We had a wonderful Christmas this year, we spent the weekend before Christmas with Jon and Tiff and Ava and Josh at their home in Calgary. We went down on Friday night and took Grandma with us. Doug and I and Grandma were able to enjoy a Temple Session in the Calgary Temple on Friday.
Then on Saturday Doug, Mark and Jon went skiing and Grandma and I babysat Ava and Josh while Tiffany took some time off to 'catch up' on a few needed things! While we waited for everyone's return we made Christmas pizza pies!! After dinner we exchanged gifts and had so much fun watching Ava and Josh play with their toys!! We really enjoyed ourselves! We came back on Sat. night to teach our classes at church on Sunday.
As Christmas grew closer, Mark came home, and we thoroughly enjoyed spending time together with him and with Linds and James. They slept over on Cristmas eve, and we read the Christmas story together, and ate lots of munches! We had a really fun Christmas morning. I gave Doug a new pellet gun, and he was very excited about it!! We had a lovely Christmas day, enjoying good food and fun! Doug got me a new watch!! It's funny how excited we still get for Christmas morning...
Lindsay and I managed to get James, Mark and Dad some 'speeders' gift cards, which they loved and used over the Christmas holiday! It was so funny watching them race the cars around the track!! It was truly the perfect gift for them!
On Christmas Day, Doug and I flew down to Phoenix and spent a week with Cam, D and their three little girls...we didn't stay in Phoenix, however, and we drove up to Flagstaff Christmas night! Cam had planned several activities for all of us during our three day stay in Flagstaff. Thursday we got up and did some Christmas shopping for the kids. That evening, we rode on the Polar Express train, and saw Santa and we even received a shining silver bell!! The weather was really bad and we got caught in a bad snow storm on the way home, but we said a few prayers and made it home OK! The next day we enjoyed playing together in the hotel room and eating food that Cam had graciously brought in for us from a nearby store, it was fun to be 'holed up' in a hotel room with the kids! We were never up early enough to catch the free breakfast becuse it was finished by 9 AM!!
That evening we were actually transported to Santa's workshop in the North Pole...it was really exciting to be with all of the elves!! We got to visit with Santa and he was so kind!!! It was a wonderful evening, especially because it was our 34th wedding Anniversary!
The next morning we were so lucky to see Santa again and to have breakfast with him!! He really likes pancakes and syrup! We loved the buffet breakfast and ate until we were all very full! We then headed back home to Phoenix.
We spent several more days in Phoenix playing and relaxing...we watched movies, played with the new toys and even made a 'Rice Crispy' train...it was delicious!! Before we knew it, it was time for us to fly back to Edmonton...it was hard to go, but we kissed everyone goodbye and off we went back home!
What lovely memories we have of our Christmas 2012! It's all about families and the love we feel and share together! The greatest gift we received at Christmas was to see our children and their families growing in the gospel, in their desires to be and to do good! Our lives are very blessed!!
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