December

December is always such a busy month. This year was no exception. It seems like the holiday festivities last all month. We started out the month by going to Alabama and Mississippi to attend christmas parties for drew's work, and the company christmas party here in salt lake. We did manage to get out and get a christmas tree


we didn't get to cut our own down this year much to drew's disappointment but we still got a good one



we also celebrated Grandpa georges 91st birthday with a big family party.

it was fun to get to celebrate another year with him. he's such a funny, special, and unique man

since it was our year with the quists for christmas we celebrated christmas eve in normal quist fashion,

driving around, eating pizza in the car

and looking at christmas lights. this house was my personal favorite. it was holiday blow up decoration heaven

a-mazing

later we went back to drew's parents and just hung out

christmas jammies is my family's tradition and i've brought it to the quists

I'm sure they just love it :)

christmas morning was, interesting. Niya had the weirdest reaction ever. she acted so excited to go down stairs to see if santa brought her a kitchen. when we actually went down there, she ran straight over to the kitchen, looked at it, and turned and ran away scared into the kitchen. she wouldn't open any presents and wouldn't play with her santa toys. I think she thought santa was going to jump out and surprise her or something. So gift opening went on without her. Finally after a while she decided it would be ok to look at her presents.

she's loved her kitchen ever since, and tells me every day

"this is my kitchen. santa brought it to me. Niya so lucky!"

drew got the surf booties he's been wanting, and a few other ridiculous things like an ice axe

he surprised me with a beautiful new mac (i LOVE it)

we had a yummy breakfast

and everyone was so happy for christmas

the rest of the day we spent going to church, going to robert and tracy's (drew's uncles) and going to Lori's (lisa's sisters)

we ate A LOT of ham that day

The day after christmas we drove to CA to celebrate with my family. We had an after christmas, christmas with them

niya loves nadia sooo much

drew thought he could just make retarded faces in every picture that night

it was a lot of fun. we had a yummy dinner, opened presents, and had our annual christmas talent show

that week in Ca we took niya to disneyland for her first time

our first ride was small world. we thought that would be a good starter for her. she was in awe the whole time

we had such a fun day. it was super crowded but still way fun

we rode pretty much all the rides that she could ride. 

i kind of forgot that most of the rides are dark and a little scary. she handled it like a trouper.

even on pirates

she loved the parade and seeing the characters from afar.

when we went to see mickey close up, she was not so stoked

i can't wait to go back when she's a little older. I think she'll love it even more