Christmas and many other updates, keep scrolling!

I updated about 3 months of blogging including Brogen's surgery which I have been dreading doing. It took me hours to do all this at once so I am vowing never to do that again!

Brogen's first Christmas! Yah! I have been so excited for Christmas break this year. I got to have 2 weeks off of work and just be with Brogen. I feel like I miss out on a lot while I am at work and I can't believe how fast the time flies. He is growing up so fast! So we started off the vacation by going to my mom's house for my family's Christmas party on the 23rd. We had yummy food especially Grandma Nells famous potato salad. Then we played a couple of Christmas games and then Santa and Mrs. Clause came by our party. I thought Brogen would cry when I made him sit on Santa's lap but he just sat there and looked at him. I told Santa that Brogen wanted a rocking horse for Christmas














After that we played Quelf and laughed our heads off. Thanks mom for a fun party! The next morning we got up and headed for the cabin to have Christmas with Jared's family. We were so excited to be up in the pretty mountains with lots of snow and mostly we were excited to spend time with family, especially Ryan and Bri, who we hadn't seen in awhile. Bri was flying in that night so we waited to have our Christmas program until later and poor Brogen was so tired so he missed out on that. We had a yummy dinner and t
hen we unwrapped our Christmas pajamas and everyone said their favorite scripture and talked a little bit about it. It was very good! It was so beautiful at the cabin and we even had a Christmas tree. Before we put Brogen to bed we had him open his Christmas pajamas. I was so excited to start this tradition with him. He wasn't too interested in opening them so I had to help him a little

























































A few pictures of all the family on Christmas Eve















We got up around 7:30 on Christmas morning and Brogen must have been a very good boy because there was the cutest little rocking horse for him. He smiles every time we push the button and it makes it sounds and its tail and head move.
Some pics of Christmas morning














Grandpa Paul even picked out his own present to give to Brogen which is a set of keys that make noise. Brogen loves them! It was an awesome first Christmas for Brogen and I know it will just get funner every year. Later that day we went sledding and had so much fun being pulled behind the mule. Jared and Ryan were being daredevils and took turn pulling each other behind the 4 wheeler on the snowboard. It was fun to watch and laugh at them. We had a yummy turkey dinner and then just played some Cover your Assets, Mormon Bridge, and Quelf, which was so entertaining and fun. We stayed at the cabin until Sunday afternoon and we were sad to leave but excited to have a few days at home. It was so fun to spend time with family and we will especially miss Ryan and Bri! Thanks for a fun Christmas!