Instead of our normal "at home" Christmas Eve and Day, we rented a home near Mt. Bachelor in Oregon and spent our days skiing.
Renee was without her boys this year, so we asked her to join us.
We did keep things festive around our house prior to our trip during the month of December.
Jenelle, in particular, had a hard time getting used to the idea of not being home for Christmas morning, but having the tree up in the house and doing some usual Christmastime baking helped her know that the holidays would still be the same...just in a different place.
We arrived in Sunriver, Oregon and checked ourselves into our nice home away from home.
It was a beautiful home.
We had plenty of room and a hot tub!!
Christmas Eve skiing was pretty cold and foggy.
We did happen to see Santa getting in a few runs before his big night though.
Michelle and Ivan
On Christmas morning we took it a bit slower and exchanged some gifts.
Santa managed to find the kids all the way in Oregon and left them a stocking!
Christmas Day was nicer than Christmas Eve.
It started out foggy, but cleared up in the afternoon!
We were finally able to see how gorgeous Mt. Bachelor really is!
Skiing on Boxing Day was even more amazing!
It was a blue bird ski day!
This trip turned out to be such a good idea!
Great memories were made!
And when we returned home, exhausted but fulfilled, we found that Santa had been at our house as well!
Wow! What a trip and beautiful photos. Santa visited you at both locations! Your family has been VERY good. :) I am loving Jenelle's haircut!
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