Christmas

Mom and sweet Sammi

Drew sent me this beanie with my name on it from his mission, very sweet & thoughtful

Grandma Twila & Aunt Kim

Levi & his sister, Holly

The Girls

We had a wonderful Christmas this year and were especially happy and grateful my family came to join us in Denver. They were a bit hesitant at first to come, but I think they enjoyed it. Also worth noting, Sammi was a hit with everyone, including my Dad, which is a miracle within itself. In fact, Christmas morning I came down and Dad had come down to lay on the couch and his favorite (only) grand-dog was snuggled up on his lap. Wish I had caught that on camera. We also got to talk to my brother for about an hour on Christmas day. He sounded very content and happy and it was good to hear his voice. My parents are now counting down the days until Mother's Day. He has been out just over 8 months, can't believe it. We had a great day spending time with all of Levi's family as well, and now I'm sad it's all over.

As a side note, I of course had to work Christmas Eve, since I work for UPS. A few other people and I were tasked with searching for a child's bike that was supposed to be a Christmas present. It was "supposedly" scanned into this one 40 FOOT trailer that was completely packed full of packages from front to back, top to bottom. Do you comprehend 40 feet? I don't think so. About 3 hours and 3000 packages later, we did NOT find the freaking bike. So next time you get a UPS package that has a foot print on it, you might have a bit of appreciation why. I stepped on or sat on at least half of those pacakges trying to find that stupid bike. Oops! And I of course got to wear my lovely browns...

Baby, it's cold outside!

It has been so cold in Denver this past week. On Sunday it didn't even make it out of the negatives, and Monday it was only in single digits. Sammi is a very spoiled dog and has decided she won't even go outside when it snows. Levi has to actually shovel the yard so she will go out to the bathroom. But in this really cold weather, she has actually been freezing up! It's so funny to watch. Her legs stop working and she starts hobbling around. So we decided we needed to invest in some winter clothes for her. These are the two Levi picked out, I think they are so adorable! Especially the skull on her down vest! Also you can notice she is laying on our electric throw blanket in most of these pictures staying nice and toasty.