The Pattersons: Cabin and Christmas

We were able to go downtown for the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas concert and it was so great! We rode trax downtown with my mom and dad. It was a wonderful concert, but my favorite part was the organ solo. That Richard Elliot sure knows how to play that organ. He did an amazing solo of "Sleigh Ride" and it was amazing! My other favorite part was hearing Tom Brokaw tell the story of the Candy Bomber, who happens to be my best friend Heidi's grandpa. It was such an amazing presentation! We also got to enjoy the Pearson Family party the same weekend.
We made our annual trip to the cabin and it was fun as usual! Max was a little moody, but overall it was a great trip. He really liked riding in the "airplane", or the snowmobile, with Molly. It was just a great time to relax and be with family!

battling cars with Doug

Max and Molly

On Sunday, we got to spend some time with my family and have our annual progressive dinner. We started at mom and dads, then Dave and Nina's, Mike and Mischele's and ended with dessert at Cynthia and Chad's house. I really love being with family this time of year! It is the last Christmas we will spend with everyone, because the grandkids will start going on missions this year!

This a recreation of an old picture, I'll have to get the old one and put it on here for comparison. So funny!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! It was a white Christmas, which is always great! We went swimming in the morning and had delicious breakfast for dinner on Christmas Eve. Max loved the pancakes and said, "mmm...I love them." He also said some form of, "best pancakes i've ever had". It was so cute! When we were saying the prayer on the food, Max kept eating the pancakes with his eyes closed. Such a funny boy! We opened jammies and watched "Joy to the World". In the morning, Max came into our room and he kept saying it was Christmas. He must have remember that I told him it was going to be Christmas the next day because I don't think he understood what was downstairs waiting for him. When we walked down the stairs, we told him that Santa Claus came and he went over to the tree and was looking for him in the tree. Once he saw his toys, he was gone. His favorite thing was a pirate ship. We opened presents and Max helped us with most of them. Then we headed over to the Patterson house for breakfast and more presents. We were super spoiled, especially Max. He got some Winnie the Pooh and Finding Nemo figures. He loved putting them in and out of a paper bag and showing them to everyone! Then we headed to Draper to see Nana and Granddad. It was a mad house as usual, but awesome to see everyone! We are super blessed and I'm so thankful for this wonderful time of year that we can celebrate our Savior. I am so grateful for my wonderful family and for a rambunctious 2 year old who is starting to understand stuff and I love watching him have so much fun!