Christmas in Utah - Part One -

For Christmas 2011, after living in Utah since April, we decided it would be a good time and reason to go visit my family and Justin's Aunt & Uncle. We had our own little celebration with Dad and Mom Furnell before we left. It consisted of dinner at Colton's Steakhouse and gifts after. Dad and Mom Furnell also opted to watch our furry children while we were gone, so Sadie spent her first night at their house on December 23. We took Suki over early on Christmas Eve. 

Christmas Eve was a busy day! After dropping Suki off, we drove to Kansas City for the Furnell family Christmas Party. At about 1:30 PM, we left the party and scooted over to the Kansas City International Airport to catch our 3:00 PM flight to Denver. Upon Arriving, we learned that they had called our names fifteen minutes earlier to upgrade us to a non-stop flight from KCI to SLC. Oh well, we still made our flight and we made it to Denver safely. 

If any of you know me well, you know that I am afraid of planes. I was born on the ground and that is where I want to stay! Not knowing what the weather would be like, we decided to fly any way. The flight on Christmas Eve from KCI to Denver was quite turbulent. Dropping several feet in the air is not a fun feeling for me! 

We reached the Denver airport on time, and we discovered that our flight to Salt Lake was 75 gates from where we arrived. So after making the hike across the Denver airport, I was relieved to sit and wait for our flight. The flight from DEN to SLC was much quieter, smoother, and overall awesome! We even left DEN

10 minutes late and arrived in SLC 30 Minutes early. 

Christmas Eve was a record flying day, in my opinion, for children under five and lap dogs (chihuahuas, yorkies,and other small mixes.) We only waited ten minutes at the terminal pick-up for my mom, sister, and brother to arrive to pick us up. Dinner consisted of our traditional Pizza, Cottage Cheese, Eggnog, and Green Salad.

More excitement coming up!

OH YEAH! The ultrasound revealed a little BOY! We announced it to our parents, Dec 23, 24, and 25.