Christmas 2010

The weekend before Christmas we celebrated our own little Christmas together as a family.  It has never really mattered to me which day I celebrate Christmas as long as we get to celebrate.  It was so much fun watching  Kailah open her gifts this year.  She is much more into it and enjoys ripping the wrapping off her gifts.
Kailah got some Elmo jammie's and a DVD player and a few movies for the car, which was a lifesaver when we made our road trip to Utah this year.
Jason and I don't really buy gifts for each other.  We always get whatever we want throughout the year so there is never a need to exchange gifts.  Although I do think it's nice when couples do exchange and can surprise each other, especially if their love languages are gifts, then that is HUGE.
I did however buy us a fondue set which I was really excited about and we got to use over the holiday.

We spent the actual Christmas Holiday in Utah and of course got sick! We get sick every time we visit Utah.  And I will say we are SiCk of being SiCk!  Kailah and I even got our flu shots this year in hopes it would help not catch the flu, which I don't know if it did or didn't help, really since neither of us really got the flu but rather all sorts of different sicknesses one right after another.
It's always nice to see family and that is all we did while on Holiday.  The first half of the trip was spent with Jason's family and the second half we were able to see alot of my family.  I always get to see a lot of my sister Lisa and her kids, but I really miss being able to see all my other nieces and nephews on my side more often.  We were able to see Amy and Tino's kids which was a lot of fun and it was my first time seeing their youngest Markus who is just a month older than Kailah.
Kailah got to spend a lot of quality time with her grandparents one-on-one, which is so important to me since she only sees them a few times a year.  She did spend some quality time with a few cousins too.

 Kailah of course was spoiled this year with lots of babies and Elmo stuff.  She is really starting to find things that she likes and the grandparents knew just how to surprise her.

Jason and I spent our 5th anniversary at the Anniversary Inn.  It is tradition for us so far to go there every anniversary.  We really love checking in early and ordering food in and watching movies and enjoying our themed room.  It was an adventure getting to the hotel that night, It was a snow storm and the roads were pretty bad.  The hotel is uphill a block which doesn't seem bad but in that part of salt lake the hills are pretty steep so Jason was pretty much flooring the gas the whole way up 1 block and it took us about ten minutes, we were literally moving SO slow. Next time we will have to remember to use our chains, which we bought for emergencies but haven't used yet.

We had a New Years Day party with girls and their spouses from The Dating Divas and it was fun. The party was thrown together and everyone pitched in a little with decor and food and it ended up turning out really cute.   It felt nice to be able to spend the Holiday break away from my computer and not work on Dating Diva stuff, however it was always in the back of my mind because we just launched a new website called www.thedatingdivas.com  So far it has been getting a great response and I think all of us are very hopeful about the future of this blog and where it will go.

On our drive home to California we hit a snowstorm in Victorsville, CA, which is unheard of in that part of California.  They literally closed down I-15 because they didn't have snow plows or the equipment to clear it.  Needless to say, we ended up booking a hotel room, luckily getting into a decent hotel before all the ones in that town booked up.  So our trip home took a little longer than planned, but Jason and Kailah were still feeling pretty sick so it was much more comfortable to stop.

Even though I love being in Utah and seeing the snow during Christmas time, it is always so nice to come back to California and be in a better climate. I love the small bits of humidity we get here, it keeps our mouths moist and our skin feeling not so dry.  I am already looking forward to our first really warm day of the week so I can go to the beach.  The beaches during off season are amazing.  I'm also already getting an itch for a tropical vacation this year.