Merry Christmas

I hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. Darren and I have been busy traveling since Thanksgiving! In the last week we have already been in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and Washington. My brother just got married down in Mesa, Arizona. It was such a blast and it was great to see all my family that came.

Darren and I took a few pictures at the wedding, but I forgot my cord for my camera, so this is from our phone! The day was so nice. The sun was shinning and it was about 70 degrees which was a nice change from the cold in Boise. Lisa looked beautiful we we are so excited to welcome her into the Cline family :)

This year for Christmas, Darren and I went to Granger for Christmas, then we went to Maple Valley. We had a great time in Granger and we were able to catch up with family and spend lots of time hanging out.

One of the nights we were there, we went to a Christmas party. They are good friends of ours, and they asked Darren if he would be willing to dress up as Santa for all the kids. He agreed, and I have to say, he was a great Santa. I took lots of pictures and all the kids loved him (except 2!). I will put up more as soon as we get back to Boise. He did a great job of passing out the presents, and getting the kids excited for Christmas morning!

On another day, we went to Leavenworth. Leavenworth is a Bavarian town about 2 1/2 hours away from Granger. We had been wanting to go walk around for a while and we finally decided to go! Darren's mom and brother also came with us. Leavenworth was all decorated for the Holidays and the lights were beautiful.

We were able to go to a fun bakery and get some yummy treats. We walked throughout all the stores looking at all the stuff, and looked to see if we could find any chocolate Darren use to eat while he was on his mission in Germany and Austria. We were able to find it in one store and we made sure we bought lots of it! For dinner we made a final stop at a outdoor Bratwurst stand. Oh boy, were they good! :)
It was getting so cold out, we were hurried and finished eating then quickly walked back to the car! Overall, it was so fun and a great day to send walking around outside.

We have a few more days left in Maple Valley, then we will be back on Boise until April. I will be starting my long-term subbing job in the beginning of February and Darren will be taking a few classes online and working part-time. Then in April we will be back in Rexburg!! We wish every one a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. (I hope to post pictures from Maple Valley and our entire trip when we get back to Boise!