What we've been up to.

Our Tree

Milo got his first haircut right before Christmas. We went to the Dollar Cuts store, and a lady, all goth'ed out in black lipstick, did a scissor cut for Milo. Of course, we think he's all grown up looking, but I don't know if you can really see the difference....

After:

Before:

Well, we had a very good Christmas...a lot of driving, but it's always so fun to see and visit family and friends. On Christmas Eve, there was a pretty good sized snowstorm. We had planned to drive up to Huntsville to visit over chili with my family and to then go to Snowbasin to see a light parade, fireworks, and rumor had it that Santa would be there. But the storm was just getting to be too much, and although it had quieted down a bit, it was windy and we just weren't sure how Milo would do outside in the cold and windy snow. So, we took Olivia and headed to our house where her mom waited for us. (Maggie didn't make it up it was snowing so bad....)

The drive was pretty crazy, the good ol' Ford Escape is great in the snow. There were a few times when we could barely see from the snow blowing over the guard rails. But a little over an hour later, we made it home. Maggie and Oliva stayed for awhile, and we talked over some yummy and very sweet hot cocoa.

On Christmas morning, we were lazy. We took our time and played with our new toys. Milo got a few fun toys from us and Santa. He also learned how to open presents, though he didn't seem to care what was INSIDE the package...LOL!

We headed down to Payson and Spanish Fork to visit with Cole's grandparents, and then made our way to Santaquin for Christmas and dinner with his family. My mother-in-law practically got me a new wardrobe! LOL! Lots of pretty shirts, and some notecards that I asked for. Milo got a ton of clothes, his first Tonka truck, and some more toys, and Cole got some DVD's and clothes as well. Milo discovered golf clubs. My father-in-law's birthday is the 26th, so he opened a new club from all of us. Milo was fascinated by it...is it a sign of what's to come?

We then headed back up to Salt Lake to hit my parents house. There, we had dinner, again...lol! And opened presents. It was a mad house, but so much fun! Everyone was busy and talking and just having fun. Lydia and Milo both had presents from Grandma Norma that she bought before she passed away. I have yet to wash the shirt she got him because I swear it still smells like her, but the little boy doll that she got for Milo, well, it's one of his favorites. I got the Golden Compass books I asked for and a great hat/sweater/glove set that I asked for too. Cole got some drinking essentials. LOL! We got a lot of other neat things too...all in all, we all made out pretty good!

We got home around 11. Poor Milo was so tired. The next day, he took a 4 hour nap!

Cole has taken the week off, and won't go back to work until after the New Year. It's been weird having him home. It always seems like a Saturday over and over and over again! We've just been taking it easy....doing things on our time and just having fun. It's been nice.