A awesome suprise

I checked my email from my phone at work, and look who it is? yep it is Elder Logan Wells! A nice member Sabrina sent this picture from her iphone....It said, " hi Mom"... Boy do I miss my missionaries. I cannot wait for our Christmas calls... 12 more days, YES, I am counting down.

SNOW

So the last day, it snowed on and off all afternoon, so what do you so with kids when you can't go to a park? Hum, my idea was ice cream? Gracie and Gavin were excited, so we had ice cream and hot chocolate. What a combination.

Grandma time in Colorado

I can only go about 3 months without seeing my daughter and family in Colorado.

So the toss up was should I go before or after Christmas? What a thought process, I get so busy at Aardbark Grooming right before the holidays, so just decided to use my buddy pass, my Dad's Enterprise car rental discount, and a cheap hotel and away I went. It was a hectic 3 days, but I loved every second. We took the kids to North Pole, a visit with Santa, got haircuts, christmas shopping, wrapping presents, fleece blankets made, got Garen's 2 year pictures taken, and yummy pizza. On top of all of that, it was 25 degrees, and 2 inches of snow. Not fun for this Arizona desert rat.... So now I can concentrate on the rest of the holiday season.

This is a frozen pole, hench North Pole, that is frozen year round. Such a fun amusment park.

What would a visit to the North Pole be with out Santa?

I cannot believe Garen is going to be 2 years old.

He was so fun, and finally glad to see his Granma!

He gave me kisses, and hugs, aww I loved it!