Christmas 2007

We had a wonderful Christmas in Utah at Grandma Ricks' house. Most all my family was there, minus the Turscanski's who were missed. We left the Saturday prior to Christmas day and got stuck on I-80 in Rawlins, WY for over 2 hours due to blowing snow. So after spending 12 hours in the car we finally arrived in Salt Lake City. We prompted Taylor with the saying "it's a Christmas miracle!" which quickly became a theme at Grandma's house. Sunday Great Grandma Yospe had all cousins and great-grand kids over for food, catching up and fun. At one point Taylor discovered that dancing attracted attention from everyone so she put on quite the show and milked it for all it was worth. She is such a drama queen. Christmas eve was filled with lots and lots of yummy food, thanks aunt Christine and Grandma! Taylor and Grandma made sugar cookies for Santa and everyone enjoyed the falling snow making it a white Christmas. We sat around the fire and reminisced about past Christmases to remember Grandpa Ricks. We even heard the bells on Santa's sleigh! Christmas morning was filled with many new toys and fun things from Santa. Taylor loved her new kitchen and little people and made sure that everyone had a chance to play with her. Kennedy just loved playing with all the ribbon and paper. I had to include this picture of Kennedy on Christmas morning. She is so sensitive to the flash on my camera that as soon as I would hold the camera up she would squint and close her eyes completely. As a result pretty much every picture of her on Christmas morning looks like this one. She is such a funny girl!

Thank you to everyone for making this Christmas so fun and memorable. We wish we were closer to family but it is times like these that we cherish!