Christmas Time!

Our family has so much to be grateful for this year for Christmas.  We've had a few setbacks in the last few months with Dan's jobs, he's had to change jobs 4 times since we moved to SLC. He's finally found one that is working out well and he is enjoying. During the last 4 months, we've been able to stay with my parents. Not having any rent or mortgage payments (since we are renting out the house in Logan to college students) has been such a huge blessing for us! It's been great being so close to my family and Ethan absolutely  LOVES his grandparents! They frequently tell us that when we move, he can stay there!
The week before Christmas, Dan and I found an apartment to move our family to before Little Brother gets here. It's right off 7200 S and much closer for Dan's drive to work. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom brand new apartment and we are so excited to have a place for our family to grow! The boys will each get their own room and Dan and I are so excited for a master bedroom with a walk-in closet and separate bathroom. It was perfect timing for Christmas, so Dan and I splurged a little on a bedroom set and new couches as a gift for ourselves!

Other than moving to our new home, we've been able to enjoy Christmas time here in SLC. We've had plenty of Christmas parties with family and we've been able to get together with a lot of our friends over the holidays.

 Christmas Eve we spent at my parents house. We had a family dinner, exchanged gifts amongst the siblings and cousins. Ethan got some new bath toys and a huge bag of Megablocks-all of which he LOVES.

 My siblings and Mom went in on a very nice concert piano bench for my Dad. He's pianist and musician and he's never had one before and he loved it.  Ethan and my nephew Hayden helped him unwrapped his present.

Afterwards, we drove up to Snowbird Ski Resort and watched a Candlelight Procession of skiers coming down the mountain-ending with Santa Claus repelling out of the tram. Afterwards, my Dad and his friend who plays the saxophone play Christmas songs and there's a non-denominational Christmas service. My Dad has been playing for this event for several years now but this is the first time we've been able to attend. It was really pretty fun!

  You can kinda see Santa repelling down from the Tram.