We drove to Utah to spend the holidays with Eric's family and had a blast, even though I froze body parts I didn't know I had. I totally went outside to build a giant leaning snowman and we didn't get a picture! I promise I was out in the snow for a solid 15 minutes! We played rockband with the fam for hours in Nate's theater and I found out that I need to work on my breath control although in my defense it IS hard to hold a note when you're laughing so hard! Nate says he might act like me after he's knocked back a few drinks! I promise none of us drink but I DO hear that more than you'd think! We had a Bishop family sledding and soup party where I did NOT go outside but sat by the big window in the warm building happilly watching everyone else freeze to death. That doesn't even LOOK fun! But they said they did so, to each his own. We had a fun gingerbread decorating party on Christmas eve and made a birthday cake for Jesus, cookies for Santa and food for the reindeer. Then we did our annual Christmas Day brunch with the family complete with the traditional ebelskeivers or however you spell it. Delicious. We played the day away and quickly learned that we are not smart enough to play "upwords". The day after Christmas we got to go to the Salt Lake Temple with the whole entire family for the very first time! It was so beautiful and I can see why it took them 40 years to build it. It was a great day and so awesome that our whole family could be there! We had Kensie's 3rd birthday party in the style of Mermaids. We invited all the girlie cousins over to have a scavenger hunt where we ended up underwater in the ocean to decorate mermaid princess crowns. (We decorated the theater to look like underwater with different colored ribbon to look like water and clear balloons to look like bubbles. then we turned on the finding nemo living aquarium on the projector so it felt like we were actually underwater! so fun!) I decorated mermaid cupcakes to look like each girl. Then we took our kids to play at a playplace and then Eric and I headed out for a fun night with some old friends at Creighton and Michelle's wedding reception to decorate their car in a very tasteful manner! and mimi's cafe afterward where we were probably (ok definitely) more obnoxious than is allowed in most public areas. Oh well. Sorry to everyone who might have been within a 5 mile radius at the time! Eric's sister Julie threw and awesome New year's eve Fondue party. So yummy! then we had a fun game tournament from which my TOES are still SORE from standing on them for like 10 minutes! We'll definitely have to repeat that one soon. It was really fun! We got to go visit all the grandparents and it was fun to see the kids spend time with them. Especially Kensie because she would just walk up and kiss and hug them. She wasn't shy at all and I think that really made them happy. We spent many a night watching movies and many a day playing Wii in the theater and countless hours in the playhouse downstairs. It was nice spending time in Dad and Mom's nice big, beautiful house. Culture shock coming back home to our 900 sq. ft. townhouse! We'll need some time to re-adjust but at least it's warmer here!
Our first and might I add sorry attempt at a snowman!
Kensie the snow bunny
Charlie takes after his mama. He doesn't really like the snow.
Eric rollin' a giant snow ball and Bryce trying to make it up the hill in 2 feet of snow.
Gingerbread party
we snitched and I LOVE that cute Haley in the background!
Charlie's version of decorating a gingerbread house
This game was way harder than it looked!
I just think charlie is cute in his ozark hat
Santa brought everyone new shoes!
I love Charlie's chubby bum
Santa also brought laptops and headphones!
I LOVE seeing happy babies!
Sir Bryce got a knight dress up set from mom and dad
P.S. thanks Aunt Becca for the cute monkey jammies!All decked out for brunch
I'm not entirely sure what is going on in this picture but I think Charlie's face is CLASSIC!
I thought it was funny they all had their laptops
Family Temple day
Visiting Nana. I'm pretty sure she has no idea who we are but we brought candy so she liked us!
Eric's camera happy
Kensie's party. she loves her Rachel friend as she calls her
Cute girlie cousins
I was going to make one big mermaid cake but Kensie threw a diva fit and got individual mini cakes. They didn't turn out how I wanted them but still cute!
A quick lasagna lunch during the party
All the girlies with their mermaid princess crowns on
Kensie got a fancy nancy tutu and pretend point shoes from Nana and Grandpa Bishop
She LOVES them. She even slept in them a couple of nights!
Grandma Great gave the kids COOL glasses. Bryce thinks he's hardcore.
Visiting with Grandma Great
Kensie's new BFF Great Aunt Joy
All I have to do is photoshop in Dad's head and we'd have 4 generations of cute Bishop Boys
Even Grandpa Bishop had to smile at Kensie's sassy charms
Giving loves to grandma Bishop without being prompted
Fun Times!
9 comments:
We really enjoyed seeing you. There were a lot of fun times. I don't know how you will get back to your life now. Hope your toes are better, Steve's leg is still sore from paper bag ballet.
It was really fun having you guys here. Come back soon!
Man, I'm so sad I missed out on the big Bishop party and seeing you guys!!
Looks like you had a great time in while you were here in Utah!! How did the kids like the snow? My three youngest LOVE the snow, I like it, it's pretty. But I am still a California Girl at heart.
Got the love the shoes! Hot Momma!! and I see you are instilling your love of shoes into your kids.
You kids are growing up too fast. Just squeeze them for me.
Happy New Year!!
Kim, I'm so sorry about posting that picture. I figured since you let her take the pic you were proud of it!! I obviously thought it was awesome!!! Do you want me to take it off?
hahaha no I'm totally joking. It's a face I should be proud of, not many people can pull off that look! It was just shocking in a funny way to look at your blog and see my hideous face at the top of it! Thanks for being so sensitive to my feelings though!
YAY! It was so awesome to see you guys. Love ya lots! Thanks for inviting us over. and I LOVE ebelskeivers!!
Kim, What fun pictures!! Since you were here the amount of snow would not be a surprise for you. But we were surprised at just how much we got. More than ever since we have been in Utah. Love the picture of you guys with Mom, I am sure she enjoyed your visit. I love your blog, I am been spending more time on facebook since my kids got me into that. Love that cute family of yours and by the way you look gorgeous.
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