Christmas in pictures (otherwise entitled "oh I give up")

It's already the middle of February. I think it's about time for a Christmas recap, don't you? Here are some of our favourite pictures of this Christmas (which we spent in Wyoming, at the ranch)

Play time!

A Christmas dress, made by nana

Presents! Luke was so cute. He showed us every present he opened, by holding it up over his forehead :-)


Lainey got some My Little Ponies from mummy and daddy.

The days were long and tiring. Thank goodness for grandma's hugs!

Grandma made each of the grandchildren a horsey. The boys loved them, but imagine the pandemonium with six broomsticks being flung around the room.Yes it was chaos!

We did a candy-bar exchange instead of everyone buying big gifts for each other. Lainey received a sweety necklace, and loved it.

Trev and I had a little time together without the babies- we decided to go for a ride on the snow machine, and then ice-fishing. It was my first time doing both of these things. It was loads of fun.

Going to see the cows and horses.



Christmas dinner :-) Luke sat with cousin Braylen and they had lots of fun. Braylen is four and it seems that Luke really looks up to him.

We had a lovely time!

Christmas tree

I love our tree! I loved decorating it this year, and celebrating the start of the Christmas season. And yes, it took about two minutes before all the decorations were removed from the bottom half. Ah, the fun of a two-year-old and a sort-of-toddler. They definitely keep me busy!

I like coloured light best, and Trev doesn't really care either way, so...I win :-) I collected tree decorations in the later part of my youth and have quite an assortment from the different places I have travelled. It is fun getting them out each year. With each unwrapping of the tissue paper there is a memory and a story. I love that.

Plus, we make a few ornaments each year. Here are this years- Trev made the two golden ones, and I made the blue one and the silver one (which reminds me of Elton John, by the way)

Celebrating the new year

After we got home from England, we decided to spend a few days at trev's parents' home. We had our second Christmas, exchanging gifts and relaxing!

Luke enjoys playing with his cousins. He only has boy cousins (on both sides!). I like to see him play with other kids and now he's getting a bit bigger he can play with them more. The above picture is (L-R) Braylen, Quigley, Corben, Luke. The below picture is Luke and Corben playing a duet! They are 8 months apart.

We played in the snow too. It was fun. They didn't have as much snow in Wyoming as we had in Utah, but there was enough to play in.

We had a nice time and wish we could see both of our families more. Trev is very busy with school and work. I'm so proud of him, that he works full time in a physically demanding job, maintains a 4.0 whilst taking 15 credits, and on top of that he is a brilliant dad and husband. I am so lucky!

Our English Christmas

We flew to England for Christmas. This was my first time being home for two years, and our first trip as a family. We were really excited! The flights went quite smoothly, and Luke was as good as gold.

Walking around my home village, in the typical wet English weather! It sounds funny, but I was hoping for rain, after being in the Utah desert for a couple of years, you do miss it!

We met our nephew, Nathan, for the first time. He's even cuter than he looks in the photos, and just adorable. Luke enjoyed stroking his cousin's head :-)

Here's Nathan on Christmas morning. What a sweetie!

We enjoyed a lovely mum-cooked Christmas dinner of turkey and all the extras. It was delicious! I wish I could have eaten more but the heartburn is getting me big time this pregnancy.

Of course, everyone made a big fuss of Luke, much to his delight :-) I loved watching him interact with my family. He really is quite a friendly and confident little boy most of the time. I know that he had lots of fun and hope that he will retain some kind of memory of them all, at least until he sees them again.

We had a wonderful trip and the only problem was that the time went too quickly. We hope we can go back soon!