just like christmas

Michael's family has long had a tradition of renting a cabin in the mountains around Christmas. This year we kept that tradition going, but only in January. My sister-in-law Angela brought a Christmas tree, we filled stockings, exchanged gifts and had Christmas dinner. We did everything we could to make it feel like Christmas. The girls didn't mind that it was January. They were so excited to open gifts.

The girls have a blast playing with cousins, staying up late and exploring a new, fun house. They took a bath in the big jacuzzi tub and splashed around in the hot tub. And they got to play with Jax. Jax is Michael's brother Rusty's dog. Him and his wife Krista have done a great job of raising him and he is the sweetest, well-mannered dog. He's huge, but oh so cuddly.

Michael with his brother Rusty and his Dad.

I am now addicted to the game Sequence. We played late into the night and I was lacking sleep for a week afterwards. We had a lot of fun times as a family and I got plenty of outlet mall shopping in. We hope to see everyone soon.