Christmas Update #1

My parents are in town for the Christmas Vacation, and we've been having lots of fun. They got in Thursday night and we (and my brother and sister-in-law) all went out to eat at Sizzler. On Christmas Eve we hung around at home for awhile, played the piano. And then went to Temple Square to see the lights. We got some pictures of the area and of us in the daylight, then we headed over to see my brother's lab. He is a grad student Utah. While there we looked at various things underneath an electron microscope, including bugs and Jarom's eyelash. Pictures of that are to come.

Unfortunately we forgot to make plans for dinner, so by the time we got hungry, around 7 ish, we started looking for a restaurant to eat at in Salt Lake and they were all closed! Who closes down on Christmas Eve!? ha. Luckily we finally found on cafe that would be open for another half hour, so we ran in and ate quickly. Then we continued our tour of Temple Square for the nighttime events. So here are pictures of our Christmas Eve adventures.

Playing the piano with sister-in-law Amy

Standing on Wedding Pedestal, pretending we got married here

Trying to pose in front of humongous fountain

After dark shot

Then on Christmas Day of course we opened presents. Then we went over to brother's house where parents were at too and opened MORE presents. Then we decided we needed new family photos, so we attempted to take some of them. I'm not sure which one's I like the best, either of just us as a couple or as a whole family. Please give input if you have an opinion as to which look the best!

Category 1: Us as a Couple

Pose #1

Pose #2

Pose #3

Pose #4

Category 2: Whole Family

Pose #1

Pose #2

Pose #3

And a bonus picture of just the kids and mom.

Alright, I have some more pictures of stuff but I am tired of downloading them right now. So tell me what you think!

Comments

Potters said…

I like pose #4 of you and Jarom and pose #3 of the family :D

December 27, 2010 at 12:32 PM

Lisa said…

Category 1: pose 4
Category 2: pose 3 except Jarom's face is kind of hidden by your head so maybe pose 1 but your mom doesn't look very happy in that but pose 2 is weird.

December 27, 2010 at 7:29 PM

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