A Tale of Two Christmas

Even back before I can remember, my family has always had Christmas on Christmas Eve. We would wake up Christmas Eve morning, open our presents and then go to my Grandparents house for round two. I guess I just thought Santa loved us more and came a day early! My parents have kept the tradition going through the years, but as we got older and the presents more expensive, they started "The Hunt". YES- we actually have to follow clues to try and find our presents. It started off in my parents house and is now completely out of control. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but this years hunt took us to the Provo Airport and several places around it. It took us about an hour or so, but we made it back home to enjoy our gifts.


My brother Todd trying to make our clue appear with a candle....he only burned a few holes through it, but we figured it out.

The guys enjoying the spoils of the hunt....sorry Chris you must have been upstairs.


Houston on his hunt for pictures of cars to find his presents


Opening a few presents with Uncle Todd

After Houston took a nap we headed over to Josh's parents for the annual Christmas Eve feast. This is something that we all look forward to and talk about all year long- especially the guys! I will have to try and get a picture from my brother-in-law, but it is truly a sight to behold. Prime rib, shrimp of every kind and crab legs galore...Man I love food!


Houston opening presents with Nana on Christmas Morning- I couldn't get him to take his coat off for most of the morning.


Testing out his new bridge his Grandpa Cook made him. This was one of my favorite gifts because it was homemade and because it stopped him from driving on his Nana's nice ceramic bridge from her Christmas village!


Helping Uncle Taylor open his Christmas present from Santa


Houston watching his cousin Cannon open his light up sword, while Grandpa unwrapped his. About half way through the presents he was done opening things up for awhile!

We are very blessed to have such amazing friends and families and are so grateful for all that you do for us. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas & Happy New Year- We Love you!