Our Christmas was great!! Christmas Eve we spent a part of the afternoon on a sleigh ride caroling around town and then later we went to my parents house and had a really yummy Christmas Eve dinner. After eating way too much, we gathered everyone around while my dad read the Christmas Story from the scriptures. I look forward to him reading this story every year.
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| Dad reading the Christmas Story |
After the story, we did our gift exchange! Granny and Grandpa Mel gave Garrett a Nerf Gun and a book that he loves! He has me read it to him at least 3 times a day! :)
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| He's very excited about his Nerf gun! And his Dad got one too! They've been having fun shooting them together! |
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| "Is that you, Wolf"-the book Garrett got from my parents |
My camera ran out of battery power so I didn't get any pictures of the rest of the gifts but, I got some picture frames from Nick, John got a Nerf gun from Ashley, I got Robert a game, John got Katherine some lipstick, Robert gave Alex a coin saver jar, Katherine gave Rachael a necklace, Alex gave Nick a pack of Pepsi and Rachael gave Ashley a gift certificate to Cocoa Bean-her favorite! :)
All the kids went in on a gift for my parents. We got my dad a meat brander and some wrenches and got my mom (and dad) a new dinner table! Surprise! :)
Later, John, Garrett and I went back to John's parents house to play games and we ended up staying the night! It was fun! :)
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| The Loot-Santa sure was good to us this year! |
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| Garrett got a new basketball |
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| John got some binoculars and some straps from Garrett and Santa |
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| He also got some sweat bands to go along with his basketball gear |
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| Of course, he also got some John Deere farm equipment! |
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| And some clothes! |
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| Whenever anyone would ask Garrett what he wanted for Christmas, his response was always the same; "A backhoe and loader and a truck!" When he finally opened this present he was SO excited!! He played with it ALL morning...and then some! :) |
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| I gave John some hunting pants |
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| I got a temple bag, some boots and a gift certificate to Real Deals! So excited! :) |
We all had a wonderful Christmas! We had a great time spending it with our families and are very blessed to have them be involved in our daily lives. We love you all so much! Merry Christmas!
Bring on the New Year!!! :)
