December 17 -18
So usually for our get together we go out to dinner and then hit up a play (most of the time being Deseret Star Playhouse). Well this year we decided to mix it up. We all met up at the Embassy Suites in Salt Lake. My dad went up picked us up dinner at Hires Big H. We sat in the lobby together and chatted and ate. Then we were headed to our rooms to bundle up and Trax in to Temple Square. We walked around Temple Square for awhile and enjoyed the beautiful lights on the temple grounds. It was fun to feel the Christmas spirit in the air. Once we had made the rounds, my dad thought we might all want to stop at this little stand where they were serving hot chocolate, but we all opted to get going because we were too cold. Once we got back to the hotel, we got out some games to play as a family and then headed down to the pool. I was really hoping it would be relaxing and that we could just have it to just our family because kids weren't supposed to be in the pool after 10pm. It turns out there were a bunch of kids and no one said anything so we heard the echo of yelling and splashing as we tried to relax in the hot tub. It was still fun anyways. That night my parents surprised the girls (Amanda, Me, and Shannon) with some cute new pajamas and they gave the guys (Shane, Travis and Josh) gift cards to Cafe Rio. It ended up being a really great night and we always have a good time with the family.
FYI...I did have a huge sweater on under my coat....
Later that Saturday night, we headed over to Kathy and Kevin's for the Ford Christmas Party. We ate chicken pillows for dinner. Brianna had put together a Christmas Cranium game that was a lot of fun. We also did a sort of gift/white elephant game. There is a sad story to tell about this year though...we didn't do the regular talent show. What it came down to is our family had something planned, but it was a little bit of a project and we didn't have the time to pull it together. My mom talked to Kathy and said that maybe we should drop the talent show this year. Kathy thought that was a great idea and let everyone else know and apparently everyone else thought it was a great idea too. Kathy did pull together a bunch of clips of past Christmas talents show and we got a kick out of those!!! Needless to say, I was sad that we didn't get to see the creativity that comes along with the annual talent show. You never know what someone is going to come up with. As old, Kathy and Kevin were great hosts and we had an awesome time with the fam.
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