we had a fantastic December and Christmas. We were able to celebrate with each of our families before having Christmas morning at our house. Santa was sooo good to us! We opened presents all day long in between playing with new toys and eating food. Loved it.

After Christmas we drove to Midland to catch a plane to Jackson Hole, WY for New Year's Eve. There were 21 of us traveling and it was such a great crowd. The weather was a bit rocky at first, they closed the Jackson airport and re-routed us to Idaho Falls but mid-flight, they opened it and we made it just fine. The snow was incredible and we really enjoyed the hotel. We definitely recommend the Four Seasons if in Jackson Hole. a great highlight of the trip was Drake skiing. We enrolled him in the lessons on the first day and dropped him at 9am thinking he might stay half a day. We had to drag him off of the slopes crying at 4pm! We so loved the instructor that we got Drake a private lesson the next day and they skied the same hours. If you are looking for a ski mountain with a fantastic kids program, we HIGHLY recommend the Kids ranch there. Ask for Casey Poe; the best instructor around.

We came home on Jan 1 and started our year with a bang. Drake had an unfortunate fight with a wheel barrow on the 2nd and ended up with 2 stitches and 4 staples in the back of his head. Then on Thursday, he had surgery to remove his adenoids and tonsils. He came through it remarkable well but we are still in the healing process and having a few bad nights. We are looking forward to 2012!!