Christmas 2023

 Our Ward Christmas party was at the Agridome where we had dinner, games and a live nativity.

When we were in Calgary for a basketball tournament with Calgary, we got to go to a Giving Machine and donated the money for a goat.

It was a Perkins year for Christmas, so Jill and Larsen had Christmas in Panguitch.  James and Hanna had Christmas in Wyoming. Christmas in Cardston included me, Austin, Lucy & Carly. Christmas Eve was on a Sunday so we got to go to Christmas church - one of my favorite Sundays of the year. Austin even sang in the choir with me this year. It was a good meeting.

The Lees came to Grandmas after church for dinner and a program. We had meats, cheeses, crackers, soup, fruits, vegetables, etc. Then we had a program in Grandma's basement - a few songs and reading the Christmas story from Luke. Austin's contribution was that he had Carly make a video with pictures of family members who have passed away with the song "Christmas in Heaven." To keep the tradition alive, Lucy and Carly got new pajamas to open on Christmas Eve. Jill sent us the picture of Will in his new pajamas - apparently he didn't want to get his picture taken.Christmas morning was great. Lucy got new luggage. Carly got new airpods. There were lots of other meaningful gifts exchanged. After a delicious Christmas breakfast, we headed to Taber to celebrate with the Lees. The weather was so nice that we had a football game outside - it is usually our Thanksgiving tradition, but we didn't get together on Christmas this year. It is rare for it to be nice enough to be outside on Christmas, but it was that day for a short game.

Then we had a fancy and delicious Christmas dinner that Sarah made and played some games to end our Christmas day.