Christmas 2009

I have decided that it has been long enough and that I need to catch up on our blog! I am way behind and it isn't funny. I think after this that I will be all caught up. I forgot to say in my Last Blog that on November 12, 2009 Whitney took off crawling, she didn't need any help she just started to book it and from then on, she has been into EVERYTHING. We still need to get a stair gate, but she has seemed to not want to go down the stairs, so I haven't gotten one, but will soon. Alright, I guess I will start with how Christmas went. It was GREAT. Last year was Whitney's first Christmas, but she was so Little that she didn't know what was going on, and this year I don't think she knew either, she liked the boxes more than the toys that were inside :) We always have a Christmas Tradition of having the Bezzant Family Christmas Party ever since I can remember, and I am pretty sure that it started even before that. Anyway The Bezzant Christmas party was Held at the Lion's Club House in Pleasant Grove, It is good, because the extended family has grown so much that I don't think that there is a house big enough to fit ALL of us in there. We had a nice pot luck Dinner, Bonnie and Grandpa provided the Pizza and then we were assigned different food assignments for our families, we were to bring a dessert. It was a pretty good meal and then every year it is a tradition to have Grandpa Bezzant read the Savior's birth out of the Scriptures and we usually have someone play Mary This year was the Following cast.
Mary-Abbey Christensen
Joesph-Canon
Baby Jesus- I think it was Brad, Kellli and Jason's little boy.
Shephards- Porter Shelley, Braxton Christensen, Stella Fowles(which she loved to touch "baby jesus" :) Aiden Borchardt
Angels- Hannah Shelley, Whitney Fairbourn, Gracie Borchardt, and I think there were a few others but I can't remember who.
Anyway Grandpa and the Great Grandkids did a great job! It is so Entertaining to watch Everyone and to see the kids have a blast and be involved. It made me miss Grandma Bezzant even more. My sister Lisa said it great "Grandma was Christmas." The Things I miss about Grandma is spending the Holidays with them. I loved how every year she would give all of us Girls Christmas Dresses, and it was great to go look at her Village, there was so many houses and lights, she even had a train under the christmas tree. I loved her Tree because there was so many ornaments that they all filled every single branch on the tree and then she would add one more ornament to the tree and that tree was FULL :) I really missed her a lot this year!!! I am probably pretty sure that she was there in spirit at the Christmas party, because that brought her joy! Grandma always made the holidays fun and she knew the TRUE meaning of Christmas!
Before the Christmas Party I had to drive past Grandma and Grandpa's house even though it was dark I could picture the Christmas tree in the Window and the White Flocked Christmas Tree in the White room. I am glad that I drove past :)
We also have a tradition to eat Christmas Eve Dinner with my family at my Mom and Dad's house, I really liked it because it is fun to see everyone excited for Santa to come, it is cute to watch my Nieces and Nephews play and this year Whitney enjoyed all the cousins and it was a very yummy dinner, there was so MUCH food that you didn't have enough room on your plate for everything, so you had to go back and there was yummy apple pie for desseret and Cereal Candy and Divinity, I don't remember how many pieces I ate, but I know that I gained about 3lbs just eating Christmas Eve dinner. I had fun hanging out with my Brother and Sisters and it was nice because we were ALL there. After dinner Mom read the "The Night Before Christmas". I think this was the second year that we have read that story and I hope it contiues, because it really does put you in that Christmas Spirit.
This Christmas we put up our pre-lit Christmas tree, from when we got married and we turned it on and NOTHING, no lights notta. I asked around to see how you get the christmas lights working again on the tree and someone told me that you have to go through each light to see which ones were burned out! WHAT? No way I wasn't about to do that, so me and Trav decided that we needed another Christmas tree, for when we finish our down stairs basement and that we should have two trees. So we went out and Looked and we got a White Flocked tree and Trav put the Lights on it, We decided not to get a pre-lit one, because they are a pain, if one light goes out then they all go out, so we decided to put our own lights on and I thought it worked much better. I thought that our tree looked great. We had to put the ornmanets up higher this year, because Whitney thought it was great to pull the decorations off the tree and throw them like a ball. Not a good idea! But to a one year old, they were just balls to her, not breakables. :) Anyway... the next morning was Christmas and we had lots of presents to open. This year I asked for a Wii Fit and I got it! :) Wahoo! Thanks Santa, I also got a cute hoodie from aeropostle and p.j's. Also a pretty toothbrush holder. I gave Travis two pair of jeans, Fog lights for his semi, A glenn beck DVD, and Work Gloves. This year Whitney scored with Santa, lets just say he had a hard time choosing her gifts, because there were so many cute things that he made and he couldn't decide on which gifts to give her, but She got a Stroller that helps her walk, she got a rocking horse that turns into a ride-on, and she got a "Little People" House and also she got a great cell phone from Grandma and Grandpa Bezzant and her First Dolly from Tyson. I think she was a little overwhelmed but she has fun with her toys and I was excited to have Trav put them together :) he he. After we opened presents we went up to my mom's house again and opened presents from the person who drew our name, I had Amie, Trav had Dave, and Whitney had Landon. Lisa had my Name and Bryce had Travis's name and Tyson had Whitney. This is what we got and we love it.
I got Picture Frames from Lisa
Trav got two pocket book of mormons and a card for his computer to download pictures from his phone.
Whitney got her Dolly from Tyson and I already mentioned she got a cell phone from Grandma and Grandpa.
And for the Family mom and Dad gave us Moving Santa and Mrs. Clause, and I am really excited to put them up next year and let the move to the groove :) After we had Lunch we went up to Travis's Brother's house up in Roy, Utah. It was nice we had Christmas dinner and hung out and played the wii, and also we stayed the night and had a blast! I am already looking forward to next year Christmas!