We had a wonderful Christmas week with the Camerons. We picked them up at the airport in Vegas on Thursday, the 16th. We headed right to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. Caleb loved the lights.
It was fun to have the Camerons there for my Keynote concert on Sunday night. Shonna even played the flute for us on one number. (And she played the flute in our ward Christmas program on three numbers)
Monday night was the annual Hinton Family Party. Sophee danced on the tables,
And many participated in Don and Ada's fun song/skit:
Sophee, Mindy, Logan, Spencer, Tiffani, Melanie, Samuel, and Rick
During the week, we made cookies,
Saw the pretty lights,
Played duets on the piano,
Did Marbleworks (everyone's favorite childhood activity),
And played LOTS of games.
It was so fun to play with Caleb and get to know him.
He loved the tree
And could often be found underneath it.
Who me?
Caleb LOVES to kick against surfaces. You always know where Caleb is as he finds something to kick against and just goes to town. The closet door,
The oven,
The fridge. He loves the different sounds each surface makes. You'd think it would hurt his little feet, but it doesn't seem to bother him.
On Thursday evening, we had the Cardons here for the evening from Las Vegas. It was so fun to see them and their cute kids, enjoy a meal together and reunite Shonna and Sara who I always said were joined at the hip.
Christmas eve, we enjoyed Chicken ala King (Chicken for a King)
Over crowns.
Even the glorious sunset celebrated the birthday of a King.
After dinner, we enjoyed our Christmas eve program about the birth of the Savior.
Christmas morning, we had our traditional Crown of Bread
And had fun opening presents. Especially this one!
We skyped with Michelle and Brian in the morning and Kristen and Jared in the evening. It was fun to watch Gabbi open the presents we sent her.
The lamb says, "BAAA!"
That's hilarious!
Peek a Boo!
A grandkid picture for his office
Santa (and my husband and kids) spoiled me. This was such a sweet gift. Ken had the cameo I bought in Rome when I was sixteen years old and was broken repaired for me. I am thrilled to have my treasured ring back.
Caleb mostly liked the tags
Strings, and wrapping paper.
We enjoyed our traditional lamb Christmas dinner on my new fiesta ware!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a box of wrapping paper!!!!
6 comments:
I'm so glad you were able to spend Christmas with the Camerons. What a fun week. I hadn't heard about the flooding. How scary.
What a wonderful time of year! Your concert looks fun, and the Hinton family party, and all the fun traditions you were able to do with the Camerons there. Don't you just hate when it's over??
What a fun Christmas! I love the ending to you post . . .ha ha! Caleb is a cutie. It was fun to see pics of my cousins and Aunts and Uncles. It looks like that was a great party! I love the pic of you and Shonna at the piano. Beautiful sunset!
LOVE the post. LOVE the cute ending. LOVE all the pictures. It looks like you had a wonderful time. Your concert was gorgeous. I love that picture. I feel like I got to know Caleb better just through the post. You did such a good job capturing him. I miss his little kick, kick, kick. Oh an dI love the piano duet picture. Playin' sleigh ride. right? :)
Thanks so much for a fabulous Christmas! We loved spending time w/ you guys. You did a great job blogging it all.
-Shonna (not sure what this computer is signed in as)
What a wonderful Christmas you had! Caleb is so cute and there is nothing like little ones to make Christmas all it can be!
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