Whitney Family Fun!: January 2011

December 4-11 we went to Utah to visit family and friends we haven't seen in roughly 2 years. It was sooo good to go, the family really needed a visit back home.

This photo was taken at the Nashville airport as we waited for our flight.

Southwest gave out free pictures with Santa, what a great treat for the kids, although Emma

knew it wasn't the real Santa, she knew that he worked for him. This year was the year of

figuring out Santa, she doesn't know yet, I would like at least 1 more year of her believing. She asked a lot of quetions... trying to figure out if he really exsists and playing detective.

After we landed in SLC and drove up to Cache Valley we went to our favorite taco shop: Taco Time and got dinner, yummy, really miss that place, don't have one in TN. We then went to Grandma and Grandpa Hamilton's House where we stayed the week. Emma didn't recongnize her favorite uncle, she said: "What did you do with my Dylan?"

My 2 younger brothers just grew up on us and are men now. Rick was 1 the last time we visited and it was like we never left, he loved it. Just had the grandparents all wrapped around his finger and they loved it.

The next day we went to a family reunion with Nick's family at the Hyde Park Civic Center,

everyone was there and it was good to meet new family and hang out. Santa came to visit and Rick and Emma got to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Emma wants a pogo stick and Rick wants batman toys.

Well, it was raining the whole week we were in Utah, so the kids tried to go out and play in the snow before it was gone (ironically it snowed in Nashville while we were gone). But still enjoyed

building a snowman and throwing snow balls.

Rick and Rocky, this is his dog when we visit.

Emma and Zoe, this is her dog when we visit.

Grandma and the kids

Opeing presents from the grandparents, Emma thought this really was Christmas

and was a little disappointed when she didn't get ther pogo stick, but this was just

the grandparents christmas gifts, not Santa.

Uncle Dylan and the kids

Uncle Brandon and Rick

Uncle Brandon and Emma

We saw lots of people during the week, we hung out with old friends: we had dinner with the Fish family, and Leni cooked up some yummy brazilian food. We went to the Fun park with the Ben and Michelle Nilson, Saw Great Grandma Hamilton, and Grandma and Grandpa Great Tanner. The night before we flew back we went to Temple Square and stayed at the Embassy Suites Hotel. We walked around temple Square, saw the Nativity, walked around to all the lights, road the trax and just enjoyed spending time with each other.