Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was a whirlwind event this year that spanned for about 5 days in 3 different states for us.  Crazy, but fun too.

We had our own little mini-Christmas with my family the night of the 23rd.  Then we flew to California the morning of the 24th to spend the holiday with Jason's family.  We had Christmas Eve dinner at his grandparents' with all of his mom's siblings.  Christmas Day we talked with Darlene (Jason's sister) who is currently serving a mission in the Philippines and had a nice little dinner gathering.

Gathered Around Grandpa

The dark and mysterious shadows that are Mama Z and Jessica opening their presents

The day after Christmas was moving day.  We spent the first half of the day loading up all of our stuff once more our of storage and into a moving truck.  The second half of the day was spent driving said moving truck as far as Vegas.  Knowing we wouldn't be able to make the drive to Utah in one fail swoop after loading the truck all day, we had used Priceline and ended up getting a room at the Las Vegas Hilton.  When we checked in, we were surprised at the size of the room we got.  It was HUGE!

Our Vegas hotel room--complete with bar

It was back on the road the next day when we finally made it to my parents'.  I swear, that trip never lasted so long!  Almost immediately upon arrival, we loaded up into their car and went to see a Snow Village that my mom had heard about through one of her friends.  It was pretty spectacular.  Then it was back home for one last round of Christmas presents.

And that was our Christmas this year.  Different for me since it was my first Christmas without my family, but fun to spend some time with the Ziebarths and get to know some of their traditions.  Hopefully next year we won't be trying to move over the holidays and will be able to relax a bit more!