Christmas Break

Things have finally settled down a bit and I have some free time to update. Christmas break was so much fun! We did a lot of shopping the first few days and my parents and Macy and I went out to eat and to see the lights at Rhema one night. 

Emma and Brett stayed with us for a week after Christmas day and we had a blast. They got all kinds of fun (and some annoying) toys for Christmas. I mainly got books, and clothes but my favorite gift of all is my new camera lens. I had so much fun playing with it and I think it is going to be perfect for Africa. Here are a few pics we took with it. 

 

As the week went on we did all kinds of stuff. My mom bought a cardboard house that you build and color. I think Macy, Lexy, and I were more entertained by the coloring than the kids but Brett and Emma had fun playing inside of it. We played with balloons and visited the horses a lot. I got Emma pink rubber boots with horses on them and she loves them. I made the mistake of not getting a pair of boots for Brett though so he insisted on wearing Macy's Muck boots that are about 10 sizes to big. Some how he managed to walk out to the barn with them on though. I wish I would have taken a picture.

Since New Year's Eve was on Friday night this year we all were in bed by 11:00 pm. I talked to Kody on the phone 'til midnight and then went to sleep. We had a party for all the birthdays and to celebrate the New Year on Saturday night. It was great fun! We played games, watched fireworks, and I got to spend some time with family that I miss a lot!

 Happy New Year's Day Birthday to my mom! :)

 I almost forgot! I went and took a few pictures for my Aunt Sharon of her showing her horse. It was fun! I played around with my new lens so not all turned out great but I got some good ones.

I have some exciting stories already from the dorm so hopefully I can write about those soon!