Christmas Eve

We traveled to Utah early Christmas Eve morning. We got up at 2:00 in the morning - we like doing a early morning drive so the kids sleep most of the way. Well we checked the road conditions and discovered that I-80 was closed, so we decided to go I-70 - and it was perfect. We hit one icy spot on a bridge - but other than that the drive was wonderful. Christmas Eve night we spent with Carrie and Dan and Anthony's Dad. We had a talent show. Carrie told a delightful Christmas story, Grandpa Jensen taught us all how to make beautiful snowflakes, Anthony told some Laffy Taffy jokes, Allison sang one of her Christmas songs (see video). We then played a Christmas carol game, and sang 'Picture a Christmas' with flannel board figures. Afterwards we did a nativity with the kiddos. It was such a nice evening . . . oh and we had the most amazing Glazed Pineapple Ham. Seriously - the most tasty ham I think I've ever tasted. Dan is quite the chef. Allison also went on a scavenger hunt to find the ornaments. Each year we give each other ornaments that represent the year. I made these mini-ornaments for everyone this year. Allison got a book with ABC on top - because she learned to read this year. Carter got a basketball because ball was almost his first word - and probably the most frequently used word in his vocabularly right now. Anthony got an ornament that said 1st RF on it - because he switched jobs this year, and I got a teacher's chalkboard - because my year was filled with teaching preschool and nursery.