Christmas Morning

Well Christmas this year was amazing and extra meaningful. We didn't have alot of money so presents were a bit more sparse but I would have to say its been one of my favorites. Jake's family had a visitor from Taiwan (Jake's brother John is there on an LDS mission and Ernie is the ward mission leader in his area right now) so we got to meet him and do some fun Utah things together, also he reminded us of the importance of missionary work and showed us the effect this gospel and specifically Jesus Christ has had on his life. We were able to go to Body Worlds, the Capitol, a SLC carriage ride, sledding and lots of family fun with him. My family's Christmas this year was special because we all decided to cut back on presents for us big kids and chip in together to be able to afford a hearing aid for my little sister Lauren. The picture of her with my parents is when she opened up the card and money. She was overwhelmed by how much we were able to get together and very thankful. She is such a sweetie and has been saving all of her babysitting money for a while. It was also very fun to have Lyndi so excited about everything. We did alot of going back and forth between our two families and had sooo much fun!

This picture with her mouth full is at the Macfarlane's when she stuffed a whole package of gushers in her mouth to make sure her tongue was ALL blue. Her one Christmas wish was to get a green ring pop which of course Santa granted since she's such a good girl! I have a really cute picture of her eating it on my phone so I'll post it later.