Home for christmas

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Each year our family picks a theme with which to give gifts around. Some favorites have been "Hero", "Book of Mormon", "Christmas Carols", "White Christmas", and so on and so on. This year, my brother Chase who recently returned home from his mission decided we should celebrate "I'll be home for Christmas" as our theme. We all thought it was wonderful even knowing we would probably not all be home for the holiday. Chelsea was having her baby very close to Christmas and so we just figured it would be fun when we got to ichat with them.

But lucky for us, it all worked out, and once again, after two long years, our family is ALL reunited for Christmas, and with a beautiful new addition (my cute nephew). What a wonderful gift that is. So, here's to the simple things, like watching "A Muppet's Christmas Carol" as a family and saying family prayers all together. It reminded me of the scene in "The Grinch who stole Christmas" when the Hoo's still have a wonderful Christmas, and the words read, "but Christmas came, it came all the same". We hope you all find joy in the simple things this Christmas Season! Merry Christmas!

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