Well, another year has almost come and gone. Today is Christmas, and I am exhausted. We have had a busy, crazy week. We took the kids to Las Vegas to watch BYU play in the Vegas Bowl against UCLA. Talk about a nail biter, but more on that later. We were gone from the 21-23rd. Then later on the 23rd we had the Clayson family Christmas party with Ed's family. Had a very nice dinner (thanks mom), and exchanged presents. We had fun, as usual, but I have no pictures to show for it.....maybe Angie will donate a few....
I also have no pictures of Christmas....I am such a loser when it comes to that sometimes. I didn't even get any of Sar
andon and Dantley today. Heather, any to share? So I guess the best that I can do is post the pictures from our Christmas card. I guess you better take what you can get. And don't let those smiling children fool ya, either...they were not happy children...they were complaining the whole time...."I'm cold...there's snow in my shoe....blah, blah,blah..."Anyway, the highlight of our day today was a phone call from our missionary. He called us from a members home. Th
ey were fixing him french toast for breakfast...It makes me happy to know there is a mom out there somewhere looking out for my boy. He is doing well, and loves what he is doing. His attitude is always positive, and he looks for the fun in any situation. I know that alot of the people he has taught have been drawn to this trait. He is truly doing his father's work, and takes it very seriously...I am a very proud mom, and have been missing him alot today.Well, Santa treated us very well this year. For the second year in a row, we stayed home for christmas day. Heather and her family, and Troy came to our house for dinner. It was nice to just relax and enjoy each other's company. Of course the Wii that Santa surprised everyone with might have done some of the entertaining. The other present the kids were surprised with will be enjoyed in February, when we fly to Long Beach, CA for a much needed winter break.
So back to the game....I knew you were all waiting for me to get back to BYU football....we had a blast. We left early friday morning, and stayed at the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas. We drove down with the kids, Troy, Mike, Steve, and Rick (Angie's uncle). We played around that night, and had a nice prime rib dinner (ok, Mike whined about dinner...they didn't have corndogs...) Saturday we shopped at the two outlet malls in Vegas. Troy poked fun at this a bit...."I can't believe it is 3 days before Christmas, and you guys are going shopping....." Troy, have you ever been with the Clayson Boys when they haven't gone outlet shopping? Anyway, there are a few traditions that have been born on these Vegas trips...that is one of them. Another is eating at an In'N'Out Burger before the big game. This is very important. So is going to the 'pink' 99 cent store. Yes, we have dolla
r stores in Utah, but apparently this one is WAY better.Troy did buy some very nice strawberry body wash, which he left in my car, and I later wrapped up and gave him for christmas....b
est present ever...anyway, we did make it to the game, we did 
win 17-16 with a blocked field goal for UCLA's almost win in the last 3 seconds of the game...(my heart has finally started beating again), and we had a blast. Troy said if we had lost, he was going to take a taxi back to Utah to avoid riding with Ed....Anyway, all is well with the Clayson's. Tomorrow it is back to the real world. I will probably get more rest at work anyway... Joey
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You guys are so awesome!! (Even if you don't get pictures of Christmas... at least you have posted Christmas.. I'm way behind!!)
We had a nice Christmas dinner in Utah. I invited all the people I call my homeless people except they do have a place to stay, they just don't have lives. My brother Mike, Cari, Joey, Brandi, and their 21 month old son Austin, and your brother Stephen were all invited. Everyone came except Steve. I don't know what happened to him, he said he was coming and he came for dinner at our home last summer and seemed to have a nice time. We took him and Cari to Idaho and Wyoming last summer too. We spent a few days with Mike and Susan in Rexburg (Mike is the new head engineer of the Rexburg temple) and then we went to Yellowstone Park.
I saw Stephen last Thursday. He was on Cari's bed. I think he gets kicked out of where he's living and goes to Cari's and stays as long as she'll keep him. I told Heather that his sisters won't take him in, his brother won't take him in, his aunts won't take him in, but Cari will. You have to give her credit, although, he drives her nuts!
Oh, by the way Steve is probably in our ward. He only lives a few blocks away from us. At least I think he does. Cari is worried that he was kicked out and is homeless out in that terrible cold! I wouldn't want to be homeless in Arizona, let alone Utah!
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