Man! Christmas is no break! We were constantly on the move, seeing so much family and doing so many fun things. We had a blast, but it was exhausting! That being said - I hardly had any time to take any photos! I'm so sad! I think I'll add "be better at taking photos" to my list of resolutions...
Christmas Eve, we slept in and when we got ready, we headed down to Devin's parent's with Cooper. From there, we went to Nana and Grandpa's for their "Christmas Eve Open House" they've been doing for the last few years. We helped Nana make some chicken salad and we feasted (literally. Nana is such a good cook!) and munched and snacked while we skyped with the babies in Vernal. They had been tracking Santa all day on norad.com.
From Nana's, we headed up Rock Canyon to give Cooper some time to run around and get out some energy. Next we went to my parent's house, just in time to see my dad's best friend Kevin, stopping by with a big box of oranges, just like he has every single Christmas all my life. When I was younger, I legitimately thought Kevin was one of my uncles. It was indistinguishable. He and Dad have been friends since they were kids.
From there, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Houston's for a chinese food dinner (Christmas Eve is also my Uncle Tim's birthday, and this year he turned 50! So he got to choose dinner). We couldn't stay to eat, because we had another party to go to (naturally!).
Devin's parent's was next. We did all of our family gift exchanging and had the Wagstaff's on skype again so they wouldn't miss anything. We had a pretty great time watching Koda and Cooper rip up all the wrapping paper (Koda's an awesome teacher). And Riley was the fun police, he would come growl at them when they were having too much fun, ha!
Amanda made all the dogs bandannas! Cooper loves his and looks so handsome in it. Yellow is a perfect color on him!
One of my favorite gifts this year was what I got from Brandon (devin's brother). He drew my name for the family gift exchange and this year we decided to go home made. Remember how Brandon is an amazing chef? His gift to me was the meal of my choice, cooked by him in my home! What more could you ask for!? Devin and I have gotten really close with Brandon this year, and spend time with him as often as we can. He is very quickly becoming one of my best friends.
Devin and I drew Sean and Chloe for christmas this year and had a ton of fun making these racks for them!
After that, we went back to Houston's and just missed the white elephant gifts, but don't worry. The family left us some awesome movies (including Win A Date With Tad Hamilton!! i love that movie!) and a bunch of airplane toiletries. Classic. We spent the rest of the night hanging out with my cousins and laughing hysterically at their funny stories. We also spent most of the night trying to tackle the Logo Quiz app game - unsuccessfully!
We went home pretty tired, and finished the night off in bed with the first half of The Polar Express - my favorite christmas movie. (I need the book!)
What I love most about Christmas is the chance we have to set everything in the world aside and spend 2 full days (at least) solely with our families. Devin and I are surrounded by some pretty incredible people, and devoting this time to them is such a blessing - but also a lot of fun! We are so lucky to have so much family all in the same city - or at least really close.
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