Christmas #1 with Ziebarths

Jason's parents were lucky enough to get 4 tickets to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert this year, so they made arrangements to come up for a visit for a few days.  Since we weren't able to go there for Christmas this year, we tried to celebrate Christmas a little early this year for them.

Thursday night Jason and I joined them at the concert.  It was incredible.  The special guests this year were Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw.  Boe sang some amazing solos including "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables.  Brokaw narrated a segment that told the story of the Candy Bomber from WWII.  As he told the story, simulated snow started falling from the ceiling followed by candy pieces attached to handkerchief parachutes.  The story ended with an appearance by Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber himself, at age 92.  After the concert we enjoyed some of the lights in Temple Square before calling it a night.

Then on Saturday morning we opened some presents.  Leila wasn't as interested in the wrapping paper as I thought she'd be but she made out with quite a haul of clothes and toys nevertheless.  Ziebarths were kind enough to give us 2 well-stocked 72 hour kits which we've been meaning to get around to putting together for quite a while.

After presents we loaded up and went to the mall so Leila could visit Santa.  When it was her turn, she was more interested in the lights and trees around Santa and it was all we could do to get her attention towards the camera.  No tears though!

We really enjoyed spending some time with them during the holiday season and are already looking forward to when we get to join them in Hawaii in just a few weeks!