During Christmas break the kids and I went to the Grand America Hotel and looked at their window displays.
Then we went to City Creek. We saw the fountain, went in a few of the stores and checked out the candy displays at Macys.
The Salt Lake Temple under so much scaffolding.
Then we went to the Giving Machine and bought $15 hygiene products, $10 pajamas and $25 polio vaccines.
Derek and Tansy and their family came up on "Christmas Adam" (December 23) to give us presents and hang out a little bit.
We had our traditional sleepover by the Christmas tree.
On Christmas Eve we decorated half of a batch of sugar cookies. While we like the decorating of sugar cookies, we don't necessarily love eating them-especially with so many other good things around.
We also decorated our ginger bread houses that didn't stay together too well. Sigh!
Our Christmas Eve dinner-ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, Rodes rolls, red and green jello with whipped cream and "chocolate lasagna" for dessert.
We acted out the nativity. Darrell and I were Joseph and Mary (and they tried to make Kitty be Baby Jesus, but she wasn't having any of that), so a puppy took the place of Jesus. Megan was an angel, Tyler was a shepherd and Emily was "wisepeople."
We opened up our Christmas jammies. This is the first year we all got matching pajamas and a matching blanket for Kitty.
Our stocking display this year
Setting the cookies, carrots and milk out for Santa and the reindeer.
Santa's goodies for Tyler
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