The Big Christmas Post...

We had a great Christmas this year! On Wednesday Matt worked a half-day and after Spencer's nap we drove down to Centerville to spend Christmas with Matt's family (we switch off every year, next year is sunny St. George). Here are a few pics before the big dinner...

After dinner we re-enacted the nativity. Matt was Joseph, I was Mary, and Spencer was baby Jesus (a very large baby Jesus). Here is Matt helping me to Bethlehem in my delicate state...

Here we are in our stable with a little sad lamb (my nephew, Jordan) standing by.

Lets take a closer look at that lamb...

Apparently he was ashamed at being made to dress up like a wussy lamb, poor Jordan. After the nativity we opened up some presents (sorry, no pictures, we got too caught up in the excitement of opening presents). We stayed up late visiting and then got to bed around midnight. The next morning we woke up, ate breakfast, and then opened up the rest of our presents.

Spencer had some cute Christmas pajamas but when I went to take him out of his crib in the morning he had peed through them...oh well. I got a kitchenaid and Matt got a GPS.Spencer's grandparents loaded him up with toys, books, diapers, and formula. He wasn't really interested in anything but the wrapping paper though.

We came home last night and our driveway was buried under snow drifts. Spencer and I had to wait in the car while Matt dug us a path to the garage.

Then Matt got to spend about an hour and a half shoveling the driveway while I made pizza with my new kitchenaid.

We hope everyone had as merry of a Christmas as we did. Christmas is a good time to reflect on the blessings of the year, our family has gone through many changes this year and we definitely have much to be thankful for!