Christmas--Just the Three of Us

Ben was overjoyed when he learned his first Christmas back home from his mission would be spent with just the folks.

I think seeing Santa Claus had filled up his stocking made him happy. And wasn't it great that Santa did not forget to bring the traditional small cereals?

Looks like Glen was happy with his picks of the little cereals that he was going to eat for breakfast.

Ben was the designated Christmas scripture story reader this year. I don't know if I'll ever get used to reading scriptures out of an electronic device instead of from a real book.

Here we are opening our gifts.

There you go family members who weren't here with us. Don't you now feel like you were part of the Christmas morning festivities?

The Golden family came for a visit that evening. We received an updated family picture--the one and only thing I want from each of our children for Christmas.

Look at us with a batch of cute grandchildren.

I love Spencer's side hair part and bright red sweater.

Since it was Sunday, there was the usual popping of the popcorn.

Dallas was definitely more interested in playing with the new iPad than he was in eating popcorn. He tried to talk me into trading his iPod for my iPad.

Rebecca commented that he would surely use it for many more things than I ever would. I do not doubt that statement. I did appreciate the apps he was putting on there for me.

And if any of you wonder why the Golden family photo shows up first thing on the screen--it's because my app specialist chose it.

Brooke decided she would rather eat the candy cane Ben got for Christmas. He quickly hid the bubble tape and the skittles so she wouldn't eat those.

This was the beginning of a gigantic sick spell for Glen. Too much popcorn on Sundays always makes for an active tummy for him the next day, but this was ridiculous.

Glen was up all night long, sicker than a dog. Poor man!!!

I kind of jumped ahead in the story by posting the surgery post before the Christmas posts. This was the beginning of what got the ball rolling leading to surgery.