Holiday Overview

Well, I'm writing this blog at my mother-in-law's house in Hurricane, Utah, on the last day of our holiday vacation. Again, I've been chastised by family members for letting too much time lapse in between postings (I won't mention any names!). My problem is I think I either have to: a) have earth-shattering news to post or b) have new pictures to accompany my blog. I guess that the entire point of have a blog is sharing life's "everyday" little matters - so I'll try harder to update more regularly:)

We've had a wonderful holiday season, beginning with a trip into SLC a couple of weeks ago to see the lights at Temple Square. If you're wondering where our Christmas card photo came from, it was courtesy of some passersby at Temple Square who snapped them for us! We also took in a movie and ate dinner together. Following that expedition, we had a wonderful ward Christmas party. The kids were out of school early on the 19th - four days before we traveled down to Washington County - so with everyone's help, we took the opportunity to unpack the remaining boxes in the storage room and garage. To quote the Incredibles, we are now "officially" moved in! On the 21st, we made a trip into Provo to finish up our Christmas shopping, then met with some friends (the Daren Gates Family) at Thanksgiving Point to watch the new "National Treasure" movie. The following day, the Jazz Bear was in Price so Jefferson got his autograph and some photos with him. We left for Hurricane on Sunday, the 23rd, after our Sacrament Meeting. I had my doubts about actually spending Christmas so far from home - especially considering the work of hauling everything there and back. However, it was a wonderful decision; we had so many family members come home from out-of-town and I appreciated that we had extra time to spend with everyone playing games and visiting with each other. Some of our days this week have been spent in Cedar City, cleaning up the mess left by the fire and preparing the house for repairs. Again, we feel fortunate that the damage wasn't worse. Our week ended today with the funeral of Pauline Wulffenstein, Del's maternal grandmother. She had been ill for several years, so it was quite a blessing when she passed away a few days before Christmas. Her posterity decided to celebrate her life last night by getting together to eat, share favorite memories, play games, and march to Grandma's favorite music. It was great way to say goodbye to a great lady. All-in-all, we've had a wonderful holiday season so far, but look forward to traveling home tomorrow and resuming our "normal" schedule:)