Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas in Utah (the aftermath) 2009

On the 26th Joe and I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple with Mom & Dad and Uncle Gary. It was wonderful and a really great way to start the morning after Christmas.
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Here’s the view from the Temple across the valley to the East. In Utah we call that nice smoggy stuff an inversion; it’s when all the gross gunk gets trapped with the cold air below the warm air all between the mountains on the East and West, called the basin.
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The Oquirrh Mountain Temple
After our visit at the Temple, we decided to meet up with the Grover family at the bowling alley. They were there to celebrate Abby’s birthday, which is the 26th.
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All dressed up for bowling!
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Abby with Rachael and Andy.
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Abby bowling
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Rachael bowling
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Miles got some pep talk from his dad before bowling
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Ryan and Andy bowling
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Cute Rachael and Andy
Since it was out last night in Utah, I wanted to have one last get together with my family, so we invited whoever wanted to join us at Crown Burger for a little burger dinner, they have the best fry sauce!
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Christmas time in Utah with the family was fantastic. We love all the time we get to spend with them.
On the unfortunate side of things, a nasty 24 hour flu was running through the Grigg family. Joe had it Christmas Eve and I ended up getting it the night of the 26th. We were supposed to leave early the 27th, but that wasn’t going to happen. Joe was able to move our flight back to the afternoon and get on a direct flight. Luckily the Meads live near by and have good drugs, so LeAnn hooked us up, and I pretty much slept through the flight. It’s too bad things ended that way, but over all the trip was wonderful!

Christmas Morning in Utah! 2009

Since Christmas Eve is the Johnson tradition, Christmas morning is the Grigg tradition.
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Nate, Libby, Dottie
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Every couple gets a stocking!
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Annie got a sweet snuggie
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Joe got LOL Cats and an iTunes gift card
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For Steve and Sharon we decided they needed Rock Band Beatles Edition. Joe and I also were on a quest to find them another guitar. We thought we could just pick it up in Utah when we got there, but it was not an easy task! We went out during a snow storm and ended up driving to several Best Buys before we were able to find one of the last guitars in the valley! What?!
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Steve surprised Sharon with a new Mac Book, it was very exciting
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Ian, Tykena, Olivia
We always have croissants and treats for breakfast together.
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Steve and Sharon took a minute to dance to some Christmas musicP1060376P1060379P1060387P1060389P1060396P1060407P1060412P1060416
Sam and Kaite made it over with their kids, Robbie and Audrey. So another round of gift exchange needed to happen. Nate and Libby got some Dough Girl cookies.P1060420P1060422
We gave Katie and Sam the Family Yahtzee we made, they seemed to like it.P1060428P1060431
Katie gave Sharon a super cute calendar. She does these beautifully scrapped calendars with pictures of the kids and family for each month.
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And then it was time to play with some toys. Robbie got a sweet Cars car set.P1060443P1060445
And Sharon needed to play with her new Beatles Rockband!P1060449P1060452P1060454
It was definitely a magical Christmas and we loved spending it with both sides of the family. We love our families!