Christmas in San Diego

We left on Thursday December 20 at 3:47 a.m. and after the twelve hour drive, we arrived in sunny San Diego at 3:00 p.m. We were exhausted from the drive, but so happy and excited to be in our San Diego home. For some strange reason, Karen thought it would be fun to sleep in a motor home. So by the grace of our friends, the Smith's we were able to make that dream become reality. The kids were so thrilled to "camp out". We had forgotten how cold San Diego can really get, until we were laying in our beds looking at our breath. It was chilly. But my sister let us use extra blankets and a space heater, so that helped a ton. We had to take a picture of the gigantic motor home, and the cute license plate. It says Our Momo. I am assuming that is what their little girls called the motor home. What a memory. I don't know if we will ever do it again, but it was worth doing it once. A big thank you to my sis and her cool family for letting us stay in their front yard. And for letting us hang out, eat, and shower in their house. That is my idea of camping:)








One of our many stops on our whirlwind trip was to visit the grave of our Popie, Dad, and Friend Roger Moreau. Lauren said right when we got to SD that she missed her Popie, and wanted to go visit his grave. We made the drive down and talked about what a good Popie we have, and how he loves us, and is so happy in heaven helping Heavenly Father. We found the grave sight and David went and got a big rock to put as a marker until his grave stone is done. Grass was trying to grow so we moved all the leaves to allow the grass to come up. The kids were really trying to make Popie's grave look nice. It was so sweet to watch them work. When we were done, we let Dave have a few moments alone. Dave's Dad was his best friend, and he misses him alot. We all do. He was the best of men.



We had Christmas Eve with the Moreau's on Saturday the 22nd. We got there a little early, and the kids deceided to do a bit of yard work. They had so much fun sweeping and picking up leaves. They were so busy working.








The kids loved doing the chime bells. Some of the adults grumbled at first, but they all got into it.




The dinner was great. We had the traditional Onion Soup and homemade bread. It is such a great meal. We all look forward to it every year. Thanks Grammy for a great dinner, and evening.




David and Lauren sang as their present to Grammy. I don't know the name of the song, but it is from Polar Express. I'm wishing on a star, and trying to believe, that even though it's far, he'll find me Christmas Eve.... you know the one I am talking about, I just can't think of the name. Anywho, they did a great job.



December 23rd we celebrated Christmas at the Hutchings which was insane as always. How could it be otherwise with 50 people, all just immediate family. It has been so fun to watch the grandkids grow up and take up more and more space each year. This picture is not of everyone, just everyone that could fit in that room. It is wall to wall bodies. Fun. This evening was filled with food, singing, gift exchanges, and white elephants. We are so glad that we got to come down for Christmas this year. We also had a celebration for Dave's birthday...the big 33! Thanks Diane for making the yummiest Texas sheet cake ever!



We left Monday December 24th at 6:30 a.m. and got home to the Ute at 8:30p.m. We hit a blizzard and it took us two hours to get home from Nephi. I was sooo scared, I had never been in a moving car when it was snowing like that. Luckily, Dave knew how to drive in it. I would have pulled over and had to have been rescued.



This is how we all felt after this fast paced trip! We are glad that we were able to do this! But it is sooooo good to be home!