Christmas this year was in Tucson, since Thanksgiving was in Austin. Per Amanda's family tradition, we all spent Christmas Eve at the Dillons' house, where we ate lots of yummy food, read the Christmas story, exchanged family gifts (including the traditional Christmas pajamas), and played the recent but already beloved addition to the evening--the movie game ;). Then we headed back to our house and exchanged our gifts for each other. Shopping for each other for our first Christmas was a lilttle intimidating--would the other person like what we bought, would they expect this or that, etc. Luckily, we both managed to find things for each other that we really loved and were happy with. Amanda especially liked the Kitchen Aid mixer, and the wrapped jewelry box that turned out to be housing a Ring Pop. We got up Christmas morning and found that Santa had left stockings at our house--hooray! Still in our new pajamas, we headed back to the Dillons' house and had a fantastic time. We started with presents and were really excited to get a Wii Fit; all the better to work off those holiday pounds with! We opened presents for a while, then took a break because we got to call Elder Dillon in South Africa! Christmas is one of two days of the year that we can talk to him on the phone. It was so great to hear his voice, and it made Christmas even more special. That hour flew by, and it was so hard to hang up the phone. Once we pulled ourselves together, we had some breakfast and finished opening presents. Santa sent us home with some beautiful clothes, cookbooks, camping equipment and more. We were very blessed! He had even left stockings for us there too! The rest of the day was spent trying on new clothes, playing games, and watching lots of movies, all in our pajamas. It was a wonderful Christmas!
Christmas Eve
The Movie Game!
Back at our house (with the Ring Pop)
Christmas Morning
On the phone with Brett
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