Happiest Part of the Year

This year for Christmas we decided to go up to Washington to be with Rob’s family. He managed to get work off, and so the Friday before Christmas we headed to Salt Lake. Our plane was leaving Saturday morning, which meant we had all Friday to party! We got into Salt Lake around 3, and Rob showed me all over where he served his mission. We went down into Park City, and then into Sandy for a few hours. We ended up back in Salt Lake just in time for dinner, and he took me to a Hawaiian bbq place called L&L…it was AMAZING. After our scrumptious dinner we decided to head over to temple square and look at the lights. Talk about BUSY. It was beyond packed, and freezing, but we still had so much fun. The lights were beautiful, and after about 10 minutes of being outside, you were so frozen that the cold didn’t even really bother you anymore, so that was a nice plus : )

us at temple square

After we finally decided to head back to the car to thaw ourselves out, we decided to head for the hotel and call it a night. We were up at 5 o’clock the next morning getting ready to catch our flight into Seattle.

Being in Washington for Christmas was really fun, and MUCH warmer than Idaho : ) Mom and Dad Dickson decided it was their mission to feed us enough to last us a month, and they sure succeeded. Besides taking us out to Shari’s, Ivar’s, and Anthony’s, mom is an exceptional cook and I think we ended up spending more time eating then not. But neither of us were about to complain : )

On Christmas morning we woke up, showered, got all bundled up (even though it was like 50 degrees outside!) and went caroling. It was SO MUCH FUN! It was so nice to see how excited all the people got when we went to their house. Once we got back we opened presents and headed to church. On Monday we had the whole family over and let me tell you… there was a LOT of people there! It was such a blast! Robs favorite part of Christmas was he bought his brother Nate a gun… not just any gun…Robs DREAM gun! I’m pretty sure he cried a little bit after we bought it and he realized that he was holding one of the guns of his dreams… and he was giving it to someone else. Haha, it was so worth it when he saw the look on Nate’s face when he gave it to him though.

caroling

  

Ivar's

The rest of the week went by in a blur. One day Rob took me around his town and showed me all the fun places. We got to walk around a lake, and it was GORGEOUS. He also took me to Frugals. It was… delicious! I decided that Idaho Falls needs to invest into this place because I’ve been craving it ever since we got back, it was that good! One night we went out with Twyla and Aaron and watching the new Mission Impossible movie, it was VERY good. I highly recommend it! Another night we also went and hung out with Lanae and Matt, and that was so much fun! One of the last days the boys decided to go shooting, and I got to go shopping with mom and some of the sisters, and that was too much fun! Haha. I got…easily talked into buying a new coat, and I absolutely love it! Rob is so patient with me and my coat fetish : )

All too soon though the vacation was over and we were back on a plane headed for home, but not without oodles of fun memories that will never be forgotten. It was so nice to have the break from the real world and relax and enjoy the families company. We are already anxious to go back again! It was an amazing break all the way around, and it was definitely a Christmas that will never be forgotten.