cute in her little snow hat.

 After the Polar Express we all went out to eat at this burger place that has a train running around the ceiling.  Paige was obsessed with the train and watched it the entire time we were there.

There was also a train table and a lego table there.  The kids were having so much fun we just decided to let them play for almost an hour after we got done eating.

 It seems like my kids are always waking up before everyone else when we go on trips.  Luckily aunt Julie brought toys for the kids to play with so we weren't too bored while waiting for everyone else to wake up.

I got some candy cane jammies for Lucas to match the ones we already had for Logan and Paige.  Lucas was so happy to match them.  They are such cute little pajama babies.  And yes, Paige wore that necklace pretty much the entire trip.

Here they are looking in their stockings on Christmas morning.

 Getting ready to open presents.

 Paige got these adorable boots from my mom and dad.

 Paige got a shopping cart from Santa.  Daddy helped put it together.

 Lucas got a hot wheels track from Santa.  He was pretty excited, too!

 My mom and dad opened their presents last after all the kids were done opening their presents and were playing with their new toys.

 My kids were a little nervous of all the new people at first, but they did pretty well.  Especially Logan who has been notorious for not going to anyone but me.  He seemed to like Julie pretty well, and he loved uncle Mark.

 Paige fell asleep on grandpa a couple of times.

We had such a good Christmas!  And despite the fact that all 5 of us got sick, we still had a lot of fun.  It was so much fun to be at the cabin with my whole family and get to visit with everyone and play board games and laugh until way too late at night.  I hope we can do something like this again some time.

Playing in the Snow

We had so much fun playing in the snow at the cabin that I decided to do a separate post for it.  The first day we were there we got some snow, and it was warmer so it packed really well.  Lucas and Ryan ran out and made a snowman as soon as they could.  It was a good thing too because it got a little too warm and all the snow melted.  The snowman survived, though.

On Christmas eve and Christmas day we got lots more snow, but it was too cold and it wouldn't pack at all so it was good we made the snowman the first day. 

 Paige just kept licking everything.

 And eating this tassel on her hat.

 The kids made snow angels.

 And then afterwards when they were good and cold, we hopped into the hot tub.

We had so much fun enjoying our winter wonderland while we were there.  The kids loved the snow!  I am glad to be home and not have to worry about driving in it and getting wet every time I want to go outside, though.

Disneyland

Now I'm going to play catch up on all the May posts that I haven't had time to get to with how busy this month has been.  We got passes to Disneyland last May, so we decided to take one last trip before our passes expired.  We pretty much did all the same stuff we've done every other time we've gone to Disneyland, so I won't post too many photos and bore you with the exact same shots as my last Disneyland post.

Lucas has been such a great traveler lately.  Paige on the other hand is getting to the point that she needs to be entertained and does not want to sit still for more than 30 minutes, so she's a little trickier.  These photos were taken about 3 minutes in so there were smiles all around.

First stop every time we go to LA - Cafe Rio!!  Who has time to take photos before you've eaten.  Here's my completely empty tin.

 First day at Disneyland, Paige is all ready to go.

 Of course we had to get a picture in front of the castle.  And of course we only took one picture and Paige's eyes are closed and my hair looks funky.  Oh well...

 Happy girl!

 And sleeping girl.  I got a lot of these photos.  She never slept for long, but she took at least a short nap every day we were there.

 And then of course the kids passed out as soon as they hit their beds.  We wore them out!

 The kids loved the carousel and we rode it quite a few times.

They also loved the toy story ride and the lines were so short we got to ride it a couple times too.  Paige liked the glasses best of all.

 Another favorite was the hotel pool.  We went almost every day to cool off after a hot day in the park.

Another cooling off favorite was Dole Pineapple whips.

My parents came down and went with us one of the days we were there. It was nice to have someone else to help out with the kids, even though I couldn't really run off and go on any of the big kid rides.

 Although I did go on splash mountain, and it was fantastic.

I'm not sure how I always make my mouth look so huge in these pictures.  At least my face wasn't covered in this one, although I did cover up my mom's...sorry.

We've been to Disneyland quite a few times now and I've always wanted to try a turkey leg and we never have.  Well this time we got one.  It was gigantic, but we all dug in and it was AMAZING!

Here's a few more random photos of our trip.

Paige was in love with Pooh Bear on this trip.  She was really getting into the characters.  I thought she'd be afraid of them.

And one last photo of the kids playing in the pack n play at the hotel.

We really enjoyed having passes to Disneyland for a year.  Now we're going to take a few cheaper vacations till our kids get a little older and can really enjoy it.  Plus also I'd really like to be able to ride some rides and it's hard when I'm pregnant half the time.