Home for the Holidays

Attending college in Provo made life very convenient when holidays and any other special occasion came around, a quick 30 minute drive and I was on my front doorstep. However, this year things have been very different with our recent move to California. For the first time (besides the study abroad I went on) I have yearned to come home for the holiday and understand what the sentiment really means. The wonderful atmosphere of my parents home all decorated with holiday cheer, the smell of delicious food, and the close friendship of my family and friends was such a treat for me. This year was Enoch's year for Christmas with his family and so we made our drive December 26 to long the awaited Highland. Our lists were long of all the things we wanted to do while in Utah, here are some of the highlights

Coming from So Cal we cherished the snow and made time for sledding
twice and tried our hand at cross country skiing
My cousin Kelli got married over the Christmas break, I felt lucky to be in Utah at the time. She looked absolutely gorgeous and the event was wonderful even though the temperature was not so wonderful (under 10 degrees). We also were able to stop by the new family History center and low and behold found some sweet stuff on our ancestor Abigail McBride thanks to Rachel's love of history!
Kennedy was of course the center of our world during the time of our stay, and is by far the cutest thing that has ever happened to the Bradshaw family up to this point
Go Cougars!
She absolutely loves the horses which of course delighted my dad and of course they were the best of friends the entire time, she lovingly refers to him as pampa (grandpa)
Enoch also took to the horse riding and found himself racing in the snow with Ryan- they are crazy, (horses are so pretty in the snow)
Kennedy of course realizing her influence soon caught in the the fact that any time she wanted to see the horses she just simply needed to say "orses, orses" and run the door and we would shortly wrap her up and take her for a visit. Enoch's style was my personal favorite for this visit to see the horses.
We even visited my mom at her preschool (and caught snack time) little Kennedy fit right in. It was darling how my mom passes out the snacks and each kid has to answer if they want any and then say please and thank you Mrs. Bradshaw- when she came around to Kennedy I began to flinch wondering if she was up to the challenge and with style she said her please and thank you- Rachel has trained her well
No visit to Utah would be complete without BYU athletics, we went to a men's basketball game and it was awesome, here is for hoping the cougars will stay ranked highly longer than football team did this year
Finally, we loved seeing our roommates and catching up with friends, I think I am one of the luckiest girls alive to have such wonderful friends and family, thank you Utah