Christmas!

Well I didn't cry once this Christmas! I was too busy having fun! On Christmas Eve day, Nate's mom called us and told us his little sister, Celeste, had to work in Island Park and the weather was so bad she couldn't come down and then go back up, so we all decided to go up instead. There had been a few cancelations so there were a few open cabins. The one we initially wanted to go to some young couple decided that they would take it instead. It was the biggest one, and who knows why the group with only two people decided they would get it. Oh well... We got into another one which had plenty of room. That one's plumbing started doing weird things so we packed everything up again and moved to another one of the same size. It all worked out. Nate and I improvised some ornaments and decorated this tiny tree to use as our Christmas Tree. There are hot tubs at each cabin so Kimball, Elise, Nate, and I all went out at about 10 on Christmas Eve. Kimball rolled around in the snow and did snow angels and then jumpped into the hot tub. I was not so much in the mood for that at the time. Christmas morning we all opened presents around our little tree. Nate and I got mostly DVDs that we both picked out at Wal-Mart on the day after Thanksgiving for two bucks each, but we also got a few games. I got Nate and Rachael some books called "Just Ask" books and they answer questions like "What is electricity?" "What is a wave?" Nate grew up with these books and I found them on E-Bay. Yay! I was also pleasantly surprised with a calendar with pictures of Christ in it, and 20 questions for Harry Potter, and the new book by J.K. Rowling "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" which I am SO excited to read!! Nate was also sweet enough to find me some beautiful earrings because he know I was looking for black ones. I love my husband and how hard he was trying to give me a good Christmas. It truly was fun and so memorable and I'm glad Rachael had an amazing first Christmas! (Pictures to come, I need to get them from Nate's sister, Melissa)