Christmas Time!

We had the great opportunity to go to Utah for Christmas! Yay! I was so glad to be able to go. Melanie and Marva were so awesome and arranged our plane tickets for us so all we had to do was catch the flight. 

It was pretty early Saturday morning but we were able to drag ourselves out of bed. I haven't gone on an airplane for a really long time so I was super excited to do so! 

While waiting for boarding the was a beautiful view of the sunrise!!

The flight was only an hour and a half which gave us just enough time to watch Wreck It Ralph! We both adore that movie!

Kim and Tyler had made plans to go spend the holiday with Tyler's family in Oregon so they picked us up at the airport before the headed on their way. We went to lunch at Leatherby's and then they took us over to Melanie's house.

It was so fun being able to sit and chat with them! They are hilarious!!! 

Saturday we spend the day with Melanie and in the evening we hung out with Kevin and his wife Tammy. She is super sweet and has amazing decorations in their home!

 That night we went to Beck's holiday performance. He is a singer and a dance and is amazing at both!! And then we went to frozen yogurt after, Yum!

As I was doing this blog post I realized I didn't get any pictures with Kaleb's family and kicking myself for it :(

Sunday morning was picture day! Melanie had wanted to get a family photo, she asked a couple of friends but it fell through. But Melanie knows a lot of people and one of her friends was able to hook us up with a professional photographer to take our pictures. She was great!

One of Melanie's friends also made us Cafe Rio style dinner! It was absolutely delicious!! Melanie has really great friends!!!

It was our first time meeting Eli, Brittany's youngest. He is super adorable!! 

We celebrated our Christmas with them having a gift exchange. I think the best part was Easton and Blake being SO excited that they got hot chocolate!! And the fact that Blake kept stealing Kaleb's candy!

Sunday night was spent with my family. My awesome parents drove down to Utah, that way we could spend more time with them vs having to drive 3 hours both ways. 

Brittany and Scott had made us lasagna! Also delicious! We also got to meet Paxton, my sister Brittany's youngest. He is so chunky and adorable!

And then we headed off to temple square. We always enjoy seeing all of the crazy decorations! I can't even imagine how much time it takes for them to put the lights on the trees!! Kaleb and I were freezing the whole time though! It was a little warmer than usual for the locals, but we had gotten so used to the 70-80 degree weather, going to the 40s was a little shocking.

I love this boy to PIECES!!! And miss him like crazy!!

We then went to the Sawatzki's and had our Christmas celebration with them! The boys were super hilarious opening their presents.

We Love Crazy Grandpa Franson!!

The next morning we hung out with my family again. We started out at IKEA and then headed over to Scheel's so Jud could ride the farris wheel.

Last time Jud and I rode on it he held on the the bar for dear life and kept his eyes closed the whole time! It was hilarious! This time though he was brave and enjoyed the ride!

We went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch!! YUM!! We love the wings!

After lunch we went back to my parents hotel and watched the boys swim. They loved the water! It was a little chilly so they didn't swim too long. I bundled Stockton up afterward and he played with Kaleb. Stockton's laugh is hilarious!! 

That night Melanie took us to Red Robin for dinner and to the Hobit part 3. We always enjoy going to movies but they are always so expensive here!

Tuesday morning I was got a hair cut from Brittany, she always does such a great job!!

After that we went to lunch with Kevin and Tammy to The Pi. I had had their pizza a couple times a long time ago but had forgotten how good it is!!

It was so nice being able to see everyone!! We miss them all the time! We wish that it weren't so expensive to go back and forth.

Melanie dropped us off at the airport and we headed home.

We were so glad to be able to see everyone and can't wait for the next time we get to take a trip!!