No more dreaming of a White Christmas...

We spent Christmas in Washington this year. It was the first time all three of us Vidinhar keikis (kids) were home together in 5 years...it was a special time. We had a lot of fun- cooking with dad, watching movies, relaxing, and Mark even had his first white Christmas (well that he can remember).

First off, Christmas day....Each year it's tradition that we open presents and dad begins cooking an amazing meal- it is an all day affair in the kitchen. This year he decided to make my favorite- Chinese Pot Roast Chicken. I decided to take some cooking lessons from the master chef himself.

Alright, daddy-o...I'm ready!

Everything has to be done absolutely perfectly- the master chef will accept nothing less than perfection. Here he is showing me exactly how to cut the carrots- let's just say he makes it look very easy but it's far from easy. But it was an honor to have lessons and exciting to learn.

Chad and Shaun can't be near each other for more than 5 minutes without some wrestling. This was a very common occurance throughout the entire 2 weeks.

Quick Kodak moment- Mark's white Christmas...although it's hard to see the snowflakes falling, they were. There was actually record snow falls in Washington while we were there- the last time there was that much snow on Christmas day was in 1861- so much for leaving Utah to escape the snow.

Presents time....

Later on in the day...just messing around in the house. The sweater I am wearing under the vest was a Christmas present from Mark.

After Christmas.... The day after Christmas was spent taking down all Christmas decorations and dad and the boys shoveling the driveway. The next day we shoveled the easement. This is us after the shoveling, stopping for the pose.


Funny story....mom, Chad, Shaun, Mark and I all shoveled the entire easement for about 2 hours. We finally finished and dad showed up with a plow truck. Not so funny at the time...but very entertaining now.

View of most of the easement we shoveled.

Mom made us pose for a picture after...then Shaun threw me into the snow. A snowball fight followed.

Snow angel.

Say cheese....


Well although we wanted to escape the snow, it was still a blast in Washington! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!