Once we finally made it to Oregon we had a blast hanging out with my family. We had 25 people all staying at my parents house so Santa had a busy stop. Everyone was able to make it home for Christmas except for one brother who is deployed to Iraq but he was able to join us Christmas day via Skype and we got to talk to him a few other times. The kids had a blast with plenty of cousins to play with and lots of fun toys at Papasan and Nanasan's house.
We were sad to miss out on the skiing, pedicures and most especially watching BYU crush Oregon State with my grandparents who are both OSU alum due to our flight issues. However we still enjoyed making "gingerbread" houses and a trip to the coast and Oregon Aquarium. Here is Whitney with her dog house and Maren and Jim with their McMansion.
Whitney decided if she couldn't have a white Christmas that she would make sand angels instead. Of course there was also swimming everyday whether it was a trip to the nearby indoor water park or getting in the hot tub with Papasan.
Who says there's a maximum capacity?
Reading stories with Bops (great grandpa).
We rarely heard much from Whitney during much of the week as she was off playing with Kayla (see below). These two had so much fun. In fact one day they decided they were going to put on a talent show for everyone and get all the little cousins involved. They made flyers, invitations, and tickets for everyone and passed them out so we wouldn't miss their show. My favorite comment was when I asked Whitney what Maren and another cousin were during for the show she replied, "they are going to make it snow by throwing pencils in the air!" Luckily no injuries occurred from the flying colored flurries.
Maren also got to have a combined birthday party with her cousin Jed who is just a week and a half younger than her.
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It sure was a lot of fun! We'll have to get Kayla and Whitney together a lot more often! I love that you took pictures of all of the stockings- that shows just how many people were there!
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