Merry Christmas

Well Christmas was definitely a busy day!  We woke up and did presents here and then went to Church.  After that we went over to Clint's parents house to do our Gift Exchange there.  Then we went and saw his Grandma Petersen, then to my Grandma Tana's house.  After that we stopped at my Grandma Montag's house, and then ended at Grandma Child's house.  Holy Moly!  But it was a really fun day.

Ellie did great at opening her presents.  We would tear a little corner of the wrapping paper and she would try to tear the rest.  She had fun for about 10 minutes, and then she got tired of it.  But it was still pretty fun!  She got lots and lots of clothes, some stuffed animals and other toys and gadgets.  She loved them all.  Thanks everyone for a fun first Christmas with our cute Ellie!

Daddy tried to get Ellie to eat the sick,

nasty black licorice.  He doesn't know

that she secretly doesn't like it!:)

Ellie fell asleep on our way to Clint's parents house,

so we had to wait for her to wake up. 

That's why she looks a little groggy!

Gary got a toy FOR him to play WITH Ellie.  He was excited!

Overall it was really fun and Ellie did pretty well

considering it was such a busy day. 

We can't wait for next year!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a fun day! My Grandpa and Grandma Child have had Christmas breakfast for as long as I can remember. Because Christmas was on Sunday, we had our breakfast on Christmas Eve so that everyone could go to church on Christmas. It was a lot of fun to get to together with everyone. Last year we did not have Christmas breakfast because my grandparents were recovering from a kidney transplant. My grandma donated one of her kidneys to my grandpa. So it was fun to get everyone together again.



Nikita's dad came over on Christmas Eve for dinner. We made Greek food. We made some really good souvlaki. The funny thing was we had bought some pita bread and after we ate we finally remembered we had it. So we didn't eat it.



City Creek

We went the weekend before Christmas to the new City Creek development in downtown Salt Lake City. It is still partially under construction and the new mall there is not open yet. There is also a couple of large buildings that have privately owned condo style apartments. Jon Huntsman lives in a penthouse apartment in the building we were in (my dad talked to him and we missed him by just a couple of minutes). It is a secure building that requires an electronic key to get in. Even the parking lot was pretty cool because you have to use the electronic key to drive through a special garage door for parking that is secluded from the general parking in the new City Creek parking garage.

The view from our condo was even more amazing. From our window and the balcony we had a perfect view of Temple Square across the street. We could see the Assembly Hall, the Salt Lake Temple, the Tabernacle, the Conference Center, the Church Office Building, the City Creek mall, and the Utah State Capital building perfectly. It was fun to watch all the people walk around Temple Square and look at the Christmas lights.

Merry Christmas Dress

Clint's mom bought Ellie a cute Christmas dress, so of course we had to get some pictures of her in it!  My mom sent one just the other day and it is super cute too!  When we have pictures of that one we'll post them as well. 

I love clothes for little girls.  They are so cute, and Ellie makes them look ten times cuter!  Enjoy!