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We’re back!  We had a blast but I’m so happy to be back in our own home, with our own routine, and…INTERNET.  Wow-am I ever addicted.  Five days with little or no internet was REALLY hard.  Being with my family was GREAT though.

I have about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 pictures to show you 🙂

Our first morning started off with the two cousins having breakfast together.  Lucy is 5 months older than Tessa but they are about the same size.

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They were only that close for the pictures because they started stealing each other’s food.

After breakfast, we drove 2 hours to a lake town called McCall.  The drive was beautiful!  I was driving so there’s no pictures :(  We met the rest of my family at the small airport in McCall-they had flown straight there.  My two brothers, my sister-in-law, my soon to be sister-in-law, my 3 nephews, and my Dad were all there waiting for us.  After we unloaded at the house my 2 brothers and I went grocery shopping for the week.  Check out how much we spent!

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That’s what 2 carts filled to the brim and beer will do to you!

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That night, my sister made shrimp scampi, beef loin, and salad (YUM!) and we all hung out.  My brother, sister-in-law, and 3 nephews hadn’t seen Lucy in a year so that was fun to catch up!

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The next day everybody except my sister and me went skiing and the two girls hung out.

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We also went on a hike in the snow, where we had to really bundle the girls up.

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(Yes they can barely move-it was 8 degrees out!)

That night I made pizza bombs for 15 people!  I didn’t get any pictures since I was working my ass off in the kitchen.  They were a HUGE hit.  I even got over my fear of yeast and made my own dough-it was delicious.

The next day, it was more skiing for everybody while the girls hung out again.  That night, my soon to be sister-in-law Amy made us all a Filipino feast!  We had chicken adobo, pancit, and long beans with ground beef-it was DELISH!  All the cousins played again.  Here’s 8 year old Luke with Lucy’s magna-doodle.  He drew a picture of Lucy and Luke together.

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Here are all the cousins (Lucy wasn’t so into the picture):

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Our last full day in McCall we went to breakfast and then all took naps.  Later in the day we went on a hike in the snow and went sledding.  It was a blast!!!

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My sister Lissa and Tessa:

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Shaun and Lu:

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My Aunt Kelly and Uncle Roger, who came to visit for 2 days, and their dogs, Bear and Bailey:

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Lu in all her gear:

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And then we went sledding!

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Even I did it-it was SO FUN!

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Even when I crashed…

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Shaun dug it too:

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Then my brother and sister-in-law went together:

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OVER A JUMP!

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And Lu got in on the action!

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She was a trooper but a little cold by the end of it.

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We woke up this morning to a few inches of new snow and it was continuing to come down.  We were a little worried about being able to fly out but it went smoothly.  My brother, very generously, offered to fly us home in his chartered jet.

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It was QUITE the luxury! Not one that I think I’ll get ever again!  It was really nice to not have to deal with security at the airport or the 2 hour drive to get there.  Plus it meant I got to spend more time with my family. 

Flying into the Bay Area, we got some fantastic views:

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Aunt Sheri and Lu took some time for a self portrait:

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And now we’re home!  It was fun but I am SO glad to be back!!! 

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