Holiday Fun and Boxing Day Craziness!

We trust that you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas day! We have been so blessed to spend much of this holiday season with family and friends. On Monday, we headed out to a Burton family party out by Beazer (at Allan and Heather's place). We had some great food and fun. Brian and Noi were able to join us from Utah and we were all present at the party except for Sarah, who had to work, and Elder Rob Burton who is serving in the Albuquerque New Mexico Spanish mission.

Christmas Eve was spent at Wayne's parents' home. Again, great food and fun was had. We participated in the traditional Christmas march through the house and a Family Home Evening program. I was very touched by Brian's poem and musical slide presentation put to Wayne's song, "In His Hands". The kids have had fun with their Utah cousins too.

Christmas morning was a bit different this year. As we are in the process of moving (soon...we hope,) we chose not to dig out the Christmas decorations and set up a tree. Instead, we simply hung 5 stockings up for the kids. Santa came and left some goodies for the kids and then it was off to HOC (House of Chan) for more Christmas fun. We were joined by Byron, Nancy, Hannah and Maddie and we all had lots of great gifts to open. We enjoyed a scandalous turkey dinner with ALL of the trimmings, games, fun and much laughter.

Boxing Day is sort of a blur. I've never stood in line in the early morning, hoping to get in on a deal. However, this year I did. Wayne convinced me to go with him to get some "goodies" for the new house. We picked up Maddie and Deb at 5:30am and headed to Future Shop. We stood out in the cold for a short while, then when the doors opened, made our way to our assigned departments. Within about 30 minutes, we had purchased a 30" LG LCD tv, a 50" LG Plasma tv, a 22" computer monitor and a new washer and dryer! But that wasn't the end. Next we dropped Wayne off at Visions and he stood in line to get some wall mounts for the new tvs. Maddie, Deb and I headed off to Sears where I picked up yet another tv...a 40" Sony LCD tv.

We were home by about 9am. Now where do we store all of these things? Our garage is full of the new appliances for the new house and our basement is quickly filling up with boxes that are packed for the move. We just need to get into our new house!

Jade and Mike arrived safely after a LONG 15 hour drive from Utah. On Saturday, we got to do Christmas all over again with them. Lots of fun. They are here for a week and the boys couldn't be happier to be able to spend time with cute little Rhome. It has been a great week.