Welcome, Christmas Morn!

{Our Holiday in Bullet Points}

- 'Twenty-Questions' with Jared.
- Rummy and Marbles (Keller crew). Imagine-iff (Dixon crew).
- Late nights every night.
- Sleeping in every other morning (Jared and I took turns).
- Two days to ourselves for our anniversary (thanks mom and dad!)
- Thai food.
- Temple trips.
- Smoked turkey.
- Cereal candy.
- Wild Ivy.
- Christmas shopping with my mom.
- Getting to be Santa’s helper. So fun!
- My cute new coat (Jared delivered!).
- New brown pearls.
- Seeing my darling nephews.
- Family pictures (Keller crew).
- Gift wrapping.
- Christmas Eve pajamas.
- Clear, safe roads (there and back).
- Dad’s hugs.
- Hearing Corrie tell Bella to “shut-the-hell up!”
- Seeing Grandma Dixon.
- Taking two hundred forty-two pictures in twelve days.
- Looking at Christmas lights.
- Kissing Jared in the backseat of my parents’ van.
- Kissing Jared beneath mistle toe.
- Kissing Jared on Christmas morning.
- New Baby Einstein dvds.
- Morgan’s silly faces.

- Celebrating traditions.

- Mom's new Christmas dishes.
- Our new miter saw.
- Morgan’s new hand-stitched quilt from Grandma Keller.
- Hymn and Children’s song books with pictures.
- Grandma Glenna: Pretty soon the Lord’s gonna say, “THAT’S IT! Everybody out of the pool!” (classic).
- Filling the truck cab, back of the truck, plus my parents’ trailer with Christmas goods and other loot we collected over the trip (including my lovely Wild Ivy purchase).
- Making it safely (and barely sanely) home once more.