Day #8- Christmas Eve

'Today we just took it easy. Charlie, Amy, Mia, Eliza, and Claira came over for a few hours. The girls played outside in the snow and the boys played a board game. 

Shirley and Francis came over in the evening and we had a big turkey dinner. We gave Shirley and Francis their gifts and then I gave the kids their Christmas Eve pajamas. 

Then we watched "Ephriam's Rescue" because Shirley really wanted us to see it. I bawled through the whole thing and Arian said, "This is the worst Christmas movie ever- everyone's dying." So then we watch "The Polar Express" because that's Shirl's family tradition on Christmas Eve. The girls took a liking to Manov- which means they jumped on him and beat him up all night. 

Now the children are nestled all snug in their beds for their last night in Utah.