Anyway, we are very lucky to be pretty close by to both of our families. Because of this, we are able to spend a little bit of time with them all during the Holidays. As it has worked out, we end up going out to my parents house every Christmas Eve, and then we are with Ryan's family either on Christmas or whenever we can (depending on what day it falls on - with two cops in the family it can be tricky sometimes).
We went out to my parents on Christmas Eve afternoon and after eating a fabulous meal, we retired to the family room for gifts and visiting. My Grandma Pitchforth (used to be Booth) was helping us make a batch of her famous fudge. It required a ton of stirring! Good job Booth boys! It turned out great! Here's Kaitlyn making the pass off of fudge for stirring turns:
We were hoping to be able to hear from Elder Booth (Randy) as he was flying to the Philippines (on a layover somewhere) but he couldn't get the phone card to work and he ended up calling on Christmas (not Christmas in the Philippines though). :( Oh well, there's always Mother's Day! Here's a picture our family by the tree:
Here's me with my awesome sisters. I love you guys!
On Christmas, after opening up what Santa brought and relaxing, we headed over the Nate and Vicki's for another awesome meal and some Wii competition. (Thanks Santa!) While I did well with the bowling game (only because I don't have a fancy spin) I didn't do so well with golf. I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to get better :) Here's the boys enjoying Mario Kart:
Here's Willaim trying to stay away from the tree...
For New Year's, as most of you know, Ryan has to go with every other cop in Vegas and work down on the Strip. It's definitely not his favorite part of being a cop, but I guess it's something we'll just have to deal with. Anyway, this year we decided to get together with another "Cop widow" family and have our own little New Year's party. We ate pizza, watched a movie and the older four even stayed up to midnight for some Sparkling Cider and messy confetti fun. Before the movie started, the kids decided to dogpile on Zach!
We had a great time with the Becks! Happy New Year! Bye 2008!
