Happy Holidays!

This has been a great holiday season, except for the fact I didn't enjoy a month long break as I have for the past 5 years. However, I fully appreciated the few days I did have off.



Erik and I worked up until last Friday and left for Idaho at 4:30am Saturday morning. He dropped me off at my Aunt's house in Spokane (for a Holiday Girl's Club Meeting, don't ask - its top secret anyway) and continued on to my parent's house. I had a great time catching up with aunts and "cousin-in-laws" (would that be second cousin?) and meeting the newest addition to my huge extended family, Grace Walsh.



After the "meeting" my mom and I did a little shopping and finally made it up to my parent's house. Erik and I spent the next 3 days enjoying snow, family, and....well lots of things like cookies, candy, delicious dinners and hors d'heurves, presents, scattergories, Muppet's Christmas Carol, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (well Erik didn't enjoy that one), and generally being fairly lazy.



We also went on a great hike up at Priest Lake with Jenny, Ben B., Tom, Ben, and the dogs of course. It was so great being with my family and I was very sad to go.

the lovely tree my dad cut told ya I was lazy

for some reason I was into panoramics

Ben and Tom are going on an adventure

I was entertained by Jenny

Watch out!

Who's this hottie? Sunny and snowy at once
Ben B!
This was actually pre-hike

Destination: dock told you I went panoramic crazy
it was a beautiful day
thanks for taking the picture, Ben!
yet another, but so cool!

introspective perhaps? Nah.
they look excited about presents
a classic "Christmas in Idaho" picture, complete with racks in the background

and the best part?! Jenny and Ben announced they're preggo!