christmas 2008 at the petersen household was pretty laid back and i loved it! as i reflect and ponder on the particular day i am caught up in the joys of the experience my family and i had. nothing says christmas like:
- pulling into cache valley and seeing the snow capped mtns.
- coming home on christmas eve to dad running to the store for something mom needs for her baking frenzy.
- walking in the door and feeling the warmth of home and seeing mom in the kitchen creating one of her oh-so-tasty masterpieces.
- running gifts around with dad to the smith's, white's, bryan's, and burnsides. so much fun to visit with them.
- shrimp sauce and ritz crackers - memories of grandpa meacham.
- it's a wonderful life coming on t.v.
- trying to watch elf with the family, but falling asleep about 15 minutes into it
- sleeping in until 8:30 am on christmas morning and coming upstairs to the whole family waiting for me.
- lance getting salami and sparkling cider in his stocking
- me getting laxative herbal tea in mine - i know christmas shouldn't be about gifts, but if it was, i'd have to vote for that one as my favorite.
- mom writing what we got on the back of of the gift tags.
- cinnamon pull-a-parts for breakfast
- remembering that we forgot to drink egg nog and sing "twas the night before christmas" to the tune of "on top of old smokey" on christmas eve in memory of grandma della.
- helping lance move into his new place on christmas day. hmmm, what an interesting tradition.
- spencer not wanting to open my present to him. i wonder if i need to use better wrapping paper next year, or maybe a bigger box...
- a blizzard that dumped a foot of new snow in cache valley on christmas night.
- the petersen family party - finger foods, games, uncle larry running the show, little gromlets running around like hooligans, catching up with cousins, and playing a game of kickball in the gym. just so you know, dad totally laid uncle dale out on the floor and i nailed him with the ball. oopsy, i guess competition overrode the christmas spirit.
- suzette, sandy, and i reminiscing about our low, medium, and high impact aerobics show and contemplating a sequel
- cousin andrew, just home from a mission, giving me a hard time about not having a boyfriend at the festivities.
- me winning the dreidel championship
- the little children around my knee as i shared a christmas storybook.
this christmas i definitely had the luxury of enjoying my family, a picturesque place i can call home, and the feelings of my Savior's love.
1 comment:
Don't feel too badly about Spencer not wanting to open your present, he was pretty much over opening presents by that point because he wanted to play with his toys he'd already opened.
You're the best sis! Have I mentioned that lately?
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