Christmas Break 2014

We made the long trek back west for Christmas this year. Flying with a Eva was crazy. She is just so wiggly now and we were thoroughly exhausted at the end of every flight we took. We spent 10 days in Idaho and 10 days in Colorado Springs this year. We had such a fun time with our families and miss them already!

UTAH
We did get a brief one and a half days in Utah. We didn't get to do much, but we did get to spend some time with my Grandma. She came and picked us up from the airport and let us stay at her house. While there, she gave Eva her first birthday present. She gave me the exact same thing on my first birthday and gave me the pictures to prove it.

The day after we landed, we got to see our friends the Laws and meet their little girl, Harper. She is such a doll and both Morgan and I couldn't get enough of her. Leave it up to McKell to put together a great day of activities even while recovering from labor. She is superwoman. We made gingerbread houses, ate ourselves silly and just talked and talked. It was a perfect day!

IDAHO
The annual Christensen Christmas Ball was a hit this year. We actually had about an even number of boys and girls which rarely happens. Some of my high school cousins put together big group dates for the ball so they could make sure they had dates, which is such a good idea.

Madi and Mom did the decorations and they were amazing. 

We woke up Christmas morning to a white Christmas!

Eva was obviously excited for her first Christmas. Our McConkie friends made Eva this adorable barrette. It matched her PJs and so of course we had to have her wear it Christmas morning!

Eva started off the festivities by opening the first present. She actually did an awesome job with it.

Eva also had her first birthday up in Idaho. We didn't do too much. But of course we gave her a chocolate cupcake to devour and snapped a million pictures of it.

 I love seeing those little teeth!

 They both had beards.

Also, Megan and Sam discovered that Eva has a new trick. She now loves to 'talk on the phone' and it is pretty adorable.

She will sit there with her arm like this and talk into it for a few minutes. Cutest thing ever!

All of my siblings, minus Max, were around for Christmas and it was so fun to see everyone.

COLORADO
For New Years we headed to the Springs to see Morgan's family. Aleisha and James were only overlapping our trip by three and a half days so we packed, Christmas, mine and Eva's birthdays, and a baby shower for Aleisha into that short amount of time.

We are SO excited to meet little baby McKean!

 Lots of people say Steph and Eva look a like. So, I had to snap a picture. 

Other activities in Colorado Springs included going sledding, playing SO many games, painting nails, visiting and doing puzzles. We also went to Into the Woods for my birthday and I LOVED IT! 

Now we are back to Ole Virginny. We are glad to be home, but miss the fun and family that live so far away. :( Thanks for a wonderful break!