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12/27/15 Merry Christmas!

Family skyping with Bryce
It was so fun to see you and talk to you Friday!!! You look really great!  
Darth Vader came to visit before Christmas!
This week has been busy and fun and fast.  

Katie and Holly and Dad went with Gma and pa on Monday morning to breakfast.  Wendy and Emma came too.  They celebrated Katie's 14th birthday at Denny's.  We had stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut for Katie's birthday evening and had fun celebrating Katie. 

Tuesday the girls had dentist appointments and no cavities!  YEAH!! But they are supposed to go back to get their teeth sealed early next year. 
 
Wednesday Katie spent the afternoon with the gparents sewing and getting ready for Christmas.  I think they all had fun. 
Guess he told Andy a thing or two. 

Somewhere in this week we got all the presents wrapped and treats made and everything ready.  

Thursday evening we enjoyed family time and AJ joined us from Provo and we did our traditional drive around town to look at the lights. Hot cocoa and treats afterward. 

Friday morning we told everyone to wait until 9 a.m. (So nice to have grown up kids!!!) Dallas and McKayla came over and Holly woke AJ up with a spray bottle. (I think he secretly loved that?!  I KNOW Holly loved that!!!)  We read the Christmas story and then opened presents for about an hour.  The usual way, each one picking a present from youngest to oldest until they were all gone. 

We enjoyed cinnamon rolls, an egg/sausage casserole McKayla brought, little smokies, chocolate milk, apple cider.  It was yummy.  

The highlight of the day was getting to see you and talk to you for an hour!!!  Wasn't long enough but it was sure good to see you. 

Not too long after we hung up Ben and Laura came over along with Wendy and Eddy and family. Randy and Kay ended up coming too and Maddi's friend Camilla.  So we had 21 for dinner. We squeezed in the kitchen and enjoyed a pretty good spread of food.  (Smoked turkey, ham, smoked cheese, rolls, cheesy potato, green bean casserole, salad, jellos, Laura's world famous cookies) I'm sure there was more but you get the idea. 

The kids played upstairs -- ping pong and hanging out.  The adults did an exchange of favorite things and that was fun too. 

Saturday we borrowed the star wars movies from Taylor's and watched IV and V.  We plan to watch VI next and then one of these days we'll go watch the new star wars.  

It's been nice to have some quiet time and play games and hang out and not have anywhere we need to be or anything we have to do!

Quote for the new year/week: 
You've got to think about big things while you are doing small things so all the small things go in the right direction. 

Love you lots and looking forward to a great 2016!  

Love you! Mom



Multitasking...


Enjoying Hot Chocolate!
Hot Chocolate!

Yumm!
McKayla made delicious Hot Cocoa!


Everything's ready for Christmas morning!

Sporting my new jammies, boots and treats!

Opening presents!

Hmmm...which one should I pick?

My favorite gift!  My Honey!

Bryce on the big screen


Big spread!

Andy hugging on his lil sis!
Cheers!


Randy and Grandpa Griffin
Yummy Christmas dinner. 

Abby and Grandma Griffin

Wendy and Andy filling up their plates

Katie and Holly opening gifts



Chilling!

Aaron trying to figure out what he got


Emma loves her pillow and reading light and treats

Katie loves her book!

Favorite things game

Katie, Andy, Randy & Kay Phillips

Grandpa and AJ

Favorite things game

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