Friday, January 7, 2011

Christmas Trip to Utah

Ahhh....where are we?  The kids and I had an incredible "vacation" at grandma's house in Utah.  The trip down went wonderfully thanks to help from uncle "T".  We were busy every day getting ready for Christmas and for everyone's arrival.  Kaiya was a little shadow to grandpa from the minute he would get home from work.  He was busy finishing the bathrooms and his to-do list to get the house ready and Kaiya would follow him around.  "Hi Papa...Hi Papa...Hi Papa..."  And don't forget, "Hi Grama...Hi grama....  She loved their undivided attention!  Camdon fell in love with his grandma Crnich as well.  He would reach out his little arms and give her loves and slobber all over her neck.  Once all the cousins got there, Kaiya was overwhelmed.  So many kids playing and filling her world.  She was pretty tired by Christmas morning and told her dad "no more presents".  Camdon grew a lot, got off his medication, became a bottle fed baby, started eating solids and learned how to play with toys.  He's such a different baby now that we're home.  This was a priceless trip and opportunity to share a precious time with family.  We feel so lucky to have had that time together and memories made. We're kind of lonely now, but getting busy with our regular routines.  Kaiya asks for Unlce "T" and Jenna and Chase....where did they go?  We hope they come back to visit us soon.  Love family!
Trains with grandpa!  We went to Grandpa's train club Christmas party and got some fun train goodies!

Grandpa took Kaiya to see a couple train layouts.
Temple Lights!
Great Gma's wonderful stockings...she worked hard to get Camdon's done on time and it looked great!
Elbert Family...none had Kaiya smiling.

Crnich Family picture...in need of some editing.

Cookies for Santa
Christmas Morning

She wanted a doll house and there it is!
Baby doll got a potty...she had to try it out in the middle of living room.

Uncle Andy's House


Papa and yum yum






Cam loved cousin Bailee

Train ornament that sang Christmas music...he LOVEd it!







Camdon's Blessing Day Dec 26th
Grandma Crnich found this cute white tux...he was pretty handsome.
Cam had a terrible cough the morning of his blessing.  All his Crnich side Uncles and his grandpa were in the circle while his daddy gave the blessing.  He didn't cry or cough at all...in fact he woke up to check out all the guys holding him.   Again, a very unique and special moment.



 Probably more to come...

6 comments:

Jaime said...

Looks like fun! I'm glad we got to experience the kids, too. :) So cute!

Holly said...

Your kids are so incredibly adorable, it's ridiculous! I just love them! I can't believe how big Camdon is getting, and how handsome he looked in his white tux. You look gorgeous and I'm so glad you had such a great trip!

"No more presents?!" Crazy girl:) Jacob still gets up and asks for presents, haha:)

Jenna said...

Wow, the kids are both so, soooo cute! And you look beautiful, Amanda! I am so glad that you got to spend so much time with your family. We hope we'll get to come visit you soon! We miss you guys, too, and Chase is a bit lonely after all the attention at Christmas visiting family. I'm just not that exciting, I guess. :) Thanks for posting so many pictures! Cam looks like he's got quite the little personality developing!

gramakelly said...

Love all the pictures, as well as the 'report' of the trip to Utah. What a special, special time! Camdon has the most smoochable cheeks! And I love the tux! I definitely need to spend more time with Kaiya ~ no more presents?!?! We need to work on that :D Love your haircut, you look terrific! I'm so glad you had such a memorable time, and were able to see so much family.

annie said...

Oh FUN! I'm glad you're back here now, but it sure looks like you had a great time in Utah. Man, you got cute kids!!

Unknown said...

Hi Amanda! Just stopped by and was pleasantly surprised you posted a bunch of new pics of your family - beautiful! Your kids are growing so fast. I swear, you're going to have trouble with your daughter, she's so adorable. Keep the boys away! Was just thinking of you because I'm a month away from having our #3 and was thinking of all the awesome pics I'm going to be taking of this new one (a girl, Lily) because of our photography class. I can't wait! Keep taking pictures of your family - they look wonderful!

Haley Holland