three weeks of christmas.

well, it's over already. last i posted, we were just so excited for christmas to be coming, and now, it's not coming again for another year. boo. we took down all our decorations and our house looks so barren now. more organized, but barren. 

when levi finally finished finals, he spent the next few days studying for his national board exams and then we were free to enjoy our three weeks of freedom! to start, we went with some friends down to san carlos to see candy cane lane. some of the money people invest in their christmas lights is incredible. 

these are some of zaky's girl friends. he's quite the ladies man in our mother's club. 

of course, this was zak's favorite part. the train lights. 

zak and penelope. "his favorite" according to him. 

zak got the sweetest deal and had two christmases this year because we didn't want to haul all his presents up north. 

we spent the wednesday before christmas eating a delicious breakfast, drinking hot chocolate and opening presents. zak got a bagillion trains. and a train table from his grandparents. his parents got him a cash register and food, which we thought was cool, but let's be honest how can that compete with trains? 

greysen got clothes because his parents don't think he needs any more toys. and he really didn't care. 

zak also enjoyed opening greysen's presents, like this giant train from his aunt and uncle. unfortunately, he thinks any train related presents are his. 

we spent our christmas in the canadian arctic and had a great time. zak has been stoked for weeks to go to canada and go on the airplane. 

don't judge his pink suitcase. his parents need to buy him another one. but alas, we're too cheap. plus, his favorite color is pink anyways. 

this was the first time zak has seen snow and remembers it, so that was an adventure. he loved it for about 10 minutes, being that the temperature never got above 0 degrees Fahrenheit, and again, his parents are too cheap to buy him real snow boots for the one time every other year he's in the snow so he was using his cousins rain boots with 10 pairs of socks, i imagine his feet got a wee bit chilly. 

we got to do a temple session with levi's parents and siblings, so that was kinda fun. plus, it started snowing while we were in there, and i was loving it. it was fabulous, i forgot how much i love the snow and my scarves/boots etc. 

we got family pictures done while we were up there, with all the boys, it was an adventure. but they're so cute so i hope they turn out somewhat decent. 

our matching pj's. and the boys robes. so so cute. 

christmas eve we did fondue and it was delish. 

 we started greysen on solids while we were up there via baby led weaning and he has been loving it. he's eaten/gnawed cucumbers, squash, broccoli, oatmeal, bananas, apple, rice cakes, taco soup, sweet potatoes and much more. he's been loving it so much and is obsessed with being able to eat by himself. 

zak did not care for the fondue at all. he was rather obsessed with playing with his cousins, and not worried at all about eating. 

christmas morning came and of course, someone got some more trains. lucky dog. santa didn't know that he was going to get so many trains, otherwise he wouldn't have brought him so many. 

christmas day, we spent outside for a bit, because it was beautiful. look at that freshly fallen snow. 

it's boggling my mind that the next time we will be in canada, we will be moving there. cu-razy. we are officially 1/2 done dental school. i can't believe it's gone so fast!