White Christmas

We had a "White Christmas" in St. George this year. That is something unusual for us. I'm OK with it because it was so fitting for the Christmas Spirit, but I also hope the snow goes away quickly and I can get back to my usual activities in the beautiful desert terrain of Southern Utah such as climbing, mountain biking and hiking. It has been so fun to have my grandaughter, Siena, living with us this year. Having Santa visit and bring her gifts on Christmas morning was fun and brings back good memories of when my daughters were young. Now we have our teenagers and things are quite different (mostly in a good way). Even Eric seems like a teenager even though he is only 11 years old. Having Marty and Becca around influences him and it is hard to keep him young and innocent. Eric and I drove up to Brian Head the day after Christmas and braved the winter storm to get in some fabulous snow boarding in deep powder. It was cold and snowy, but it was worth it to ride the "powder" down the mountain. We got home in time to meet family members arriving for the Larsen Christmas Party. Even with 2 of the brothers not able to attend this year we had a full house. I think the Larsen clan will soon outgrow even our home in St. George. For those of us attending we had a great time. Dinner, a short program, gift opening and games were shared by all. All of Lowell and Marilyn's great grandchildren were present and made lots of noise. (Boden, Jet, and Siena) The newest addition, Elspeth, was adorable. She can be held by anybody and loves to smile and coo with you. I even got in some rock climbing with Ben, CJ and Ty and their boys. Snow Canyon was fun, but surprisingly cold even with the afternoon sun. Nick flew home with his family, Ben drove back home along with Grandma and Grandpa and CJ will soon have to make the long journey back home to Northern Idaho. I got to stay home through it all. I am working the graveyard shift this week in the emergency(which is always a very busy time for us in the emergency department). Well, enough of the rambling for now. Angie said I should post more.....so here it is.