Our First Family Christmas 2008

Christmas was WONDERFUL this year! Jason and I went a little crazy buying presents for Little Man! But hey, we can still use the first-time parents card right? We spent Christmas day here in Arizona, just the four of us (you might be thinking three but who can forget Sugar?). It was so nice to just be our little family and veg all day. It was very relaxing...not doing anything. We loved using the WebCam to see Jason's family and all their loot. My family spent the day on a plane to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where we met up with them on the 26th.

Here are the highlights: I got a Bosch mixer! Yes, Jason is the BEST husband ever! Jason got a BIG BOY phone (the T-Mobile google phone...I know...I totally rock). Gavin got so many awesome clothes and toys! My favorite was the vest hoodie from Launa and the Harley-Davidson clothes from the Garcia family. We watched football and a movie and ate Honey-baked ham...could Christmas get any better?...I submit that it cannot!

Putting the commercialization of Christmas aside, we also took time to remember the REAL reason for Christmas...to celebrate our Savior's birth. Christmas Eve we went to a family dinner at my aunt Karen's house where we had awesome food, sang Christmas hymns and read of Christ's birth from the Bible.


"Christmas is more than trees and twinkling lights, more than toys and gifts and baubles of a hundred varieties. It is LOVE. It is the love of the Son of God for all mankind. It reaches out beyond our power to comprehend. It is magnificent and beautiful. It is PEACE. It is the peace which comforts, which sustains, which blesses all who accept it. It is FAITH. It is faith in God and His Eternal Son. It is faith in Him as our Redeemer and our Lord. We testify of His living reality. We testify of the divinity of His nature. In our times of grateful meditation, we acknowledge His priceless gift to us and pledge our love and faith. This is what Christmas is really about."--Pres. Gordan B. Hinckley

Merry Christmas!