Our Holiday Season

I just love this time of year. I love getting together with family and friends and the feelings of gratitude that surround me during the holiday season! This has been a unique Christmas season though. In all of my years of living in the Pacific Northwest, I have never been able to say we had a "White Christmas." Well this year, we had a White Christmas!! For nearly two weeks we were inundated and had an accumulation of 18" or more of snow. It was a regular Winter Wonderland, and I loved it! Freeways and highways were closed, major medical facilities around the area were closed, church was canceled, and I enjoyed every minute of it! Our Christmas celebrations weren't hindered in any way due to the weather. We continued with our Ward Christmas Party at church and the kids were able to see Santa, except Cameron refused. He isn't a fan of seeing Santa. He only likes the presents Santa brings. Christmas Eve we were able to continue our tradition of bowling with friends and getting together for dinner with family. This Christmas Eve brought a new adventure for us as we ate dinner by candle light, due to a short power outage. This will definitely be a year to remember.

Christmas morning we hosted a family breakfast in our home. The food was great and the boys loved showing off their new toys and gadgets to their cousins. The afternoon was spent snoozing, playing games and putting together puzzles. Marie hosted both dinners (Christmas Eve and Christmas day) at her house this year and afterwords we played some games. I really enjoy having family so close, and having such a great level of comfort with each of them. The week between Christmas and New Years Eve flew by at an incredible rate of speed this year. Last night for New Years Eve, I had an obligation to spend a few hours at my church for our youth's New Years Eve party. I was also able to join my family at our friend, Rochelle's house, for some food, fun and games. We had a blast! Everyone, except Andrew, was able to make it to the midnight hour, and I was again impressed by how happy all the kids were despite how far past their bedtime it was. Cheers to a new year!