Home for the Holidays

Derek and I used to do A LOT of snowboarding before we had kids... it's actually kind of how we got together... over Christmas break we got to go for the first time in a long time... it was so FUN!!!!  Highlight of the trip for sure!

Nyah was in hog heaven with 24-7 running with the cousin pack entertainment!

A game of twister with Grandpa and Grandma Poulsen... probably relating in a post game chiropractic visit :)

CHRISTMAS MORNING!

Nyah asked Santa for a leap pad and was not disappointed upon running out to find her stocking!  She was bursting with Christmas excitement!

Ali has tears in her eyes because she did not appreciate being locked in the laundry room while we got ready for the lights camera action!  But the tears turned into cheers when she saw the enormous Dora display before her!

Joy to Nyah's world!! :)

Christmas Day (Eve) at Grandma Dahle's... it is always a wild party at the Dahle residence on Christmas eve and since we were away this year we shifted the festivities to Christmas night.  It was so much fun!!

Ali went CRAZY for the unwrapping and was grabbing at anything covered in bright paper!  No one could open anything without Ali HOT on their heels... so my brother Trevor started wrapping present with paper and duct tape so that we could by some unwrap time for someone else!  Can't wait for her birthday. :)

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight...

We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point with my family and had a great time.

For anyone who has ever wondered what Derek would look like with dinosaur legs.

uncovering dinosaurs with cousin Addie...

so sweet...

getting down and dirty with a serious archaeological dig!

Nyah loves the horses at Poulsen Ranch her and Ali fed them hay in exchange for a pet...

Soakin it up in the hot tub with my soul mate and two little sweeties... a much needed break after Dereks 1st semester in law school!!!!!

Nyah slept in Grandma Poulsen's room every night that we were there... She LOVED it... not sure how much Grandma liked it?  :)  But she did help Nyah make a tent for her last few nights there! :)

Nyah hit the Deer Vally slopes with Uncle Brian for her first ski lesson!  She did really well considering she broke out in a rash all over her body from a laundry detergent and was a little sleepy from the benadryl I gave her for the rash :)

What a natural!

Taking a break to refuel!

Ali also hit the slopes on the cutest microscopic baby skis ever!  She loved it!  She laughed all the way down... well until we tried to take her protein bar away that is in her hand. :)

GO Ali!

Brian was SO sweet and patient with Nyah!! He is such a fantastic uncle and ski instructor!  Thank you Brian!!!!! :)

Ali loved hanging out with Grandma Dahle when she wasn't cutting up the slopes :)  She was so tired from skiing that she fell asleep on Grandma shoulder!  :)

Nyah's past experience on the sky fairy at the zoo prepared her for the lift :)