December 26th

Nate and I left his parents place early in the morning and headed down to Salt Lake to see my family. For some odd reason, Nate's car kept making this weird nose that sounded like a propeller in a fan hitting something. We got to Ogden and off the freeway to check it out just as it died. We called a tow truck to take us to the Subaru dealership nearby and called his dad to give us Sara's car to go to my parents house. At my parents house, we opened gifts and stockings.

 Chloe is so cute!

Jess loved her little outfit that I got her. 

 We went down to Mapleton to visit our cousins from my dad's side of the family and my aunt and uncle. It was good to visit with Chira, Cyndi and their families. We haven't seen them in the longest time since they live in Virginia and California. Chira, Cyndi and Charles are older than our lot, but it doesn't make it any less fun to socialize with them. We stayed around for like an hour or two before heading back north for dinner.

Nate got a call from the dealership to find that one of the pistons in the engine flew off and caused the engine to blow out. We either fix it up with used engine and sale it or get a new engine and hold onto it. Both options are going to cost us money that we don't really have right now, but we're going to do our best. My saturn is still in good shape and looks like THE car that we'll be using for the next few months. When we got back to my parents house, we ate a Beach Christmas dinner and then played games with one another such as: Ticket to Ride, Split the Ward and for those using ipod touches, Words with Friends. We all kept each other laughing pretty hard. It was a great day with my family, warm and fun. :)