We took the family for a week of fun in the snow, time to relax, and hang out.
We arrived on Sunday night, unpacked, did some grocery shopping for the week, put up the Christmas tree (yes, we brought a fake tree with us...can't have Christmas without a tree. In fact we couldn't fit the tree in the car, so we tied it to the roof. You would think we were the Griswald's from Christmas Vacation), and decorated the tree. Rose & Ryan helped decorating the tree - Ryan put the tinsel on and Rose put the ornament balls on the bottom of the tree, all in one spot, of course, and Kevin supervised. Once all that was done, Rose went to bed, Andy and Renee relaxed in front of the tree, and Kevin & Ryan checked out the hot tub.
On Christmas Eve, my (Renee's) parents joined us in Sunriver. Andy and Renee cooked dinner that night (I think it's the only night we cooked dinner, I believe my mom did all the cooking - THANKS MOM! the food what DELICIOUS!) We had a really good ham dinner followed by doing dishes and heading to the Sunriver Resort. At the resort they had Christmas Carolers, free hot chocolate (it was cold out that night) and the lighting of the Christmas Tree. As a special teat, Santa stopped by for a visit before taking presents to all the good little girls & boys around he world. Rose was excited to see Santa, but if he got too close, she cried. After the lighting of the Christmas tree, the Sunriver resort has Santa's elves read Twas the Night Before Christmas. We did not stay for that...we headed back to our rental house, Andy read the Christmas Story (the reason we celebrate Christmas) and Twas the Night Before Christmas. We put out Nanimo Bars for Santa (b/c that is what he likes) and Rose went to bed. The rest of us stayed up playing cards and hanging out in the hottub, as the snow fell. It was so great to have it snow on Christmas Eve.
Christams Day is here! Santa was very good to us...we got a Wii :o) Of course, Rosie was spoiled the most. She got a shopping cart, sled, books, bracelets, clothes, and a vacuum cleaner. The rest of the day she was vacuuming and shopping (with her shopping cart, of course). Oh, we did bundle her up, went outside and played in the snow. Andy, Rose, Grandpa Ron, and myself took Rosie for a ride in her sled. We even found a small hill we pushed the sled down. She had such a good time! 
The rest of the week was relaxing. One day we just hung out at the house, played Wii, went for walks in the snow, went to the pool, and relaxed! I think I took a nap everyday....Oh it was nice. We did go skiing up a Mt. Bachelor for a day. I forgot how much fun skiing is, since I had not been for about 4 years. The snow was great, once you got about 1/3 of the way down the mountain....look for Mt. Bachelor update soon.We definitely had a GREAT time in Sunriver, and hope to do it again in the future.
