Christmas Eve was on a Sunday this year. We only had sacrament meeting and we combined with the Leona Valley Ward, which was fun. It was very Christmasy with lots of beautiful musical numbers and a narrator tellling the story of the Saviors birth. Ethan and Rob were both sick and stayed home. After church Hannah spent the day at the Crawley’s so it was just Grace and I. We worked on a puzzle and made dinner. The boys did get up to eat with us. I made Beef Wellington and we all thought it was yummy. We also had fried fingerling potatoes and green beans and apple sauce and sparkling cider and four layer dessert. It was quiet with the sickies sleeping but it was still good. We are so blessed with good health, a lovely home, wonderful & bright children, 3 + 2 on the way grandchildren, awesome sons in law, cars, pets, books, technology, a fire burning stove, food to eat, callings that allow us to serve, scriptures, a temple nearby, sunny weather, and a Savior. Wow. Really there should never be a bad day because our blessings are too great to even count! And today was a good day besides. Some years the holidays are crazy and chaotic with lots of family and activity and those are my favorite. But the occasional small and quiet is still sweet and precious.
After dinner we read Luke 2, watched a movie, and when Hannah got home we locked up the house and went to sleep in our snug beds. (Except Rob who spent the night coughing and not breathing in our snug bed)
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