This Christmas season was a little different than we've ever had. First off, we were not in Salt Lake and right before Thanksgiving Dan lost his job. Thankfully we were preparing our little family for a cut back in pay at the new year, we were planning on Dan cutting back to part time work and focusing on school full time. Because this happened 6 weeks earlier than planned and it being the Christmas season Dan contacted his commander in the National Guard about any possible work and they were kind enough to oblige with 3 weeks of work. It was sad he missed the decorating but we were grateful for the work.
Also with Paula here we got to celebrate some of the fun things of a Swedish Christmas. We made gingerbread and lussekatter while listening to Swedish Christmas carols. With Dan's free time we headed up to Salt Lake for the Neville Family Christmas party a little early. We had a great time hanging with the family, visiting a few friends, and walking around Temple Square. After Salt Lake we loaded up the van and I mean overloaded the van with all the great Christmas presents from the Neville's and headed south for a Santa Clara Christmas. It was fun having Mom & Dad, the Stahelis, the Dellamas, and us all together we did miss Eric & Heidi but soon enough they'll be a little closer. We had another wonderful Christmas and loaded the van up even more and headed back home to Vegas.
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| Logan, Paula, and Drake decorating the tree |
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| Hank taste testing what ever ornaments he could reach |
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| Paula rolling out the gingerbread for the boys to cut out their shapes |
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| The finished tree with the Ghost of Christmas present visiting |
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| Paula working on the lussekatter |
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| Christmas with the Neville's |
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| Happy boy |
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| Flying airplanes |
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| Getting some Christmas Eve dinner |
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| All the wonderful performers for the Nativity |
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| The boys in their new Christmas Jammies and the adults ready for bed |
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| Christmas morning waiting at the bottom of the stairs |
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| Drakes got a present |
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| Logan is showing me how much loves his tool bench |
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| Hank getting in on the action |
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| Dan opening a gift |
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| Paula is super excited about her Taylor Swift tickets |
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| We got Grandma Drake a scrapbook of all of our little families |
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| Drakes Christmas |
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| Logans Christmas |
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