Monday, December 21 - Since we can't have an in-person ward activity, our ward did a drive-through nativity. They did such a great job! When we got home, the kids worked on a gingerbread house that the Giles gave us as a neighbor gift. What a fun family night!
Tuesday, December 22 - Seriously, my friends know me!! Marisa and I went to lunch today to exchange gifts and have a nice lunch before Christmas craziness ensues. She got me this cute sweater that says, "If it's snowing, I'm not going"! I LOVE it!!! It has already been a great Christmas and Christmas is still three days away!
Wednesday, December 23 - We had a little kitchen mishap today. We were making homemade turtles with square pretzels, melted rolo's, and then an M&M on top. We put the first batch of about 35 in the oven and when it was time to get it out, Nick somehow caught the lip of the cookie sheet on the oven rack and dropped the whole batch on the oven door! Oops! :) So we cleaned that up and made the rest of them before we left for the evening. Finley threw her annual cousins movie night tonight. We watched "The Grinch" and enjoyed some sweets while we hung out. It was another fun evening!
Thursday, December 24 - It's Christmas Eve! I am so thankful that we were able to see our family and get together for Christmas Eve dinner, despite Covid. We went to Grandma and Jim's church and enjoyed our traditional prime rib dinner. Afterward, we sent the kids away to play while the adults all opened our gifts. Then, we got the kids back together to open their gifts from Grandma and Jim and each other. It was a wonderful night and *almost* felt normal! When we got home, we set out our cookies and milk for Santa, got some gift organizing done, then went to bed in happy anticipation for the fun morning.
Friday, December 25 - Merry Christmas! What a wonderful day! I think the kids were pleasantly surprised with their gifts and we had a great morning and early afternoon at home. Later, we went over to Dave and Viv's and got to spend the evening with the Pearson side. It was fun to be with everyone and as always, we all got spoiled! We love this family and love to be with everyone on this special day!
Saturday, December 26 - I was not such a happy camper when the day after Christmas we decided to go to Cafe Rio in Herriman to grab a quick dinner. We ordered it around 6:15, it said it would be ready at 6:50 so Nick and I ran to get him and Ricki food from McDonald's and got to Cafe Rio at 6:49. I was a little frustrated at 7:22 (when I screenshot the time on my phone) and almost irate when finally our food was done at 7:45! An HOUR after they said it should be done! I'm not terribly hard to please but an hour after the app says it should be ready is pretty ridiculous! I felt bad that the other kids' food was freezing cold from sitting in the car for hour before we got home with it! Oh well, good thing we had such a good Christmas! :)
Sunday, December 27 - Simon and I decided to put up our beautiful new picture of Christ. It seemed like a good idea to try to hang it with Command Strips. It's not a heavy picture at all and the frame is also fairly light so it made sense that four Command Strips would hold it. Well, as we were putting it on the wall and trying to make sure it was straight, we stood back to look at it (before we pushed it on really hard) and guess what happened?!? It fell! It was one of those slow-motion, "I can't believe this is happening" things. The left side stuck longer than the right side so it swung by the left side once before it fell then hit the right top corner and put this lovely crease in the top. The most terrifying part was that it fell right next to the stairwell and teetered on the ledge. Nick, Simon, and I were all screaming because we thought it was going to fall all the way down the stairs at the deepest part of the stairwell! Thank heaven, it didn't and the frame is fine, it's just the poor picture. We are planning to replace it because even thought it is just in the top corner, this will bother us now that we know it is there. We're just glad that it didn't end up worse and ruin the picture, the frame, the wall, the stairs, the flooring at the bottom of the stairs, a kid coming up from the basement...etc.
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