Merry Christmas Vacation

This post is way over due! Christmas was good, but was a little different. First, Hyrum and I were the the only kids home so the house was just too quiet for the holidays. Second, the weather was sunny and pretty warm and I didn't mind one bit. On Christmas Eve, we all went down to Grandma's, which has become somewhat of a tradition having yummy soups, opening presents, and acting out the nativity. Of course, my favorite part is seeing the family!

Christmas morning, Hyrum and I actually woke up too early that we were told to wait. Usually the parents are waiting for us to wake up, but this year we beat them! We opened presents and Santa was very good to me and got me a Cricut! Let the crafting begin!

 We then had church which was a special Christmas program with lots of music and good talks. I especially enjoyed the talk that mentioned Tim Tebow because I think everything is understood better with a football analogy! We then came home and had an amazing ham dinner. It wasn't our traditional sweet'n'sour chicken buffet, but dinner was still yummy! Then for the rest of the day, I played with the Cricut.

Monday was very exciting because Bryce came! It was fun to have him meet the family and explore the property. I am pretty sure he was a little scared when I took him on the four wheeler, but he survived even though we ran out of gas. We then had a fun family party at my Aunt's house. We finished the night off with some hot tubing and thankfully the clouds cleared out so I could see the stars!

Tuesday, Bryce and I went and visited his cousin who lives in Santa Rosa. It was funny because she actually worked for KPMG in Salt Lake a few years before I did so we went through the people we both knew. After, I then took Bryce around town showing him different things.

Then on Wednesday, Mom and I went shopping and visited Great Grandma Adair. I was so glad we were able to see her because she passed away the next day. From the time I can remember, she always told me she would live until she was 100 and she did!

On Thursday, I went down to Concord to visit Bryce. I was pretty nervous about driving down there and meeting the family. And don't even worry, I totally went the wrong way on one of the freeways and then had to navigate my way through Vallejo.

So then I ended up staying until Saturday. It was funny because one of his cousins, Laura, is actually one of my friends from BYU. Both being from the Bay Area, we gave each other sweet ghetto names, L-Dawg and B-Dawg. Anyways, it was a good time and small world.

When I got home Saturday, I was pretty tired, but ringing in the New Year was especially exciting this year because Mason Dale Cook was born! At 12:01AM our time. He is a cutie and love him already.