The Beal/Cannon Family: Christmas Break

Wow Christmas Vacation is coming to an end. I can't believe it. In the first week of Christmas vacation we mostly lounged at home until we went to Utah. I made soup for Christmas Eve dinner and a banner for my friend's birthday party. I decided we would do a mini Christmas morning here where the kids would open one present and open up their stockings. I figured that would be less things to pack and worry about. So Tuesday morning the kids had a mini Christmas morning. We also had bacon and homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast. It was fun. On Wednesday we got packed and headed down to Salt Lake. The road to Utah was closed according to the road report website but we decided to take our chances as it was a sunny day. As I suspected by the time we made it to the junction the roads were open. Hooray, no driving through Pocatello! We made it in time for dinner at Hires. Second hooray. That night we just visited and played a game.

The next day was Christmas Eve. In the afternoon Scott and I joined Nana and the kids to the movie, "The Good Dinosaur." It wasn't my favorite per say but the animation scenery was amazing! That evening we had soup and salad and rolls for dinner. Carole's salad was so delicious, I had fourths! I wish I could eat some right now and I'm not just saying that because I'm fasting right now, ha. After people decorated gingerbread men. Then we sang Christmas karaoke songs. Corbin and Gabby especially liked that, they wished they knew more Christmas songs to sing. After that everyone acted out a Nativity play. Followed by a few rounds of Ninja. Then we put kids to bed and watched The Musical Scrooge. I fall asleep for part of the movie every year. This year I think I caught too many late night z's and then I could hardly sleep that night. I had my worst night sleep Christmas Eve and felt kind of crummy on Christmas day. Not bad, but not great.

Christmas morning the kids opened their presents and then we headed next door to a delicious Christmas breakfast hosted by Colie and Rustin. After breakfast we headed back over and the adults continued to open presents for a few hours. Corbin and Gabby went sledding at Colie and Rustin's in the afternoon. Piper literally played with her Christmas presents by herself the entire day. It was kind of crazy. Everyone gathered again for a delicious Christmas dinner. After dinner I went and danced with my kids on the x-box next door and everyone else tested a new game. Then we played another game and played feats of strength. We competed to see who could do a wall sit the longest, a plank, balance on one foot, leg lift. Plus arm wrestling and push ups. It was painful. Ha.

The next day Ryan barfed twice at breakfast and I was having visions of St. George vacation all over again. I was ready to pack up and go home if that was the case. Ugh. Luckily he didn't throw up again after that. Random. That afternoon several of us went to the new star wars movie. I am not a Star Wars fan but I enjoyed the movie well enough. That night I stayed home with Ryan and everyone else went bowling for Corbin's birthday.

On Sunday there was a family missionary homecoming that we went to in Pleasant Grove. The food after was so good. That night everyone gathered again for Sunday dinner and Corbin birthday presents.

On Monday we got packed up and headed home but not before stopping for lunch at Hires, where it all began. It was a good time with the Cannons as always. My kids LOVED every minute.

We mostly just vegged at home the last week of Christmas vacation. Some days we didn't even get dressed. It was great! I went to the movie Joy on Tuesday night with a friend and I loved that movie. On New Years Eve I got my house decorated and set up our annual New Years Eve party. We had lot of eats and played different games all night. It was a lot of fun. On Friday I went to my good friend's 40th birthday party. There was so much yummy food to be had there too. Oh man I'm afraid of the damage I may have done this Christmas break. Ha. We also took the kids out to Pojos on New Years day and grabbed a pizza on the way home.

Now it's time to stop stuffing my face every minute and stop sleeping in and back to reality. It sure has been great while it lasted though. I should have taken a picture of my kids with their presents. Oh well, Gabby said "I can't believe I got everything that I wanted."