This vacation was jam-packed full of friends, family and fun. Matthew and I wanted to spend as much time with our friends and family back in SLC and Vegas as possible since we hadn't seen many of them for at least 6 months and we knew it would be at least that long before we saw them again.
The adventure started almost immediately after landing. Matthew's mom picked us up from the airport and after dropping our bags off at the house dropped us off a a bus stop headed to meet the Taylor's in downtown SLC at the Discovery Museum. We played music, built towers, made movies, went to the grocery store and filled up on gas!
Matt and I at the bus stop and Cynda in the car making sure that we caught it
Discovering with the Taylors:
This is a movie that Cole and I created:
After leaving the Taylor's we met up with Alex, Elisa and Noah at the Gateway Mall. There the boys and girls split up to do some last minute holiday shopping. I got to hold and cuddle with Noah Boa which was a lot of fun. He is such a cutie. Every time I made a noise he would grunt back at me.
The Parental Units known as Steve and Cynda met up with us in the evening to go see the lights on Temple Square, then we went back to the PUs, had dinner and opened gifts. We debated waiting until Christmas morning to open gifts, but because Christmas was on Sunday this year and church was early and the plan was to go straightway to the Taylor's after church, we decided it would be easiest to open them Christmas Eve.
Cynda made us stockings since we didn't have any!
This is one of my fav pic of Cynda! She's so happy!
On Christmas we went to church and enjoyed time with family!
For the rest of the week we spent most of our days meeting up with friends or doing a puzzle with Mama Bowen. There was a small setback to our puzzling when Matthew thought it would be funny to hide a finished portion of the puzzle under a place mat and then Steve tried to pull what he thought was one piece and that portion of puzzle fell to the floor! Luckily it didn't take too long to get back on track.
Lunch with the Wardels (the back) and Fellows (forward R)
Us with The Lowrys(on L) and The Andersons (on R)
Kirsten Fischer and Matt Meldrum
Us and the Linderpeople celebrating Bean's Bday
Us with Sharon and Keyra after yummy Cafe Rio
Anthony Woolf! and Laura with her not so thrilled about sweater with the tag still on it!
The Waldrons
Me and Jill
Bryan, Afshin and Matthew
On the 30th we headed towards Vegas to spend New Years Eve with the Kofford clan. On the way we picked up the Linderpeople and shared a ride to save on gas and spend more time with Noah Boa, oh and Alex and Elisa!
We hung out with my fam in typical Kofford fashion! We went to Macayo's (our favorite Mexican restaurant) for dinner (we even brought Jordan along for the ride), we were loud and rowdy everywhere we went (at home, in the cars, at the mall, the restaurant, etc), we enjoyed giving and opening gifts, we had fun making and eating New Years snacks as well as watching movies and playing games.
Jordan dressed fancy for the occasion!!!
L: I can't tell is Noah is happy or disgusted with me! R: Learning the planking game early!
Bella is such a cuddle bug!
Jordan needed help deciding what to eat...and a little help eating it too!
When we got back to SLC, we topped off our visit spending a little more time with the Taylor's and homemade hot air balloons and making a few more stops to see some friends.
Hot Air Ballooning:
Third times a charm; video of our successful launch!
Dinner with the Dorm Crew:
Mrs. Longlooper (Mr. Longlooper couldn't make it)
Ash and Rusty
The Lee FamiLee!!
Gregily and the chill-ins
TJ with B and T
It was a great vacation, that I definitely needed. I know that moving was the right thing for Matthew and I to do, but it has not been easy. I think that's the biggest reason why it was right. We grow and progress by being tried and stretched right? Work is crazy and I have mixed feelings about it right now, so it was good to get a breather and see so many people that I love.
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