So it all started 2 days before Christmas when my Grandma Jensen passed away, to say I miss her terribly already is a massive understatement. Unfortunately her time leading up to her passing was not pleasant and cancer and chemo took all of energy and sass away, so I am so glad that she is relieved from this mortal existence and she is whole again. And with her mommy for Christmas. For that I am so happy for her. But the rest of miss her a whole ton. So that night was our scheduled family party, but because of that my family ended up getting together with my aunts family that night. We just chatted, played some poker and ate a lot of good food.
Wednesday (Christmas Eve) Tyler had to work a half day, but then we headed out to his parents for Christmas! It was so fun being with all his family and all of Halden's cousins. We even got to Skype with Dawna, Ryan & Reese out in PA!
I think my favorite tradition with Tyler's family is the re-stocking of our 72 hr kits! It's nice that I never have to worry about the things expiring, we do it every Christmas so it's always rotating. Tyler and I also try to add one little thing to our emergency kit. This year we printed off some tips and got me a mess kit (YIKES! it took us long enough on that one ;))
That night we did our sibling gift exchange, we got a chromecast from Jer and Kristi, it was total surprise and we loved it!! We had been thinking about getting one, but it never crossed our minds to ask for one for Christmas! We bought for Jacki's family so we made a board book with pictures from their past year. And they bought for Jer's, and they got the game telestrations...more on that later! We finished the night with a traditional game of BINGO. Tyler and I together won 2 blankets, an IFA calendar, coupons to pizza pie cafe, a gift card to panda and one to cold stone. I would say we did alright! Then Halden opened up his Christmas Eve jammies and off to bed we went. After the babes were asleep we went to the unfinished upstairs and played ping pong and pool until like 2 in the morning, then we set up all of our Christmas!! I was so excited. But I was so excited that I sooo did not sleep. Luckily Halden and Tyler both did alright. Danny cooked breakfast for us while we opened presents. Halden got a bath seat and some bath toys, a sit to stand walker, clothes, a beanie and some mittens, a couple books and some treats.
After opening presents we hurried down to Lehi to talk to Trevor and Tanner. Tanner doesn't like Skyping, but we were able to talk to him on the phone for a little while and it sounds like he is doing soo great! Trevor was a couple hours late Skyping, but alas he came on and it was so good to see his face! I miss them both lots, but it's been a while since we saw Trevor, I can't wait for him to get home-just about 6 more months. We also had our Christmas dinner there and opened up some presents. My mom got Tyler a dress shirt and a casual shirt, me a diaper bag backpack that I adore, and Halden got some new clothes and a quiet book. For sibling exchange, I bought Charli a knit headband and some slipper socks, Haden bought me a candle, Tyler got a machetti from Andrew and he got him an external battery charger. We bought my mom all new dishes!! She's had hers for as long as I can remember, and I was so excited for this gift! Then we got my dad gift cards for dinner, a movie and bowling.
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By then the weather was getting bad so we rushed back to Fielding to end our Christmas day. The next morning we were oh so lazy and lounged around in our jammies until around noon. Then the guys went shooting and us girls played a few games of cards then decided to crack open Telestrations. We ended up playing that the rest of the night! Matt and Jacki ended up coming back over and we were able to play with them as well!
That night we finally came back home to Logan to sleep for 7 hours, then we got up and ready to drive out to Malad for my grandmas funeral. It was a beautiful service, it's always so fun to hear about her younger days and what an amazing lady she truly was, then we drove back to Logan for her burial. Then they had a dinner in Young Ward where she used to live. I lived there once upon a time when I was really little. That's the town that I had my first dance lessons in, and my teacher, Melody, has not changed one bit. I was 3 when we moved, but I definitely still recognized her! It was fun to see her again and to be re-introduced to so many people that knew me as a baby.
That night was also the Buck family Christmas party, so then we went over to my Grandma Bucks to catch the tail end of the party. We ate dessert and played cards as always. I love it. My sister decided to bless her baby the next day because they moved to California the next week. Soooo we hopped back into the car and drove down to Lehi for a night, went to sweet baby Zander's baby blessing, had some yummy sandwiches, played hand & foot (I lost terribly) and drove back home because the weather was bad again.
SO to sum up in one week we had 3 family parties, 2 missionary chatting sessions, a funeral & a baby blessing AND Christmas. Which means to Centerville and back in 1 night, Lehi and back twice, 1 trip to Malad, and one out to Young Ward. Totaling at about 14 hours in the car. It was busy and hectic...but oh so fun!!! Happy Holidays :)
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