Christmas with the Cooks

There isn't much to say so this will mostly just be pictures of what we have been doing over the holidays. Sue Ann hauled David and Lydia by herself on the flight to Utah on the 16th. Scott stayed behind to finish up his school work for the semester but joined the rest of the family on the 20th. It has been great to spend some time with family and to let David and Lydia get to know their cousins better.

Here is a picture of all the cousins wearing their present (new pajamas) from Grandpa and Grandma Cook opened on Christmas Eve.

When we left Chicago there was almost no snow on the ground so it was fun to be out in Moroni to play in the snow and go sledding. David thought wearing ski goggles was pretty fun.

It was especially fun to be pulled behind Todd's jeep.

We also loved to see the mountains, which we miss living in Illinois.

Christmas morning brought lots of joy (and lots of presents). David's favorites were definitely his swords and his pirate accessories. We don't really have a good picture of either of these so this is all you get.

A close second, and a favorite among many of the cousins was David's electric guitar. I think we may have the next Jimmy Hendrix in the making.


While Lydia is not old enough to really get into all of the festivities she seemed to like the new toys that she got to play with as well.

On the 27th we celebrated David's 3rd Birthday. He is getting so big. Sue Ann made him a pirate cake.

David then opened more presents, the favorite of which was a remote control dinosaur. ROAR!

We also love David's new Sunday attire which is appropriately designed with dinosaurs on it. (Thanks Grandma Salmon!)

Finally, no trip to Moroni is complete without several rounds of Grandpa Cook's amazing pancakes. We thought it would be good to give him a present so that he knows how much we appreciate them, and what better present than an apron with the hand prints of some of the grandchildren.