Christmas Recap

We traveled out to Utah for the week leading up to Christmas. We had a wonderful time and we want to share some of our pictures of the trip.

We went to visit my grandparents and let them see Claire again. It was good to see them, but also sad because their health is deteriorating, and my grandmother's dementia is getting worse every time we see her. Most of the time now, she has no idea who any of us are.

A nice family picture with 4 generations represented.

After my grandparent's house is Salt Lake we wanted to take Claire to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights. It was really cold so we bundled her up nice and tight. We were not able to find a parking space so my parents dropped Suzy, Claire, Addie and I off and we took a whirlwind 15 minutes run around Temple Square to see the lights. Claire seemed to enjoy the cold wind in her face more than anything else. But Temple Square at Christmas time is one of the most beautiful sights, and Suzy and I would have been disappointed it we had missed out on it.

Claire had her first real introduction to pets while we were with my parents. At first she was very afraid of Chloe, a 6-year-old toy dachshund, but over the week Claire warmed up to her, and Chloe was very gentle the entire time, what a good dog!

Claire in her new Christmas Eve pjs.

Claire enjoying some Grandma time!

Christmas morning. Claire got some great new toys that she absolutely loves.

She even got into the present opening!