Sunday, April 29, 2012

Christmas in SoCal

So right after our honeymoon, we had Jeff's brother Seth pick us up from the port and drive us back to his house. We then had a reception December 27th. It was beautiful. Right after the reception, we opened all of our wedding gifts at his parents' house.

We also had a little Nativity program with most of his nieces and nephews at their house. I thought it was such a great idea! And all of them looked so cute.



Jeff had lots of fun playing with Ben.

As is tradition, the Olson family had a pinata! And all the nieces and nephews had a great time.


As is also tradition, all of the kids get new pajamas the night before Christmas, so that way they're excited about it and then change into them and then they're all ready for bed when they get home!

 


Jeff and I got this cool decorative plate from Jeff's parents for Christmas. They bought it for us while they were on their mission in Mexico. It says: 'En este hogar hay paz y armonia.' In this home, there is peace and harmony. We now have it sitting on our little kitchen table at home. It reminds us of that simple message each and every day.


A couple of days after Christmas, I caught Jeff playing with Ben's brand new toy. I knew he was just a little kid in a grown-up's body! Ben later got mad that Jeff was playing with his toy haha.


Jeff and I also got to see all the lights all around a string of neighborhoods near his hometown. They were absolutely amazing!





This was our favorite. One of the houses didn't have ANY decorations. Except for this. It was pointing to another house that was decorated so much that it almost made your eyes hurt. Ha.



There were a couple of houses that even decorated their garage! It was craaaazy.


Oh, and did we mention they decorated their living room, too?!?!




Jeff even got to sit on Santa's lap!


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