{ChRiStMaS '09}

Christmas has come and gone for most, but we are still celebrating. It's hard to say goodbye to such a fun time of year! Here are a few high-lights, and there will be more to come as we are headed to Idaho to see more family and have more fun!

Grandpa Ray bought Jonas Camo jammies :)

Grandma and Jonas "opening" a present. JoJo wasn't so into it. He opened his trains and then that was all he cared about!

Christmas Morning-opening presents with Dad's help.

The girls' and our Christmas Jammies :) (we are so much fun!)

Jonas got to play in the snow, but wasn't so sure about it. Let's face it, it's hard for anyone to walk when they are dressed like a marshmellow!

Holding on to the Candy Canes for support.

Jonas has spent A LOT of time playing on these stairs. They are big enough for him to go up and down without getting hurt, and he LOVES them!

We've spent a lot of time around the piano listening to his mad skills. (He even takes requests)

It took some time, but Jonas figured out that he and Grandpa have a lot in common. They both like to nap, and they can both snore louder than a freight train-just ask anyone in Relief Society!

And who doesn't love to snuggle with Grandma's?

Merry (late) Christmas!

ICE!

Devin works with the best people. We feel very fortunate to have made friends with so many thoughtful friends. Ruthie (whom Devin works with), was nice enough to tell Devin about the ICE show going on at the National Harbor. We invited our friends and their little boy and the six of us (ok 8 if you can't the little ones Aleese is carrying for another few weeks) had a BLAST!!! It was so much fun! Basically it was a big outdoor room filled with Ice Sculptures. It was the coolest thing ever! I loaded the pictures wrong, so we will go from the end to the beginning instead. After we went to ICE, we walked through the Gaylord Resort Hotel Atrium. They had a fountain show and then it snowed...

First it was just a little snow...

and then there was a bit more...and Jonas LOVED it!! It was really tiny bubbles, but he didn't care. He was crazy!

We laughed and laughed and laughed and so did he!

Reach Buddy!

He was having so much fun (so was Barrick in the background)

Here we are-right next to the fountain-just as the show was starting...

and here we are in the middle of the show. Jonas was SO wet, but he LOVED it, so we just stayed there and got wet, wet, wet. It was worth it!

..ICE..

Mom, Jonas, and a Nutcracker.

Mom and Jonas on the slide. Maybe I liked it a bit more than he did :).

We had to wear these big parka's. They provided them and its a good thing because they have to keep the tent at a whopping 9 degrees!! Needless to say our noses and our toes were frozen!

All that cold didn't stop Jonas from wanting to eat all the ice sculptures. This was really not allowed, but we couldn't resist! He loved the Penguins. I think he thought they were giant popsicles.

A tree (all made of ice...ornaments too)

Fireplace

Family Piano

This was a pond with Polar Bears playing on the frozen ice. We couldn't take the strollers up the stairs, but it was cute even from below.

This fence was amazing! It was so realistic and actually looked more like glass.

More of the fence..

Jonas' Parka was a little bit too big...but he was a good sport and kept it on. He must have been freezing too!

The Parka's are way heavy!!

I forgot my camera, like a dummy. I was SOOO mad!! Thank Goodness Aleese remembered hers. I just took these with Devin's phone. I will update with the other pictures later. We had a lot of fun and look forward to going next year!!

***UPDATE***

Scott brought the pictures to me :) Thanks!!

Jonas smashing his face against the ice wall.

More Penguin Popsicles :)

The whole Gang!

Jonas and Barrick in the Horse Drawn Sleigh

Little Jonas in a BIG Parka

The Glass Tree at the Atrium

The Gang with the Penguins

Jonas "calming" the snow

All of us in the Ice tunnel

(OK Aleese took the picture..so not all of us)

Even the tunnel had ice in it!!