Merry Christmas 2018!  Here are some of the adventures and fun times we had celebrating Christmas this year.  It started off with a winter wheeled sleigh ride at Soldier Hollow to visit the North Pole and see Santa and Mrs. Claus.  It was a cold night, so we bundled up warm!

Ashley was so excited to see Santa.  She ran right up and jumped on his lap!  Eliza was much less enthusiastic and didn’t want to get too close.  But we did get Landon and cousin Theo in on the action.

Ashley may have told Santa that she wanted a set of skis for Christmas.  And Santa didn’t really get the memo that that wasn’t in the cards for this year.  So, Santa came by the house again on Christmas eve to have another visit with the kids.  When he asked Ashley what she wanted, she called him out on it and said I just told you the other day.  Santa then remembered about the skis and proceed to do some backpedaling explaining that for one reason or another there wouldn’t be any skis this year.  Ashley was very understanding and said she’d take a dog instead.  Well, maybe she’d settle in the end for white toy doggie with a pink bow.  As luck would have it, with some creative magic, Santa was able to make that happen.

Christmas morning!  Time to open presents!

The toys and gifts are a lot of fun, but with each Christmas just the fact that we get to slow down and be together and celebrate our Savior’s birth is becoming by far the best part.