Our week at the cabin in the mountains is over, and we are back in civilization again, this time at Nick's parents' house for the New Year. We had such a good time up there, and I would love to do it again one of these Christmases. Just escaping the world for a little bit and spending time with family was wonderful.
Will you indulge me in a little photo avalanche from our cabin-y Christmas? I wasn't going to (Christmas is so last week!), but then I saw the photos Nick took and decided to share a little anyway. I threw in a few I took with my phone too - see if you can spot who got a fancy new camera?
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Our cabin. |
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The Norths always play board games when they get together. |
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Espen loved playing in the snow like a little Norwegian. |
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We went sledding in beautiful clear weather. |
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Grandma was playing with her iPad, so Espen had to get "his" too. |
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Making paper snowflakes for the Christmas tree with Grandma and Grandpa. |
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So simple and pretty, and fun to do together as a family. I think we'll do this again. |
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More playing in the snow. |
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The table set for Christmas Eve dinner. |
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Gwen and Grandma at dinner. |
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Espen opening his Christmas Eve present of a new book and jammies. |
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And Espen and Grandpa helping an eagerly interested Gwen open her present. |
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Grandpa snuggles by the light of the Christmas tree. |
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Waiting for Grandma on Christmas morning so we could open presents. |
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Experimenting with alternative gift opening techniques. |
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So full of Christmas cheer I allowed photos of me in my jammies. |
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Espen has been completely desperate to play boardgames lately, so we got him one for Christmas. It has been played at least twice daily ever since. |
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Espen and Gwen in their new Christmas jammies.
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Mr. Handsome and his new camera. |
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Gwen found the consumerism of Christmas Day frankly overwhelming. |
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The boys played lots of Donkey Kong. |
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Nick played with his camera. |
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Our good friend and fellow Norwegian, Annika, joined us for a few days. |
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We played in the snow some more. |
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Espen was super happy to have Annika (almost) all to himself for a few days. |
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We took our baby out in the snow. |
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We had impressive hat hair, but were too happy to care. |
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Annika made us crazy delicious dinner, and we ate entirely too much. |
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We enjoyed a blazing fire and wished we had one at home too. |
And that was it! It was lovely and relaxing and Christmassy in all the best ways. Spending Christmas in a cabin is something I've always wanted to do (blame
George Michael), but it always seemed a bit too posh-outdoorsy. As it turns out, it was completely doable, even if I had to buy snow pants to do it.
How was your Christmas?
that looks amazing! so jealous of all the snow :)
ReplyDeleteawww ya'll are so cute! What a fun idea.
ReplyDeleteWe visited my parents in California, which was a nice break from the snow.