*Today is Christmas Eve, which is normally one of my favorite days to attend church. I was afraid that we would miss this year, though, because we left at 3:30 am to catch a flight to Utah for our vacation. We arrived around 11 am Utah time, intending to ride the train into Orem, but we found out the train we needed didn't run on Sundays! So we put out a petition to our family and our brother-in-law Matt came to rescue the six of us and our 12 pieces of luggage. He delivered us safely to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Orem, with about 30 minutes to spare before their ward began. All the kids were willing to get ready and go, including Emma and Gracie, who had already gone to church earlier in the day. So we were able to all go and worship on Christmas Eve and hear Grandma and Grandpa sing in their choir, along with several other nice musical numbers. One of their bishopric members had been a member of another religion that is more vocal in their worship, and he reminded us that it is a day to lift up our voices and sing praises and rejoice that the Lord has come. It was great. (Although truthfully, all of us had moments when our eyes closed, due to our very early start in the morning.)
*We had an evening of making gingerbread houses, visits with family, sibling gift exchange, and final Santa prep. We are so blessed to be together.
It was a delight!
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