Our Skiing Getaway

Colby and his brother Guyton ready to go gown the hill
Gutyon and me

Colby and me on the slopes

Colby and his dad on our snow shoe walk

Charley and me

Colby and me

Guyton decided to give the snow shoes a run

Colby and his mom

Colby's parents' home in Sun Valley, Idaho

We took our snow shoe walk along the frozen, well almost all frozen, river that runs right by the house

Colby and I got to go skiing for 4 days in Sun Valley, Idaho two days after Christmas. We left the kids at home with my parents and joined Colby's family for a few days of fun skiing. It was such a treat to be able to wake up, get on the slopes, come back and take a nap, and then have a relaxing dinner. We missed the kids and wanted them to be up there with us for a longer stay.

Christmas Day

Santa's Gifts
Bailey on her new princess bike

Raif trying on his helment

A man and his dog

The pack-in-play that was supposed to be for Bailey's dolls

We had to take the new bikes for a stroll

Bailey leading the way

Headed over to Grandma's for more presents and our traditional egg breakfast

Lexy with some stylish socks, of which she purposefully mismatches

Jaymee with her socks or underware, I can't tell which they are

Bailey with her pricess scooter from Uncle Eli and Auntie Kelly

Christmas morning was once again so much fun. Bailey and Raif woke up and we walked down the stairs to magical surprises from Santa. I still remember my sister waking me up from my slumber to go and check out what Santa brought us. I was not one of those early risers who couldn't sleep all night. We had a fun morning. The evening was very nice, although I got a horrible cold and had to have about a two hour nap just to make it to dinner. We are so blessed to have family so close that we get to share the holidays with.

Boat Parade/Christmas Eve

Bailey and Reagan at Boat Parade
Keith and Raif on Boat Parade Night
That's the end of those pictures, I was too busy to snap photos!

Christmas Eve Morning...seriously, it's scary how much they look alike

Bailey got to open a gift

Bailey and her Daddy playing Hungry Hippo

Raif at his Grammy and Papa Charley's

Where is the Water?...Raif wants to know

We got to go visit the Ireland's on Christmas Eve night

Colby and Mom

Bailey was off socializing with her best buddy

Mom, Colby and Me

Bailey and Reagan

Christmas Eve was a fun filled day. We started by playing Hungry Hippo for hours, and ended with dinner with Colby's family and drinks with our Ireland family. It was a great evening filled with lots of fun times with family.

Gondola Ride

Couples are supposed to kiss when going under the bridge
After the gondola ride we went onto our boat to finish the champagne

Colby and me

The crew

Sarah and Aaron

Allison and Matt soon to be "The Wards"

Nickie and John

For my birthday, I requested that we go on a gondola ride through Naples Canals, since we've lived in Long Beach since we were born, and have never gone on one. Sarah set up the whole thing, and even got The Fox's and the soon-to-be Wards to join us for the adventure. We had dinner before hand in Seal Beach, then off to the gondola ride. It was lots of fun with plenty of champagne from Sarah and Aaron and treats from Rossmoor bakery from Nickie and John. Allison and Matt brought champange as well, and thankfully we didn't crack that bottle open! Thank you for a wonderful evening.

Witt Family Christmas

Uncle Mark and eli
Bailey and me

Raif and his Daddy

Vince, Jake and Eli

Aunt Nancy, Jennifer, Jason and his fiance Danielle

Carla, Grandma Pat, Dan and Uncle Greg

Whitney (Jake's Girlfriend), Josh and Sally

This Sunday we had our Witt family Christmas get together. With our growing family we have the Witt side get together before Christmas. This year we had it at Uncle Greg and Aunt Shelley's house. We feasted on a 5 or 6 foot long burrito, rice, guacamole, chips, dips and a whole lot more! Our family is growing and growing so I didn't get everyone's picture. It was great to see everyone and we all had a wonderful time.

Uncle Ken and Charlotte

Lexy and Jaymee

My mom reading to Bailey and Bianca, Marissa decided to not miss out on the story