Christmas & New Year's

In really no particular order, here are a bunch of my favorite photos from the TWO WEEK LONG Christmas break!

A squirmy 5 year old climbing on your shoulders significantly increases the Perplexis Twist difficulty level Christmas morning.

 Chocolate orange slices CAN double as mustaches.

 Thank you sweatshop in China for making my children's dreams of matching Christmas Eve jammies come true.

 M armed the children with goggles and marshmallow shooters kits.

 This little interactive bird was S's favorite gift.  It was super cute until she "taught" it to say creepy vampire-ish things in its soft sing-songy voice...really? Who is raising this child anyway?

 We celebrated New Years with cousins.  We only got one shot at our annual long exposure photo because it was so crazy cold that the sparklers wouldn’t stay lit!

 This little sweetie is one of my newest neices.

 Uncle T brought copious amounts of caffeine and sugar to the New Year's party and then suggested the kids play monopoly with him.  He got what he deserved.

 Here's our  perfect tree!!!

 Cousins are the best!!!

 U of U's Natural History Museum

Uncle J teaches high school ceramics and the kids tried their hand at the potters wheel. 

 my favorite snow sprite

 cold night to see the lights

 playing on the frozen creek at the back of Grandpa's fields.

  

 Cool shapes we saw in the frozen creek 

 winter moon rise

 cross country skiing... I ski about like Bob from What About Bob sails.

Cross country ski selfie.

Here's hoping you are warm & snug and you have a very happy 2015 ahead of you!