This Is Our Heaven...: Christmas is Arizona

Monday, January 5, 2009

Christmas is Arizona

This is a huge post with a ton of pictures. We have a lot of family who wants to see these pics...so bear with me. =O)

Eran and I decided that as if things weren't crazy enough, we would drive all the way to Mesa, AZ!! It took 2 days there and 2 days back. On the way there, within the first hour BriAnn starting throwing up. She threw up 2 more times after that, Ethan threw up once, and Emma pretended to throw up just to "fit in." Every time BriAnn threw up, she would stick 2 fingers up both nostrils to keep it from coming out of her nose. Well...that just made it fly everywhere. It was really gross. Thankfully, my friend, Jen, suggested we try using Dramamin on the way home, and that worked wonders! Thank YOU Jen!!

Oh, and Ethan. Oh my gosh! Ethan screamed the whole 2nd day on the way there. Seriously. He. Was. So. MAD! How can someone sream for 12 hrs straight? Honestly!

Strapping him down in a car seat for that long......it drove him bonkers! He has so much energy (and it didn't help that we kept on throwing candy back there to help keep him calm for a minute. Sugar=EVEN MORE ENEGRY! Duh to us!) that it was just torcher for the poor boy. The girls were way good (for the most part), so that made it a little easier.

Despite the long drive, it was so worth it!

We stayed at Eran's mom's house. It was the first time for them to meet both Ethan and Easton. We also got to visit with his dad and sister, Emily. The girls loved being at Grandma Christy's house, and loved playing with their dog, Domino.

Christmas was awesome! The girls were so anxious to open up there gifts from Santa. Emma and BriAnn ripped through their gifts as fast as they could. And Ethan opened up one and only wanted to play with that one.

Eran and I also took the opportunity to go to the Mesa, Temple (where we were married at almost 5 years ago!) Gosh I miss Arizona!! Believe me, Eran and I discussed moving back. We both LOVE it there. But that's just not in the cards for us. =O(

So onto the pictures......

Here. We. GO!

(in the voice of the Joker on the "Dark Night". Thats a creepy movie. Did anyone else find that movie a little creepy?)

Here is the beginning of a very long drive....boy...they didn't know what they had coming. LOL!

(yes, we got rid of her binky's. In AZ as a matter of fact. She had chewed through 3....count that...THREE of them in a week. At that point, I said. "ENOUGH!")