Christmas Time in Cherryland

This Christmas was a lot of fun because we finally had the whole family here together. Janna was home from her mission. Marcos and Chance were able to join us, and of course Mario is with us from Germany until the summer. So we had a full house, a really full house.

Santa came to visit us before Christmas, and all of us got to sit on his lap. When he first came inside Jeff was surprised because he did not know who it was, only some guy saying HO HO HO running into the house. Rachel went hiding, and Jeff told Santa that the only thing Brent wanted was to sit on Santa's helper's lap. Poor Brent, Santa's helper was a Senior girl in his seminary class, and his whole face went really red.

Ginger gread houses are a real art. Mario's kept caving in, and Rachel used about every peice of candy that she could find. Of course her house didn't last very long because an hour after she made it she started to eat it because she thought that I was not watching her.

OLD TOWN! This was a fun little trip. We took Marcos, Chance, and Mario down to Old Town where the luminarias light everything up and line all of the streets no Christmas Eve. It was a little cold, but a good night.

CHRISTMAS MORNING! Rachel of course snuck out early and woke up half of the house with her, but it was a lot of fun.