For Christmas this year we went to Colorado and spent the holiday with Brandin's family. All of his siblings were in town, which hasn't happened in 5 years, so there was lots of celebrating going on each night. We were all able to be there for a whole week, so it was a never ending slumber party!
So in this post I have 60-70 photos, and there are 2 reasons why. 1, there was a lot going on and I love picts, and 2, this was my Christmas present from Brandin!!!!! I am in love, and still working on figuring out all the bells and whistles, so all of the picts right now are not the greatest, and there were too many to edit, so I just went crazy and uploaded them on here anyways.
It's a Canon EOS Rebel T3i, whatever that all means. :)
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First off, once everyone made it there, we had Holli's 19th Birthday Party! She was so excited to blow out her candles and open presents.
Shell and Hailey watching Holli open her presents.
Grandma and Grandpa (in -laws) and Great Grandma Worm
Then Monday night they did an ugly sweater party, so Brandin and I decided to go matchy-matchy and be Christmas trees. If you look closely you can see the stars on our foreheads as the tree topper. (yes, I know we are not actually wearing sweaters, but with all of those bodies there it felt like 100 degrees, and this prego was already ALWAYS overheated there, so I opted for T-shirts)
Daniel and Brandin being silly
Krystal, Mckynlie, and Daniel
Jace and Grandma
Shell, Tyler, and Haylie
Cory and Mandi
Me and Shell
Holli was sad that everyone else was dressed up and she wasn't, so she put on a santa hat and a Christmas garland! Good job Holli :)
CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!
Carter and Haylie were so excited to get downstairs and open presents, so we started before everyone else with Shell and Tyler. Slowly everyone else (who's kids are younger and don't really care) trickled in and started on the festivities with us.
Carter opening the McQueen scooter that he has been wanting for months.
Everytime Holli opened a present she would hold it up and yell "Amber, take a picture!!!" So I was able to get lots of Holli and her gifts :)
Carter and his new Cars cars. Spoiled!
Not only did I have my camera going, and Brandin next to me with our video camera, but Tyler and Krystal had their video cameras out too, so it didn't matter where you looked/sat, you were on someones screen.
Gene opening the gift from us. He pulled out the packing air and acted like it was the greatest gift ever. ha ha
Shell opening her new purse from her hubby.
Gared and his new presents. . .
The mass chaos of wrapping paper that we had going on. There was another big pile on the other side of the room.
Carter and haylie playing under the tree
After all of the presents were opened, we sat down to watch all of the new movies all of the kids were given. I think this pict is so cute, Carter snuggled up with Grandpa watching a movie.
Carter and Haylie watching another movie.
Mckynlie hanging out on the floor checking us all out
Holli wanting another pict. Love this girl!
Grandma made the grandkids each their own pillow, and surprise surprise, Carters was McQueen. Who would have guessed??
Carter, Haylie, and Jace playing games together.
Brandin being done with my picture taking.
Carter and Haylie showing off their new scooters
That night my bestie Jess and her family Jake and Jemma stopped by on their way home, and Carter had fun playing with Jemma.
Jess and I
She was so nice and even gave me a back rub!!
Jemma, isn't she so cute!?!
later that night, we had a white elephant gifts game, in which we dominated and I won the solid chocolate massive hershey kiss. As soon as the game was over I ripped it open and started eating it. This is the dirty look I was giving Brandin telling him not to even think about touching my chocolate. lol
Shell won a pig popper.
Holli showing off her wand
Then Tyler brought a book and gave us a story time called "all my friends are dead"
Daniel made a gingerbread house, and carter wanted to also. I went in and this is what I saw, Carter's pretty house. ha ha
We were in charge of dinner one night, and Brandin decided that he wanted to put his S'mores bar up, so after dinner we all shoved our faces with S'mores.
Carter and haylie decided to attach Brandin one night and wrestle with him, here he is trying unsuccessfully to get away.
Then Jace came to join in on the action.
For some reason this trip Holli was in love with Tyler, and would follow him around wherever he went. She was sitting on the couch until he came into the room, and then she had to move to the floor to be closer to him.
Carters finished gingerbread house.
That Friday we decided to go sledding up at old powderhorn. Shell didn't want to sled so she was my buddy while this prego sat the fun out and took lots of picts instead.
Tyler, haylie, and Carter falling off the sled at the bottom
The kids playing in the snow
Brandin, Carter, and Haylie
Krystal lent her snowgoggles to Carter for one run, and he thought he looked pretty cool.
Tyler and Haylie again
Carter decided that he was cold and done, so he sat down with me for a while.
Then our last day there Alyssa had her baby shower. She is due a month after me, and having a boy. Mandi put it all together and I helped her make the decorations.
Star loved Carter and was playing with him after the shower.
