I've never had one before!

A little klepto...

A few days before we left for Utah, this little one found out the greatness of stuffing random things down her pajamas - her footed pajamas.

First, it was Christmas ornaments, then her pacifier, to random toys (saving for later?), to really upping the anty to cell phones! Just the other day I found my phone down her pants! yum.

On this day, she pulled out a pair of Lucy's underwear (clean!) from the suitcase. She wanted them on, so I put them on her over her jammies. I think this was the best thing ever for her as she realized that she could put things IN the underwear - like pockets! Since the underwear was such a hit, she moved on to KC's pajama shorts. Not as effective, but still held everything on the inside, just right.

Look at that belly!

I love this girl.

Christmas 2009

We spent Christmas in Utah this year with my family.

Christmas Eve - The Nativity

My mom and sister had gone over earlier in the day to set up the tables and put up a Christmas tree in the Relief Society room - it was perfect! I wish I would have gotten a picture of the tree with ALL of the gifts around. Leave it to my mom to make everything look so good! I can't imagine wrapping and making gift tags for all those gifts, it was awesome. And, dinner was incredible too.

After the kids open their gifts from Gma and Gpa, the adults open their gifts from Mom and Dad. After we watch Gma and Gpa open their gifts, we do the family gift exchanges, then some white elephant fun for the adults followed by some games. It's A LOT of fun!

Christmas Morning

This was the only time I think our camera made it out. Christmas morning. Thanks to Micki for all the other photos.

The rest of Christmas Day was filled with good food, friendly volleyball games, kids running the halls, some floor hockey and dodge ball. So fun to be together.

Dinner at The Roof in Salt Lake

One of the greatest gifts from my parents. We had a great time (with a great view!) at this gourmet buffet on top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. We finished eating and watched the lights come on at Temple Square.

Beautiful!


It was a great Christmas. Besides having various illnesses throughout the 9 days we were there, it was perfect for getting in some R&R!