White Christmas

We ran off to Utah for Chirstmas this year to visit with Aaron's parents.  Aah, relaxing was the theme of the week.   It was so relaxing hanging out, just enjoying the season holed up as a family.  It had been too long since we'd been to Utah, so it was nice to catch up.  Lucas and Jonah had a great time playing with Grandma, running around crazy, watching Grandpa set up his new fish tank, and playing with all the old toys that we had as kids.  And with a 4-2 adult to kid ratio, our zone defense worked well enough to get some good R&R in for everyone.

We drove down to Payson and Salem Pond to see lights, which was fun.  Apparently not ecxiting enough for Lucas since he decided to provoke his mother into a snowball fight.  And his mother is always up for a challenge.  We might have differing views on who won.

Jonah loved the snow as well, just until his hands got cold and wet and then he was done.

We had a wonderful lunch with Aunt Marlene on Christmas Eve.  She is such a dear, sweet woman and I loved having time to visit with her.  We didn't see much other family but Christmas is a busy time for most people so hopefully we'll see everyone come summer when we hope to come out again.  Fingers crossed.

Christmas morning was calm and lovely though Lucas was adamant about our wake up time, the minutes we had to dress and brush our teeth and when we were expected to be sitting upstairs ready to open presents. It took Jonah only moments before he got the hang of Christmas morning.

Grandma had fun setting up her new Kindle.

Grandpa with Jonah, who hates wearing clothers once he wakes up.

We had a great visit with Grandma J, my 95 year old grandmother who is as sharp and capable as she has always been.

Jonah warmed up to her quickly especially as she showed him her "magic chair" which reclined back and and raised it's footing with a touch of a button.  He even gave her kisses as we left. 

We traveled up to Salt Lake to see the lights at Temple Square.  It was a beautiful sight and an ispiring family time.

The kids had so much fun with their grandparents and loved hanging out, playing with Grandpa's orange bucket, checking out his new aquarium and pulling out everything from the pantry.  Okay, that was Jonah.   But Lucas loved hanging out, watching movies, going birding with Dad and Grandpa, and building new legos.

Those boys LOVE their grandparents!