Christmas 2021

This year for Christmas, we decided to do a family vacation instead of gifts. Our friends told us about this amazing 9000 sq foot house at Bear Lake that they rented last year the week before Christmas.  I didn't have any fun ideas for Christmas gifts, and it sounded like so much fun, and all our kids loved the idea of that instead of presents.  We were hoping to go the week before Christmas, since all the kids were out of school, but 2 of the dads were unable to get the time off, so we are doing it Feb 10-13.  I'm so excited that we ended up doing it in Feb. because if it was in December, it would be over, and now we have 6 weeks to look forward to it.

 We celebrated with our kids during the day on Christmas Eve,  so they came to our house for a yummy lunch.  I did ham and cheese sandwiches, and everyone brought something delicious to go with it. All our kids and grandkids were able to come as well as Lani and grandpa Cline.  It was so fun!

I had a great time shopping for white elephant gifts, and we did that before we ate.

Parker and I were twinning.

After lunch, the kids opened their cousin presents and then put on the nativity.  They organized it and did it all by themselves.  It was so sweet, it was our best one yet.  We all joined in singing the Christmas songs that go along with it.  I'm so grateful for my Savior and all that He has done for me.  I love this time of year!

Early Christmas morning, I went over to Krista's house to see her kids open their gifts.  I knew that they were getting a kitten for Christmas and wanted to see how excited Sophie was when she saw it.  She was THRLLED!

After that, I went back home and got Mike and we visited Josh's family.  

Then off to Jordan's house.

Our 3 littlest kids are getting kinda big!

Then we stopped by Jamie's house

Our last stop was Krista's again, Mike had to meet our grandkitty.