Wright Family Christmas

Miles's parents came out to Utah the week of the 12th so they could help Marci pack and move back to AZ,and to pick up Megan, who flew in from Hawaii. It was a lot of fun to have them in town for a week so close to Christmas. We were able to spend a lot of time together doing fun holiday activities, eating lots of good food, and enjoying each other's company.

Before they came, Mom Wright sent us a Christmas care package with fun Christmas towels, snowflake tea light holders and candles, a gingerbread house kit (pics to come), and some gel Christmas decorations for our window. I put them up, and Owen was like a magnet drawn to them. He immediately started climbing up the back of the couch trying to reach them. At first, they were low enough he could get to them by kneeling on the top of the couch back. I moved them up so he couldn't get to them and drew the blinds shut. Boy was I wrong...They also brought up all their presents for us since we will be going to CA for Christmas this year. We decided to open them early before we left.

Owen was in heaven opening presents. He helped Dada and me to open ours as well. It was a lot of fun watching him tear the paper into pieces. I got some awesome occasions cards (I'm always in need of nice cards), as well as hand soap, iTunes gift cards, and some other odds and ends. Miles' Mom also made me an awesome pillow cover for the pillow that goes with our love sac. I love it and am so glad to be rid of the ugly teal plaid cover. Miles got a deep fryer. Oh joy. I should mention that we got two of them for our wedding and I returned both of them. I don't think we need any help eating greasy, bad-for-you food. But alas, Miles finally got what he has been wanting for so long. Owen got this hilarious pig that is actually a dog toy, but makes a mean pig "oink" when you squeeze it. Owen thinks it's pretty cool. He also finally got some BYU apparel. I know...two BYU alums and we've never gotten him anything from BYU. We are excited for him to represent his parents' alma mater. Thank you, Mom and Dad Wright!

While they were in town, we spent a lot of time together and did some other fun things. One night we went to The SLAB for pizza and followed up with The Chocolate for dessert. We got Cazookies (a huge cookie in a cake pan, that is slightly undercooked with ice cream on top). YUM! Owen was not a happy camper that evening for some reason. I'm pretty sure we scared away all the lovey, dovey couples near us.

Our last day together before we left for CA was a Christmas party at Grandma and Grandpa Wright's home in Tooele. There were a lot of people, and it was good to see Grandparents, Uncles, Aunts, and cousins. We did a white elephant exchange. It was really fun and pretty entertaining to see what people ended up with.

It's really nice to have family nearby and to be able to spend time together for special occasions. We sure do love the Wright family and are so glad they are ours! :)