We had a fabulous Christmas. The month of December was kind of crazy with Kirk gone out of town for work two of the four weeks. I had back problems and was down for a week. Plus with all Christmas activities and to do lists the month was over much to quickly. I'm just going to go ahead and start off where I left off, no pressure to read this it's mostly for memories sake.
Wednesday December 21
We spent the day finishing up Christmas shopping and projects, making dinner for friends, and going to see the lights at the Ethel M chocolate factory. It's a chocolate factory that also has a cactus garden. They go all out for Christmas with lights everywhere, it is soo much fun!
Kirk worked a half day and was home by noon. The girls and I spent the morning packing the car and we were off and headed to Utah by 1pm. We stopped at a rest stop near Beaver UT for a potty break and were shocked at how cold it was! The girls could hardly use the bathroom because it was so cold (14 degrees!). We were very glad we had decided to turn around when we were10 minutes away from our house and to get our coats! We arrived at my sisters house in Santaquin about 8:30 that night. It is always great to be with family. We were all full of Christmas spirit and had a wonderful time.
Friday December 23
We drove up to Salt Lake Friday morning and met with my sister Chelsey and Cody, my brother Garrett, Emily, and Bekah, and my brother Josh. We met at the new Utah Natural History Museum, it was really cool. Kirsten fell asleep on our way up so Kirk stayed in the car with her and Audrey and I went to the museum. Audrey hung out with Cody most of the time, just the way she likes it. We loved the dinosaurs, Indian artifacts, and the tarantula. Afterwards we had yummy hamburgers at Big H's. We stayed at the Marriott that night, Chelsey and Cody, and Garrett, Emily, and Bekah all shared our room with us. Six adults and three kids in one room with two double beds, good times. The girls loved standing in the windowsill with Bekah watching the ice skaters down below. Kirk's parents and Aunt Paulette, Uncle Frank, and cousin Frank also came to Salt Lake and stayed at the same hotel with us. We went to Temple Square that night to see the lights. It was beautiful, magical, and very Christmasy just like I had hoped. We came back to the hotel room ordered pizza, played games, and went swimming. We had a fabulous time, family is the best.
Saturday December 24...Christmas Eve
Saturday morning Kirk and I took the girls swimming as just our family, our girls sure are fishes in the water. After checking out of the hotel we drove up to Morgan to see Kirk's grandma who is living with his Aunt Amy. After a nice visit with them we drove out to Vernal. We stayed with Kirk's parents for the holiday. His Aunt Paulette and family were also staying with Tom and Karen, it was a full house! We arrived just in time to unpack and dress the girls in their fun Christmas Eve clothes. We went to my parents for about an hour. My mom made a yummy dinner, we did the nativity, preformed our talents (Kirk and the girls did somersaults while I played a Christmas song on the piano), and my mom had a fun game involving opening presents...gotta love that. :)
Kirk and I had a hard time sleeping Christmas Eve so when the girls finally woke up at 6:00 we shot out of bed. It was so fun taking them down into the living room to see what Santa had brought. Audrey immediately went to her Dora stuff and was instantly in love. Kirsten checked everything out before settling on the train, where she stayed most of the day. She loved dressing up in her Rapunzel outfit (dress, shoes, crown, necklace, hair, and purse). Kirk loved his remote control helicopter and Brian Reagan tickets while I enjoyed perfume and earrings.
I loved going to church on Christmas Day, it was early 9 am but it was perfect to set the spirit for the whole day. It was wonderful to be there with Kirk's parents and relatives. The day was spent enjoying time with family. We had delicious Christmas dinners with both families. We are so blessed to have so many people to love. We are grateful for the Christmas season and for the knowledge of the Savior in our lives.
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| Christmas morning waiting to go downstairs |
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| Dora and Baby boots, she was soo happy |
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| She LOVED the train set |
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| Rapunzel Rapunzel |
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| Abby, Kirsten, Grandma, and Allie doing their hair with curlers just like Grandma! |
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| Tea Party at Grandma's house |
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| Six people putting together a puzzle at midnight, good times |
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| Audrey and Hawk loved each other |
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| Karen, Brixton, and Audrey at Don Pedro's |
Ha that puzzle! I am so glad that we got to spend Christmas with you guys. I'm glad that you posted this because it reminds me of all of the fun that we had!
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