Christmas

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were pretty quiet days out at the cabin. We had listened to the weather radio station and heard we would have a snow storm starting on Christmas Eve and continuing through Christmas Day. It ended up snowing about 4 inches that night, so we woke up to some amazing beauty on Christmas morning.

snowing Christmas Eve

We opened a few presents that night once the kids were in their matching Santa jammies (advent activity for the 24th!).  Lindy's pj's had a little ruffle on the back that was so cute!

cayle insisted they sit on pillows

Christmas morning we had Butterbraids for breakfast (yummmm!) and stared out the windows in amazement at the beauty of the fresh snow (about 4 inches). 

the view out the front of the cabin

the view out the back of the cabin

We let the kids open presents for a bit, then we headed out for a 2 mile ski. 

cayle was in charge of handing out stockings

the snow was like ice crystals - so pretty

I had bought Lindy a cute outfit to wear for her first Christmas dinner :)

Christmas dinner consisted of ham, cranberries, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, fruit, and pumpkin pie.  Mark and Mary joined us for dinner :)  After dinner we played some games and hung out while the kids played. 

Staying at the cabin with no technology was really quite refreshing - no phone and no internet meant for lots of time to appreciate the mountains and nature we were surrounded by.  We had a really good time as a family and started some fun Christmas traditions :)