After the Christmas Eve dinner at the Joy's and Willi's, mentioned in the previous post, we then drove on down to Provo and spent Christmas Eve in Bryan and Emily's condo. They were spending it in their new home which isn't finished, but they really wanted to be there for Christmas.
We got up early and exchanged gifts. One of the traditions that we took from Rob's family was the idea of putting Christmas gifts in piles on couches and chairs to make it easier to find their gifts.
I gave Rob a dressy winter cap, a lovely grey cashmere sweater, a Christmas puzzle, and and slippers. He gave me two great Kindle books and a lovely camel colored suede jacket.
Bryan and the kids came over to open their Christmas presents which they had kept at the condo to maintain the surprise. Grace received a darling chinchilla that she named Izzy, and Clay received a beautiful aquarium - they were both surprised and very pleased.
We then went to Heather's ward - it is always so lovely to hear and sing Christmas carols, and this year, of course, Christmas was on a Sunday.
Afterwards, we went back to her home, opened gifts and then Bryan and his family joined us for dinner. They asked Rob to take some family photos of their family which turned out quite well.
We were able to talk with or Skype all of our children as well, so it was just such a great day! 
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