It’s been nice to visit the fam here in California. We’ll be going back to Utah and our normal lives on Thursday. Mostly we have been sitting around, guiltlessly eating chocolate and pies and watching more TV than I’ve watched in the last few years combined. But sometimes it’s good to be lazy, so you can then appreciate your normal lifestyle again and not wish for the lazy times anymore, at least for a month or two! It’s been good to relax because before we left some crazy things were happening, like giving various talks and lessons at church, getting a flat tire on the freeway (scariest thing that’s happened to me in a while), and the housework piling up! Well, that’s not so abnormal. But anyway, Chase got tons of presents for Christmas; I think he’s officially the spoiled center of attention. But we have to admit that he’s such a cutie that he deserves it I suppose. At least I never have to buy him toys or books or anything. He’s been so smiley and funny since we’ve been here, and he’s crawling a lot faster now so it seems like his confidence has grown in the last 2 weeks since he started that. Good times.

We had a great Christmas. Thanks to all those who let us give stuff to them. And those who gave stuff to us. We were really glad to get The Office season 2 on dvd. We love our house and washer and dryer and everything. We’ve had fun in California, we only have two more days here for Grandma and Grandpa to get their fill of Chase for a while. Hopefully you all had a great Christmas too, we heard Cotton’s favorite present was his whistle. What was yours?

We’ve arrived in Cali now. It’s much nicer weather here than in Utah. And there are many more cookies and fat-ning things to eat here. Talk to ya later