December was wonderful, as usual. On the 17th we celebrated my parents' 30th wedding anniversary by eating out at our (Blair and myself) favorite restaurant, Dar Essalam, in Wilsonville.
Paul's favorite food was the pita bread, especially when he got to feed it to grandpa.
We also spent some time near the temple and in the visitor's center for their nightly musical productions. The temple had a giant nativity on the reflection pool. I'd never seen it before, so it was a pretty surprise during our walk.
Since my mom would be working on Christmas day, we got to celebrate a bit of Christmas on Sunday with my family then the actual Christmas day with Blair's family. On Christmas morning we had our own little present opening. With Paul getting older, Christmas is just about to become magical again. We certainly didn't go all out this year. I figured we'd save that for when Paul's old enough to appreciate it. But we did have a tiny bit of Santa magic for Christmas morning.
Paul opening his very first Hot Wheels car.
He likes it!
New Year's eve was spent playing games and eating treats at my parent's house. Those are some of my favorite things to do with family! The Christmas break always seems to fly by way too quickly, but every day was a blast and we're excited for what the new year will bring.
How fun your Christmas looked! And now that you've started, good luck trying to stop with the Hot Wheels. They are Bladen's very favorite, and my husbands too. So we have way too many, but its fun to see how excited he gets about his favorites. I love Paul's face, while holding the car. Boys are the best!
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