Christmas in Colorado

Merry Christmas! Hailey got spoiled, and we spent lots of time with family, all in all it was a great trip.


Hailey and Grandpa Mills


The wrapping paper was a lot more interesting than the presents


She had no trouble finding the candy


The kiddos got us up early...can you tell?

Week 1 in Colorado

We left North Carolina as soon as Brian turned in his last exam...and flew across the country to visit Brian's family

Dinner with Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Jeff
and the McFaddens (Brian's oldest sister's family)


It's kinda cold in Colorado


Playing with Uncle Jeff


...and cousins Emily and Kevin

Elfamorphosis

Check this out, it's the cutest thing ever! It takes a minute to load but it's worth it. Merry Christmas!!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1209655982

Hippopotamuses or Donkeys?

The Christmas radio station in North Carolina has been playing nothing but Christmas tunes since sometime in early November...needless to say they've had to be creative in order to not play the same songs over and over. We've heard 2 songs this year that we'd never heard before, but no Christmas will be whole without them ever again. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was written in 1953, apparently for some Zoo in Oklahoma hoping to get a Hippo for Christmas that year...then there's "Dominic the Donkey", I have no real explanation for this one, but I'm pretty sure every holiday should have at least one song about a donkey!

I was able to find a couple of music videos of sorts on YouTube so you can hear these 2 Christmas Classics and add them to your own holiday traditions!

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"


"Dominic the Donkey"

Belated Birthday...the big 26!

Brian turned 26 a couple days ago (okay more like 2 weeks ago, but at least I took pictures.) Unfortunately he spent most of his day studying, but he did get to study at home and in his underwear!
While he was busy studying Hailey and I got dressed up and ordered his favorite meal for lunch!


When I asked Brian what he wanted for his birthday all he said was a night out without the baby so we decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and went to the temple. It was our first time going since we moved out here which is kind of sad since the Raleigh temple is only 25 minutes away from our house. It was really nice to finally make it there but we couldn't believe how small the temple is.

When we got home we had some football-shaped ice cream (we thought it was an ice cream cake and really it was just ice cream shaped like a football.) Since the cake was frozen solid the candles wouldn't go in so we had to pass on the traditional blowing out of the candles...but hopefully his wish came true anyways!!!