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Merry Christmas

Image by Becca Clark from Pixabay

Christmas is officially over, and it’s been a good one!   Of course, we were spoiled by everyone.   Here is a recap of the week events.

Christmas Eve

Jacob and I wanted to go swimming with my boss.  My boss usually goes swimming Christmas Eve with his family and We’ve also gone.  The Lehi swimming pool is only open until 12p, so we had to hurry.  It is like herding turtles when it comes time to get Jacob moving, so we didn’t arrive until 10am.   We found out that my boss had to go into work, so we didn’t get to see them.   Jacob and I had a lot of fun swimming though.   We got dressed and headed out.

My mother and father are buried in the same city, so we decided to go visit their grave site.  I don’t go there very often, and it would be embarrassing to count how long it has been.   We have a family friend who goes and keeps it nice and pretty! 

After the cemetery, we ended up going to visit Lehi Roller Mills and then home to get ready for dinner with Grandma, Aunts, and a Friend.   We had a great ham dinner and opened PJs!   One of the neighbors passed out Sky Lanterns to the neighborhood and instructed everyone to go out and light them at 8pm.  It was super awesome!   I’ve seen them in YouTube videos and pictures, but never in person!   It was super cool to see and there were a TON going up around us!   They went up and eventually disappeared.  I did see one falling to the ground after it has burned out.  I’m curious what the aftermath looked like after.   Good thing they were biodegradable.  

Sky Latterns lighting up the sky.

We spent the night wrapping gifts to each other and then trying to get to bed.  Jacob doesn’t get up super early, so that is a relief.  He once slept until 10am, but he only lasted until 8:30a.

Christmas Morning

Aunt J went and picked up Grandma T and they came over here to have breakfast and open presents.   We had a blast opening gifts.  Jacob totally got spoiled!   We already had a ton of legos in our house, and we have a ton more now.  He loves putting them together and I get to help every so often.

I received a Ring Doorbell and I can’t wait to install it!  I’m a little scared to install it. Having a camera on the front door will be interesting. Watching the boy in the summer will be interesting. I find my tools out in the front yard at time. Considering where we live,   It may be overkill.

After opening presents, we went over to Grandma T’s house for presents and then back to our house.  We were instructed by Jacob that we weren’t going to leave the house until the next day.  He played..played.. and played with his toys some more. I ended up working a bunch. 

Day after Christmas (Thursday)

One of my goals this break was to clean my office.  It has always been a dumping grounds for stuff.  When the house is cleaned, and something needs to be “hidden” it goes in there.  I spent a lot of time cleaning the room, which it still isn’t done, but I’ve made a good dent.  My time is usually spent on our kitchen table with my laptop.   This allows me to spend more time with my wife while she is watching TV.  A room where I can get work done where it is quite would be nice.   We headed up to Great Grandma’s (Jacobs) to visit with family.  Very cool family with a lot laughs!

Saturday….Dentist..

Jacob HATES the dentist and had to have a tooth pulled and a few cavities filled.  We had to be to the Dentist at 8:15am.  I woke up at 7:50a (I was the first one up), so we had to get Jacob up, ready and off to the dentist.  We have a 15-minute drive to the dentist.  I don’t think I drove too fast, but we made it there by 8:20a.   The place was a total disorganized and we had a hard time checking in and then had to wait until 10am before they could get him back.  It went well, but he ended up biting his lip a ton after surgery and it was bleeding pretty good.  His lip is super swollen now and looks bad.  The dentist instructed us to keep him from walking and keep a good eye on him.  It was hard to keep him from walking for 2 hours.  Jacob was on the move after about 3 and that is as good as we could do!  He was fine and there were no incidents other than the bloody lip!

Sunday

Pretty relaxing day today, so nothing to exciting to report.  Church was pretty good.  Our neighbor gave a talk.  It was great to hear from him (and the others). Jacob switches classes next week (New Year.. New Class)  He had some awesome teachers, and he is sad to be loosing his teachers. I’m hoping he is a good kid during class. We finished off the night with some games. We had a great night until we had to put the boy to bed. I’m hoping we aren’t the only ones who have a rough time getting their kid(s) to bed.

I hope everyone has a great New Years Celebration this week. Keep safe out there and if you drink remember not to drive! You have options with Lyft and Uber.

Christmas Month

I am going to do another blog post this week. 

Having the holidays over is going to be awesome!  There are a lot of festive activities and parties, but it is one right after another!  The weekends are usually crammed packed, so you don’t have much down time.   Sunday after church are usually my favorite times.  We are chilled around here and take it easy.  

I have loved every event that we have attended and done this month.  Earlier this month, we attended a Christmas Party with my family.   Getting together with this side of the family, usually only happens once a year.   My family means the world to me and I wish that I saw them more!  As I’ve mentioned, my father passed away several years ago (30 years now).  We have since found out that he had a daughter before he got married to my mom.  It is a crazy DNA story that I will have to expound on sometime.   She fits right in with our family.  There are a lot of resemblances with her and my family that are spooky.    Each get together, we learn more and more about her.  So much fun!

This weekend, we were able to meet with Jacob’s birth grandma, J.  She lives in North Carolina, so we don’t get to see her very much.  She is divorced and has two adult kids that keep her busy!  Jacob’s birthmother has made some decisions in her life that aren’t the best.   It’s rough to see her go through this troubled time.   We have so much love for her and the decision she made to place with us.  We just don’t love her decisions she is making now.

We told Grandma J to meet us at Leatherby’s, so we could have food and desert, if she had eaten, since it was going to be late.  We show up and see a sign that says, “We are temporarily closed for remodeling….”  There was no mention of this online.  I look it up now and it still says it’s open!   Am I the only one who relies way too much on the internet to tell me what is going on?   We ended up going a block or two over to “Crown Burger”.    You can’t go wrong with burgers, can you?  We had a great visit with J.

Before the meeting with J, we had family photos taken.  I was dreading it, but it wasn’t as bad as I though it was going to be.  I’m not much of a suit person, but it went better than I thought.

We went through the Christmas In Color display this week in South Jordan, UT.  It is a big parking lot filled with Christmas lights synced to music and it is amazing!   It is a pretty fun thing to do as a family.  Jacob enjoys it.  Hopefully the biggest of scrooges can come through with a little Christmas spirit or a song or two stuck in your head.   This year, they added vertical lights have this 3D effect to them.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas this year.   I hope you don’t get caught up in the whole retail nightmare of Christmas.