Christmas 2008

Christmas came so fast this year. We had a busy few days. Ash got sick on the 23rd, and still isn't better yet. She has thrown up a few times, has a major cold and she sounds like a smoker when she coughs. Poor little girl, but she still keeps a smile on her face. We spent Christmas Eve shopping, as usual, but just for a few small items. Then that night we wrapped the rest of our gifts, watched movies and ate Chinese food which is a tradition for our family. Then we all went to bed at around 1:00 and the phone rang at 5:00. I thought it was the kids telling us to come over but when I came out of the room my sister was hurrying to head out the door to go to my brother's house because he was taking his wife to the ER. What a way to spend Christmas morning. (I have done it in the past, but it was in the evening, not fun.
Anyway, so we had to be out to Momma Gwen's at 9:00 to open presents with them. We ended up leaving Ash at home because the weather was miserable and I just didn't want to take her out into the cold as miserable as she was. We all got some fun presents... clothes, toys, games.
So then we had to be back to my parents house to open presents at noon. Again we got some great gifts... clothes, toys, games and Ash finally got her Bumbo chair. She is so stinkin cute sittin in it. She loves it. So after we did that and then cooked our "traditional" Tony's pizza that we have every Christmas Day. They were sooo yummy.
Next we had to be back out to Gwen's at 4:00 for dinner and Tristan was calling at 5:00. For those of you who don't know Tristan, he is Kevin's "Big" little brother who is serving a mission in New York. It was so fun to talk to him. He will be home in May and we are all planning on going out there to bring him home, or he will come home and then we will all go back out and spend some time there. I am so excited to go to New York, hence the countdown on the bottom of my page.
Then after we ate dinner, it started to get crappy outside again so we decide to head home. We took Ashlyn with us this time and I hate to travel in bad weather myself, so I wanted to get home. Well almost an hour later, we arrived. We had only passed 2 cars off the side of the road on 21st street, glad it wasn't us though. The weather was horrible.
Then Friday was Kevin's birthday and we didn't do much. Me and him went to McGrath's (yucky) for dinner since he loves seafood and I hate it. Then his mom had planned a surprise party for him that night. So we went back out to her house and it was so much fun. We played Eplanation, a game that we learned on Thanksgiving that my cousin Dr. Josh made up, and it was so much fun.
Then my brother and his friend drove in from Elko that night and stayed until Sunday. We had a fun time with them also. My mom's family Christmas party was on friday so we went for a little while and then my family all went to dinner at Lucky China and then down to Temple Square. After we were all frozen we came back home and watched some funny videos on YouTube.
It was a fun Christmas, even though I don't care for the Holiday. It will be funner next year when Ashlyn knows what is going on and she can open her own presents. We are hoping that in 2 years we can all go to Disneyland for Christmas. The first time that we all went was in 1984, then we went for a day in 1995 and then me and Kevin went in 2006. So I think that it is time we go again. The kids have never been and we can't wait to surprise them. We wanted to go next year but with us going to New York, we can't afford 2 major trips a few months apart.
Anyway, hope you all had a Merry Christmas and that you have an amazing New Year. We will most likely be sitting on our butts doing nothing, as usual.