A Wonderful Christmas

Our Christmas festivities started Christmas Eve with Aaron's family. We spent the evening singing Christmas Carols, reading in the scriptures, acting out the Nativity, and sharing with one another our successes and disappointments experienced this year. It was a wonderful evening full of the kind of memories Christmas is all about. Grace enjoyed playing Mary, while Eve was content to just watch (she was feeling lethargic with a 102 fever.)

The next morning we spent at home as we enjoyed the shrills of excitement that accompany a day filled with gifts, goodies, young children, and time together. We feel so blessed and are very grateful for Jesus Christ's gospel and what it means to our little family.

Aspen

For the last two weeks since arriving home from our Colorado getaway, I've wanted to write about the fun we had, but it kept falling to the bottom of my list (other things took precedence like getting packages out in the mail, Christmas cards written, presents made for teachers, putting up lights...you get the idea.) So here I am with a moment to spare.

Our dear friends Adam and Julyssa invited us, along with Chelsea and Travis, to spend a couples weekend with them in Aspen (Adams grandparents have a house there that they so generously offered.) We had a wonderful time relaxing by the fire, playing games, watching movies, etc. We also got out and did some really fun things in the snow. We skied one of the days at Snowmass, and had a snow-shoeing adventure the next. We also had fun walking around town window shopping, admiring art galleries, and eating in a couple of the restaurants. It was a great time to be together as a couple and also spend time with good friends that we don't get to see very often. A special thank you to Aaron's family for looking after our little ones while we were away. The time was greatly appreciated!