Christmas in the Woods 2014

This year we decided to rent a cabin and have Christmas with the kids up in the mountains. On our drive there we stopped for a tree cutting permit, then took a little hike to find a good one.

We loaded our tree onto the truck, and after it only flying off once, we finally made it to the cabin.

When we walked into the cabin, hauling in our tree/bush, we discovered that the cabin came with a beautifully decorated 15 foot live Christmas tree.  The kids were still really excited about the tree we had just cut down so we still set it up and ended up with two Christmas trees which was awesome.

Christmas Eve was spent setting up our tree, making homemade ornaments, Christmas caroling to the neighboring cabin, Christmas P.J.’s and watching movies by the fire.

We used the camera timer and took a more refined family picture in front of our refined elegant Christmas Tree and then took a fun(our family in it’s natural state) picture in front of our fun family Christmas tree.

Presents we brought up with us from grandparents and cousins went under the “nice” Christmas tree, but I think Santa liked our “family” tree better because that’s where he left all of his gifts.

 

The kids had a blast on Christmas opening gifts, playing with toys, building legos, trying on makeup, and riding the flying turtle (sitting scooter).

I had an awesome Christmas as well. With lots of kisses and a quilt that Dan secretly spent half the year making me. Now that’s love!

After lunch Kayleb came to visit.

Christmas afternoon was spent…

…eating and having Tetrus Battles.

The day after Christmas we went skiing at White pass.

Then that afternoon Greg, Anne Marie and Makenna dropped in for game night and a bath

Later that night around 8, Dan’s uncle and cousins were renting the cabin next to us, while checking in the caretakers told them, “That’s so funny we have some Ostler’s from the TriCities staying in the lodge.” So after getting unloaded into their cabin Dale and the boys came up to surprise us and hang out for the night.

The next morning we woke up to snow falling. We packed up and headed home. It was a super fun Christmas with some really great memories made.