"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."

Christmas this year has come and gone! It happened so fast that I am still not quite sure we've opened all the presents. The night before we had a nice Christmas Eve dinner involving fruit tarts and a yummy avocado tomato salad.

Every single year, without fail, we have gone and visited a family that lived nearby. This family consisted of an elderly couple that my parents have known the day they moved to America. And since I can remember, we would drop off our gift on Christmas Eve each year. This year was no different. We spent the night catching up on the news of the entire year. 

We started off Christmas morning with an early opening of presents. I hope and pray that as soon as my youngest sister is grown up we will no longer have to wake up before 8 to open presents. After some present opening, we had a nice luncheon with our Jacob, our other god brother. A stop to Temple Square {again} and then went home to set up the traditional Christmas Hot Pot. 

Then it was off to see Les Mis! If you haven't seen it yet, go now! I cried several times and I am positive I will be returning to the theaters to see it at least one more time. Yes, it was that good.