A Cabin in the Mountains

One of Mark's bosses in California has a million-dollar cabin up in Wise River, Montana and he was kind enough to let us spend a couple of days there. It was incredible! It was 7,600 square feet. It was beautiful. We had a great time watching movies, playing games, eating, and four-wheeling.

Julia is Married!

On Saturday, December 25, 2008 one of my best friends got married. My cousin Julia was my roommate this past semester and it was fun to anticipate the big day! I can't believe it was here and now it is over. Julia looked beautiful! I am so grateful that the roads were clear enough so that we could make it safely to Utah. I am very happy the day turned out so well for them! However, I have firmly decided that I will not be getting married in December if I have any say in the matter! I was FREEZING! My teeth were chattering the entire time :)

Random Christmas Pictures

My beautiful mother

Mel
Jamie
Mark is always hilarious! It's been so nice to have him here.

Dad
Brandon's favorite gift! haha. Mel made him this. He loves it.

I am a huge jigsaw puzzle nerd! I have been getting puzzles for Christmas since I was a little girl. I think I got 4 this year! Score!

Bryan

The Big Present is Revealed

For a month now the Walker Family has had a large (and I mean large) wrapped present placed next to their tree. It was about 4 feet tall. Everybody that visited our home joked about what might be inside the box. Some of the ideas we heard were a big flat-screen TV, Rockband, an animal, David Archuleta (Mel's wish), and a mail-order Russian bride for Bryan! We didn't tell anybody who the gift was for, but I can tell you now. The gift was from my dad to my mom. He has wanted to get her this gift for a long time but hasn't been able to until this year. He was pretty excited! Are you wondering what was in the box?

Well, I will tell you. It was a...................................

POPCORN MACHINE! Mom loves popcorn and now she can have real movie theater popcorn anytime she wants :) Dad is a sweetheart and is pretty thoughtful when it comes to my mother. She was excited!

My Darling Grandparents

I hate to brag, but I think that I have the cutest grandparents in the world! We have been able to spend a lot of time with them during the Christmas break and it has been fun. They are such a blessing to our family and I love them so much! (Here they are at our Walker Family Christmas Party. Grandpa is wearing his cute little Santa hat, haha :D)

Christmas Eve

Wednesday night brought our annual Christmas Eve dinner! Dad cooked up some tender steaks and chicken, and splurged on some Chiz's shrimp. We had so much food! Dave, Jeanette, Melanie, and Grandpa and Grandma Walker came up from Idaho Falls and we sure enjoyed their company. I think we ate until we were all stuffed up to our eyeballs! haha.


Mark flew in from Los Angeles yesterday afternoon and now our family is complete! He gets to stay for about 9 days and we are thrilled! It has been a year since we have seen him. That is just too too long.

The six Walker Bambinos

After dinner it was game time! We Walkers are a game-playing family. Here is Jeanette, Mel, and Jamie with their team stickers on their noses. We are crazy, but we sure had a great night!

Sunday Night Christmas Cookies

Sunday night we decided to bake a few sugar cookies for neighbors. It was so nice to just be together doing something simple. We packed up the plates, put on our snowpants, and then piled onto the tailgate of the truck while the snow was blowing around us and freezing our bones. It was wonderful!

Of course, Brandon had to put his own little twist into our Christmas adventure! :) He is quite a character. He even made one of our little neighbor ladies scream, haha. He was really funny.