Our Christmas Trip- Part 4 Christmas Day

"We all enjoy giving and receiving presents. But there is a difference between presents and gifts. The true gifts may be part of ourselves—giving of the riches of the heart and mind—and therefore more enduring and of far greater worth than presents bought at the store.

"Of course, among the greatest of gifts is the gift of love....

"Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give rather than to get. Charity towards and compassion for others is a way to overcome too much self-love" (James E. Faust, "A Christmas with No Presents," Ensign, Dec 2001, 2–6).

 You know it's going to be a great day when you wake up to this smiling face!

 The kids patiently wait to come up to see what Santa may have left them in Utah.

 We all enjoyed Camille's cooking.

 Beka and Emma play with some things that Santa left while waiting to open presents.

 Devan and Ivan successfully find their hidden stockings.

 Chad and my mom

 Camille and Maleah 

 Emma and Beka

 Barry and Katherine

 Maleah and Aunt Kami

 Can you tell that Devan loves Legos?

 Christmas Mayhem

Ivan with one of his gifts