There are a couple of special experiences we had this Christmas that I wanted to share with you.
On Christmas Eve, we were in Vernal with your daddy's family. Your great great grandma is 104 and in a nursing home in Vernal. They have a tradition of visiting her each Christmas Eve to sing Christmas songs to her. It's a really sweet tradition.
While we were there visiting her, we took a five generation picture--you, your dad, your grandpa, your great grandpa, and your great great grandma. It is pretty neat that we could do that.
The last song we sang while we were there was Silent Night. For some reason, standing in that room and singing such a soft, beautiful song, I chocked up. I felt the Spirit so strongly. The love was almost tangible in the room. When your daddy and I were dating, I always worried because he wanted to live in Vernal. At the time, I didn't think there was any way I could live that far from my family. What I didn't understand is, when you get married, you marry into a new family. It would still be hard to live very far from West Jordan, but now it's hard to live away from our family in Vernal as well.
Christmas morning, after we opened presents with the Anderson's, we drove to West Jordan for the Troff family party. It was snowing like crazy, which is great for Christmas but horrible for driving. It took us an hour longer than normal and some parts were stressful. You slept the entire way, though, and it was so beautiful. Your daddy and I loved the snow on the pine trees and the white sky. It looked like Christmas. We had a lot of fun talking and laughing during the drive.
Before we opened presents at my grandparent's house, my grandpa shared some things about my great grandma (your other great great grandma) Opal. Her mother and grandmother were members, but no one else in her family or town were and when she married, she married a Lutheran. She taught her boys the gospel, but my grandpa was the only one of them to accept it. She was so dedicated to the church, though, and now I think of our family and the blessings the gospel has brought us, all because of that line of faithful women. It was a very special moment for me, listening to my grandpa talk.
We were very spoiled this Christmas. We have a lot of people who love us--and we love them. It was a great first Christmas for you, I think.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Mom
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