Well, we were so excited when the Friday before Christmas Tom learned that the council got their goals accomplished for the year and they would have the rest of the year off....so excited! So, we left the following Tuesday (early, early) in the morning and drove to Tom's parents home in northern Utah. We were planning on staying there until the following Monday....but then we got sick. It started out as just colds...but then on Friday night Taylor officially caught the friendly family flu virus and threw up. So, we packed up and left the next morning to come back home...we knew we'd all be much more comfortable at home. Taylor threw up all through the night we before we left, but thankfully only once on our drive home...she just slept and slept, the poor girl. And then we got home, bathed the kids and an hour later Max threw up. We were all sick during the entire rest of Tom's vacation....and yes, I was depressed about it! Tom had been so busy with work so we were SO excited to have time together as a couple and a family; we had all these fun things we wanted to do...and then we ended up spending most of his time off taking alternating shifts of sleeping and caring for the kiddos. It was sad! That is why it has taken me SO long to put up these pictures!!! I just didn't want to be reminded of it! I think this next year, we will plan on having a much calmer, less populated and hopefully healthier Christmas vacation! It was great to see family and friends though! Just wish it would have had a happier conclusion! Oh well, there's my personal pity party that I knew would be coming when I posted these! ;-) Sorry!
me and Amber (Tom's best friend from H.S.'s wife, I loved spending time with her when we lived in Logan)
and this is Tom's best friend from H.S. Eric...as you can probably imagine, he is quite entertaining! He's a junior high science teacher and had some fun stories for us!
here we are with two of Tom's brothers and their wives...one the left, John and Stacey and their boy Max's age Sam...and on the right Rob and Emily. We love these guys!
Max with a Christmas present...
Taylor with a Christmas present..
Taylor pretending to close her eyes...
Taylor wanted her chance laying in the cradle...
doing the nativity...
Taylor got to be Mary and Max was Jesus...it was pretty cute!
the fam shot!
Taylor and her cute cousin Sammi...
Maddie played the donkey! I think Maddie had the best time on this trip! She had so many kids to play with and to "clean" up "spills" after! And, (thankfully honestly!) she didn't get sick!
Tom making Taylor/Mary "pregnant"
Max in the car...these are reverse order if you haven't figured that out yet, by the way
road tripping...
So, Tom and I were listening to a book on tape (I can't even remember what it was) and Tom likes to "act" out things he hears and pictures in his mind...this is him doing just that! Isn't it hillarious!!! I LOVE my husband!
our stop at Applebee's...kids eat free on Tuesdays! 
hanging out before we left in Mom and Dad's bed....
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Oh I hate it when the kids (and the adults for that matter) get sick. It was fun to see you guys when you came down. We'll have to do that again the next time you come down. And let me know if you end up doing any races while your here and I'll totally do them with you!
I just love the pics of Tom and Eric. They were such good friends to me and I will never forget them. Cross country was a blast! And they knew how to have fun. Thanks for your friendship guys.
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