What a great Christmas!

This was our first Christmas that we would spend together with just our little family.  We were a bit worried, since we don't have any traditions yet, that it would be quite boring.  We were relieved to find, that, on the contrary, we had a really fun and satisfying Christmas.  We started on Christmas Eve by visiting Chris's 98 year old Grandma, who is visiting in Mapleton for a few weeks.  She is an amazing lady and we try to visit her whenever we get the chance.  After visiting with her and running some errands, we visited Chris's friend Bill and wished him a Merry Christmas.  He was glad to see us, as he always is, and we had a nice visit.  We had dinner with some neighbors that night, and had fun singing Christmas carols with their family. 

 

I think our girls had a great Christmas.  This will be the first one Lily will remember, so we wanted to make it a good one.  As you can see, we are trying to turn her into a mini-us.  She also got a doctor kit.

Happy Holidays!

So I did get a new camera, and finally managed to learn how to download the pictures.  So far I've had fun learning to use the features on the camera, and we are enjoying the video feature.  We spent Thanksgiving Day at my brother's house in Logan.  From there we went to Rexburg, along with my parents and two siblings.  We were able to do some sealings in the temple for some family names we've been working on, and had a great experience doing that.  My dad is a sealer, so that made it all the more special.

The first of December we ventured out into the cold to see the Christmas lights downtown.  It was relatively warm, so we thought it would be a good night for it.  We had a great time, and the crowds weren't as large as we had anticipated.  Downtown looks a bit different with ginormous holes where the malls used to be.