Christmas visit to Utah

This year we spent the week of Christmas with family in Utah.

We headed out the Saturday before and came home the Sunday after.

 {traveling with kids is hard, but they were pretty dang good this time}

The first stop after leaving the airport was meeting Dad and Jann at Leatherby's.

Then we went to Mom's to settle in and decorate a bunch of Christmas cookies.

 {Des, McKay, Evie, Nora, and Nixon}

Sunday afternoon we got together at Lane's for some pictures with all the family who were available.

{...and then immediately after went to the Gehrke's to see the whole family}

 {Melynda got a cat, and the new kitty was a highlight of the visit to my kids} 

 {Curt took Des to the new Star Wars movie Monday morning}

 {...and then went to lunch with a friend, Sean}

 {McKay got a less than 12 hour bug in the middle of the night}

{Christmas Eve I went to lunch with my friend Staci}

 {...and then went with my dad to visit his aunt Inga Mae}

 {we did our main present opening at home in Georgia as to not drag stuff across the country and back...but we did a little Christmas morning in UT}

 {got the cinnamon rolls prepped the night before so I could just pop them in the oven Christmas morning for a toasty and freshly baked breakfast}

 {so cold and frosty...mom was at work and Melynda's kids were at their dads so were just our little family for the morning, but then everyone came home/over for Christmas dinner}

{the kitty climbing the Christmas tree to get away from the kids}

 {afternoon opening of presents from the grandparents}

{Jann made this amazing jello concoction}

 {Shane brought his girlfriend over and Melynda her boyfriend and it was a full house and a delicious dinner}

 {Nixon stayed the night, he and McKay played legos the morning after Christmas}

 {the kitty trying to find another spot safe from the kids}

 {Curt took Evie and Londynn mini golfing}

 {I went over to Lane and Kinsey's to visit and see pictures from their fall trip to Paris and London...they had taken Christmas down and everything was crisp and clean}

 {Edison got weepy and wanted to go home...packed his teddy bear in the backpack and was ready to go}

 {mmmmm, mom's tacos}

{the night before we left we got together with a whole group of Curt's college roommates and other friends from the same time period...such a good time} 

 {...and then it was time to head home. McDonalds breakfast at the airport}