Christmas Day

On Christmas Day we opened presents at my parents home then went to Orrin's parents house for the rest of the evening. It was so fun this year because Wes really understood what was going on and was so excited.

Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve my family always has a nice fancy dinner lit by candle light. This is one of my favorite events at Christmas Time. Great Grandma and Grandpa Adams also came over for dinner and to meet their newest great grand child - Bradley. After dinner we read and acted out the story of Christ's birth. This time Wesley was a Shepard, Brad was baby Jesus, my brother Blake was Joseph, my sister Em was Mary, and cousin Brinlee was an Angel. After the story we opened our Christmas Eve gifts (which are always Pjs).

Christmas Parties in AZ

The first party we got to attend was the Glenview Ward (the ward I grew up in) Christmas party. It was fun being with my family and also seeing old ward members. The theme of the party was the Polar Express so the kids got to wear their PJs to the party and got to see Santa


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We also attended the annual Grandpa Mackey Christmas Party with all of Orrin's Uncles, Aunt, and Cousins. We always have lots of fun at this party while we read and act out the story of Christ's birth and sing songs. This year Wes was the Angel that spoke to Mary and Bradley got to be Baby Jesus.

We also had the annual "Mackey Sibling Party" where all of Orrin's family gets together and exchanges gifts. This year we did a gift exchange game that was lots of fun while all the grandkids played. Here is a picture of Wes and his cousins Gavin and Carter playing with the little gifts they got.

Trip to Arizona !!

We got to spend 3 weeks in AZ for the holiday season. The time flew by so fast. We were so busy with all the family events we didn't have much time to rest but we had so much fun. We were so lucky to even make it to Arizona. Wesley, Brad, and I flew out first, during Orrin's finals week so that we could give Orrin time to study and to get more time in AZ. Because of a change in the flight by the airlines we almost didn't make it to the airport in time. Lucky we found out in time (1 hour before flight was to leave and still at home). We were also lucky that we were all packed and the flight was delayed 20 mins. I was able to fly through security by asking people to let me cut in line. I just started throwing things through the scanner. I am sure everyone thought I was crazy. I was so stressed already flying by my self with both kids, Bradley being so young, and with the flight being changed made it even more stressful. We made it right as everyone started boarding. I am sure that Heavenly Father made everything fall into place for us to make it home to AZ. I am pretty sure if we missed that flight we wouldn't have been able to leave Portland at all because of the huge snow storm that hit right after we left. It doesn't normally snow that much in Portland so the city and airport were not that prepared. It was also a miracle that Orrin made it out. His flight was delayed 3 hours because they were waiting on a machine to de-ice the plane. After he took off they canceled all flights out of Portland. We were so blessed to make it home for the Holidays.