Christmas

We love Christmas!  I love the excitement my kids have on Christmas Eve and morning.  Oh...the joys of being young.  We had a wonderful Christmas eve, where we watched our videos on the birth and life of Christ and opened one present to each other.  The kids even went right to sleep, so Santa would not pass them by.  They loved Christmas.  We woke up early and opened presents, ate a yummy breakfast (cinnamon rolls, eggs, sausages, fruit), and then packed up and headed to Jers mom's house.  We actually hit a really bad snow storm and had to take a detour to Cedar City and eat lunch and went sledding for a couple hours until it cleared up, and then we finally made it to Logan.  We had a lot of fun visiting with Jer's family for a few days before heading back home.  The kids love seeing their cousins and playing in the snow!

Christmas Eve

 Christmas Morning

Sledding in Cedar

Christmas at Stones

 

Christmas Traditions

 I love Christmas time!  Everyone is just a little kinder, more generous, and loving.  I also love that we get to focus on Christ and families!  Some of our favorite traditions are; acting out the nativity (the boys and Jer played shepherds at our ward Christmas party), drinking hot chocolate while we go look at Christmas lights (we especially like the lights at the Phineas and Ferb house), walking around and looking at the lights and the Christus at the Temple, and making Christmas cookies and doing secret santa.  

 

Bethlehem Christmas Party

 St. George Temple

 Making Christmas Cookies

Looking at Christmas lights with cookies and hot chocolate

Thaksgiving

 The party never stops at the Young's house!  We celebrated Thanksgiving, birthdays, Christmas, and had Hailey's blessing all in one weekend!  Wow...it was a blast....even though most of us got a stomach bug on the last day.  The kids loved being together and we of course had a great time.  Being with family is the best!  I miss living so close to them and treasure every moment I get with them now!  We were spoiled and feel very blessed to be a part of this family!

Thanksgiving

 

 Christmas

    

Hailey's Blessing

 Hailey Jewels was blessed on November 29th by her father Jeramiah at my parents house is Clearfield, Utah.  It was a beautiful blessing and talked about what a joy she is to our family and that she will be a light to all she meets.  I am so grateful for my Hailey and all of my family.  I am also thankful for all the family that came to support us and brought food as well.  I have the best family ever!