My Family and I just got home from Arizona. That is were we met my family for Christmas this year. It was fun, We got there on Sunday the 21st. When we got there my parents were at church. When they got home we ate lunch. Then we went over to the Johnson's. It was Bill's birthday so Mary had a party for him. Chandi his daughter barely made it to the party. She lives in New York, and with all of the storms we were having she almost got snowed in. My whole point in talking about her is because we were best friends in high school. When we got to college we had a big fight and have not talked again since. Until this weekend it was like old times, we had fun. After the party we went to the hotel and checked in.
Monday we went grocery shopping pretty much all day. That night we went out to eat at the hotel. The food was not very good. Then we hung out at the hotel anf played phase 10. I even got Reed to play. It was so much fun.
Tuesday we put up all our Christmas stuff in the hotel, then we went Christmas shopping all day. My mom had to finish last minute shopping, then we went back to the hotel where my dad had dinner ready. After dinner we watched some football games.
Wednesday my sister got there with her family. We were going to go shooting but after running around town getting everything we needed, my dad bought the wrong bullets so by the time we found a store open that had bullets it was too late we had to go help set up the Christmas eve party at the church. So after we set up the party my dad went and bought the right bullets and a gun so we could shoot the other bullets too. At the Christmas eve party we had dinner, then a white elephant exchange. I won a family home evening chart, then Santa came and gave the kids a book and candy cane, lastly we went to the temple and looked at the lights. When we got home we got all the presents out and put them under the tree.
Thursday we woke up at 8:30 and opened up presents. The kids went first. Kamri opened one it took her the whole time but she did it. Cohen opened up the rest for her. Cohen loved all of the motorcycles he got. I don't think he has put them down since he got them. Then when he saw what my mom got him he got so excited. She got him a big motorcycle, he has ridden that thing all day every day since. After that it was time for breakfast we had sphinches that my grandpa made with eggs and bacon. Then all the boys went shooting, pretty much all day when they got home we had dinner, Raviolis and bread. We played cards again that night. It was fun, Reed was being really funny.
Friday we got up and moved hotel rooms, then my parents watched the kids.while Chelle, Ryan ,
Reed, and I went to breakfast. Reed and I took our kids with us to the mall for a few hours. We meat up with my parents. Reed, my dad, and the kids went back to my grandmas house. My mom and I kept shopping. When we got home my dad had dinner ready. After we ate we went on a little train ride and saw a bunch of Christmas lights. They had a carris wheel the kids road on it about two times.
Saturday Reed and Colten went ridding all day. My mom, Chelle, my dad, the kids, and I went to Jeepers. They had so much fun. We were there for four hours. When we got back to my grandmas, we loaded up and came home.