A Montana Christmas

December 19th we headed to our friends cabin at Macgregor Lake. It is about 3o minutes West of Kalispell. The drive went smoothly and the kids were really good the whole way. I was worried because we took the truck so we were in close proximity to one another, but it went really well. Once you pass Browning it is a really beautiful drive. We had to stop in Babb to pick up the girls presents from Grampa Jim and Gramma Penny. We met Roy and Connie in Kalispell for lunch and then went to Walmart and Costco to get all the groceries we would need for the week. We could barely fit all the grocery's into our vehicle. Its a good thing Shannon and Jody were not far behind us. They met us at Costco and fit the rest in their car. Then we headed to the cabin. Ryan and I go every year for the Hasegawa retreat but this would be the first time the kids have ever been. They were so excited to check out the cabin when we got there. We settled in and hung out and played games. Lora and Ryan made it just before midnight. We were all there and ready to start celebrating!

Saturday we went out and chopped down our Christmas tree right off the Hasegawa's property. It was so fun. It has been a long time since I've had a real tree. We managed to fit it in the house and then decorated it with old ornaments and lights that Lora and Shannon had kicking around. It turned out awesome. We took the quads out and just played around all afternoon. We had our turkey dinner that night and the kids opened their presents from Gramma and Grampa Olsen. They had to find their presents by scavenger hunt and they loved it. The adults did our gift exchange game. I got some heated pad warmers to stick in your gloves, and Ryan got an Itunes card. We then opened up our Christmas pajama's. That really is the best Christmas tradition ever. We had the best time as usual.

The next couple of days were spent playing tons of games, and eating good food. Gramma did hair cuts. Hayley hates having her hair done so Gramma cut it into a cute little bob. We did Gingerbread houses. Sunday night we did our Christmas program. Grampa read the Christmas story, our kids sang a few songs, and Lora and Shannon had some games planned. We played a few minute to winute Christmas style games. It was so much fun. We also spent time in the hot tub. My favorite. Their hot tub is underneath the balcony. Its always fun to wait until people are sitting in the hot tub and then you go and dump buckets of cold water on top of their heads. Ryan and I did it to Shannon, Lora, Jody, and Ryan. We had a good laugh. Family is the best. We had such a fun time with the Olsen clan. We also got to facetime and talk to Dave and his family and Steve, which was nice.

My injuries from our wicked game of spoons. It was worth it though cause I won.

We were sad to say goodbye to everyone. Everyone except Roy and Connie left Monday, Roy and Connie left Tuesday. Then it was just us...