Christmas in Cali

Who would have thought we'd get to fly standby at Christmas?! We took advantage of my JetBlue flying privileges again and the whole family flew out to Bakersfield for FREE! We even got to sit by each other on the plane. We had a very laid-back Christmas and got together several times with my grandparents (who just recently moved here), my mom's cousin Barbara Ann, my parents, brother, and my sister Katy and her husband, Tyler, and little girl, Lucy. We had dinner and a little Christmas devotional on Christmas Eve. Brooklyn opened her present from Katy since the Nichols would be spending Christmas morning with Tyler's family:
Here is Brooklyn Christmas morning. We didn't get her any presents because I've been on maternity leave so we don't have a lot of extra money. Her Aunt Lisa, Aunt Katy, Grandma and Grandpa Maner, Barbara Ann, and Nana and Grandpa Allred all got her some things so I don't think she noticed.

I made Lucy a book for church with a bunch of pictures of her doing different things. It was more work than I anticipated, but also quite enjoyable. I was so excited to give it to her and she seemed to really like it.

Here are the peanut and I taking a little nap together. I have to admit that this picture was staged. I thought it would be sweet, so when Jason was taking my picture I said, "Wait! Let me pretend like I'm sleeping!" You can kind of tell that I'm trying not to laugh.

And here are Lucy and Brooklyn together with their grandpa. Maybe next time they see each other Brooklyn will be sitting up so they won't need anyone to hold them in their together picture.

There is obviously a lot more to tell. I just wanted to get these pictures from my mom's camera before we leave to go back to Utah tomorrow. That is, if we get on the flight. Otherwise, it won't be until Monday. I think we might have a few pictures on our camera too, but we are really bad about remembering to take it out so don't expect much. We did get a digital camcorder for Christmas so we should be able to post more videos when we figure out how to work it. I know you're on the edge of your seats for that! Happy new year!!