Christmas 2010

Just to finish off the posts I'm behind on - here is my Christmas post - sad as it may seem! I realized I didn't really get any pictures of people on Christmas, but fortunately Tiffany got some pictures and I stole them from her blog. Thanks again, Tiff!

We went to see the Mesa Temple lights with Tyler and Tiffany's family on the Sunday before Christmas. The weather was beautiful, and it was crowded, but very nice. They had a bell choir performing that night and I love bell choirs.

On Christmas Eve, we had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner by candlelight. BJ & Shannon's family and Tyler & Tiffany's family came and Tiffany's brother, Marc Galbraith, also joined us. Here is a picture of the table before everybody arrived.

Then after dinner, we played Christmas songs with our chimes, read the nativity story and we opened presents. We gave the kids pillow pets, which they all loved.
We sure missed our family who wasn't with us.
I also took a picture of my village this year. I love my village and look forward to having it set up each year. I also took a picture of our Christmas tree.

On Christmas Day, we went over to Tyler & Tiffany's house at about 6:30 a.m. to watch the girls open their presents. There was much excitement and we love being able to do this. After that, we went to BJ & Shannon's to watch Sam & Brodi open their presents. They're a little younger and things were a lot quieter at their house, but the kids were also very excited!

A couple hours later, everyone came over to our house for our traditional German Pancake breakfast. Of course, we had to have orange slices too. Tyler and Tiffany & family headed up to the cabin after that and BJ and Shannon went home, so we had a very quiet Christmas Day! We got ready for our California trip, which I will post about next.