Christmas Vacation

Christmas decor in K-

We were able to go back to Utah for our Christmas vacation this year.  Because I work at the medical school, Brady and I had almost the same days off so we spent the entire TWO WEEKS in Utah.  As soon as he was done with his final we took off to Kansas City.  It's funny how when you are on vacation driving 3 hours to the airport is no big deal.  We stopped by my sweet cousin Sarah's house to leave our car and she drove us to the airport.  It was really nice to catch up with her, see/meet her sweet kids and to not have to leave our car in the airports garage.  

As soon as we flew in to Utah, it was go time! We had non-stop fun the entire first week.  We went sledding, walked around temple square, participated in the nativity, cuddled with the nieces and nephews, played games and ate way too many treats.

Our  Christmas Tree in Kville

We spent Christmas eve day at the Andersons eating a delicious brunch, playing more games and then had a really neat devotional. Then we headed to the Webbs at night for a delicious dinner and a hilarious white elephant gift exchange.  Some how Brady and I missed the fact that everyone was supposed to bring "good" gifts this year. There were gift cards, potty putter games and coveted bottles of Poo Puorri getting stolen left and right! We had a nice devotional/nativity and were sent to bed. We split Christmas day as well and enjoyed spending time with family, getting spoiled by our parents and family and seeing everyone's faces when they opened our presents.  I got really into crochet before we came home and decided to make all my nieces and nephews a hat and a beard. They were so gracious but most of them didn't really fit! That's what happens when you live far away I guess.

We slept the first week at the Anderson's and the second week at the Webb's.  Once we got there, the real fun began.  As we were getting ready for bed, Brady just kept saying that his stomach was a little upset.  I had a really bad cold so I told him I was sorry and zonked out.  All night he kept getting up and going to the bathroom trying to relieve his stomach pain. Finally, around 4 am he made his way to his dad and asked for a blessing. At this point he was in real pain and I was sound asleep.  The next day he still wasn't feeling well so we asked Dr. Brad to come over and check things out. He told us Brady probably had appendicitis and we should head to the hospital.

This whole time Brady hadn't really complained so I didn't think he had anything wrong with him. So as we were driving to the hospital I told him we could turn around if he started feeling better. It is a good thing he didn't listen to me because his appendix had burst and they had him into surgery 30 minutes after we got there.  Brady was such a sport and was so interested in the lives of all the doctors, nurses and anyone that he could talk to.  He never complained and made the experience almost fun!  The doctor told he wouldn't be able to get out of the hospital for at least 10 days (Brady needed to be back in school in 7). Miracles happened and he was out of the hospital in 2 days!! He couldn't get medical clearance to leave until the following Tuesday so he spent the week recovering.

We loved our time with our family and were grateful for their love and support. Can't wait till we see them again!