merry christmas

The new Frederickson Family Christmas ice skating party was a big success! It was a really fun way to start Christmas and was a venue that can accomodate our ever growing group. After Ice skating we had a yummy soup lunch at the church and then put together kits for homeless people.






Christmas Eve was at Dustin and Kimberly's house sans Kimberly who is doing a great job keeping the Riplets inside and growing. One of the good things about Kimberly in the hospital meant that we got to have Corbin spend the week with us. He continues to be very entertaining. One afternoon Marcos was having a crying fit because he couldn't get candy at the store. When I asked him if crying EVER works with me, Corbin interjected and said, "yeah Marcos, crying only works with some people like my Grandma." The highlight of Christmas Eve was talking to Mom and Dad on Skype. They got to watch all the kids open the gifts they had sent--Chinese dresses and tshirts. The kids loved them and will be well dressed for the Chinese New Year.


We spent Christmas Eve at Dustin's house. Kimberly is in the hospital trying to keep the Riplets from



I wish every year Christmas could be on Sunday. It was so nice to have Santa gifts, gingerbread waffles for breakfast and then a less than one hour church. Our sacrament meeting was beautiful. After church we came home and opened gifts. I think this year was the first time the kids all gave gifts to each other and were really excited about what they gave. That night we had Book of Mormon Christmas and invited our friend Paul over for Tamales. It was a wonderful relaxing day.