So every Christmas I tell myself I am going to take more pictures. Although every year I forget or maybe it’s just that I am enjoying myself to worry about getting out my camera and taking pictures. I’m sure when I have kids that will be different. This year my dad had to work Christmas so we wanted to get together before Christmas so that we could have everyone together. We ended up picking Ryan’s birthday so the dinner was Ryan’s birthday/Cranney Christmas dinner. We started our the night at Winger’s by Valley Fair Mall because Chris and Alicia don’t get to eat there anymore since they live in North Dakota. Dinner was great! Then afterwards Valley Fair Mall has made a lot of changes and have a lot of new stuff including a courtyard with a huge Christmas tree that changed colors with the music. Also all the trees around the courtyard were lighted and went with the music. This night was the only Christmas pictures I got.
So no onto actual Christmas. Of course we started out the Holiday with the Burn’s tradition of bowling Christmas Eve morning. I had tons of fun and it was the first time that Jake had been and I could tell he was having fun too. After bowling we went out to my Mom’s house to spend Christmas the night. Chris and Alicia were there too, but we ended up preparing for Christmas. Although as long as I’m with my family I’m having fun. I wrapped presents while Alicia and mom finished making presents. It was funny because Alicia was also making my present, which I didn’t know she was doing until I walked over there and mom quickly put what she had in front of her under the table. It turned out to be a cute plaque that I can put up in my house. I’m really excited to decorate it.
The next morning we woke up and pretty much just me and Jake opened presents. Mom was waiting to open her presents with the rest of the family and I don’t know why Chris and Alicia didn’t have any presents, maybe they didn’t want to worry about bringing them on the plane. After we opened presents we went to Grandma Burn’s for Christmas breakfast, but before the Cranney family exchanged their gifts. Then we went up to breakfast and afterward opened Grandma Burn’s gifts. When that was all said and done we went to Jake’s mom’s new house in Springville. It’s a really pretty house up on the mountain. We played games and then watched the kids play with toys that Santa brought them. Nikki had gotten her kids a dog named Bell, she got to come over and meet the family. That’s how we ended Christmas and I loved it.
