Christmas in Greeley

Merry Christmas

from the Underwoods!

Our first Christmas tree

We drove to Colorado Springs

to meet up with some friends.

We went to lunch and then to

the Colorado Springs Christmas

Symphony.  Then we went to

the Broadmoor hotel

to see the Christmas lights.

After that, we went to dinner

at Cheddars, which is a favorite

of mine that we don't have in Utah.

The Broadmoor Hotel

The Broadmoor Hotel

The Broadmoor Hotel

The Broadmoor Hotel

The Broadmoor Hotel

The Broadmoor Hotel - for the funeral directors in the family ...
A gingerbread funeral home and cemetery

The Broadmoor Hotel

Christmas with Eric's family

in Greeley was a lot of fun...

On Christmas Eve, we had a

delicious feast of Cranberry Chicken.

On Christmas day, we woke up, 

ate breakfast and opened presents.

After that, we went to the movie

theater to see Les Miserables, which

was INCREDIBLE!  Go see it!

For dinner on Christmas day,

we had ham with mashed potatoes,

bread and macaroni and cheese.

For those of you that don't know,

Macaroni and Cheese is a traditional

Thanksgiving and Christmas side dish

for our family.  My cousin Lauren

and I make it every year!

Here we are opening our Christmas gifts!

All 3 dogs - I made them all matching Santa bandanas.  

The Underwood Family!

We all had a great Christmas!

We hope you did as well!

Picasso and Wine

Ronda took me to paint

at Picasso and Wine during

our Christmas visit to Colorado.

If you ever have an opportunity

to visit this establishment, you

should! 

 In a room full of

about 24 other people, you are

instructed on how to paint

one specific painting.

Everyone's comes out a little

different, but with the same

general idea.  It's pretty incredible!

Starting with a blank canvas

The shapes we were instructed to draw that
eventually turn into a bird

My painting (on the left) and Ronda with her painting

Our finished products!

Natalie!

In case you didn't hear me

shouting from the mountaintop

on December 20th - I'll shout it again!

I'M AN AUNT!

Natalie Champagne Hayhurst

was born on December 20th at 6:04 PM.

She weighed 7.8 pounds and her length

was 19.5 inches.  She's perfect.

Grammie Pammie and Gramps with my brother (the new dad) and Natalie!

Ready to go home from the hospital

Mom and Baby are doing great!

I get to visit in January, so look

for more pictures soon!

Skiing at Snowbasin

Today, I went skiing

for the first time in 10 years.

I'm happy to report that I 

picked it back up pretty quickly.

Snowbasin has some beautiful lodges.

I'm looking forward to getting back

out there again soon!  I had fun

skiing with Eric - I didn't slow

him down too much.

Christmas in Downtown Salt Lake City

We went into downtown

Salt Lake City last night

to see the Christmas Lights

and eat dinner.  We never

got around to going down 

there to see the lights last year.

We visited Temple Square

and City Creek Center (a

new-ish outdoor/indoor shopping

area right by Temple Square).

Christmas music played and the fountain spouted accordingly...

Seeing all of the lights really

put us in the Christmas spirit!

Now, if only it will snow.

(It's supposed to snow today...

we'll see.)