We had a fun Christmas..We had a fabulous Mexican dinner at Denton's on Christmas Eve. And then Chelsea and Dana and family came for over a week and arrived Christmas afternoon after Greg and I had breakfast and went to he movies all by ourselves. We had roast beef at our house on Christmas night.
When we all gather for dinner on Christmas night, it is a challenge to fit us all in the same area. So I bought a folding table and chairs I can put in my foyer by the dining room so the kids are near and not out in the kitchen alone :) One of my tactics ( bribes) is promising them a prize if they stay in their seats until we tell them they can get up. It is is hope their parents can enjoy Christmas dinner without having to get up. It is not perfect but works pretty good. This year grandpa made me some coupons to to give them......they could redeem at the dollar store with us. We went the next day and every got something ( some 2 for 1 if it was Christmas). They were all pretty thrilled. Who knew? This old grandma is full of tricks :)
The kids also put on a cute play that night with carols and all.
We went to see the tacky lights on Sunday night ..which is always fun....as we sing carols and go crazy in the van.
We kept Chelsea's kids overnight one night so she and Dana could have a night in the hotel...alone. We got tinker toys for our house and the kids had alot of fun with them. They also all stayed at the hotel 2 other nights and had Denton's kids come for swimming and a pizza dinner. We did lot of other fun things . Lindsay and Regan got here on the 30th in time for Maggianos, NY's eve, and Dodge's baby blessing on fast Sunday.
We are so lucky to have kids and grandkids live close or we would have a lonely celebration.
We always miss our Utah kids and grandkids but are glad they have family close to celebrate with. And we really missed Clayton but are glad he came down early to celebrate before his big trip.
It was a lovely week and we are thankful that most of us could all be together.
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