Christmas Day at Jen's House

Quiet House

Last night our house was very, very quiet....and I already miss those little kids.
When they were getting ready to leave I was holding Killian and he gave me a giant hug
and told me in his cute little voice: "Mimi, I like being with you."   He was so sincere and it almost made me cry.  Because I love being with him too, and I really wish we lived closer.  If and when life ever
slows down we have a thousand pictures to look through and put a couple on here. Such a great week.

Elf on a Shelf

Killian's Elf on a Shelf jumped in the car and came to UT with them so we had two at our house.
The first morning they pooed on Mimi's countertop. The boys though that was pretty funny until
Aunt Chelsea thought it was a chocolate kiss and plopped it in her mouth. I'm sure a therapist will be hearing about that in the future...
The day Killian left for MT they stopped at a hotel on the way home. The next morning the elf was hanging in the car above Killians head. Killian told Clay "Dad, have you ever noticed my elf had a red line around his neck?  He probably shouldn't have spent the night in the car with all my new dinosaurs!"

Happy Birthday Killian

We went to the State Capitol to have family pictures taken. Then to Gateway to Build A Bear. Gavin didn't get to go to the Planetarium with us as he had basketball. When Killian was marching thru the Planetarium he told me in a sad little voice "all I wanted was to go watch Boo Boo play basketball today". Oh man, that would've been easy.

Miss Kinzi is here!!!

Kinzi with her Christmas stocking Great Grandma Frances made from Great Great Grandma Uhrichs quilt.

Utah Health Survey

Last night I got a call from the UT Health Department asking if they could ask a few questions for a survey. Since I've went in and volunteered with them before I said yes.  Well everything was fine and I was feeling pretty healthy (don't smoke, exercise, eat fruit & veggies & beans)  until he asked:
How many times have you drank alcohol in the last month?  I said Seven.
Then the next question; In the those seven days how many drinks did you have per day. At this I just started laughing. I explained well I was on vacation, and I was in Mexico at an all inclusive resort, and the drinks are very watered down, and my answer is 10. He said every day? I said Yep.  Oh man, blew that health survey!

Merry Christmas to us Part One. Now to plan a Dinosaur Birthday party for the cutest 4 yr old around, and wait for the arrival of Princess Kinzi for Christmas Part Two.

Cancun Vacation with my sister.

After months of planning we're all here. We chose the Live Aqua Resort this year and loved it.

 Our waiter on the beach.

 Swingers Bar

Leon our lifeguard. He also brought us a seashell present one day.

 Morning sunrise from our balcony.

 On our morning walk.

 

Usually I keep a vacation journal to help me remember our trip. On this trip everyday pretty much consisted of: Wake up at 6am and go on our morning walk, find seashells, pick out our chairs and umbrella on the beach and put our towels on them, eat breakfast, lay on the beach and read, go in the ocean and play and cool off, eat lunch, nap or shopping in the afternoon, go to dinner, in bed by 9:00. Some variations with massages and special lobster dinner, but pretty boring, very relaxing, and a really great vacation.

 Our morning breakfast table with a view.

Lori and I on our morning walk. When I returned to the room I was telling Tom that a guy took a picture of us and he said he knew and showed me all these pictures he had zoomed in and took of us from the balcony.

On Monday we took a ferry and rented golf carts on the Isle of Mujeras as I wanted to go photograph the colorful doors.