Starting from last Monday.. Monday night we anxiously awaited to see our friends the Garzas (currently living in Texas while Reed attends Medical School.) I had not met their sweet little 3 month old Brooklyn yet. They also had not seen our new place, so we were making sure we had everything cleaned up and ready. Troy made sure he was looking good too, but got a little carried away :)
We were so excited to have them over. We thought Troy would be a little more attentive to Brooklyn, but he really just wanted to kick furiously and crawl around. My little energy ball. I didn't mind because it provided me time to hold Brooklyn. She makes THE funniest expressions. She definitely inheritied her father's talented eyebrow muscles. The Kitchen's were over as well (missed you Mariannos!) Cohen is starting to look like a little boy, but not much bigger than Brooklyn (3 months difference.) We could play for days on end and never get bored. We Love our friends. We our planning on doing Family Night tonight at the Garza's cabin. It will be fun to see Melissa's family. Here are the moms with their three babes. Troy wouldn't stop kicking, even for the picture :)
Tuesday we left at about 11 to go to Las Vegas to see the Cougars. Thanks Emily and Steven for those awesome tickets. We had so much fun. Troy got to spend time with his Grandpa Allsop and Beverly. Apparently he didn't sleep very much... but Grandpa was still incredibly patient. We went on errands the next day. Ben's Dad spoiled Troy with clothes and then spoiled us with house decor. We got to meet his coworkers, which was fun. They took us to BJs (I think) that night which was so so good. We left the next day after having a pre-Christmas morning. Troy was an angel in the car both ways. We leave again to Vegas on Wednesday, so hopefully he will be the same...Right when we got to Provo we went straight to Ben's Grandparents for a Christmas Eve dinner (we were already late.) They always have a "finger foods" dinner. Then a program of singing, musical talents, with small thoughtful discussions about Jesus' birth. Lastly was the cousin gift exchange and the gifts from Grandma and Grandpa. Right after that ended we went home, quickly dropped off our stuff, got new clothes and Troy supplies for the next couple of days. We stayed the night at Mom Allsops on Christmas Eve. We updated each other on our lives and opened 1 gift each. Christmas morning was loaded with gifts and smiling. We got home decor, clothes, and of course Troy got awesome toys. The best part about it though is how giddy Mom gets about giving. She is always thinking of others. We had Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast. They are one of my most favorite foods and so I made sure to preheat the oven right after I got up so that they would be ready :)
We left at about 1 to head to my families house in Holladay, but we were late. We had a yummy Christmas Dinner with the whole family and got to talk to Michael and Tyler. They are both getting so mature that I wasn't sure it was them :) They both have always been sweet, but they are disciples of Christ now. I can't wait for them to meet Troy. The family of course loved being with him. Here is Maddy and Troy.
We stayed the night at my mom's and played basektball at the church for a few hours the following day. We did some shopping at Kohls (my new favorite store) and ate In-n-Out together at Wendys. Ha ha. Mom and Corey spent the day serving others, watching Troy and Corey helped people in their ward. Here is a horrible picture of Devin, Sarah, Troy, Me, Ben, and Alan.
I forgot to take one when everyone was together, so this is right before we are getting in our cars to leave. I am extremely blessed with so much family. Ben and I want a big family partly because we love both of ours so much. Christmas was perfect because we were surrounded by people we loved and who loved us. It was really fun to give and get gifts, but the best was just spending time with them. To be surrounded by family and friends, really is THE best.
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