Natalee came down from Mapleton early to be here when RJ had his shoulder surgery...
which also meant we had time to go horseback riding!! Hooray!!
Sunday, the 23rd, we had our ward Christmas program at church, which turned out nicely...
...and we had a relaxing evening at Hans & Amelia's making "gingerbread" houses out of graham crackers.
I loved MY part the best, holding Dezmond, then rocking him to sleep!
Everyone, including Rj in his sling, was very creative as they decorated their houses. Mine broke...
which meant I could just enjoy holding this sweet baby!!
On Monday I stayed in my pjs until 2:30 p.m. (And people think I don't know how to relax...)
After our fun annual Christmas Eve dinner party with Schrams, we came back to the house with Millie and Hans (& Dezmond) and opened some of our presents.
Of course there were pajamas!
Tuesday morning was Christmas Day! We opened presents, had a good Christmas breakfast quickly, then jumped in the car (Rod, Me, Kristy and Nat), and headed to California!! (Rod and I had anticipated that this might be a "difficult" Christmas so we planned ahead for a "special" Christmas.) Yep, Christmas morning saw us traveling to beautiful Newport Beach! (Hans and Amelia weren't too far behind us and it was fun to meet up in Baker to get gas.) We arrived with just enough time to get into our room, kind of get settled, then set up the computer! Just as we logged on, we saw that Elder Hunt was already on Skype!! It was SO fun to spend the next hour with him and our timing couldn't have been better!!
Our "California Christmas" was a real treat and we loved it! The pictures tell the rest of the story!!
SOME people's children say, "Mom! Stop taking pictures, that's all you ever do!"
Not ours!! It's more like, "Hey, try THIS shot...and this...and this..."
600 photos later...we're grateful for digital cameras!!
600 photos later...we're grateful for digital cameras!!
The beach was WONDERFUL!! Clear skies, nice temperature, and hardly anyone around!!
On the 27th, we rented an electric boat and drove around the peninsula. It was an hour of PERFECTION!
After our boat ride we drove out onto Balboa Island and walked through a lot of the shops.
Suddenly, we were out of time and hustled back to the hotel, packed our bags,
and checked out in the remaining 10 minutes we had before we were past due
on our already arranged late check out! Whew!
Suddenly, we were out of time and hustled back to the hotel, packed our bags,
and checked out in the remaining 10 minutes we had before we were past due
on our already arranged late check out! Whew!
With the cars all packed, we weren't thinking straight, and just drove back to Utah.
With hindsight, I almost wish we would have headed for one more dash on the beach...
one more photo shoot...one more splash in the waves.
Oh well, it will just have to wait until NEXT time!!
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