Weekend before Christmas

The weekend before Christmas was our big busy weekend. Em and Jason were going to spend the night with grandparents so mom and dad could go to Dad's work Christmas dinner in Salt Lake. It ended up being a weekend of sickness and canceled plans. First Jason got the stomach flu on Wed. We thought he was over it, by Friday and sent him to grandpa's house anyway. But he wasn't quite over it so he was pretty lazy all weekend. We were all ready and drove to the work Christmas party that was to be held at dh's boss' house only to find the house dark. We thought we had the address wrong so he called his boss only to learn that the party had been canceled because of a family illness, but since dh hadn't checked his work email he didn't get the message. So, that night's plans were a bust. Liam came down with a cold that night and so none of us got much sleep.

Saturday was the annual Nash family Christmas party where we get together with all of dh's mom's family and celebrate. It was a lot of fun while we were there, but we had to leave early because Jason (who had come with grandma and grandpa and assured them he was better) still wasn't feeling great so we left early to get him home and try to get him feeling better.

Sunday was our ward Christmas program and since Emily and I are in the ward Choir we had to be there. I was also asked to sing in a quartet so dh stayed home to care for the two sick boys so Em and I could perform. Emily just loves singing in the choir. I remember doing it when I was her age too...but my mom was the choir director. ;)

Monday--Christmas eve Jason was feeling better for real this time so we went to the in laws for present opening. It was in the afternoon instead of the evening to accommodate everyone's schedules with other family parties. The kids had a great time and loved playing with cousins and opening presents. Unfortunately Liam was still sick with a cold though so he wasn't too cheerful. He mostly slept. We got home and they opened their Christmas pj's, we watched Elf and then they went to bed so Christmas could come!

Tuesday--Christmas day--I'll give this one it's own post.