Christmas 2009

We had a nice Christmas at home in Palo Alto again this year. We did go to Half Moon Bay on Christmas Eve. It was a beautiful day and had fun exploring around the point near the Ritz. We had a really fun night with our friends the Asays, Steigers, and Johnsons. Janet did an incredible job making her house and the dinner table look so fancy and festive. The kids acted out the nativity and we played a few fun games later. Our little family has started the tradition of opening one present on Christmas Eve and then reading "The Night Before Christmas" right before going to bed. Christmas morning was so much fun. I LOVE watching the kids open their gifts. Jordan would have been set with her stocking full of candy. That occupied her for a long time and she didn't even bother to open some of her presents for a while. Jack on the other hand tore into everything he could as fast as he could. When he first got on his bike in the living room he was a little tippy and unbalanced (it is really big for him), he got off of it and said, "it could be for next year!" He really loves it now and I feel like I have to really cruise along on my bike to keep up with him. Jordan loved her new dolly, dolly clothes, tea set, and cash register. Poor girl came down with a fever on Christmas day and was pretty wiped out by the afternoon. We missed being with family, but love being able to give our own kids lots of time and attention. We had the missionaries over for brunch and walked to a park with them. It was a sunny, beautiful day. Oh, Kent got me work-out clothes (I guess I really have to start working out after the baby comes) and he got me a bluetooth (since I got a ticket for talking on my cell phone while driving my car about a month ago). Kent got a surprise trip to Las Vegas to watch BYU play in their bowl game. He met Kenneth down there and I think they had a great time. Thanks to Emily for arranging that!