Christmas

Who needs presents when you have all this garbage???

Best present EVER!!!  Now I can stop envying it online!  :)

After enjoying a relaxing morning with my family we got to skype with my brother, Justin.  He is serving a mission for our church in Brazil.  We get emails from him once a week, but we only get to skype (or phone call) with him twice a year (Mother's Day and Christmas).  He has been gone since August 2012 and will return August 2014.  It was soooo much fun to talk to him.  He looked so happy and sounded wonderful.  He is having so many great experiences and meeting so many wonderful people. 

 We sure missed having him there for Christmas, but we wouldn't want him anywhere else in the world than where he is right now.  Here's to Christmas 2014 (although then my other brother will be gone..).  It's going to be a while until we are all together again.  But I am so grateful for the commitment and sacrifices that Justin is making to serve the people of Brazil!

After talking to Justin we went to Grandma Christensen's house for her Christmas dinner, it was really fun to see all the cousins, aunts and uncles!