Christmas Break

Ok, so I'm terrible at keeping up on the blog thing. I apologize, Kim. I will try harder. 

For Christmas break we went to Utah to visit Ces' family. We had a 6 am flight on the way there. The kids always do really well on flights but it was still too early for me. They had a hard time adjusting to the time difference and Miguel and Gabe were very cranky. They didn't become happy again until like 4 days before we left. They were tons of cousins, tons of snow, tons of presents and tons of fun. 

Ces' brother Spencer brought his Wii from Florida and the boys (meaning the grown boys) spent most of their time around that.  Occasionally they would let the little boys play too. 

 It snowed almost the entire time we were there. The kids were in heaven. Miguel had been waiting for it to snow in Boston before we left but it never happened. So when he got out of the van at his Abuela's house and he saw all the snow his first instinct was to dive right in which wa

s followed by crying because he had no gloves or snow pants on. We later got them all dressed up and let them go outside. 

Christmas morning was a little crazy.  Four families consisting of 8 small children and 9 adults. I wasn't able to get very many pics that morning which I was sad about but what can you do? 

   

Miguel got a telescope from Santa along with some transformers and hotwheel cars from Mommy  and Daddy. 

Emma got a fluffy white chihuahua (she was very specific) from Santa and games and art stuff from Mommy and Daddy.

Gabriel got some toys from Santa and clothes from us. He was the easiest of all. 

        

We had a great time and were able to see some good friends of ours (Mike and Miss Becca); sadly I did not get any pics of us together. We were glad to be able to spend some time with Ces' family who we hadn't seen in over a year. I had forgotten how beautiful Utah was and how much I missed it. They kids are already looking forward to going back to see their cousins!!