We had a great christmas break and were glad to see LOTS of family and also some friends! We started our trip by DRIVING (20 hrs.) to Lakeside, Az. (Josh wanted to "investigate a business opportunity there) We stayed with Josh's sister and Millie had a blast playing with her kids! Not only did she love the kids, but was obsessed with their cat- she named her new stuffed cat "Pumpkin" after Sarah's cat!

Mill and Sarah dressed up in animal costumes and jumping on the tramp

A few days later we headed up to Provo (add another 9 hours to our driving total) We were so happy to wake up the next morning with a thick blanket of snow covering everything. Mill thought snow was just about the best thing she'd ever seen!

Since we were spending christmas in Ut. we had to make the treck up to Temple Square to see the lights. This is one of my favorite things to do at christmas!

We took Mill to see Santa for the first time! She got a kick out of it, and so did I! I wasn't sure if she'd want to sit on this strange man's lap... but, oh yeah, I forgot, no one is strange, or a stranger to Millie. She LOVED it! I had bought all her presents by this time but hadn't ever thought to ask her what she wanted because I thought she wouldn't really understand/care... but turns out she wanted Santa to bring her a Kitty, a dog, and some suckers! had to make a quick last min. trip to get those :)


Bowling on christmas eve. Mill and I were on a team. Having Millie on my team and therefore getting to use this little bowling device probabally helped me score alot more points than I would have on my own. ha ha.

Mill's pirate costume I got for 99 cents from little tykes.


Went swimming in the awesome lehi indoor pool. We don't have any indoor pools (or outdoor for that matter) here in memphis so we have to squeeze in swimming when ever we get a chance!

Mill went to "Monkey Island" (in Lehi) and had a good time playing with Grandpa! Monkey Island just has a bunch of blow up slides and stuff to play on. We thought it was totally great because it was $5 for mill-- but parents/grandparents are FREE! you can stay as long as you want and you also get a free otter pop (which helps when you are trying to bribe them to leave)

Hope you all had a merry christmas too!