Christmas 2008

We went back home to Utah for Christmas vacation this last year. The kids were so excited to see their cousins! We got to Grandma and Grandpa Burke's house on the 24th and stayed until January 1st.

Christmas day was packed full of seeing both Dusty's family and my family. We had Dusty's family party in the morning and then headed up to Riverdale to see my Mom and Paul. We saw my sister Amy and had a great time visiting and watching the family videos that Amy makes.

Next, we headed over to see my Aunt Sherry. We have not been able to see her much since we moved to Nebraska and I was so glad to catch up with her. She is basically the only Aunt I have ever been close with and it doesn't hurt that I was named after her!

We also got to see my sister Julie and her family. The girls went for pedicures and the guys went to Hollywood Connection to ride the indoor rides. Emma went with Dusty and Jacob. She rode the bumper cars all by herself. Dusty said it was the funniest thing he ever saw.

Dusty's brother Jason, and his wife JoDee, invited us over on Saturday night. We played games and laughed a ton. We watched the movie "Stardust" with them. I thought it was a pretty good show. Jason and JoDee's girls were so cute to play with Emma and Jacob. Anna was persistent in teaching Jacob how to play the Wii and she really wanted him to win (it really was so cute to watch her helping him).

We also got the chance to go down to Beaver, UT and spend a couple days with Dusty's oldest brother Todd and his family. We went to the St. George temple with Todd and Steph. Dusty and I have never been to that temple, so we really enjoyed it. Dusty and I like to go to different temples and now we can check that one off our list. Thanks for such a great time Todd and Steph.

Our last night in Utah we got to go to the Utah basketball game. The kids had a lot of fun and they won!! Go UTES!!!

We had a really great trip and were happy to have seen our family. Though, it was nice to come home to our own beds!