A hectic bunch of weeks!

SO, all I can say is that our winter break was probably the best ever and it was somewhat spoiled as we had to jump into the busiest semester yet of school. Don't worry, I'm loving the learning and keeping plenty busy.

Our break went a little like this...The morning after our last finals we headed out about 8:30am. The weather was perfect the whole way and we made great time to Portland. We arrived in Portland just as My younger brother Austin was performing with his bag pipe band on the historic PEacock Lane...That was our first stop instead of dropping of everything at Grandma's we just hung out down town looking all grubby for the evening.

Before leaving Portland, we found out Max's brother managed the Chipotle downtown near where Austin was playing and we were starved so we stopped by to see him and chow down.

We finally got to Grandma's pretty late and we were so excited to see her!

We spent a lot of time trying to visit all the family we have in the Area. We made dinner and played games with Max's grandma (MUM-Z) for an evening, we got our car all fixed, we went running regularly on the trails of cook, Tualatin, and Durham parks. We slept in more than we should have and attended our wonderful home ward.

On Christmas eve we went to Green Grandma's house as I have always done for as long as I can remember and have only missed the one year while on my mission. There are so many new cousins it seems every year.

We left Green Grandma's house a little early to head to Brent, Max's brother's house to celebrate Christmas with them. We had a fun time playing with our niece and Nephews and spending time with family.

The next morning was probably one of my favorite Christmas mornings. I was able to sleep in! Well, until James and Elizabeth came to wake us up. We were all at Red Grandma's house so we went out to her tree and saw the beautiful Christmas scene. Max and I filled eachother's stockings that morning! We opened up gifts with Grandma and soon after my little brothers and dad came over. After the wonderful present festivities Max, Dad, and I made a breakfast of homemade buttermilk pnacakes, hashbrowns, and bacon. Yummers! It was so tasty and I loved having a family meal!
We had a nice slow morning and I mostly played with my beautiful neice. Our favorite game was sailing in other words... "Let me push you around in a box Gwenevere!"


It is taking me days to work on this post so I will post this now and then finish it later!