We had a lovely Christmas with many friends and family together. The picture above is of the people that were in attendance at our Christmas dinner out in Redlands at Jim and Sue's. We had a wonderful time, catching up on all of the latest cousin activities. The only cousins that couldn't be there were Jeannie (serving our country in the Coast Guard on the East Coast) and Evan (serving a full-time mission in Argentina).
Backing up a bit, last weekend we met Ian and Annie in Salt Lake City and view the lights at Temple Square. We loved seeing the Christmas Concert at the Conference Center.
As is standard, every year the kids still sleep under the tree and wait for Santa to come. This year Tony decided to sleep with them also, and wait for Santa to bring his catnip.
The first present Gavin opened was his parking garage. He had so much fun playing with it - and even Coco enjoyed playing with the cars.
There was total pandemonium for a bit when the wrapping paper started flying. Christmas is so much fun with little children around again.
Just before breakfast, we took a four-generation picture in the kitchen.
Coco was fine with playing with the cars until she opened up her first dolly and the dolly stroller. Then she kept pushing it around all morning long. Gavin finally put the cars down and wanted to push the stroller around also.
Coco took her dolly's shoes off and then tried to put them on her own feet. . .didn't quite fit.
One of our best Christmas presents was. . .video skyping with Evan in Argentina. We all gathered around the computer and were able to hear and see that he is doing just fine in San Pedro. The Maru family has taken such good care of him and we are grateful for all that they do for the missionaries. Gavin kept talking about Uncle the rest of the afternoon after the phone call.
Tica helped women in Kenya to earn a living by buying a lot of the necklaces that they make to earn a living. Coco and Gavin enjoyed trying all of them on. It was good to see Tica after she has spent the last 5 months in Kenya working at an orphanage.
We had a lovely Christmas with many friends and family together. The picture above is of the people that were in attendance at our Christmas dinner out in Redlands at Jim and Sue's. We had a wonderful time, catching up on all of the latest cousin activities. The only cousins that couldn't be there were Jeannie (serving our country in the Coast Guard on the East Coast) and Evan (serving a full-time mission in Argentina).
Backing up a bit, last weekend we met Ian and Annie in Salt Lake City and view the lights at Temple Square. We loved seeing the Christmas Concert at the Conference Center.
As is standard, every year the kids still sleep under the tree and wait for Santa to come. This year Tony decided to sleep with them also, and wait for Santa to bring his catnip.
The first present Gavin opened was his parking garage. He had so much fun playing with it - and even Coco enjoyed playing with the cars.
There was total pandemonium for a bit when the wrapping paper started flying. Christmas is so much fun with little children around again.
Just before breakfast, we took a four-generation picture in the kitchen.
Coco was fine with playing with the cars until she opened up her first dolly and the dolly stroller. Then she kept pushing it around all morning long. Gavin finally put the cars down and wanted to push the stroller around also.
Coco took her dolly's shoes off and then tried to put them on her own feet. . .didn't quite fit.
One of our best Christmas presents was. . .video skyping with Evan in Argentina. We all gathered around the computer and were able to hear and see that he is doing just fine in San Pedro. The Maru family has taken such good care of him and we are grateful for all that they do for the missionaries. Gavin kept talking about Uncle the rest of the afternoon after the phone call.
Tica helped women in Kenya to earn a living by buying a lot of the necklaces that they make to earn a living. Coco and Gavin enjoyed trying all of them on. It was good to see Tica after she has spent the last 5 months in Kenya working at an orphanage.
2 comments:
Wow, those are some pretty fine lookin' ladies under the Christmas tree! Happy New Year!!
It looks like everyone had a great Christmas! I wish I could have been there too. I'm glad to see that everyone still slept under the Christmas tree...you are still a kid until you have a kid! I miss you all so much
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