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| Kyle and Jonah at the Festival of Lights |
This year we got to host Christmas at our house. To start things off we cut down a giant tree from the forest that took up half of our living room. It was so big at it almost did not fit on top of our truck. It was a scene right out of Christmas Vacation. I had a lot of doubt that we could get it to fit and even threatened to post it for free on Craig's List, but it turned out to be the most beautiful tree we could have imagined.
See below for my Christmas 2012 Top Ten although the pictures speak for themselves!
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| Amy with Autumn and Jonah during the Christmas tree hunt |
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| Both sides of the family! What a treat. |
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| The tree on the truck |
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| Our beauty |
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| John, kari, and Ellie on our sunset Gondola Cruise |
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| Hiking with Papa |
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| Jonah and Kelsi at the beach |
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| Hiking at Echo Lake |
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| Christmas morning grin |
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| All because two people fell in love! |
- My brother Ty and his faithful companion Boone were able to drop by en route to visiting family in the San Francisco area. We once again ate some yummy food and took a couple nice hikes.
- Christmas Eve was spent at the Unity Church here in Tahoe. We sang carols and got to choose a Christ like "power" to carry with us into the new year.
- Seeing Jonah with his family. Sharing his books, stacking blocks, and driving his toys around. Every toy for him is a car or truck it seems. He pushes them along and says vrooom.
- Skiing (there is a bit of man made snow) and after enjoying a Bloody Mary in the bar.
- Riding the Gondola to the top of Heavenly Ski Resort to watch the sunset together.
- Being together with family to enjoy some down time and recharge.
- Hiking at Echo Lake sharing the expansive beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
