Christmas and New Years 2009

This holiday season was absolutely wonderful! Brandon was able to take 2 weeks off of work so we went home for the holidays. It started out bumpy though. I flew out the week earlier with Autumn. She manage to pick up the croup from cousins 2 days before Christmas (the same day Brandon managed to miss his plane out West due to miscommunication.) Brandon arrived the day before Christmas ($900 later) without his luggage that contained our Christmas gifts, which was misplaced for 3 days.  Although Brandon did not have any clothes, we did not have any Christmas gifts to open, and Autumn was very sick, our family still counted our many blessings which included: being all together as a family, being able to focus on the true meaning of Christmas, and Brandon's plane took off out of Chicago a 1/2 hour before 260 airline flights were cancelled for Christmas because of snow. We spent Christmas with Brandon's family in Layton, Utah and New Years with my family in St. George, Utah. Because both sides of the family were all together in a really long time, we updated family photos also!

The Dahl's: Christmas 2009

Brandon and his siblings. Very typical of their personalities!!!! (Left: Shaun Dahl, Brandon Dahl, Sarah Dahl, Justin Dahl, Adam Dahl)

Brandon, Autumn and I

The Barnum's-New Year's Eve 2009

Back Row: Jonathan Barnum, Seth Barnum, Michael Barnum

Front Row: Elizabeth Barnum Dahl, Lawrence Dean Barnum, Kathleen Muir Barnum, Rebekah Barnum White

Ringing in the New Year!

The traditional New Year's kiss! (We still can kiss even though we are parents now, right?)

Autumn enjoying candy for the first time and did she enjoy it!

All the Ladies must be really, really tired! (Bottom: Me, Tia Barnum-Seth's wife, Mom (Kathleen); Middle: Melissa Barnum-Jonathan's wife, Leslie Barnum-Michael's wife; Rebekah on top)