A few things we did during the holiday season...
- Temple Square lights (twice) - once by ourselves and once with friends
Merry Christmas in Russian?? We weren't sure....Mom, is that right?
- Gingerbread house making with friends
- Family Parties
- We ALMOST went to the Festival of Trees - but I couldn't convince John to go. He said last year was bad enough. Maybe we can make it a tradition every other year.
(John's masterpiece)
And then of course Christmas Eve and Day with family. We spent most of Christmas Eve at the Fry's (John's sisters family) and enjoyed their annual Christmas Asian dinner. Our brother-in-law Curtis is quite the chef and made some delicious food. We played games, opened gifts, and read the Christmas story. John and I drove up to the Bowen's after and spent the night.
The kids woke us up (well actually Pete woke us up :)) Christmas morning around 7 and we opened gifts from Santa. John and I got a new video camera, which I am very excited to learn how to use. We ate breakfast and then opened gifts from each other. Here are just a few pictures:
We left in the afternoon and headed up to Marc and Betty's for Christmas dinner. We opened more gifts and watched "Christmas Carol" and then headed home for the night. It was a fun, relaxing Christmas and we are grateful to have such great families!
Looks like so much fun!! Yay for your new video camera!! You'll get some use out of that with little Ms Thing!!
ReplyDeleteLoved hearing the update. Sounds like a really fun Christmas. I am excited to see your new video camera. Loved all the pictures to! I have never made a gingerbread house before. Looks fun! Post some pics of Brooklyns room!
ReplyDeleteLove the gingerbread houses! :) Glad you had good holidays.
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