Merry Christmas!

Chris and I are so excited for a long weekend! We started out by getting off work at noon Christmas Eve! We met up with the the rest of the family at Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's to visit a bit before we decided to have a late lunch around 3pm at Macaroni Grill in Orem where Aaron was working since he had a double shift on Xmas Eve, bla... It was fun to still see him since he could not join us till 9pm that night. We thought while we are all together (Sara was up for Christmas break as well) and knowing that this is our last year at their home that we would have a sleepover at Chris' parents place. So afterwords, we all went to our place to hang out a bit before getting in the Expedition to drive through the Thanksgiving Point Christmas lights at 6pm! Then they dropped Chris and I back off to take a quick nap and pack for the sleepover! Once everyone was together, we had our Christmas Eve feast at 9pm which meant that the night was just beginning haha! After dinner James read the Polar Express story (another tradition), we did our gift exchange from when we picked the names out of the bowl and than Fran had to read her book that she read to the siblings when they were little, shed some tender tears, played pool, card games, and watched the new movie I got from Aaron that night (Confessions of a Shopaholic!!!) and probably crashed around 4am! Surprisingly we all still woke up early enough to call it morning! I want to say it was around 8am that we gathered together to have James read the Christmas story out of the scriptures which is done every year before we gather at the Christmas tree and unwrap the gifts that had been given.

This was such a special year for me at least! Chris and I are getting anxious to add to our family and experience the memorable traditions with our little ones! Hopefully we can soon bring in the joys that children bring into a home and a family. Chris and I then chose to go home and clean up while we have our own little Christmas! To my surprise as I entered the house, I saw that lights on and thought oh no, I thought I turned everything off but then quickly saw that Santa also came to our new home!!! I continue to be in ah over the things Chris does for me to try and makes things special for us. He must have snuck out somehow when I was asleep or something to have gotten away with this! The stockings were filled and displayed ever so nicely on the couch and the tree was lit up :) He couldn't wait any longer so before we put everything away and cleaned up for the day, we opened up the gifts that my family gave us and what we gave each other! It was not much which was perfect after everything that we have been blessed with the only thing we wanted was to be surrounded by family and each other. I love Chris dearly and I am so grateful for all that he does for me and his efforts to have a happy wife :)

We then got cleaned up and went back to finish the day with Chris' family! I got to chat with my family at home, visit Grandpa Mitchell, Aunt Cyndi and her son Ashton for a couple hours before we went up to visit Grandma Whitchurch to see her in all smiles surrounded by her lovely family! Chris' family was at Grandma Whitchurch's as well so afterwords, we all went to the movies at Jordan Commons! All in all it was a long fun filled 2 days and I am so sad to know that Christmas is over :( This is where after a month and half of excitement ends till next year...