Who doesn't love Christmas? This year was pretty much a bust thanks to all the germs at our house, but we survived and still had a good day. It is so sad to be sick on Christmas--poor Katelyn-girl. The boys had a great day! :)
We enjoyed our traditional Mexican feast with Becky and Chris on Christmas Eve. We've got a good system figured out--and the food is oh-so-yummy! The kids had fun playing and we enjoyed some adult game-age. Katelyn had strep, so she enjoyed sleeping. ;)
We went to Mom and Dad's for Christmas Eve dinner. It was fun to spend the evening there. Tylenol and Ibprofen were working their magic so Katelyn even had a good night.
We spent Christmas morning here at our house. We really tried to cut back on presents and such this year, and I don't think anybody felt gyped. The big exciting present was out in the carport--our very own camping pop-up trailer! We are SO excited to us it this summer! Mike and I spent weeks prepping the trailer for Christmas morning (paint, new cushions, cleaning, repairs, etc.) Since Christmas morning was a bit lame, we left it up for a few weeks in the carport and the kids had fun playing in it. We had planned to pull it with our van, but who would have guessed Mike's truck would end up totaled the end of December and we would upgrade trucks to one that could fit us all and pull the trailer. Sweet.
I think every person in Utah was praying for a white Christmas--and Heavenly Father certainly answered! The week of Christmas was the only snow we got all month, but we used it to our advantage! Mom and Dad (Grandma and Grandpa) gave the kids sleds for Christmas and so Christmas afternoon we all headed to the Institute for hot chocolate and sledding. We had SO. MUCH. FUN. Antibiotics were all kicked in by Christmas day and Katelyn was back to herself. Whew. What a great day!
We hope your Christmas as good as better than ours. How grateful we are the the birth of our Savior and his endless love this holiday season!
