Rime Time: Christmas

Friday, January 7, 2011

Christmas

I am such a blog slacker but I wanted to post some pictures from Christmas. We went to my parents in Henderson for Christmas and luckily all my family was there. My brothers come home from their missions on April 1st so we were able to Skype with them, so they were there too! The drive was horrible going down because of the terrible snowstorms in Utah and the flooding from Cedar City to Vegas. It took us about 5 hours just to get to Cedar, which normally takes 3. I was a nervous wreck driving in snow even though Jaron was driving. We ended up staying in New Harmony at my grandparent’s house over night because our car continued to hydroplane and we were in 4-wheel drive. Needless to say I was very relieved when we finally reached my parent’s house.

We had such a good time being all together and doing lots of fun traditions. One of the first nights we were there, my grandma Tobler made her famous chili and my mom’s side of the family all came over to eat and play games. My cousin Kara was even there from Oklahoma, which was so great to see her and her husband.

On Christmas Eve we had our traditional big family dinner and afterward we started a new tradition of decorating gingerbread houses. Then we all opened our matching pajamas. My little family also gets to open a new ornament that is personal to them and a book. Luckily all the kids went to bed early so we could finish some last minute things. Christmas morning we had a big breakfast and then opened presents while we Skyped with my brothers. It was so great to talk and see them face to face. We had such a great time being all together and we surely enjoyed the much warmer weather!

Lexi in her snow boots and coat before going to Vegas