Christmas Time Catch Up

Sorry for my long delay in writing to you all! Lots has happened over the past month, let me catch you up.

First, we had a great Christmas with the whole family, Fogg and I, mom and dad, Gordon and his girlfriend, Leigha, and Nik (Wedekind). First, we all convened at Snowbasin on Christmas Eve for some fun festivities. We all climbed on the gondola for the torchlight parade (sans Leigha who doesn't really ski). We got to ski down and participate in the torchlight parade again which was a ton of fun. Here is a picture:

Then we headed inside for dinner but this year, it was so busy we didn't get to have the relaxing dinner that we did last year. Back to the Fogg house for hanging out the rest of the night. Then Christmas morning, we had a BIG breakfast then braved what we could of the weather and went to Snowbasin. It was pretty bad weather, really windy and snowy, really cold. They never openned any other lift than the gondola and by 2:30 the gondola was closed too from the weather. We then retreated to mom and dad's cabin with the addition of the Scrip's. We hung out at the cabin, hot tubbing, and getting dinner ready. Then we had a great dinner and started openning presents. Here is a picture of London showing off his gift:
And here is a picture of my growing belly. This is at 19 weeks, I'm currently at 20 weeks and if you can believe it, it looks even bigger now.

Here is a picture of Gordon and Leigha up at Snowbasin:

Unfortunately, the following morning, we received a phone call that my dad's only brother, Ray, passed away over the night. He was only 65 and one of my closer uncle's. It is a very sad thing, went very unexpectedly. We spent that day and Saturday figuring out travel arrangements as the funeral arrangements were being decided. Mom and Dad, and Gordon and I all headed out on Sunday to start the long drive to Wichita to attend the funeral. On Monday night we got there and went to the viewing. Tuesday was the funeral. It was hard but at the same time, it was nice to see the extended family and catch up. My cousin Dacia, is pregnant and due only 3 days after me, so that was fun to catch up on. Other family had more kids and it was good to see my cousins and aunts and uncles.

We got back home on Wednesday night and spent yesterday just trying to catch up on life. We'll spend the next few days recovering both mentally and physically. It was a fun and sad Christmas at the same time but we really learned to value the time we have with each other and were really glad to spend time with the people we love most.

Now on to 2009 where we get to welcome a new member to the family and hopefully many other fun things!