Early Christmas in Utah

 I was so excited to be able to spend time with family for Christmas without having to pack all our presents with us.  We drove to Utah on the 16th after Sara's performance, so we got there pretty late.  Sara loves spending time with her cousins that she doesn't get to see very often.

We met Grandma Esau at the mall the next morning to do some shopping.  One of Sara's presents from Grandma was a new Build-A-Bear with an outfit.  After lunch at Charley's Steakery Sophie was ready for her nap, so Ben and I went back to Aaron and Nicole's place while the bigger kids stayed to ride the carousel.

 Later that night was our family party at Great Grandma Walker's.  The cousins had fun visiting and Grandma now has a whole new generation for her games.

 All the kids got new pajamas.

 Sophia and Paytin had fun playing together and of course Ben joined in the fun.

 Saturday was Grandma Esau's party and she had a nice, short program for the kids.  They liked hearing the story, but couldn't wait to open all the presents.

 Sophia loved unwrapping her presents this year!

 All the grandkids got Pillow Pets.  My kids have been bugging me for one of those for a long time!

 I'm pretty sure Owen liked the hooded towel I made for him and I hope to see it at Bear Lake next year!

 Ben and I got great presents from Rachel and Matt.  Thanks again!

 Some of Brandon's presents from Grandma.

 The blocks I worked so hard on turned out very cute and Grandma loved them!

 After dinner we all went to see Legend of the Guardians.  Sophie did not want to sit still at all, but Grandma spent time with her in the lobby until she fell asleep.

 Sophia and Tristan watching Simon's cat on the computer.

After church on Sunday we packed up the van and went to Monte and Kim's house for the rest of the day so we could drop off some presents and let the kids play.   Kim made two skirts for each of the girls, so we ended up staying pretty late.  The kids were tired and fell asleep before we got to I-15.  Before everyone fell asleep we sang some fun songs for Sophie.  We had so much fun and hope to have an early Christmas in Utah every year!