Christmas Memories

Will got his first "Shiner". He was bending over to kiss his brother and hit his eye on the corner of the desk. At least that's the version mom and dad will tell you. If you ask Will he will tell you about the fight he got in and how rough and tough it was. His favorite thing to tell people when they asked what happened was, "you should see the other guy".

One of Brent's many talents is that he is a wonderful writer. One of his family Christmas traditions growing up was that he would write a Christmas play and the kids would act it out for mom and dad on Christmas Eve. This year Brent wrote a play for the grand kids to act out.

This photo doesn't do it justice, but you can see how cute the kids were in their superhero costumes. The plot of the story was that Batman (Will), Robin (Lucy), and Superman (Andrew) hear of trouble in Bethlehem and try to help find a place for Mary to have the baby Jesus. In the end of the story all of the superheros realize that the real superhero is the baby Jesus.

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We spent most of our break with Brent's family. It was good to have everyone together. We spent a day together at Starley's cabin and although our trip was short we had a lot of fun. Don't let this picture fool you, although there was a lot of snow and potential for some serious snow play, we spent most of the time relaxing in the cabin. We got all bundled up for the 3 minutes it took to snap this photo. We will blame that one on the kids. I think all 6 babies were crying by the time we finished our photo shoot.

Overall our Christmas was wonderful. It was wonderful to be together with family. We enjoyed talking to both of our Brothers who are serving missions (Eric-Russia and Aaron-Spain). That experience certainly brought perspective to our holidays. We are so grateful for the blessings we enjoy. We are thankful for our knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We know that it is because of a living and loving Father that we are so blessed. We look forward to the coming year and all of the blessings it will bring.