christmas

This was our Christmas eve day skiing/snowboarding trip to Snowbasin.

It's only about twenty minutes away from our house.

It was completely rebuilt for the 2002 Utah Olympics.

It's gorgeous.

All the kids skiied and snowboarded...

Mike and I hung out.

And we had the place almost to ourselves this year...

because there is hardly any snow in Utah.

It's mostly man-made snow at Snowbasin right now.

 

I made it this far taking photos...

and then Mike said, "Hey the couches are free by the fireplace...

wanna sit there!?"

I did for two minutes...

and then I layed down

and snoozed the afternoon away.

I was a tired Christmas mama.

 

No more ski photos...

 

until I took this one when I woke up...

before I really realized what was up.

Jesse fell on the last run.

We thought he might have broken his wrist...

Luckily, we brought two vehicles.

So Mike and Jess went to the all-hours kid clinic

for Xrays.

Merry Christmas :(

Poor guy.

But fortunately (I guess?) it was just a bad sprain.

He came home bandaged up tight.

And we had Christmas Eve dinner without any further drama.

 

I made my first ever very moist ham.

I left it cooking while we went skiing.

In a crockpot... this is the easiest ever recipe... and it's great!

And good old Utah funeral potatoes.

One of my very, very favorite recipes.

(But I only use one can of soup.)

(You do not need to be a Mormon to eat these, btw.

I'm not, and I don't get indigestion when I eat them ;)

I forgot to buy cornflakes,

so the potatoes went topless this year :)

I didn't take photos of much of Christmas this year,

I don't really know why.

Other than I just wanted to enjoy the day,

without people telling me not to take their photo...

I guess that was it.

 

But Winston never cares if I take his photo.

He was looking for his present.

He was a dog on a mission.

He found it.

A sock monkey I bought with a squeaker in it.

He loves it.

We cut back some and had a smaller Christmas this year.

It was still nice, but not quite so over the top...

it's a problem of mine...

I want to give everyone everything at Christmas.

But I didn't freak out about it,

and I think it turned out just right.

I made one handmade gift for everyone this year,

minky fabric bean bags to heat in the microwave.

They are great for little aches and bumps.

 

We goofed off- eating and playing most of the day

and visited my Dad in the evening.

And that was our Christmas...

pretty laid back this year.

 

And I'm slow getting back here to blogland,

but it was good to unplug for awhile.

I need to do that every so often...

 

HOW WAS YOUR CHRISTMAS?

(If you can remember that far back ;)

 

 

Comments

[Traci]

that place is beautiful. what a wonderful christmas you had. aside from the sprain. i am the same way about wanting to give it all. i tried to scale back this year but don't think i accomplished it. oh well. next year roger and i are not giving to each other, we are finding a family in need instead. i hope we remember that. happy new year to you too.