Christmas Day

The had told the girls they could not come up before we came and got them, and that it would be around 7 am. Callie & Brynn woke up earlier than that, but listened to the radio and talked in the dark until we came to get them.
Waiting upstairs for them was:

Some castle building blocks for Brynn

A telescope for Callie

And some Wicked stuff for Kyra
They were all very happy with what they got and we spent a few minutes looking over those things before we started opening presents. One of Brynn's presents was a box with a note that just said "Go look in your room". So she ran down the hall and found that while she was sleeping during the night, Santa's Elves had been using power tools to hang a new canopy over her bed!

She loved it!
Kyra & Callie got lots of books, books, and more books. There will be much reading around here.
We finished opening gifts, had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and got dressed and ready to go. Went back to Dennis & Marti's to exchange gifts and eat leftovers for lunch. We'd hoped to see Charlie or Dave's family there but Charlie's family was still sick and Dave's family wasn't there. I think they came later, but we didn't see them. For the first time since we've been married, we didn't see ANY of Darrin's siblings at Christmas! (Spence & Bonnie were in AZ with her family, Kelly & Preston were in VA and didn't come this year) It felt very wierd!
After lunch we headed out to Eagle Mountain to Tim & Brittany's house for dinner. We had some yummy prime rib:

Played the game Apples to Apples, had dessert and headed for home. Halfway home, we got hit with a big wall of snow & wind, and the second half of the drive was in blizzard conditions, but we made it home safely and collapsed into bed.