Christmas was wonderful! We enjoyed the warmer weather (in the low 60's) in Arizona. I LOVED the mild weather! We spent Christmas eve day with Jared's family. Then we ate with our family and opened presents with my family. It was a late night filled with lots of tradition - both his family's and mine. We then finally crawled in bed to be woken up a few short hours later to see what Santa brought. The little kids (Jared is #2 of 9 kids, the youngest being 3 years old) were so fun!! I've missed seeing little kids on Christmas morning. After breakfast, we went to my family's house and opened presents, enjoyed family, and saw what Santa brought there too. We took our usual mid-Christmas-morning nap and then went back to Jared's Grandma's. Then we went to my Grandma's. Next we went back to our family's house and then back to Jared's house where we finally crashed.... Whew! I can't even begin to tell you how busy it is to always be bouncing between both families for the fw days we have with them, but it's so worth being able to spend time with them! We are blessed to have two very wonderful families!
I imagine that First Christmas being a bit more calm.
I am thankful to our Savior for His birth and life.
What a wonderful reason to celebrate!
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-Buying and decorating our very own tree
-Talking to my brother David who is now in Italy
-Doing the family puzzle(s)
-Caroling with Jared's extended family (around 30 of us)
-Watching lots of Christmas movies
-Going to "A Christmas Carol" at Hale Theatre with Jared's family
-Going to J's basketball game that ended with a 3-point buzzer shot by J's team to tie the game... and then they WON in over time
-Going to the Phoenix Zoo with our siblings
-Jared and I finished reading Percy Jackson #1 on the road trip down and watched the movie. It's been really fun to read books together on our road trips
-Eating lots of good food
-Going to my Grandma's Christmas party and seeing all the talents
-Attending church with both our families
-Sharing our traditions with each other
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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