Todd and I were fortunate enough to be able to travel to Utah for a mere 24 hours to celebrate a belated Christmas with our families! Although the visit was short, I have come to realize how priceless that time spent with family is...although, Todd may argue that the inflated cost of our airline tickets did not equate to "priceless" memories! After spending Christmas day on trauma call, I arrived home without having slept in 34 hours only to quickly throw a travel bag together, shower and make our way to the airport. I easily slept the entire flight to Utah. Todd and I were met by Dad and we were able to join the Wolthuis-Herbert Christmas Eve party which had been delayed until December 26th so that we could be there. Good food, fabulous company, the "Must Be Santa...aka Snotty Nose" song and the left-right game filled the evening. Here are a few pictures of the much fought-after prizes up for grabs during the game...
Grammy Char with her reindeer antlers
Aunt Emily with her personally autographed picture of Dylan...this was greatly fought over and Jocelyn was the ultimate winner. The picture now sits in her room at BYU-I.
Daddy with his ornament full of live worms...nobody fought for this one!
Johnny channeling his inner-Donny!
Mommy ended up stealing this winner of a gift!
The big kids growing anxious for their turn for presents....
Cannon stole the antlers from Grandma-Grandma...
Todd couldn't resist borrowing Cannon's antlers for a quick photo-op!
Much of our time in Utah was spent enjoying our precious niece and nephews that we see all too infrequently...Thanks Emily and Laurel for letting us borrow your children!
Oh how I love and adore all of these sweet babies!!!
I just can't get enough of them!
Todd and Cannon enjoying a little Sunday football...
Sunday was spent enjoying more time with the Wolthuis family, being inspired by Dad's Sunday School lesson, a quick visit with the Grunander's who unfortunately weren't feeling well but luckily Todd had spent the weekend before Christmas with his family while in town to interview for a fellowship spot at the University of Utah, and then it was time to head back to California for another day of trauma call.
Oh how much we love our families...the holidays just aren't the same unless they are spent at home. Only one more Christmas and we are home for good....HOORAY!!!
5 comments:
Glad you were able to come :) Love Ya!
We will take a visit from you any time! It was great having you and Todd there, even briefly. Love the antler picture of Todd! Love you!
Even though it was short, it was worth it!! Loved having you here and seeing you!! Love ya lots!!
Christmas was the BEST to be with everyone. Glad you guys made it for 24 hours. Love ya! Sweet post on dad and you are right better now than never! He is the best!
It was fun to spend some time with you. Love you!
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