Christmas

is OVER and I want some warm weather! It seems the cold is okay, as long as it has a purpose - like giving me  a white Christmas - but there is no purpose to it now that I can't afford to ski or drive into the mountains to snowshoe! I'd much rather have some nice warm sun to take D for walks or play at the park. It makes the days so much more interesting when its warm. 

Christmas Eve, nate and i ordered pizza (NICE!) and then went on a tour of broomfield Christmas lights. I got all of us some hot chocolate, including D!, and we oohed and ahed. Nate and I decided that since we did last year, we might as well make it a tradition to open gifts to each other on Christmas eve, so Christmas can be about the kiddos and what Santa brought them. I loved it - how fun! 

Christmas was great! It's so fun to be Santa and watch D open gifts and listen to the charming "ooooohs" that last all of 10 seconds before shes bored and moving on to the next one. I sure love being a mommy! Nate was surprised with a sirius radio for his long travels to work, but I was the most surprised of all. He received an unexpected bonus that he kept secret - and bought me a Wii Fit plus AND ... duh duh duh ... a kitchenaid! I'm so excited. Something to make me gain weight, and something to help take it off :) 

We spent Christmas morning together as a family - it was REALLY nice. We did our thing, then went to the Hall family for dinner and gifts. it was a delicious dinner of various fondues. We opened presents and came home, to pass out from exhaustion a mere half hour later. 

On Saturday we woke and drove up to Cheyenne WY to spend the weekend with my family. My parents bought us a fancy new printer AND ... duh duh duh ... an ice cream machine! FUN! I'm so excited! Momma also got all the girl some nice woolrich slippers- deliciously comfortable and warm. My papa got all of us, including D, a nalgene water bottle (sippy cup) - YES! Love those :) AND of course, McCalisters gift card. SIlly guy! It was fun- we hung out, ate some good chow and (they) watched Harry Potter. 

It was a really neat day weekend - busy, but super fun. I really miss having my family all together.