Merry Christmas! I love this time of year because it gives me the opportunity to celebrate Christ. I am so grateful for all the blessing I have in life because of the sacrifices He made for us.

I’ve introduced a new Christmas tradition this year. On Christmas eve, we had the Mormon missionaries over to decorate our tree (which we finally managed to get up a few hours before they came) and to read the story of the night before Christ’s birth from the Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 1:4-23). We also had a dinner of our favorite appetizers and cheesecake for dessert.

Here are a few Christmas pictures from our little family for those who haven’t seen us in a while.

Yes, he pulls himself up to standing.

He loves the music and lights on his new Christmas toy.

The elders who decorated our Christmas tree. I think we’ll try to get them to come back and pack the ornaments away in a week or two.

PS My excuse for not posting in so long: Che is crawling, standing, climbing, and walking when he has something on which to hold. Oh, and quadradius.com. My new years resolution is to only play one game a week. My easily addicted friends should not visit the site, EVER!