It was so fun to be with Nathan & Colleen this year. They always make us feel so welcome. We had lots of fun grand-daughter time and lots of game playing after kids went to bed. Becky, Charles, Audrey & Ethan were able to travel up from Las Vegas as well so there was a lot of energy & excitement. Nathan's girls are great at creating and make-believe so we even had very few fights and possessiveness!
A tired Becky & Charles after the all night drive from Vegas. Kids were refreshed and ready to go and there were enough other adults around that we could let the mom & dad "catch up" a little.
Victor's niece & family Diane (Deming) & David Jensen also live in Twin Falls and graciously opened their spare bedroom to the Grafs. We all had a fun Christmas Eve together -a double gift from them since they were planning to leave the next day to take their kids on a Disneyland/Lego Land, etc. adventure. The Jensen's have a great downstairs play room and dress-ups and their kids are great to take over and entertain the younger ones. Since I remember Diane when she wasn't much older than Amaya is, it is so fun to see what a wonderful adult and mother she is. (Relief Society President on top of all this!)
Diane shared with us the tradition of the Christmas Pig. You each get to share a story of the best thing that happened to you during the year and then take a whack at the pig (which has been placed in a bag). Then when all are done you get to eat the pig pieces.
By the time the pig bag got to Victor I think it was already pretty pulverized!
Taking the cue from our friends the Bryants Victor bought a bunch of fun hats to play "Scum" with:
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