We had some fun with our families for christmas. We had the Hancock family party on the 19th of December where we all got gifts from Grandma. The next day was the Squire family christmas party full of food and good talking. I enjoyed both. I also learned how much I dislike working the holidays. I had some instances at work that were unfavorable and made me angry. Thanks to an awesome coworker who switched me I was able to enjoy Christmas with the family.
This year is (hopefully the last for a while) that we had to split. We spent Thanksgiving with my folks so we got to go to Nett's home for Christmas. We had a wonderful time watching Levi open his presents and have his first christmas. We all got wonderful gifts and had a great time enjoying others open theirs. Levi would help a little when we opened his presents. He loved all his toys but then would appear a little upset when we would take it away to give him another present. He never quite caught on but he had a good time.
Then comes New Year's. The most wonderful of Lazy Holidays. I didn't have to work eitherNew Year's Eve or New Year's Day so we went south and spent the weedend at my parent's house. We got their and had a grand time playing guitars and just chit chatting about life. Our good friends Beau and Amber Andersen had a New Year's party. They had a small turn out, but the fun was playing games, eating and talking together. We wasted half a box of matches trying to ignite some fireworks and just had a great time.
New Year's Day we slept in and had fun. We took Levi on his first sledding trip. He didn't know what to think and got to ride down with mom and dad. He did get a little cold towards the end but we enjoyed riding. I can hardly wait until next year when he will understand a little more.
We also had the opportunity to go to the baby blessing for Nett's brother. I learned from this experience that it is not ok to play peek a boo in the middle of the sacrament service expecially during the passing of the sacrament. This little girl was doing just this about 3 rows in front of us and it was making me laugh.
The past year has been one of major adjustment. I survived my first year of mariage and my first 7 months of fatherhood. I may just make it a little longer. I am still trying to rectify the work situation and hopefully that will improve other aspects of our lives. The church thing is progressing well. I have 4 callings and it takes some of my time and I consider it time very well spent. Lucky for me the callings are not time consuming.
