Christmas in Manteca

Well the kids and I went up to Manteca the day after Christmas to visit with the family. Mom and dad flew in on the 27th in the evening after an interesting adventure with the whole island of Ohau loosing power so they couldn't fly out on the 26th like they were supposed to. The kids and I spent the week at Brett's so that was 8 of us in a 3 bedroom house, but it was fun. We did a LOT of stuff while we were up there and by the 1st the kids were VERY ready to come home and sleep in their own beds. On the 30th we took BART over to the city (San Francisco incase you didn't know) and met GG and grandpa bob, Aunt Julie, Uncle Maury, Taryn, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Lonnie, Rebecca, Chris, Craig, Joey, Cierra and Kyle (my mom's side of the family missing a LOT) and went ice skating. Here are the pictures from that.



On the 31st we took the kids to the snow and had a great time. Mackenzie and Rylan had NEVER played or even seen snow so it was so much fun watching them play. They tried out the sled, but because they don't weigh enough the sled went too fast for them. We then did what the Hinton's do best and used trash bags for the little kids to slide down the hill on. Jace and Kaleb had a blast going down the hill on the sleds and both ended up in the trees at one point or another and we laughed and laughed. Mackenzie's favorite part was building a snowman with Uncle Brett. She even used one of auntie Brittney's chips for a nose because we didn't have a carrot.