We had a whirlwind, but wonderful Christmas in Utah. I left with the boys Tuesday afternoon at nap time. We fared much better this trip and made it in six hours with one stop in Burley. Bill followed via airplane Friday afternoon and we packed as much family and friend time in as possible.
Playing games on Grandma Ellison's iPad. Should I be worried that he knows how to use it better than she does?!
Daniel & Grandpa Ellison
Among our many activities was a trip downtown to Temple Square on Trax. Sam & Daniel loved it. It was snowing when we got there and was just beautiful!
We also got to go to the Children's Museum with Sarah & Drew Gardiner. We love it there!
Sam's dream...flying a helicopter
Daniel, Sam & Drew
Other outings were painting at Color Me Mine and the Aquarium...
Sam with his cousins, Noah & Sloane
After picking Bill up at the airport, we drove straight out to his sister, Carrie's house where Grandma & Grandpa Whitaker and sister, Melinda and her family were. We had so much fun talking and playing.
The next morning (Christmas Eve) we drove back to Carrie's for breakfast and to see Bill's sister, Jacque and brother, James and families. We had a fun gift exchange and played lots more.
Then it was back to G & G Ellison's house for a lovely Christmas Eve dinner. The boys got in their new Christmas pj's and we finally got them both to bed by 9.
It was fun to get everything set up for Santa's arrival. I used to love to look at the Christmas tree without my contacts in. Since having lasik however, I don't get the same effect. This is the best I could do with my camera.
Christmas morning was a blur. My brother Dan and his family stayed over and we were all up by 7. We opened most presents with breakfast in between and then were off to sacrament meeting. I just loved watching the excitement in my children's eyes. We were all terribly spoiled (Bill gave me a Vitamix...I love it! Thank you!!) and had a very memorable morning.
By that afternoon, Sam & Daniel had pretty good colds starting, so we stayed in the whole day. We had to get things packed up to head back home Monday after lunch and made it home with much more than we came down with! Great trip!
2 comments:
Oh, I'm so sad we missed you! I loved seeing the pics though. Everyone looks great (love your hair). I loved that pic of Sam sweetly keeping hold of his little brother. so cute!
Hope to see you soon.
That sounds like a marvelous Christmas filled with family and fun. I didn't know we had snow any time near Christmas!!! Where was I?! Maybe it only snowed in Downtown..... I'm happy you guys had a great time.
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