Christmas

We spent Christmas in Kansas City. My parents and brother were able to come out for a week and join us. Anyone who knows me knows I love Christmas. And, I love spending Christmas with my family. Jackson and I went and picked them up at the airport Christmas Eve. He and Grandpa looked for Christmas lights all the way home. We ate a yummy Kansas City barbecue dinner, then opened presents (pajamas) and read the Christmas story. Santa found his way to our house around midnight. Thank goodness he came early this year because Jackson woke up at 2 a.m. and luckily I was able to convince him to come sleep with Jason and I until 6ish. Christmas morning we opened gifts, ate pancakes and went to church. I love having Christmas fall on Sunday. It brings the right focus to the day. The program was amazing. Our Relief Society president is also the ward choir director (yes, she volunteered for the latter assignment) and did an incredible job. She really is a phenomenal lady. Jackson received a bike and his "fireman" engine and Kate a princess car. They are so cute riding around together. Christmas night we ate a traditional ham dinner and enjoyed helping Kate and Jackson have fun with all of their new toys. The next week was spent going to the gym (had to try and get rid of all that yummy food we ate), fixing things around the house (my dad is a whiz; Jeff, too), playing with the kids, etc. I also went shopping with my mom. My favorite bargain find: nice grey window-pane slacks from Ann Taylor for $7.00 :) Love that! Sure loved having my family here. We also enjoyed talking with Greg and Sally and Sam via SKYPE. So happy that modern technology allows us to communicate with loved ones around the world.