The Grand Canyon

We got out of town after Christmas and decided to go to Las Vegas. The kids had never been and we thought it would be worth seeing. Since the Grand Canyon was only an hour out of the way, we decided to make a pit stop on the way there. However, we were not expecting the snow and fog. We literally could not even see the world's largest canyon, haha! It was filled with fog and so sad! There was snow everywhere, and we were not prepared.

On the way home, we thought again, it's only an hour out of the way and the first time was a bust! So we tried again. We were watching the webcam to see if the fog would lift enough.  It looked clearn enough, so we took a chance. There was still snow, but we could see it!  And it was gorgeous with the snow!  I know it's a memory our kids will not forget, at least the big kids.
 

Attempt #1

Pretty view on the side of the road

We watched a video of what the canyon was supposed to look like, but it was definitely not like seeing it in real life.

Isn't that fog beautiful!?!

 

On our way out, we saw people sliding off the road.  We were happy to get out safely.

It was kind of shocking to see so many people there with nothing to see.

Lots of fog and slippery walking.

The only time you can throw something into the canyon!!

They all wanted in on the action.

Attempt #2

Look!  A canyon, a grand canyon.

It is beautiful!!

I'm not sure, until this day, that I have seen snow on the canyon like this.  It really was better than sweating like crazy.

A guy was really nice and offered to take a picture of our entire family, but we really wanted to actually see the canyon in the background.  Unfortunately, you couldn't really see where we are.

I'm glad we have another place we've visited together.

And there I am in sweatpants, haha!  I didn't have any snow appropriate clothes at that point in our trip.

The wind was a little bit chilly!!

I loved seeing the white snow against the canyon walls.

Not a bad walk!

Reel of Attempt #1

Now that's better!

Walking around in the snow (and wind)

Visit from the Barneys

We were not able to spend much time with Barneys when they made it down to Texas, but we loved the time we got. I'm still amazed at how much my kids love babies, all of them. It's so sweet and fun to watch them hold the babies. Henry and George loved being at our house with the boys. They really like the video games, haha!

Kyler and Winnie

Such a happy Teddy!

And a sleepy Teddy

Took Henry & George for some ice cream

Toothless cousins that didn't get their front teeth for Christmas

Sooo Sweet!

 

Teddy has THE best laugh!!

Christmas

 Christmas was unique this year with it being on a Sunday.  I actually really liked it that way.  The kids got up early enough, but not too early for us to open everything and get ready for church with plenty of time.  We enjoyed going to church and then coming back home.  

Later that evening we had Oma, Papa Dude, Zadi, Emma, Francis, and Nanny over for dinner.  We played some games together and had a really nice time.  It was a great day.

We had a great time with Emma and Francis.  It was fun getting to know Fracis and spend time with both of them.  They were super sweet and even brought presents for the kids. I got to spend most of a day with them and had a really great time too.

They all had to get dressed before we finished opening all the presents.

He's always a good sport!

She is always so much fun!

Can't forget the big boys!

It was a good night together!