Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we spent most of the day working hard on getting the basement ready for the following day. We finished the trim painting in the bathroom, the painting of Will's room, and moved Will and Helena down to their new rooms. Then I cleaned up Will's old room and readied it for Matt, who was struggling to travel across the country to reach us and spend the holidays with us! He left North Carolina at 5:30 am and didn't arrive in SLC until 10:00 pm! We are so glad he made it, though!





On the topic of Matt, he finished his training in North Carolina! After his 14 day leave, he has to report to Miramar, CA (the "Top Gun" base in San Diego) as his permanent duty station. Rough life!!! I am glad, though. It means we can plan trips to go see him without shelling out a ton of $.

Will was very excited to have his brother come for Christmas. He was counting days until Matt came, not until Christmas day.

Here is a photo of Matt torturing Will. Isn't brotherly love wonderful?

And a video if still images are not enough to enjoy!

Christmas has been wonderfully snowy this year!!! Christmas is the only time I love snow. After New Year it can all melt for all I care.

I have to go take the troops on a shopping spree now...more to come later!