Home Again, Home Again Jiggity Jig

You know you have good friends that will last your lifetime when you haven't seen each other for an extended period of time and yet, you magically seem to pick up right where you left off. And in those reunions, the bond of friendship strengthens ten fold with the comfort and warmth that radiates in the room. That is how Dan and I have felt in the past 3 weeks. Our adventures out west were the best we could have asked for. Even with the lost luggage, long drives, missed flights, and illness passed between us.
Christmas at the Thomas' home was great this year! Relations were good and all seemed to be in somewhat of good cheer, as long as you don't discuss the things of not good cheer. Dan must have been a good boy this year, coming away with an iPod Nano, camping gear, a GPS unit for his car, and a bunch of Smart Wool socks to keep him warm. Not only that, but he enjoyed a day in the "Greatest Snow on Earth" at the Canyon's resort in Park City. To my surprise, I was a good girl this year. Dan had tricked me into believing that what I asked for, I wasn't getting. Ooo... sometimes I just have to give into the humor of it all. There is not much use in fighting a good prank. I did get the new digital camera I dreamed of! I also received a Bosch mixer (so excited!), a whole tote of jewelery tool and beads to give into my deep-set creativity, cute PJ's and a new battery for my lappy.
Colorado with my family was one we like to call, "The Bed and Breakfast experience." For us to go to Colorado is so nice because we don't have ten billion people to see and can just hang out with my family. We enjoyed Papa Murphy's pizza (of course) and some great 4-wheeling New Year's fun.
We ended our stay out west with some friends from Hawaii that we haven't seen in almost two years. We stayed in their cabin and have a wonderful time freezing, playing with rubber duckies and snowmobiling. In all the excitement, we missed our flight by 5 minutes. So I guess you could say that we ended our trip out west in the Salt Lake City Airport for 6 hours. We flew to Albany, NY and there we stayed for two days to celebrate our two year anniversary. It has sure flown by!