When I’m Not Reading . . .
. . . I am not home.
First, there was Christmas spent in California at my in-laws home. We had a great time. Erica Perl, author of Chicken Butt!, sent my boys a talking chicken. They loved it so much that they stole my camera to take many photos of it.
I also think we watched this show probably about twenty times:
After our Christmas vacation, we promptly set off for the funeral of my husband’s grandfather. And at the age of 92, he had lived a life that we all were proud of. My fondest memory of Grandpa is his marrying me and my husband. I will always remember how proud I was that he was able to do that for us.
My husband’s family is from Hawaii and the best part about attending the funeral was seeing Grandma, Aunties, Uncles, cousins, and new babies that we haven’t seen in years in addition to more time with Taylor’s parents and sisters. Because we don’t often get the chance to travel to Hawaii, we made the most of it and stayed for 11 days. We also ate out every meal. Mmmm . . . yummy.
The wonderful sunny break from our Utah winter weather made me want to never come home.
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And people, I seriously have the cutest kids ever.
See what I’m talking about?
Sad to leave Hawaii and on our way to the airport, we realized that we left this at Grandma’s house and my oldest boy cried:
I think I have read a total of about 20 pages so far into January. But honestly? Who cares!
Now that I am back home to an empty fridge I have my sights on the grocery store to pick up Mexican food and snacks for tomorrow’s Bloggiesta. Can you believe it’s tomorrow? Must make up for all of my time offline and get this fiesta started!
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They are pretty darn cute.
on January 20th, 2011 at 1:15 amYour kiddos really are so absolutely stinkin’ cute! Seriously. I showed Alan your Christmas card picture and he just grinned. It’s so neat to watch them grow up.
I’m so sorry again about the loss of T’s Grandpa. What a wonderful and full life he must have lived! And so neat that you were able to make it there for the funeral.
Looks like a wonderful trip!
on January 20th, 2011 at 1:17 amWhat a great vacation! Ah, relaxing in Hawai’i, sounds pretty good to me! A friend’s grandmother just died at 93 and as she said, she lived a long and wonderful life, and died peacefully… it’s how we’d all want it to be if life were perfect.
on January 20th, 2011 at 6:31 amGreat pics! Looks like you had a fantastic vacation. I could use some of that beach weather just about now. It’s -17 Celcius with the wind chill here in Montreal…
on January 20th, 2011 at 7:32 amI’m sorry to hear about your husband’s grandfather. Funerals are a bittersweet time, though because it’s always nice to see all of the family, even if it’s for a sad reason.
on January 20th, 2011 at 7:34 amwhat a vacation! i’m from hawaii too and don’t get to go back as often as i like. i’m also a byu alum…glad i found your blog!
on January 20th, 2011 at 8:06 amSuch a sad reason to go to Hawaii but at least you were able to enjoy yourselves while you were there! I wish I had the money for a vacation. Yes your boys are adorable.
I’m looking forward to Bloggiesta to get a bunch of reviews written up so I can be caught up on reviews and actually review books as they are read LOL.
on January 20th, 2011 at 8:43 amI’m so sorry about the funeral, but also know how great those reunions for them can be. You always get to meet up with so many great people. Love, love, love the Hawaii pics. My mom is moving home in March and I’ve been trying to not think about it. Hawaii gets into your blood, with the lovely people, climate, and scenery. That spirit of Aloha is intoxicating. It looks like you all had a great time and that the kids got to enjoy those gorgeous beaches!
on January 20th, 2011 at 9:00 amSo Sorry for your loss, but so glad you could spend time with family and friends. I bet you picked up that movie as soon as you hit the States! I remember those days. Don’t miss them!
But they are adorable kids! And well, sometimes we don’t get to read. Life gets in the way. It’s okay. Can’t wait for Bloggiesta!
Heather
on January 20th, 2011 at 8:32 pmWhat a busy and amazing Jan you are having already!
on January 20th, 2011 at 10:29 pmWhat an adorable family you have! You have been very busy! I’m really excited for Bloggiesta!
on January 20th, 2011 at 11:23 pmYou have been so busy! Welcome home.
on January 21st, 2011 at 10:09 amYou do have pretty adorable kids, Natasha! I think I recognize that beach! Scott and I went two years ago but unfortunately we had rain most of the time (stayed on Oahu the entire week we were there). Still had a blast and yes, that humidity will put curl where you never knew you had it before. I’m sorry about the circumstances that you took you there–sounds like Taylor’s grandpa was an amazing man, but I’m glad you were able to see so many and do so much!
on January 22nd, 2011 at 7:31 amMy kids love How To Train a Dragon as well. Such a cute movie! And your children are adorable…great photos! Thanks for hosting Bloggiesta…such fun! (And I just realized all of my sentences end in exclamation points…lol)
on January 22nd, 2011 at 9:09 pm