a utah Christmas

It was a whirlwind of a month. Full of play dates, finals, Christmas shopping and activities, and lots of memorable family moments. A couple of my favorites were: 1) when we were driving home from Christmas in Vernal through Provo Canyon. The kids were awake and happy, singing along to a great song, "It's Christmas and I like You," by the National Parks. I felt so happy and grateful for my people as we all belted out "I LIKE YOU" at the top of our lungs. 2) When we came home to almost a foot of untouched snow in our backyard and we spent every afternoon outside together sledding, throwing snowballs and sliding down slides. It was a peaceful week, before Brett went back to school, and we enjoyed every minute of it. A lot of this was played and a lot of this was watched and even more of this was eaten. Christmas is so magical with kids and I love that they are so easily pleased. From Griffin thinking that his Christmas book was a Choo-choo, to Maya reciting perfectly Luke 2:10-12 without anyone knowing that she knew it, to waking up to snow falling gently outside Christmas morning, to Griffin obsessively wanting to sing "Silent Night" over and over again, to gingerbread houses, to sugar cookies, to throwing carrots on the porch for the reindeer, it was perfect and we had some great hosts.