we had an unexpectedly long lay-over in chicago on the way there, but luke and i managed to stay pretty happy at the airport...
i LOVE airplanes. here i am showing one to blankie...
we got to beamee and grampee's house pretty late on christmas eve night. then on christmas day we went to SELT's in lafayette. let me just say, that rocked. there was snow everywhere, and i got to play in it with lauren and taylor and had a great time!! check out this beautiful, sunny day (although definitely cold) with white snow everywhere! here we are sledding down the hill in their backyard...
now it may not look like much of a hill in pictures, but it actually was perfect for us. the girls even did some snowboarding down it, and we really did get some speed on this sled. the pictures don't do it justice, but our smiles do...
i'm pretty crafty. i even managed to get them to push me up the hill in the sled so that i didn't have to walk...
and lauren even carried me back inside too!! that snow was cold, and although i was clearly bundled up, i wasn't a huge fan of getting cold...
but back inside, aunt elaine warmed me up with my first ever cup of hot chocolate - uh, yum!! :)
back at beamee's house, this is what the backyard looked like pretty much the whole week. i really did love the snow, although i was feeling a little self-conscious about momma taking my picture in my snowsuit since i look like a chub-kin. :) momma's discounted old navy snowsuit purchase and weeks of praying for snow came through! and so did the purple boots borrowed from taylor. yes!!
here's a closer shot of me bundled up. i really am a fan of a kitchen utensil no matter where i go. i used this one of beamee's as a snow scoop outside!
back inside, luke stayed warm in the comfort of various arms that held him. lauren's were clearly a favorite...
he also got to have a friend come over and play! this is isaac, son of momma's childhood friend, brent. brent and momma grew up together (and now brent lives with his wife, jen in indy) and luke and isaac were born three days apart - so neat!! please excuse the expressions (or lack of) on their faces - there were a lot of pictures being taken!!
daddy had a great time too. grampee has an "egg" (type of awesome grill) and daddy is the one that gets to cook on it while we're there. brisket is the crowd favorite. daddy started working on it at 7:30a (with his very official chef's jacket - cool!)...
here are some parting shots of us in front of one of beamee's 73 christmas trees. all the grandkids first... (please disregard the fact that all the girls are smiling while luke and i look like we're either stoned or ready to get out of that place!)...
oh, mom did actually get one with me smiling - yes!! luke, still not so much, though, which is a bummer because he sure does smile a lot in real life...
and finally our little family, two photos which are pretty good representations of how things go... luke is hanging off of momma and chewing on his hands; momma is trying to look presentable but had to take a break from that to reign me in; i'm determined to not smile, since it wasn't my idea, and instead just trying to move on to the next thing i want to play with, while sticking out my tongue of course; and daddy looks almost the exact same in both pictures with a perfect smile, good hair day, nice outfit, positive outlook on life in general. :) we're cute, folks...
daddy had a great time too. grampee has an "egg" (type of awesome grill) and daddy is the one that gets to cook on it while we're there. brisket is the crowd favorite. daddy started working on it at 7:30a (with his very official chef's jacket - cool!)...
here are some parting shots of us in front of one of beamee's 73 christmas trees. all the grandkids first... (please disregard the fact that all the girls are smiling while luke and i look like we're either stoned or ready to get out of that place!)...
oh, mom did actually get one with me smiling - yes!! luke, still not so much, though, which is a bummer because he sure does smile a lot in real life...
with beamee and grampee...
and finally our little family, two photos which are pretty good representations of how things go... luke is hanging off of momma and chewing on his hands; momma is trying to look presentable but had to take a break from that to reign me in; i'm determined to not smile, since it wasn't my idea, and instead just trying to move on to the next thing i want to play with, while sticking out my tongue of course; and daddy looks almost the exact same in both pictures with a perfect smile, good hair day, nice outfit, positive outlook on life in general. :) we're cute, folks...
anyway, we really did have a great time in indiana. it was fun to see some of momma's friends, but we are bummed we didn't get to see all of them this time. and it's always great to just hang out and play with everybody. i really love gabrielle, lauren, and taylor and they played with me and luke so much, which was awesome. i can't wait to see them again! and we also went to grandma suever's in michigan, in the same white van/bus we took to the lodge - fun! - but sadly there are no pictures of that.
and now since we've been back we've been to mimsie and grandpa's to celebrate with them, and i'll post about that soon, along with some updates on moving to houston (which is that there really aren't any updates yet... anyone want to buy our house? wallpaper-free!! come and get it!). christmas is a wonderful time of year. snow is cold, but super cool. life is good. happy 2011!!! bye. :)
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