Christmas Time

What they say is true: Christmas is much more fun and exciting when there are kids present to celebrate with. And although they weren't our kids, we had such a great time spending Christmas with Sarena, Adam, Makenzie, Trevor, Jared, and Karinny. And one other important note about spending Christmas with kids, they have much more fun gifts to play with on Christmas day! (Jared got the new Nerf Longshot, and I couldn't help but play a little with it.) We only spent Saturday through Tuesday with the Sharps this year, but we sure packed in a lot of fun. Adam and Sarena decided to take advantage of the enormous mountains in the area and teach their kids skiing this year. So they bought season passes for all of them at Butternut, a local ski resort a little over an hour away. Heather and I were excited to try out the East Coast slopes, so we brought up our skis. We ended up going skiing for two days over our little holiday, and it was fun.


Makenzie was cautious, yet steady. Trevor liked speed, but at least he turned (except when he decided to follow me going full speed down a slope, and then he was just an out of control blur!). Jared... what to say about our little Jared. I was the most proud of him. Only 5 years old and he had already mastered my old skiing technique: point your skis down hill, don't turn, and see how fast you can go. Luckily he never killed himself. And he did try turning once or twice after hours of pleading. Karinn started skiing, too. On the second day, Adam bought a little harness for her so he could control her without getting a major thigh workout from the constant bending over. It was really cute, and looked a lot like a scene out of Dr. Suess's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." All it needed was Karinny wearing reindeer antlers and it would be complete.


Heather was amazing (as usual) and got me the best gifts: even a stocking full of little fun surprises. Above is Heather modeling off her new coat and her new Christmas PJs. So hot!