Christmas Part 1

We celebrated our Christmas over a few days this year. On Tuesday, December 22, we decided to open our gifts to each other rather than take them all to Colorado. We aren't very good at surprises, but we did both have at least one gift that was a surprise. Mine was a beanie. I mentioned that I liked the kind with braids hanging down and he got me one. His surprise was a BYU hat and a wind-up caterpillar. While Rog and I were at Michael's getting stuff for the ornaments we make at our most recent Relief Society meeting, we saw the wind-up toys. I remembered he liked this caterpillar and went back to get it later. His shoes were also kind of a surprise, but he guessed they were shoes from the shape of the box and because I asked what size shoes he wears.



On Wednesday, December 23, we celebrated our traditional Christmas Eve with the Riries a day early. My parents and Jared were going to visit my sister in Texas and Rog and I were going to Colorado to visit Rog's family (our flights left on the 24th in the morning), so we convinced them to have it on the 23rd. My dad served his mission in Denmark and there they celebrate "Little Christmas Eve" on the 23rd, so we said this was our "Little Christmas Eve."



After the party, we opened our presents from my parents. Among other things I got 7 cricut cartridges. My mom is great at finding good deals on ebay, so she didn't pay full price. I'm very excited to get back to Provo and use them!