Christmas Vacation Top 10 Countdown - #1

Number 1: Spending time with family.

We spent a week in West Yellowstone, where Will's parents reserved three timeshare condos for the entire family. Almost everyone was able to make it out of Will's nine other siblings. The picture above is not even everyone that was there. It was a lot of fun to just relax and hang out with everyone.

Then we traveled down to Utah, where we got to see my brother Mike and his family (although we didn't snap any pictures unfortunately).

Then we stayed two nights at my Aunt and Uncle's home in Pleasant Grove.

Then we stayed two nights at Mark and Laura's house (Will's sister) where we ate pizza and watched movies, and Preston got to play some more with cousin Jace.

We wanted to spend more time visiting G&G Southworth, but they both were really sick and didn't want to give it to Preston. So we just stopped by for a quck visit on the front porch - long enough to chat, snap some photos, and not spread germs. :)

On our way home we stayed with G&G Lindsay in Pendleton, Oregon

It was really special to get to squeeze in so many visits this trip.

Car Perspective.

If there is anything that we have realized from driving from Washington, to Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana...

Is that we love the Northwest.

The snow in Yellowstone was beautiful, and the family and friends in Idaho and Utah were awesome....

But nothing compares to the greenery, the trees, and the beauty of our backyard right here in the Northwest. We were so excited to finally get back home.

Here is a little glimpse of our roadtrip from our perspective sitting in the front seat of our car.

(Thanks Kristi for the 2 pictures above)

(our car, after sitting in Yellowstone for 5 days)

We are now starting to head over the Cascade Mountains, afterwhich will land us back into Seattle.

Ahhh....

Our tiny town...

The pictures of everything that happened in between these drives to come soon.

Home at Last

We're home...after a 2 week vacation and a lot of driving. We are excited to sleep in our own bed tonight, and have our baby sleep in his own room. lol.

Oh there will be blogging. Lots of it.

But first, unpacking, laundry, opening mail, etc.....

See Ya Next Year!