We had our Annual Webb and Darrington Christmas parties this past weekend.
Saturday morning the kids and I drove out to Raft River (Casey had basketball games and joined us late that night.) The extended Webb family got together at the church house for some lunch and fun. The kids found the basketballs early on and were having fun playing with them. They don't know many second cousins so intermingling wasn't huge, but the adults all caught up. After lunch we had our traditional story and cereal passing. Peter opened his a bit premature and had a stubborn look the rest of the time, but he got lucky charms so he ended happy. We sang our usual slew of Christmas carols. The best is where we split up the twelve days of Christmas and go around singing and acting out the parts. We ended by caroling around to some Raft River friends. Kendal stayed back at the house with Becca, and Peter just gave a somber look through it all. That night we put the kids in jammies and sat them all in front of a movie so the adults could play games and hang out upstairs.
Sunday morning we went to church. The kids went back and forth between rows and enjoyed each others company. We added quite a few kids to primary and nursery, and they all loved being together. We enjoyed a lunch of soups after church. A bit later we did our gift exchange. Kendal and Peter got look and find books from Sarah's boys, and new scooters from Grandma and Grandpa! (Kendal's been wanting a two wheeled scooter and Peter's been wanting a scooter of his own so it was a win win!) Casey and I got an AMAZING fire pit from Nicole and Jordan. It has the USU logo, mountains, and a deer cut out on the sides. (I'm mad at myself for not snapping a picture, but I will and i'll add it later.) It's my dream to have a fire pit for our backyard so we love the gift. (Just need a house, cough cough Casey cough ; ) They also gave us smore stuff and matches to lead up to the gift! Casey's parents gifted us money that we used to get new (very much needed) phones. (THANK YOU THANK YOU!) We lingered a while longer and headed home close to the kids bed time. We hit a wicked storm on the way home, but I muttered constant prayers, white knuckled it, and we both made it home.
Family time is my favorite time during the holidays. I'm so grateful for the wonderful families we're apart of!
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