Happy Turkey Day Part 3

Saturday morning dawned cold and clear and around 9 we headed up to my mom's for a new event-Breakfast with Santa. When we were little we would go to ZCMI where they had a restaurant called the Tiffin Room. They held a Breakfast With Santa where we obviously ate breakfast and then we had to sing really really loud to get Santa to come in. He came in with his big red bag full of candy canes and then he sat in his big red chair on the stage. Everyone got to line up and see him. They also had all the people with December birthdays come up on stage so that all the restaurant could sing Happy Birthday to them. Lucky me! I got to do that every year. So because the Tiffin Room and ZCMI for that matter are not longer around we had to improvise. Breakfast was at my mom's house and all the cuzzies came. We had pancakes, really really fattening eggs and bacon. After breakfast Santa came through the front door. The kids were all excited to see him except Cayden who kept Jim as his bodyguard the whole time. He would not come with in 10 feet of Santa. So all the kids sat in his lap and told him what they wanted for Christmas. Even Mawmaw had a turn. She told him that she wanted an Escalade-umm well I don't think we can all pitch in for that! We took a few pictures but there was a lot of backlighting. We tried to coax Cayden over to Santa but he would not do it. So our family picture with Santa is sans Cayden. After Santa left we all freshened up and went to church lot for big family pictures. It was quite chilly especially sitting on the really cold rocks but it worked. Mawmaw has wanted a big family picture for a long time so we acquiesced to her request. It was quite difficult getting 6 babies under 1 to be still but my children were worse than the babies! Caleb and his "psychological can't look up when taking pictures " and "I have to wear sunglasses or I can't open my eyes" issues and Cayden being a copycat Caleb was making me so mad! The other kids were pretty good although Aunt Pam had bribe Abby so she would stop crying. Aunt Pam told Abby that she would buy her anything she wanted. I would have asked for a pony but Abby asked for a toy. Good call Aunt Pam! My cousin David is on a mission and my cousin Amy is expecting so the picture is missing 2 people but we are sure we can Photoshop them in! After the Family Photo Fun we went back in to the house and geared up for the BYU/Utah rivalry. We ordered pizza and made a Sonic run and settled in for the game. It was a very intense game and we were pretty sure that BYU was going to blow it but they pulled it out. I actually had to leave the room because I couldn't stand all that pressure! After the game we headed back to Chris' and then Don and Calley made a late night Cafe Rio run. Chris had to work again on Sunday so he had to go to bed early. We slept in a little on Sunday and then packed up and headed home. There was not alot of traffic on the road and the roads and weather were clear so that makes it so much easier. I think I slept most of the way home because after Thanksgiving Break I needed a break! I'm so glad that we got to see everyone and do all that funstuff. I am grateful for all our blessings and we have so many that there are too many to number. Sometimes at night when I can't sleep I lay in my bed and count my blessings instead of sheep.


Cayden and his bodyguard Uncle Jim

SANTA!!!!

What Calley and Cody did most of the weekend.

Waiting patiently for Santa.

Mawmaw wants an Escalade please.

Merry Christmas from the Adams Family with Cayden on the side.