For Christmas this year Preston and I went to Manti to visit his family for Christmas Eve. It was so fun and it was great to be a part of their sweet family traditions. We went to Walmart and everyone got to pick their favorite thing to eat and we cooked them all up and had a grand Christmas Eve feast! There were shrimp, tomales (mine and Preston's pick), hashbrown patties, artichokes, coconuts and his sister made these truly amazing remade oreo cookies with drizzled chocolate on the tops. OH MY... it was so fun! :) what a great tradition! After, we opened presents and found we had gotten comfy p.j.s to wear to bed! It was great to see his family and enjoy the Christmas Eve with a phone call from Jeremy (brother on a mission) in Kenya, Africa! He sounded so different but it was cool to watch as they passed the phone around and how excited and happy the family was to hear his voice :) Christmas morning we awoke (after a nice morning of sleeping in) excited to spend our first Christmas morning together married! It was so fun to watch each other open presents and stockings we had thought of to get one another. I was so surprised at how well Preston knew what I wanted/needed! He did so good! He got me gloves, some cute shirts to wear, and a sweet black coat that I really wanted! He even surprised me with an electric piano :) I was so excited! What a great first Christmas it was!
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Later that day, we went to Sandy to see my family :) It was awesome too! We got a few more things from my parents such as a stocking with goodies and a new T.V.! Something we will get to use for a while in growing our home together in the years to come. It was fun spending the time and seeing my family and relatives. I always enjoy watching my family interact and seeing them really come together on the holidays we get together, and this Christmas was no different :) I love my family :)
Whew this is a long post :) but THANK YOU for reading this and if you're still reading it must not be too boring ;) my birthday came next. It gets a little hectic with my birthday being the 30th of December and all but it is fun too :) At least my birthday is always well decorated (with Christmas decorations). In the morning, my cute husband made and brought me breakfast in bed (one of the birthday traditions in his family). It was so tasty and I was lucky to not have spilled any syrup on the sheets I had just washed! yes :) The day was full of birthday wishes and Preston took me to lunch at Spicy Thai where I had pineapple fried rice :) yum! When my honey left for work, the door bell rang and when I opened the door.... there was my mom and aunt Nancy, Zannie, my grandma and my cousin! They surprised me with Olive Garden salad and breadsticks and Papa Murphys pizza! We sat around and laughed about things and talked and watched "The Help". Oh it was a wonderful day :) I am so blessed. 
Ciao for now!
~The Coburns
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