Utah trip

I got brave and decided to fly to Utah a week early for Christmas. It was a little stressful trying to pack everything into 2 suitcases (thus the big backpacks we made the kids take).

But the kids did great! And we had an uneventful flight! Cooper got a little scared on the takeoff which actually turned out good. He finally sat down and buckled up, and grabbed the arm rests and said..."Scared, Scared..... Fall.... Fall" It was really funny!
We were so excited to be at Grandpa and Grandma's!

A few things we did that week before Dad came was...

A trip to the dentist where... surprise! Malia got 4 teeth pulled! Poor kid had to be numbed on all 4 sides! Maybe one day she will forgive us! She was a trooper!
We played lots in the snow which the kids were so looking forward to!


Got into a little mischief, Aunt Shemri was painting nails, why couldn't Cooper have his painted? We found him very carefully painting his toes and fingers. He would not let me get a close up, but he actually did a really good job, and only got one tiny drop on the carpet and 2 on his pants.

Spent lots of time playing with the cousins!

And were so excited for Dad to finally get here after the long lonely drive he did in one day!
We had the pleasure of watching a fashion show...

Can't forget games.....
Eating....
And more games! We are only ever all together once or twice a year so we have to get our game fix in as much as we can! The games of choice this time were Agricola and Stone Age.
Cooper found some favorites! Mater....

And Grandpa with his Ipad!