1. Home sweet home. It was a great trip- but its always good to be back home in our own beds and routine.

2. Safe trip.

3. Christmas dinner- man was it good!

4. Games. Card games, video games, board games, interactive games... we played several. Mafia is always a favorite!

5. Christmas PJs. We have a tradition of each getting a pair of new pjs at the foot of our bed from Santa- that we change into and wear Christmas morning. We got some fun ones this year!

6. Gospel discussions. After church on Sunday Jake and I got in a gospel discussion with his siblings- it started out defining "being born again" and moved from there through a few other topics but seemed to center around truth, conversion, and how our faith differs from other Christian faiths.

Another night we again conversation followed a spiritual tone as Jake talked about his "conversion". It's amazing to me how the Lord works. I've heard before Jake's struggle with understanding and accepting the gospel as a youth- growing up in such a small town with very few members, and then seeing his parents go through a divorce that he never saw coming presented some hurtles- but hearing him again recount about his rollover car accident, miraculous survival, and the way in which it humbled him, forced him to put things on hold (he was in a body cast and foot cast for several months), giving him space an time to think, it gave him perspective, and allowed for others to encourage him to serve a mission, and that decision helped him really find his testimony... it was just cool to hear it all again- and to then hear how that decision helped his younger brother and sister. I'm so thankful for the Spirit, and how in moments like those it testifies to me allover again of the truthfulness of the gospel.

Jake's brother-in-law also shared a little about his conversion (he started investigating the church after he met Jake's sister Leah- they were married not long after he got baptized, and sealed a year later). It was also cool to see Jake's stepfather (who was just baptized in August after about 10 years investigating the church) pass the sacrament and to see him lead the family in prayers and such.