Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 was wonderful! It is so hard to believe a week has gone by already! We had such a wonderful Christmas with Nate's family this year.

We definately made the most of all the snow that Utah recieved while we were there. We spent the days sledding down the huge hill in the backyard and riding the snowmobile back to the reserved land behind the house. We had fun hooking the sled up to the snowmobile and driving around like crazy. We built a snow family and a few snow caves as well.

Christmas Eve was amazing. Grandma Lee Lee made a delicious dinner (prime rib and twice baked potatoes, homemade rolls....YUM!) Then all of the cousins acted out the nativity. We had just enough actors this year. Dallin was Joseph, Makayla was Mary, the twins were wise men, Parker and Landon were shepards and baby Brody was baby Jesus. It was so precious! Landon wasn't really liking getting all dressed up

Christmas morning was magical. Dallin and Parker were relieved that Santa found them down in Salt Lake. We left a note for Santa up in Boise just to make sure he remembered where we were! The whole downstairs was just covered in gifts. Everyone enjoyed watching the kids get so excited about each and everything.

We did plenty of shopping, eating, Farkle playing (really fun game), and just spending time together. We spent one afternoon up at the Planetarium and the Childrems Museum. The boys were also able to head up to Park City and see where Uncle Clay's fire station is.
We had such a great time and were happy to make it home safely in our car crammed with lots of new toys and goodies! I'm so grateful for this time of year where we can be with the people we love and can share in the spirit of the season. It really is the most wonderful time of the year!