Thursday, January 3, 2008

Christmas Recap

I'm back from my blogging break. Sorry it's been so long. We've had a crazy yet wonderful December. From Christmas parties to visiting family in Orem to traveling to Oregon, our December was the best! Thanks to everyone who hosted, fed, and entertained us. We love you all!


Here's a marathon recap....


Our annual Neil Diamond Christmas party, complete with our most 'festive' sweaters and mugs. This year was a little scaled down, but still quite merry.




A new twist on our party...flaming raisins. The little flame that you see is actually someone eating a flaming raisin. Lots of peer pressure involved to get me to do it!




We had our own little Christmas morning with Grandma and Grandpa Shaw. It was very fun. Grandma made these blankets for our girls for Christmas. So cute!

Chillin' with the fam. It was wonderful to see Mike and Rachel again. They are so great!




Can you tell that Gracie loves her Grandma? So good to see her again!




We did a nativity on Christmas Eve that involved two Marys and only one Joseph...is it O.K. to add a polygamist twist?




Christmas dinner with the Garlock clan. The lovely crowns were gifts from our poppers.



We felt like we needed to do some 'kid-friendly' things on our trip, so we took our girls to the Salem carousel. Gracie LOVED it. Sophie, as usual, was a little nervous, but fell right into the fun after a few times around.



Our family. A little sad that our turn was all over.


Gracie and Sophie posing in their new Christmas attire.


This is a cool picture, because it shows that every single member of the Tim and Mary Garlock posterity was together in the temple for the first time. That is one proud mother in the middle!

5 comments:

Trevor and Brooke said...

Looks like you guys had a great time. Maybe we'll get to meet up in the future sometime. Hope all is well!

heather said...

Good to see you had a great Christmas. I want to know more about your Neil Diamond party. What is that all about? It sounds intriguing.

MOMMACITA said...

SOOOOOOOOOOO fun! Miss you awful!

austin and cherisse said...

neil diamond, you can't beat that.

Daisha said...

It was so nice ot see you over the holidays and Macie loved playing with Gracie.
Daisha