December 2020

Unfortunately, we didn't get a lot of snow this December, but we were still able to do some fun winter things. We went to see the Christmas lights at the Centerville park (we always like these), at the Gateway, at Station Park, and at Bountiful Town Square.

We were still able to go see Santa at Cabela's, the kids just couldn't sit on his lap. I was glad we could still do this, but the glass made it hard to hear each other. There was a display in the line we waited in with a toy boat on it - so of course, that's what Deacon told Santa he wanted (as did Livy). 

The boys built gingerbread houses, and Grandma Nelson invited them over to decorate cookies. Deacon was sick, so he was not able to go, but Livy and Emerson had a fun time. 

 Christmas was definitely different this year with the pandemic going on. Most of Matt's family thought it was best to not get together for a party, so we had a Zoom party together and opened gifts from each other. Matt's parents stayed in St. George, so we mailed them their gifts and they joined us on the Zoom call. It was sad to not get together, but it was nice we could still do something somewhat together.

Christmas Morning:

Since Matt's parents couldn't come, one of the things we sent them was a paper tree and ornaments the grandkids made for them. 

My Grandma Nelson wasn't worried about the virus, so we were still able to get together at her house with that side of the family for a party on Christmas. Unfortunately, Deacon did get sick a few days before Christmas, so we took him to get a COVID test asap in hopes that we would have the results back before Christmas, but we didn't get them back until the day after Christmas. Just to be sure, we kept him home from Grandma Nelson's party, but he was able to go to the party we had the next day with my parents at their house since they all already had covid in November. Luckily, he tested negative, but we thought it was best to be safe.