The week before Christmas

    Sunday Greg and I made a quick trip up to Oregon to see Tad for his surprise 40th birthday party. It was a short, but fun, trip and it was fun to see Tad and Megan. We also made a quick stop at Melissa and Garrett's and had a yummy lunch date.

 47 & 40 never looked so good!

This was a 'blessing'!

These street tacos were worth the 6 hour drive!

A quick detour to see the Shoshone falls only to be mildly disappointed that they weren't flowing. 

    Later in the week, Greg, Charlie and I stopped by our good friends house to drop off a little gift and ended up coming home with more gifts for ourselves. She's the sweetest lady and has a house of Christmas decorations that are over the top fantastic!

Charlie dancing with the dancing Santa.

I came home with this adorable gnome and three new Santa dolls to add to my small collection.

    And tonight was our wards nativity program and Charlie was asked to participate as an angel, which she happily agreed to. She, and several other cute girls from her primary class, sang "Away in a Manger".

 

    And of course we had our annual Christmas Eve gift opening and this year it was hoodies instead of pajamas. Most everyone was happy with what they got. (Apparently I'm not good at picking sizes so I'll need to do better in the future.)

 

 

    And because of sizing issues I ended up getting this sweatshirt twice so now Charlie and I get to be twins.

 

    We've now had our annual viewing of "Mr. Krueger's Christmas", a must see every Christmas Eve. We've read the annual Christmas story sent to us from Grandma Baker and now Santa can come and add to the fun. Merry Christmas!