Christmas in Utah

It was a long 2 day drive out to Utah, but the kids did great, and we only hit a little bit of a snow storm on the way.

 

We didn't bring any swimsuits because we were headed into cold, snowy Utah, so Allen walked in on me trying on Sally's swimsuit on over my running clothes.  He thought it was pretty funny and took a couple of pictures.

 

We met up with my Grandma Gardner, Aunt Debbie and my sister and her family for dinner.  We got a couple of pictures of Kayla and Anja and Anja, Jenn and I.

 

On Christmas Eve, the kids reenacted the nativity story.  Sally was Mary, Ellie was Joseph, and baby Jesus was Brayden's stuffed dinosaur.  Kayla was an angel, Brayden a shepherd, Caden, Landy and Parker were the 3 wise men.  We had the kids all drink eggnog and crowned Caden the king of Christmas.  The kids all got to open one gift on Christmas Eve.

 

Kayla, Brayden and Spencer are waiting on the stairs Christmas morning.  It was a fun, big, family Christmas.  It was also a Sunday, so we got dressed up, went to church and enjoyed lots of Christmas music

 

The kids loved being around cousins, even though most of their cousins are a lot older.  Spencer even got a Landy hairdo.

 

We found a little bit of snow for some sledding and also took the kids skiing.  The kids don't ski enough to really like it, which is too bad since we love it.  Maybe someday.