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We did enjoy our first big SNOW fall - Laex helped me shovel and then we built a snowman! We got about 6-8 inches of snow overnight - Laex was IN HEAVEN!
We had many evenings of Christmas Stories or Christmas Movies with Popcorn -Christmas Vacation is a MUST :)
We got an early Christmas Present - the Wii and had a blast bowling, bowling and bowling - Laex loves it and usually kicks our butts :)
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We were finally able to S L O W down and enjoy the Holidays in Vernal! We had a great time!
We arrived in Vernal on Thursday, enjoyed a yummy turkey dinner with Mom, Kenz, Grams and Gramps, Trev, Ramey, Taite & Avi --We missed Elder Hoopes & our Dad who was out in the snow working :(
Thursday night we had fun opening our stocking gifts - A tradition Mom started, we each buy a gift for each others stockings and write a nice note to go with it - we then open them either Christmas eve or this year, the day before, so that the stockings are empty for Santa!
Friday we enjoyed the day playing lots of fun games and hanging out! We spent our Christmas Eve at Aunt Jenny's Annual Christmas Eve Party with yummy food and a fun Gift Exchange Game!
Saturday Laex had a BLAST as he realized he'd been good enough that Santa came :) --It was the first year he really got into it and he was so excited! He opened his & Loa's presents! Then we spent the rest of the day jammin out on the wii, playing games and enjoying the kids as they went from one toy to the next! We had lots of yummy finger foods, we grazed, played, rested, played and grazed some more :) AND we got to enjoy our LAST phone call from Elder Hoopes, he'll be home in exactly 5 weeks, we can't wait!! And we ended the day with a trip to visit Grams and Gramps. (YES! we ROCKED Just dance - it was a riot . ALSO, as a side note, Laex really thinks he's buzz lightyear so when he got "wings" he was ecstatic!)
Sunday we got to go to church with Grammie and Papa and then enjoyed our last evening in Vernal.
Monday we got up, packed the car to the brim and had a nice trip home --when we arrived out house was only Forty degrees, with the heater not running :( Luckily LeGrand was able to mess with it a bit and get it going - so the heater, along with the gas log running we got the house heated up! We were happy to have warmth!
We had such a nice holiday, we're happy to be home, have the decorations put away and be able to relax
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