We are outta here!

We have sure had a fair share of this, this winter!

LOVE his snowsuit by the way! Given to us by our good friends and we love it! Definitely beats trying to put on layers and layers of clothes.

As much as Brycen loves the snow, it has been TOO cold this year and being indoors is really starting to drive me crazy so boy oh boy, are we glad we have family here:

and here:

we can visit! Spring/summer getaways in Winter? Heck, yes! Leaving tomorrow!!

West Lafayette, Indiana high temp for tomorrow: 27 (feels like 14)

Temple, Texas: 62

Phoenix, Arizona: 74

Sunglasses? Check!

Oregon Beauty.

After spending a week and a half in Utah, we went to Oregon to visit Bryce's family.

After a slightly full ride on the way home from the airport...

Brycen got to play with his cousins. That is the one major difference between my family and Bryce's. Since Bryce is the 6th of 7 kids, we aren't the only ones that have children. :)

Gotta love Date night. Grandma and Grandpa took all these kids for an evening while the parents had a little "get-a-away" together of pizza eating and game playing.

I don't think Bryce could ever get enough of this.

Brycen learned his shapes and loved this toy. I'm thinking he was trying to mimic me in that I always carry my purse and waterbottle whenever I leave the house. As for his facial expression....not sure. Maybe I look like that? With the double chin and all :)

An angel in the Christmas Play.

Poor Brycen got beat up by the house. He hit his nose on the fire place and ran into the Ping Pong Table, hitting it near his eye.

Family Hikes.

Beautiful Oregon Coast.

Cousins are so fun and we sure wish we lived closer.

Bubble baths in Grandma's huge bath tub. Bath time will never be the same.

Can you tell the grandchildren have visited?

Brycen giving us some much needed packing entertainment.

He is SO cute!

The morning we left. Boy, oh, boy I hated waking this kid. He was so exhausted.

What Indiana Lacks...

Just finishing his 25th flight.

Grandma to watch the kiddo so we can do THIS:

Totally the reason why we took the 6am flight (after getting 20 minutes of sleep the night before). Free ski ticket the day you fly in!

The uncle's idea of a coat....notice the uncle's choice of clothes for himself.

Hungry air mattresses. Our air mattress tried to swallow us up our first night there. After that, we chose to share a twin bed.

Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert! We got in on standby and LOVED it! David Archeletta was one of the guest singers and he was amazing. We watched the American Idol season he was on and even though we weren't crazy about his singing then, it was so awesome to see hear him in person. He has become phenomenal.

Uncle Mike's creations...

Walker Christmas party.

Brycen's first official gift of the season.

Doesn't he make the cutest shepherd?

Until he started playing peek-a-boo with the audience...haha

FHE at the zoo.

Love the free family babysitters :)

Haha!

The poor Arizonians froze...maybe enough to remember their coats next year :)

This year's Mary. My dad is a one-of-a-kind, for sure.

My parent's are renovating their house and so we did lots of floor and granite shopping.

Temple square dancing.

Brycen wouldn't mind doing this for his entire vacation.

Temple Square lights.

These annoying, I mean, adorable animals.

Table top dancing.

Family skiing.

BYU basketball!

He loved clapping along. So cute!

The game kept his attention for alittle while, but he much rather sit on the stairs and eye all the little ladies.

Christmas Eve present.

PJs! You mean, I'm naked for a reason?

Christmas Eve pajamas is our little Walker tradition.

So we arrived and there was no tree in sight so I took it upon myself to do it. And isn't it beautiful?

Christmas morning.

I LOVE that he actually understood the idea of unwrapping this year. So much more fun. Next year's lesson: Only unwrap the gifts that say, "Brycen" on them. :)

Miracle on 34th Street movie is my favorite.

We loved seeing family and sure miss them.

And these! Indiana definitely needs to learn how to grow some of these.