Christmas, a little late...

It has taken me a while to get all the pictures from our trip to Utah onto the computer and then to blog them. As it is I still don't have all the pictures, so i will just have to post them as I get them. So we will start with Christmas. Christmas eve was wonderful, we were able to go to my grandparents house and see a lot of the de Hoyos family that we hadn't seen in a long time. Then we went back to my parents house where we put on the Luke 2 nativity. Gabby was Mary, Luke was a Shepard and Lily was supposed to be a sheep, but she pulled off her ears and ran for it. We put all the kids to bed, got out games and that is when all the fun began. First Cassie started throwing up, then Gabby, then me, then Oriana, then Sammie, then... well you get the point. In a house full of 21 people I think about half of us

got it on Christmas eve to Christmas day and then the rest of everyone got it over the following few days. The stomach flu seemed to hit almost everyone I know, regardless of where they celebrated Christmas!! It was not the magical night we were used to but it could have been worse. And at least we were surrounded by the people we love and in it all together!! Luke and Lily were lucky enough to not be sick on Christmas, but Lily was more interested in her dad's shoes then in anything else!! Luke was having the time of his life!!

Gabby spent the night in the bathroom so she was trying to be enthusiastic about her presents but I think you can see she isn't really enjoying it!! After opening presents at my parents house in the morning we were able to go over to Nate's families for a while. Of course since Gabby and I had not slept or been able to keep much down, it wasn't as enjoyable as it would have been. Gabby actually fell asleep on a bed while we opened presents, but we sure appreciated every ones love and support and of course their generosity! We had a wonderful Christmas despite the illness!!