Our Christmas Holiday

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! We sure did. Here's a very brief overview of our Christmas holiday. Last weekend we went back to Utah for a few days to celebrate Christmas with Ashton's siblings and Dad. Steve and Gail let us stay with them and we had fun hanging out. It was great to see everyone again. It was a bit sad to leave again, especially when we're not sure when we'll get to visit again, but staying in Utah and only having 5 sets of clothes to wear for a while wasn't really a good option.

Christmas Eve, we went over to Aunt Marcia's to visit with them and everyone else that was over there (Becky and Bryce, Mandy and Andrew, and Jeff and Stephanie). It was a blast. There was never a dull moment, especially watching the kids play with the nativity set and when the games came out. Never a dull moment. While we were there, we watched a short movie about an exhibit called the "Reflections of Christ." This exhibit is by a man named Mark Magby and the whole exhibit is photographs that he took portraying different moments of Christ's life. We first watched how the photographs were taken and then we watched a 5 minute thing that showed some of the pictures set to music. It was rather impressive and the photos were well done and powerful.

On Christmas Day, we just stayed home. It was nice to just hang around the house all day and spend time together. We opened presents from each other, called some family to wish them a Merry Christmas, and played games. It was a relaxing day and it was great to not worry about applying for jobs, interviews, and so on for a day. We also watched "The Nativity Story" and we really enjoyed it. I was a bit skeptical about how it would portray the birth of the Savior since it wasn't done by the Church, but I thought the story was well done. I would recommend you watch it if you haven't already.

Well, it's a day late, but merry Christmas to all of you! We hope that you all had a great Christmas holiday and we wish you a happy New Year's!