Christmas!

We spent Christmas this year with my family in Boise. Parker, Kate and I flew to Idaho on the 14th so we could attend my Grammy's 70th birthday extravaganza the following day.  For several decades it has been her goal to go skiing in Sun Valley on her 70th birthday and ski she did!  I think I can safely say that you've never seen a more stylish grandma in a turquoise ski suit.

Parker loved the snow.  He loved wearing his hat and gloves and making foot "krints" in the snow.  It only snowed one day while we were there and only about an inch, but we took advantage of it as much as we could.  Parker "helped" my dad shovel the snow, he threw snowballs and made a snow house.  I mostly just watched from the window.  

Both Erin, Matt and Jamie were in Boise too this year.  We had a wonderful Christmas and my biggest accomplishment of the season was convincing my dad to buy a real tree.  I looooooove the smell of a real Christmas tree!  Parker got some great gifts.  I think his favorite was a Thomas the Train train set from Grandpa Bob.  Paul and I got him the Cars 2 movie and Santa got him some cars from the movie. We are so on the same wavelength as Santa!  :)  Thank goodness for Grandpa John and Grandma Trudy- the only gift that Kate had on Christmas morning was from then.  (She actually got some other gifts, but they were waiting for us at home in California.)

Some of us got more practical gifts... We gave my dad spoons.  I just couldn't endure my mouth being cut up by one more utensil that has obviously lost many battles with the garbage disposal.  Among other things, Paul gave me an oven mitt and a nose hair trimmer.  (What's he trying to say??) All of us got socks.

And what's Christmas without a day full of game playing?  Kate is quite the card shark.

While we were in Boise we went bowling.  We played two games and Paul won the first game, my dad won the second.  I lost both.  Yes, I lost even to Parker.  Oh the shame.

And then Paul was hungry so we stopped and got him a burger on the way home.

Just kidding.  This bad boy is from the famous Big Judd's and we shared it five ways... and followed it with five heart attacks.

On December 28th it would have been my parents' 30th anniversary.  They ate at a fun Japanese restaurant on their honeymoon, so we followed suit and celebrated at a Japanese steakhouse.