Nebraska 2015

At the end of December we got to go visit Dans parents on their mission in Omaha Nebraska. Now Nebraska doesn't sound too fun in the winter but we actually had a really great time. The flights there, the kids did pretty well. Lucy played on the iPad and we gave Lincoln a lot of chocolate to keep occupied. Good parents right here!

Dave and Kathy came and picked us up at the airport. It was so fun to see them!!

The next day we went to the Omaha zoo! It was so cool! And I was happy it was mostly inside. Lucy loved the monkeys and Lincoln loved the Bears.

The next day we got to take a tour at winter quarters. Grandma watched the kids and dressed them up while Dave took us around. It was so intriguing to learn about winter quarters. I'm so thankful for the pioneers who sacrificed so much to get to Utah. 

Grandma dressed Lucy as a pioneer and as Mary. She had so much fun. We went and saw the gingerbread houses after. There was some pretty amazing ones. Later that light Dave and Kathy watched the kids while Dan and I did a quick session at the Omaha temple. 

On New Year's Eve we went to Iowa and took a tour of the other place Dave and Kathy work at. They had some other gingerbread houses there too. That light we had some fun minute to win it games that we played with Lucy. Then we celebrated the new year at 11 and went to bed. 

New Year's Day we drove around and then went to the pedestrian bridge. It was bitter cold. We hurried and took a picture of us on the border of Iowa and Nebraska and then hurried back to the car. I've never been so cold. There was ice floating down the river. Br!! It was so fun being with them all week! We played a lot of games, the boys watched a lot of football and the girls watched a lot of princess shows. We are excited they'll be back home soon!

Later that night we went to the airport and flew home. We got lucky the flight weren't full so Lincoln could sleep in his car seat. The kids did great until the plane landed and they woke up. Agh! 

Christmas Eve 2015

Christmas Eve morning we went and hung out with a great friends from our old neighbor hood- the eltons. We miss them being our neighbors! We went sledding behind their house. Lucy was a little daredevil this year going down the hill you herself and even in her belly. 

Dagan pulled out his uti and pulled. Kids on a sled behind. THey had a blast doing that too. After we had delicious chilly and hung out. It was so fun hanging out with them!

Later that night we went to GG miss house for the Christmas Eve party. We had delicious prime rib as always and chatted with the cousins. Then we went around the room and told each other all that we did for our big give. It's always great hearing all those stories of who we all helped out. Then we opened jammies and gifts! It was a great night!

Soderberg Christmas 2015

We had our Soderberg family party this year at my cousin Dons work at the Tennis club in SLC. It was so good seeing everyone! We have 4 new babies in the family- Lincoln, Avery, Ava, and Reid. We also have a new soon to be cousin in law Rino who is marrying Ashley in January. 

We had dinner and chatted. Then the best Santa of all Came to see the kids! He brought reindeer poops for the bad adults and candy canes for the kiddos. It was super cute. Lucy was shy again and Lincoln flipped out this time. Haha. 

Afterward we played out gift giving game and then gave present to grandma Soderberg. I think she really loved the puzzle that Lucy gave to her!

Gingerbread Party

I had big plans for our gingerbread house this year. I was going to make Elf's journey to New York. I was going to make the candy cane forest, the gum drop sea and the Lincoln tunnel....but I got sick the day of. I was trying to push through and we even went, but I layed on Mindy's bed the whole time. Dan attempted to make my vision which was nice of him to try, but.... he wasn't motivated to go all out.
Mindy and Remi's Snoopy house sure turned out cute! But Erika and Ben won with some Star Wars thing. haha.

Chuck Party

This years guck party was hilarious! All the office guys wanted to do a duck dynasty theme and so that's what we did and they went all out! Everyone dressed in camo, we had a photo booth with guns and beards, we played duck dynasty games and had duck dynasty food. Rene made armadillo eggs, frog legs, prime rib, biscuits, and miss Kay's pie. He even added duck butts in the swamp juice. 

For the games we played duck hunt, frog toss, antler ring toss, and target practice. It was so much fun! We got tickets for each game we won and then put them in containers next to items that we wanted to win. They had tvs, games, duck dynasty movies and CDs, train sets, need guns, and cook books that you could win. Dan and I won the duck hunt game and 2 duck dynasty movies. It was such a fun night! I love working for my dad and such a great company!