On Sunday, Jake and I were coming home and we saw Santa Claus out on the road waving to people as they were going by to look at the Christmas lights near our house. He must have been out giving presents early. That night we had some neighbor kids over and we strung popcorn for our tree. It was pretty fun, but hard because the popcorn kept breaking. The end product looks pretty good.
On Christmas Eve, my parents came up from Vegas to visit us for Christmas. Santa Claus was out again greeting everyone, getting ready to make his rounds. We had pozole for dinner, a Mexican soup they have for any kind of celebration. Afterwards, we read the Christmas story from the Bible and the Book of Mormon, listened to Christmas music, and ate chocolates. We didn't get up bright and early on Christmas day like we used to as children. We slept in a bit, then made breakfast, and then opened presents. Christmas is a lot different when there aren't any kids around. They seem to be a lot more excited about the holiday. We still enjoyed being together as a family.It had been snowing all week long, with a fresh load dumped on us on Christmas Eve, so we bundled up and went to Jake's parent's house to go sledding. It was pretty fun. We had a great time together. There were some crazy hills and wacky falls in the powder, but thankfully no one got hurt.When we had our fill of sledding, we came home, played a tough game of Trivial Pursuit 20th Anniversary Edition and then went back to Jake's parents and had Christmas dinner. We enjoyed spending time with our families for Christmas.
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