Merry making

 We had a lovely Christmas!  

I tried to make gluten free cinnamon rolls and they were a complete fail.  They tasted awful.  I am not going to attempt them again.  I'll figure something else out.

Mark is very gracious about it.  I told him he could throw them away and he did.  I told him I would find something better.  

Speaking of Mark, he was super sick on Tuesday with a cold.  When he gets sick, he gets very sick.  He slept all afternoon and went to bed early.

Besides the failed cinnamon rolls, I also delivered Christmas gifts to neighbors with Adam.  We had a fun time.  We chatted with some people and left things on the doorstep of others who were not home.  When we were dropping at one house, the Schelins were dropping off across the street.  Cortney waved for me to stop and she handed me a treat out the car window and I handed her one back.  A serendipitous meeting.  It was fun to say Merry Christmas to everyone.  It's a really great thing about Utah County wards that you know EVERYONE in your neighborhood.

We had a smorgasbord of appetizers for dinner and watched Charlie Brown Christmas before Mark went back to sleep.  He and Emma decided 9:00 would be the time we'd wake up on Christmas morning.  (I woke up closer to 6:00 but I very happily read).  

Mark happily felt better Christmas morning and while he still had cold symptoms, he was less miserable.  We opened our gifts and I love that.  Every package under the tree is a representation of love.  We all liked our gifts and we FaceTimed with Braeden and Anna and QE and opened our gifts from each other.  More love!  QE was perfectly happy looking at a new book she got and not all that interested in opening more presents.  Anna said it goes against everything you would normally want to say, "No, ignore that and want something more!"

She liked her gifts from us though so that made me happy.

Adam gave me a book nook kit and I spent most of the afternoon building it.  It was fun and I'm very pleased with how it looks on the shelf.

(Adam helped me with the electricity and I called on Mark to decipher the instructions at times.)

Adam said I might want to take it to school, but I don't.  It is very delicate and 3rd graders aren't.

We had ham and scalloped potatoes and Brussels sprouts for dinner and felt like kings.

I love Christmas!

This morning I woke up with the terrible horrible no good very bad sore throat Mark had.  I had high hopes to clean up the house and the like, but I'm taking a sick day instead.  It is lame to be sick during vacation, but easier than writing sub plans.