Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas Day. Nicole and Scott and Jon and I spent the night at my parent's house with our brother Nick. You would think that with a house full of adults, we wouldn't have to wake up early Christmas morning to open presents anymore, but that isn't the case. Actually this year, Jon wasn't the first one up. Scott and Nicole woke up between 5:30 and 6:00, but were kind enough to wait until 6:30 to wake everyone. We stayed up late Christmas Eve, so I was grateful to sleep that late. We had fun opening gifts from one another. Dolly was the first to get a present. She was so anxious for her chew sticks, and she knew right where they were. After a yummy breakfast, we relaxed in front of the TV and watched Penelope. Nick and Scott drove up to Snow Bird to go snowboarding just to find out that only two lifts or runs were open and the resort was going to close early, so they decided to come back home. By the time they got back, it was time for me to shower and get ready to head down to Lehi. Jon's mom had made Christmas dinner, so we went down to Lehi to spend the afternoon with Jon's family. It was great to see the nieces and nephews. The kids were so excited about all the fun toys they got for Christmas, but the best was playing Grandpa's Wii. Grandpa got Mario Cart from some of his kids and of course, the grandkids had a great time breaking it in for Grandpa. After several games, we decided we better head home before the storm hit. We timed it just right. About five minutes after we got to my parents, it started hailing and within fifteen minutes from getting home, it had started snowing. After snowing for about a half hour, we already had an inck of snow. I was grateful we left when we did, we didn't need another accident. The second day we were in Utah, we took my Dad's Jeep down to Lehi and as we were getting on the interstate at 123rd South, we slid onto the interstate and ended up perpendicular to traffic. It was very scary, but we were protected and we weren't injured. A truck getting in the other lane, to avoid hitting us, his tail end hit the front bumper of the jeep and cracked it. Now we get to replace the bumper, but considering the circumstances, it could have been much worse. We were truly blessed that day. Anyway, we had a great Christmas and we hope each of you did too.