Merry Christmas!

Okay, so I am a bit late in posting about Christmas!
We were in Utah for 2 weeks and got home LATE last night after sitting in an airplane forever waiting to be de-iced. Luckily it was past bed time and Gavin slept on me the entire time. Alexa & Greg were several rows in front of me. Alexa sat next to an 8 year old girl and had the time of her life, chatting it up.
Christmas was great. Before we left home we opened presents so we wouldn't have to travel with them all. Alexa was so excited. She really started to get the whole Santa thing so it was fun to see her. She still says "we need to go to bed now so Santa can come bring us presents tomorrow."
In Utah, We started out with Greg's family's annual "Perry Progressive Dinner" the Sunday before Christmas. It as always was DELICIOUS! We then spent Christmas Eve with my family out at Fred & Judy's house. It is a little non-traditional because we have a sushi bar and I think the kids eat more of it than the adults. It is so fun though and the kids all play together so well.
Christmas day was also a lot of fun too. Greg's family has a grand breakfast buffet prepared by Greg's mom and aunts. Yum! Then the adults all bring a white elephant gift and read the "Lefty / Mr. Wright" pass around story. Then the kids tore into their gifts. Alexa crashed before gift time so she opened hers after her nap. Oh well.
While we were there Greg and I both got to see a lot of friends. I went to my friend Wendy's wedding shower up in Layton. I haven't seen her for a few years so Judy & I over-stayed our welcome and hung out for an hour after the shower was over. It was so fun. Wendy lives in LA and right when she moved there she was Aurora at Disneyland for 2 years. There were pictures of her in costume and Alexa was sure that she was now best friends with the real Aurora. They hit it of quickly and Alexa was mesmerized. It was so cute. Gavin as always charmed all of the ladies. It was great to see some old friends. Thanks Pat & Wendy!
I also saw some of my old high-school gals at Jill's annual Christmas Breakfast. It was great but I wish that everyone could have come. Our last night there we were able to spend with Phil & Kristy who lived by us in Power Ranch and now live in Riverton. We stayed out late at Chili's chatting and it was so great to see them. They are having their first baby on Tuesday! Yahoo!
All-in-all it was a GREAT trip. Greg's mom took good care of us and we lived like Kings for 2 weeks. I say this every time but it is such a wonderful treat to stay there and be taken care of and have a break from the same old routine every day. We take too much advantage of her hospitality and maid service. She is THE BEST!