The title of this is sadly somewhat misleading, as winter breaks are of course a thing of yesteryear. But - the holiday season was full of lots of fun this and thats, so we’ll pretend I took a break nonetheless and here we go…
Watched a movie about a big gorilla - Dates with my dad are so fun. He and I tend to have similar taste in books and movies etc. Dad took the week before Xmas as a sort of a part-time work week, and he and I caught lunch (Quizno’s, of course) and then a matinee of King Kong. Which just RULED. Sorry - it did. Yes, there were some scenes that could have been cut, but overall I think Peter Jackson did an amazing job of using special effects to enhance, not dictate, the story. Plus Naomi Watts made it pretty darn believable that she was actually gazing at an ape instead of green ball on a stick. It’s fun to go to stuff like that with my dad, because he is just a funny guy. He really is.
Went to SLC with my family (mom, dad, Katil, Tully, Decker, and special guest, Sean!) - Normally it’s just the girls and me and my lil guy who head out to Utah, but for New Year’s we all went and had a great time ringing in 2006 together. On New Year’s Eve day, we went out to my Uncle Lance and Aunt Julie’s house for a traditional Jacob meal. We used to have these at Xmas every year at my Grandma and Grandpa Jacob’s house, and after Grandma passed and all us kids grew up and got along to getting married and going to school and whatnot, it just hadn’t happened in a while. They offered to have us out to their house in Magna, and so we got a chance to see all my cousins and their spouses and kids, which also hadn’t happened in a while. It was awesome to see everyone again, and Decker held his own with the other kids (2 boys, one 3 and one 5). Very fun to catch up with everyone. It is funny to see Decker still get very confused by how alike my dad and Uncle Lance look - I think he is still trying to figure out why there are ‘two Cappys’ (one with a moustache).
While in Utah, we went snow shoeing, which was good times as always, but was particularly enhanced by the fact that that was the day that Decker decided to officially bust out with “Ma Ma”! I melted on the spot, and promised him anything he wanted. 
Dad and Sean also went skiiing one day, and despite near white-out conditions, they apparently enjoyed themselves all the same. Dad and Sean left on a Tuesday, and then we girls all stuck around until Saturday - the same routine, which involves working on upkeeping the house, watching lots of episodes of tv on dvd, and just being goofy with little guy. A nice way to relax, and Decker definitely has a ball hanging out with his aunties and Pammy. (Extra adults to pay attention to him means a little break for his mom, which is very nice as well!).
And now it’s January and despite the rain I am loving a CA winter - everything is green and the temp is mild…my kind of place!
Happy New Year, all!
PS: Here’s a joke to start the New Year right:
What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor?
Make me one with everything! HAAAA!
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