We got to squeeze in lots of family time this Christmas with both sides of the family! My whole immediate family was coming into town the Saturday before Christmas, and we got to spend a lot of time with them, as well as go to Peter's family parties.
Peter and I decided to open presents to each other a little early so we could do it by ourselves before everyone arrived.
He got me this lovely navy blue pea coat. I don't think we took pictures of anything else we got each other, but he also got me a very nice tripod for my camera. I got him some board/card games, nerf guns, and a Pentatonix cd.
While waiting for my family to get into town, we had time to go to Peter's Mom's extended family party. They always do a live nativity with the grandkids. Peter and his brothers were wise-guys.
Check out those awesome shoes!
After the party I spent much of the afternoon putting the finishing touches on cleaning the house. It was pretty spotless by the time everyone arrived. We ate some dinner, which Peter very kindly made so I could rest a little, and then Daddy/Pop Pop, Kira, Matt, Vanessa, and I headed downtown to see the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas concert, while Mom/Nani babysat the boys.
You can only get tickets to the concert in sets of 2, so we were all seated separately. Peter and I were off to the side, but closer to the stage than the others.
The special guest at the concert this year was Laura Osnes, a Broadway performer. She was so cute, and her voice is simply lovely. They also had four opera soloists who performed much of Handel's Messiah with the Choir. We can't wait to order the CD from this concert.
Peter saw someone he knew (of course!) after the concert was over, so we had them take this picture for us,
Sunday morning we did "Christmas" with my family.
This boy was very serious about every gift he opened, which is very typical of him.
Telling Uncle Peter a secret.
This one, on the other hand, was excited about everything.
All the presents were wonderful, of course! Here we are trying out my new selfie stick!
Getting all the siblings involved!
Taking a picture of a relunctant J-man.
We finally convinced him to join us for a couple selfies!
We had a yummy breakfast of stuffed french toast and the traditional pork tenderloin. It was so fun to see this whole crew at my table.
There was still snow on the ground, and the boys were pretty fascinated by it, having lived in Texas for the last four years. So we took them out in it to do some playing. They both liked it, but thought it was a little too cold.
That afternoon, we met Peter's cousin at a park to take some family photos. They turned out very nice.
We packed so much into this day. When we got home that evening, we decorated sugar cookies - a family tradition!
I think that's enough for one blog post. More Christmas fun to come!
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