My mom got us some tickets to the David Archuleta concert, you actually had to win them like a lottery or something since so many people requested them. But let's just say that 13 year old Jennica was a little more excited than I was. We seriously had to wait in a line that wrapped around the entire building....and you know it wasn't to see the Mo Tab. But it was actually so lovely, we really enjoyed it. It kicked off Christmas right ya know. Here we are freezin our booties off in lines. 
Christmas is here!! And isn't this really whats it's all about? These cute kiddos acted out the nativity and it was simply adorable. I remember being Mary myself...actually I didn't even graduate until I was about 16! I love getting to celebrate with Gramma Watkins otherwise I'd miss the tradition.
For the NEXT party on Christmas Eve we went back to my parent's house. We had a lovely dinner, gift exchange, and played out Christmas chimes. Then we got to watch my favoritest movie of all time!! "It's a Wonderful Life" Makes me cry every time. It was so nice just being with family today and especially not having to work! And I love that we got to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas day! 
You can see we are LOVIN Christmas this year!!
Brandon was so excited this year because he drew Austin's name and knew just went to get him. Austin love DP more than anyone loves anything so Brandon got him a shirt and stash. Austin was actually stoked!! 
Poor dad just turned 50 and can't see anymore. He entertained us carrying around his flashlight all night to read everything. 
Here we are talkin to Kaylie. Oh how I miss her. And secretly soooo happy to hear that she's NOT extending so she'll be home in about 3 months! We also got to talk to Bryan and he's doing so great! 
We spent Christmas at the Duffin's for our NEXT party. It was lots of fun too. This year we created "Duffin's top 10" We all cast in votes for highlights of the year and Dave and Kathy made a hilarious top 10. My favorites include "We find out Brandon has a brain"(since he graduated college) and "Dave and Kathy can retire in peace" (since I graduated nursing school) and we all guess the event yada yada you get the idea. It was fun. 
Kathy always cooks the most DELICIOUS meals and I overeat every time. This time was especially great and it may be partly due to how beautiful she makes everything. This is a glimpe of Christmas dinner but it's merely a glimpse of how pretty her house is at Christmas. 
We had another fun gift exchange too, here's Brandon with his new Jazz flag... 
Brad with his new mohawk for his snomobile helmet.... 
Greatest of all the new family fooseball table! Part of the fun was just putting it together. Don't you love that about Christmas...playing with new stuff and putting stuff together? 
Here's Dave with his new helmet. It's actually a head massager. It looks so futuristic huh? 
We're so grateful for family at this time of year. We're so blessed to get to be with them. And I'm grateful for this time of year to be able to reflect on the reason for this season. I'm grateful to be able to celebrate it and for what it means in my life.
Christmas is here!! And isn't this really whats it's all about? These cute kiddos acted out the nativity and it was simply adorable. I remember being Mary myself...actually I didn't even graduate until I was about 16! I love getting to celebrate with Gramma Watkins otherwise I'd miss the tradition.
For the NEXT party on Christmas Eve we went back to my parent's house. We had a lovely dinner, gift exchange, and played out Christmas chimes. Then we got to watch my favoritest movie of all time!! "It's a Wonderful Life" Makes me cry every time. It was so nice just being with family today and especially not having to work! And I love that we got to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas day! 
You can see we are LOVIN Christmas this year!!
Brandon was so excited this year because he drew Austin's name and knew just went to get him. Austin love DP more than anyone loves anything so Brandon got him a shirt and stash. Austin was actually stoked!! 
Poor dad just turned 50 and can't see anymore. He entertained us carrying around his flashlight all night to read everything. 
Here we are talkin to Kaylie. Oh how I miss her. And secretly soooo happy to hear that she's NOT extending so she'll be home in about 3 months! We also got to talk to Bryan and he's doing so great! 
We spent Christmas at the Duffin's for our NEXT party. It was lots of fun too. This year we created "Duffin's top 10" We all cast in votes for highlights of the year and Dave and Kathy made a hilarious top 10. My favorites include "We find out Brandon has a brain"(since he graduated college) and "Dave and Kathy can retire in peace" (since I graduated nursing school) and we all guess the event yada yada you get the idea. It was fun. 
Kathy always cooks the most DELICIOUS meals and I overeat every time. This time was especially great and it may be partly due to how beautiful she makes everything. This is a glimpe of Christmas dinner but it's merely a glimpse of how pretty her house is at Christmas. 
We had another fun gift exchange too, here's Brandon with his new Jazz flag... 
Brad with his new mohawk for his snomobile helmet.... 
Greatest of all the new family fooseball table! Part of the fun was just putting it together. Don't you love that about Christmas...playing with new stuff and putting stuff together? 
Here's Dave with his new helmet. It's actually a head massager. It looks so futuristic huh? 
We're so grateful for family at this time of year. We're so blessed to get to be with them. And I'm grateful for this time of year to be able to reflect on the reason for this season. I'm grateful to be able to celebrate it and for what it means in my life. The next day we were off to our NEXT party. My family went to a cabin up in the Timberlakes for a week to celebrate my dads 50th! What an old man sheesh. It included some fun fooseball tournaments and ping pong. Brandon is real great at is all, but then again I think he's good at everything... 
Me and dad snomobiling on his birfday! 
Could you guess that I'm the one in the pink? 
And more snow than I've ever seen! We literally had to dig ourselves out!!! 
A HUGE thanks to Ben for bringing up his sleds for us all to use. We couldn't have done it without ya.....and we had such a blast! 2 brothers.... 
and 2 friends.... 
I think I need to get away every year after Christmas just so I don't have to work! I just love being with Brandon and family and it was sooooo I mean sooooo crappy going back to work. But we thoroughly enjoyed the holiday. And stay tuned for a 2010 update next time. I have to say that cuz I'm sure you all think I'm such a slacker by new for never updating!
Me and dad snomobiling on his birfday! 
Could you guess that I'm the one in the pink? 
And more snow than I've ever seen! We literally had to dig ourselves out!!! 
A HUGE thanks to Ben for bringing up his sleds for us all to use. We couldn't have done it without ya.....and we had such a blast! 2 brothers.... 
and 2 friends.... 
I think I need to get away every year after Christmas just so I don't have to work! I just love being with Brandon and family and it was sooooo I mean sooooo crappy going back to work. But we thoroughly enjoyed the holiday. And stay tuned for a 2010 update next time. I have to say that cuz I'm sure you all think I'm such a slacker by new for never updating!
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