The Waldron Family: 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Cabin Christmas

If I closed my eyes and imagined my "perfect Christmas", it would be spent with family, high up in the mountains, surrounded by snow. There would be a Christmas tree in the front big window decorated with ornaments my kids made, and we would sit around sipping hot cocoa and playing games.

This Christmas, I opened my eyes and found all of the above to be a reality. It was amazing. We stayed in a great cabin right next to the Sundance Ski Resort in Utah with my parents, both of my grandmas, my brother Dave and his wife Erin, and my sister Jen. It was most definitely a memorable Christmas.

Here is how this Christmas became one of my very favorites:

The Polar Express Train ride complete with the telling of the story, Christmas jokes, elves, visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus, sing-a-longs, hot chocolate and cookies and our very own bell. It was so much fun (and we are all still in shock that we didn't miss the train).

Starting a new tradition of playing Christmas songs with bells. We ALL enjoyed this (and thank you Dad for having the musical knowledge to help us all out!)

Spencer destroying every icicle that formed...

Making crafts (thanks Jen for spending an hour of your life with me, tediously poking sequins into a styrofoam ball... they turned out fabulous and WILL become family heirlooms someday :))...

Taking turns cooking (okay, we were supposed to but I think my Mom did most of it)

Gingerbread house making torture... I mean competition...

Finding a note from Rudolph outside the window with his annual gift of Christmas pajamas...

Reading the Christmas story with Claire as Mary, Dallin as an uncooperative Joseph, and Spencer as a shepard on caffeine... to top it all off, our baby Jesus was a stuffed penguin... apparently we were not very prepared or reverent.

The excitement of Christmas morning and taking all day to open gifts...

My cute Grandmas with their perfect shared room down below (complete with a 5-star bathroom and very own fireplace). Having them both with us was the highlight for me this year. These are amazing, beautiful, hilarious, and wonderful women (check out my Grandma Hinckley strutting in her new scarf and boots)...