So this year Kristin was determined to go see the lights at temple square! Well, one Sunday night, we decided to go brave the cold. It turned out to be a bit of a disaster. Kailee was barely 3 months old at the time so we were a little nervous to have her out in the cold. We bundled her up in warm clothes, socks, hat, mittens, and like 5 blankets. Then we put her in the carseat/stroller and put another blanket over the top. Luckily she slept through the whole thing because I didn't want to have to get her out of her snuggly little spot. As we walked around, Stockton cried almost the whole time. He had fallen asleep on the way there and was upset when we woke him up to walk around. He was really cold too and wouldn't let Zack stop carrying him. Zack was complaining that it was way too cold and we shouldn't have gone that night. Well, after about 20 minutes of the freezing cold, a complaining husband, a crying little boy and worrying about a little baby being outside in that weather, Kristin finally gave up. We packed back into the car and made our way back home. What a night! There's always next year! :)
Well this was our first Christmas being married and so with that comes our first Christmas tree!!! We debated between getting a fake or real one for a while, but finally decided to go real. We couldn't live without the good smell! Well, we found a small one that would fit in our apartment and bought this big pack of cheap ornaments since we didn't have any. We spent a night decorating and despite lights that wouldn't work, and a few glass ornaments that kept breaking, we finally finished and really enjoyed the night!
Then came Christmas... on Christmas eve, we went to Kristin's parents house to sing carols and read the Christmas story. We are trying to get Stockton to understand the meaning of Christmas but I think at his age, he just can't stop thinking about Santa and presents. Speaking of presents... we have a tradition of opening one on Christmas eve. Stockton and Kailee both got some cute Christmas PJ's! Then, Christmas morning, we opened up our gifts at our apartment. It was such a good time to have Christmas morning at our own place with our own little family! We were pretty excited about it! Later, we made our way to both of the "grandparent's" houses for the celebrations going on there. It turned out to be a great day! Merry Christmas 2008!
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