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I have had a wonderful Christmas break. Scott had the days leading up to Christmas and Christmas Day off, which was awesome! Travis and Rachel arrived the Friday before Christmas. I had a great time hanging out with them. Christmas Eve and Day was perfect. I love our tradition of family spending the night at my parent’s house. My dad put together another great Christmas Eve game. I think everyone had fun playing it. On Christmas morning we took our time opening gifts and sharing what we had gotten with everyone. I love all of my gifts!! Later that day we went to the Mann’s house for a late lunch. The next night Fred, Lu and Isabel came to town for another Christmas celebration. I have really enjoyed this past week since Christmas hanging out with family. We played the Mexican Train Game a lot this week!! One day Travis, Dad and I played it for about 2½ hours. We also went to The Plaza, Town Center, the mall, saw movies, rented movies and played games. Keith and Sarah came to town for a few days! It was great to see them. The guys mostly played video games, so Sarah and I watched movies and shopped! Yesterday we took T&R to the airport, which was a little sad. I had a great break and feel so blessed to have such a wonderful, fun and loving family.

I had a fantastic Christmas break. Grama, Travis and Rachel came to town so Scott and I moved in with my parents for the week so we would not miss out on any of the fun. Unfortunately, Scott had to work some.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was wonderful. We had a great time together and laughed a lot. We did the usually things…ate, talked, watched a movie on Christmas, opened presents, talked and ate some more.

When it was time for the Li’s to go home Gabe started to cry and “Juju” told Gabe he could stay with us and spend the night. He took my mom up on it. He was so cute and excited when he realized he really was staying with us and Sadie and his parents were going home. We played for a little bit and then he went to bed. He woke Scott and I up early the next morning to play. He is such a sweet little guy.

The week after Christmas was just as great. It was nice to spend time with my Grama. I also love hanging out with Travis and Rachel. The week was full of all kinds of excitement. We went to the movies, went shopping, ate on the Plaza, played games and visited my classroom. We also had a cousin’s game night at the Li’s. Three or four nights in a row we played a game called the Settlers of Catan. It is fun but we always started the game late and were tired by the end of it. Rachel and I never understood why we didn’t have good luck with winning.

Libby spent over a week in the hospital and is still there. She is doing better. We have all been keeping her in our thoughts. Hopefully she goes home soon.

On New Year’s Eve Scott and I went to our first Chief’s game. My Uncle Fred gave us tickets! That was the most football I have ever watched. It was very cold but we bundled up and had a good time. There was so much excitement in the stadium I don’t know how we couldn’t have had fun. It was a great way to celebrate the New Year! Happy 2007!