Our Cantera Christmas
Word of warning: picture overload, but too many fun memories to not post . . .
Traditional family Christmas evening together. We ventured downtown with grandma Pat the weekend before Christmas to see the magnificent lights on Temple Square (this picture is of my favorite tree on the Temple grounds - it was unreal), then dinner, then over to the Rose Wagner Theater for Peter Breinholt's delightful Christmas concert.
Liza taking in the Nativity on Temple Square
Nowhere I'd rather be at Christmas time
Dinner at Red Rock
New Christmas dresses (thanks Cherlyn for the swap - they matched beautifully) for church the Sunday before Christmas
We were so happy to have Grandpa Ron join us for our ward's Christmas service
The Fam in our Sunday best
Hosting the Cantera family party later than evening - fun times! We were very excited to receive three volumes of past Cantera family 16mm tape from Chris' growing up years on DVD - what a thoughtful gift.
Chris' sister Laura, husband Jon, and baby Hannah
Liza took this pic while Sophie and I were making our dough for cinnamon rolls -
this was a nice, peaceful afternoon, until I realized I'd planned WAY too much into my day!
We'll take this one!
Bringing puppy home . . .
Ryan finally gets his dog!
Ahhh, Liza has a new playmate . . .
with no shortage of activities to do together
Even Chris can't resist!
Sophie and Caroline's Christmas piano recital
Making sugar cookies
Christmas Eve and new PJs
Ryan tracking "Santa" for the little girls
(Sophie held on one more year, but she's in on the big secret now :-)
CHRISTMAS MORNING . . . Sophie was thrilled with a guitar - and lessons -
first thing to learn would be how to hold it correctly ;-).
Caroline - new racquet and tennis bag
Liza's loot
Ryan's new toy - 4G iTouch
What fun!
Oooohh, my new love - what a perfect Christmas!
And one of my absolute FAVORITE parts of Christmas -
all the cards from our beloved family and friends.
. . ."God Bless us, every one!"
(Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol)
1 comment:
Looks like it was a great holiday for the Cantera's! How's the puppy potty training going? Is she a good fit for your family?
Hey, it's Jana's bday on the 12th, want to go out?
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