Christmas Rundown...

Our Christmas came fast and went fast. We were so busy up until the moment we left, were busy the two weeks we were gone and now are finally able to slow some since we've been home, it's kind of nice.

You'll have to excuse the lack of pictures, I took pretty much no pictures of anything and the ones I did get are terrible.

Our flight left early in the morning so we decided it would be best to sleep at a hotel and park our car there the entire time we were gone. Turned out to be a pretty sweet deal. The hotel and parking charge were significantly cheaper than what we expected, the hotel was ridiculously nice and our car was there when we came home, meaning we didn't have to ask a friend for a ride to and from the airport.

There was a big bowling alley across the street from the hotel so we played a few games with the kids.

When we got back to the hotel some company was having a party and had a santa. They were a little hesitant to see him so Nate jumped in for the picture too.

The next morning we got up early and took our 3 min shuttle to the airport. Checked in and got on our first flight. We always have these forever long layovers in Chicago, luckily we have this little nook type terminal that few people walk down. We unload and run up and dow the halls for hours.

Or we waste time watching movies.

Once in Utah the festivities began, dinners, plays, concerts, the Temple (for my mom), family outings, shopping galore, Christmas presents and lots gingerbread houses.

He loved to eat off his, Paisleys candy didn't even make it on the house.

One of our Target shopping trips.

We were able to spend time with family and were lucky enough to be over at Dave and Abby's when Santa showed up early. This time Sage had no problem getting his candy cane from Santa and his family.

For Christmas I gave Nate seats, including mine... to Trans Siberian Orchestra. He has always wanted to go but they always come to KY when we head to UT. This time they switched and we were in the same state and the same time, Yeah! Nate and I were both really worried for the first half, it was like story time gone bad. The second half they finally broke out the lasers, pyrotechnics and hard rock orchestra.

The very last part of our vacation was taking Sage skiing. He was a bit of a freak out right before, we like to call that freak out a "Dane". He and my 13 year old brother act the same. But Sage did well, only did a few runs but he enjoyed going fast with dad.

And there ya have it, our vacation. Not two weeks worth of pictures and none of Christmas which I am kind of sad about. But we enjoyed our time in UT with family. However we are glad to be home and finish this chapter of our lives and start the next (which is really only a chage for Nate...)