Dear Matt,
How are you? It was
so nice to Skype you on Christmas! Here
is a run-down of our past week. On the
Friday and Saturday before Christmas, we drove for many hours to get to
Cassandra and Emerson’s house to spend Christmas with them and little
Lily. The drive was long, but we had fun
talking, joking, and reading together.
When we got to their house, Lily was asleep, but we enjoyed visiting
with Cassandra and Emerson. Their house
is so nice, and they had it all done up for Christmas. We loved getting the grand tour. They really picked out a lovely place to
live, and they are doing a wonderful job making their house a home. We must have been noisy because Lily woke up and
we got to see her! She is such a fun
baby. The kids played and played with
her. Her absolute favorite thing to do
was to lay in a blanket and have the kids hold the edges and swing her back and
forth. It made her laugh and laugh.
The next day we went to Cassandra’s ward and then we had a
delicious meal afterwards. Cassandra
made us the most wonderful food while we were there! I think my favorite was the turkey cooked in
her crockpot. We spent most of that
Sunday just talking to Cassandra and Emerson and playing with Lily—just getting
reacquainted.
On Christmas Eve we went to “The Egg and I” to eat
breakfast. I think I already told you
how delicious that was! We also did some
shopping. Christmas eve night we did
gifts from the heart which was really fun.
Jon joined us via Skype, and everyone enjoyed giving their gifts. Lily’s gift to Dad was the promise of new
pictures and videos to come that no one has seen yet. Dad’s gift to Miriam was a promise to take
her out to dinner, Miriam’s gift to Cassandra was a big notebook filled with
Cassandra’s writings, drawings, awards, and photos from her childhood. Cassandra’s gift to Jon was a promise to
Skype him five times soon. Jon’s gift to
Katrina was a trip to the nickel arcade.
Katrina’s gift to Lily was a flower fairy abc book. Emerson’s gift to Thomas was at trip to the
game store to play board games. My gift
to Emerson was a pocket daddy survival kit, and Thomas’s gift to me was some
cartoons he made about me being a mom.
They were pretty funny.
Christmas at Cassandra and Emerson’s was so wonderful! We got to watch Lily open her gifts which was
so fun! The gifts were few and well
thought out and she loved them! We
played games visited more, and made dinner.
The highlight of the day was Skyping with you, Matt! It was so good to see your face, hear your
voice, and wish you a Merry
Christmas. The time went way too fast,
though. Thanks for talking to us about
the media we watch and having high standards.
It was a message I know we will all take to heart. It was hard to say goodbye after 50 minutes,
but I hope you had a nice time Skyping Jon.
While we were Skyping with you, the missionaries were over for
dinner. We didn’t plan on doing both at
the same time, but it worked out okay because Emerson was very sweet and
visited with the missionaries and fed them while we talked to you. The missionaries understood, though, since
they planned to visit with their own families right after dinner.
The rest of the time went very quickly. We shopped and visited and played more games
and watched a movie. I seem to remember
eating lots and lots of ice cream, ha ha.
We left for home on Friday morning after Christmas and after staying
over at the half-way point and visiting the canyon, we got home Saturday night.
On Sunday we had some wonderful talks and lessons at church
and I also had a meeting. The highlight
of Sunday was making New Year’s resolutions together as a family. Some of my resolutions are to exercise daily,
not eat sugar, and read the teachings of the prophets. Do you have any resolutions, Matt?
Today is New Year’s Eve and Dad and I have to chaperone at
the regional New Year’s dance for the youth.
Dad is so looking forward to that.
JUST KIDDING! He is so good to
support me in my calling this way. Also
today, Dad and I are going to see Les Mis.
Yay! I hope I can stay
awake. I’ve been having sleep issues
lately and then when I can sleep, I do other things instead.
Well, Matt. I hope
you have a good New Year. We have been praying for you guys, and I know Heavenly
Father will help you. Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Mom
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