We had a great Christmas! It was fun to be around family after three years in Maryland, and we enjoyed great holiday activities, from countdown advent calendars to school at projects. Some of our favorite things were the "Savior of the World" play at Temple Square, decorating gingerbread houses, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert (be sure to catch it when they broadcast it on PBS next Christmas--it was spectacular!), driving around special neighborhoods all decorated in lights, and watching "A Christmas Carol" at a community theater. We've also had some fun game nights with friends and family and several ward/work/city/school holiday parties.
Eyes were aglow and tiny tots found it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve, but they did and Santa came and found us! We set up a video camera to catch Santa in the act (a la Mortensens) and had some amazed and excited little girls on Christmas morning. Santa came through with fun presents for everyone. Lauren's favorite presents were Ashley's dolly and Kaitlyn's roller skates (she kinda liked some of her own presents, too). Ashley especially liked her Mommy and Me dolly, a new video game player, Barbie Dancing Princess dolls and Lego blocks. Kaitlyn was thrilled to find an Easy Bake Oven from Santa, as well as a beginning knitting and sewing kit, a Barbie and a jewelry box. Melvin was excited to get a new bike and a new wedding ring (I lost my old one a couple months ago and it's now certain to show up now that we've replaced it!).
Eyes were aglow and tiny tots found it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve, but they did and Santa came and found us! We set up a video camera to catch Santa in the act (a la Mortensens) and had some amazed and excited little girls on Christmas morning. Santa came through with fun presents for everyone. Lauren's favorite presents were Ashley's dolly and Kaitlyn's roller skates (she kinda liked some of her own presents, too). Ashley especially liked her Mommy and Me dolly, a new video game player, Barbie Dancing Princess dolls and Lego blocks. Kaitlyn was thrilled to find an Easy Bake Oven from Santa, as well as a beginning knitting and sewing kit, a Barbie and a jewelry box. Melvin was excited to get a new bike and a new wedding ring (I lost my old one a couple months ago and it's now certain to show up now that we've replaced it!).
For Tami's Christmas gifts, I usually try to follow a theme. This year, the theme was an 80's song with the refrain "You spin me round, round baby, round, round like a record, baby." I tried to find things that spin round, round. Some of the items included a new CD and DVD and little things like that, but some of the bigger items included a blender, a can server, her KitchenAid mixer (repaired after being broken for over 2 years!), and so forth.
A Merry Christmas all around, I guess. Can't wait 'til next year!
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