We're B-A-C-K!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

for those who have missed us, we are finally back!

of course I will tell you all about it, but I am EXHAUSTED. BEYOND EXHAUSTED.

I'll tell you the TOP REASONS Hunter & Jayden are happy to be home:

1. The Wii. Of course. They are in wii denial.

2. Water. They are tired of mom telling them to drink lots of water. She was hoping to avoid mountain sickness but it left us with stopping in EVERY town to potty.

3. Their beds. They are tired of sleeping on the floor!

4. No more constant chap stick.


And finally, just a FEW pictures!

My handsome devils decked out & ready for church:

The family ready for mass:

Our 1st night on the road in Amarillo. This is them after being in the car ALL DAY.

What nuts we were stopping by the state line. The wind was blowing about 70 mph.

The mountains seemed so CLOSE

We quickly ran into snow & jumped out of the car to take a picture

It was COLD, SNOWING and the wind was still blowing about 70mph

The roads quickly looked like this

Then this

SNOW was EVERYWHERE! notice the road sign. this later becomes a problem.

We couldn't see much

The roads were HORRIBLE.

The rental car with 4WD was a LIFE SAVER. We had to make it 6 miles UP the mountain.

And we made it.

The roads the next morning.

Our driveway to the house

Soon became a sled run


Jayden getting in on the fun

A crash landing

another crash landing

Poising for the camera

Kreg got in on the fun

As did I

There were lots of rather LARGE snowballs

And snowball fights

We braved the roads and helped push a few cars along the way

To get the boys on ski's



now after calling a week before we left for ski school, I was told NO reservations were needed. once we got there, we found out ski school was BOOKED. what a bummer. so, we helped the boys to ski and Jayden took to the slopes like mad!

They were happy to be there


We ALL were.

Soon to be my favorite picture of him

Even the hard core ski boy needed a break

Hunter and I enjoyed watching everything

Jayden and Dad worked on skiing

But fun was right around the corner

TUBING!
They were ready to go

Hunter is off


Jayden waits his turn

I got in on the action

Hunter tried a few tricks

Jayden couldn't get enough

They even braved riding with dad


Us with the house we stayed in


Our last day we snowmobiled!

What an adventure!



YES our trip was a blast! Hunter was hit with mountain sickness the 1st night and Jayden got car sick on our very last trip down the mountain. THANK goodness for Phenergan.

More on the trip to come!

3 days before Christmas

If we can make it through the week, this is what awaits us: The Rock House

sounds easy, right?

the kids are ONLY so full of energy yet it's 20 degrees outside.

Hunter has, what I'm PRAYING, is a cold.

There's packing to be done.

Dishes to be washed.

Laundry to be folded.

Yet, here I am on the computer.

I figured I'd catch up on some pictures.

Since in typical Pearson fashion, we try to do it all!

The Trail of Lights at Monument Hill:



(notice the Guitar Hero shirt. This crazy mom left LG at 4:30AM on the day after Thanksgiving to head to Target to score him Guitar Hero for about 50% off. Only to have him tell me he doesn't want it for Christmas. Well.........we are trying to pump him up about it now!)




And an early Christmas present, thanks to dad. I woke up Saturday morning to my kids opening presents under the tree. I had to make sure I didn't sleep for 4 days and it was Christmas. What the heck? Ask Kreg.
And the Trail of Lights @ Zilker Park.


so this is what we now have to contend with, EVERYWHERE we go.

I guess the joke on mom and all the times I have them stop and take pictures.

Jayden had the best seat in the house for taking pictures.




They convinced Dad to spin with them.

Just looking at it now makes me sick.