Christmas in St. George!

We were in St. George this year and spent Christmas with the Mitchells. Cal still doesn't really know what is going on, but it was super fun that he was old enough to get excited about presents. It is nice because we are on the same holiday schedule as most of Dal's siblings, so everyone was there except for the Hunters. A bunch of Dal's cousins came over for a yummy dinner on Christmas Eve. We ate and played the quarter game. After they left we read the Christmas story and opened sibling gifts. Christmas morning, as usual at the Mitchells, we were up at 5 in the morning. I thought that Cal would be grumpy that early, but he did really well. We got him a tool set, which he really liked. We were kind of bummed about the basketball hoop that we got him because we got it for him with the assumption that he would walk by Christmas. Because he doesn't walk yet, we figured it would be a couple of months before we could use it. For sure the highlight of my day was Cal taking his FIRST STEPS ON CHRISTMAS!! It was magical. Dallin stood him up with a basketball and he took 2 steps and dunked it. He did it several more times after that and it was awesome. The rest of the day we hung out, ate delicious food, and spent time with family… a very successful Christmas.

Christmas Eve

Christmas morning

Christmas Day with Grandpa Gib

We spent a whole week in St. George! The day after Christmas we all went hiking at Snow Canyon and then to a park afterwards. Winter in southern Utah is lovely hiking weather!

One of the days we hiked the Angel's landing hike in Zion's with Dennis, Lisa, Lauren & Tyler. We switched off carrying the pack because Cal is getting heavy with that pack, especially up the switchbacks. It was a beautiful hike! Cal did great, he even fell asleep on the way down… hiking must have worn him out.

The rest of the week we spent bowling, eating out, and trying to get Cal to walk. This week he would mostly only walk if he was shooting his basketball. It was so darn cute. We also had a 'Mitchell Family Olympics' with teams of couples. Dallin's parents bought prizes for the winners and it ended up being really fun, especially because those brothers are so competitive. Cal had a lot of fun with Ellie and Kaden.