Christmas 2008
This year was a fabulous Christmas. On the morning of Christmas Eve, my sister-in-law, Rebecca gave birth to her first baby, a sweet little 7 lb 6 oz girl named Marleigh Jane Fuga. Since I am leaving to go to Washington DC for my internship on Monday, I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to meet my new niece before I left because she actually wasn't due until after January 1st. But luckily, she gave me my first gift of the season by coming early enough for me to meet her. 
This year for Christmas my parents, my brother Ammon, and I went to our sister Marian's house in Lewiston, Utah. We left on Christmas Eve and arrived at Marian's right before a huge blizzard pounded the whole state of Utah. We spent Christmas Eve playing Cranium and eating lots of yummy food.
On Christmas morning we drove a treacherous 2 blocks to my other sister Rachael's house to eat a delicious breakfast and to open presents. We had a lot of fun with my neice, Taylor, and nephew, Johnathan. Christmas is just so much more fun with little kids around. Mom and Dad got a digital camera (yes, we are forcing them to become part of the 21st century digital world) Marian and Rachael got new Bosch kitchen mixers, I got a pizza baking stone and some drinking glasses, Ammon got some new shirts, and Taylor and Johnathon got loads of toys, including a John Deere tractor set that both Johnny and Grandpa were pretty excited about.
After breakfast we went back to Marian's house where her step-children had arrived to open their presents. With six kids ages 17 to 7, and with Taylor wanting to "help" EVERYONE open their presents, it was chaos for a while.
After all the commotion, Marian and Vern and their kids left to go to Idaho to have dinner with Vern's family, we went back to Rachael and Clay's house, and then we watched movies and took a nap. It was a great day. The kids had lots of fun chasing and being chased by the "Grandpa Monster."
Rachael and Clay then argued about who knew how to make dinner better, but eventually dinner got made and we had delicious pork roast, ribs, rolls and green beans. Clay's sister, Tarin and her son Treyson came over to join in on the fun.
In all it was a fantastic Christmas. We were all glad we could be here to spend time with the kids.
Merry Christmas to all!
