The Enkey's: Christmas 2014!

Christmas was so fun this year! We had a blast with so much family here to spend Christmas with. Rickey and Hope flew in from New York and spent about 5 days with us.
This year was particularly special because in October, Phillip, Sansom and I were in a roll-over car accident. I was the only one not buckled(I had just unbuckled to check on our son Sansom). We hit the center median and flipped a few times. It was a miracle that I am alive today and have recovered for the most part. It's very scary to think this Christmas could have been a very bad one for my family. I am ever so grateful to be alive. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday to be alive, to be able to walk and talk and not to be paralyzed. I'm grateful that I have recovered from a fracture in my L3 vertebrae in my spine and 2 fractures in my right cheek bone. I still have a brace to wear under my clothes, but I am getting stronger. I am alive, I am well. I am able to see me children and husband and family every day. For that, I am grateful.

Ok, enough of that stuff... back to Christmas!

I was so excited to give the gifts I bought for my family! I felt very confident in the ideas and time I put into the gifts we were giving. Phillip really wanted a new guitar. I used my stealth-like skills to get it and hide it at our house. it was really hard to wait until Christmas! I was so happy to get this for him. Phillip has recently started taking voice lessons and his voice has gotten stronger. I really want him to perform at an open mic night. He has real talent! So with this gift, I knew it would be a great investment for his talents. And it was probably one of his most coveted gifts!
This year we got Calista and Sansom a Little Tikes playground set with a little slide and a big slide. I was so excited about this! I knew Calista would love it and they could be productive when the weather is nice and go outside to play. Since we got them a big gift, we gave 1 other smaller gift and a little something from Santa. For her other gift Calista got a LeapReader system, that I got for a really great price. Sansom got the LeapFrog magnets for the fridge that have the alphabet and one for farm animals. From Santa Calista got a playdough set and Sansom got a bunch of little shaker toys and teething toys. I figured Calista wouldn't be super excited about the LeapReader at first because it doesn't look like a new Barbie or anything flashy. But she has played with that everyday and loves it! I love that it helps promote reading and independent play time. We just need to get more fun books! I also think Calista likes the magnets Sansom got just as much as he likes it! Sansom is a cute little man and was so cute when he wore his Santa hat.
Christmas Eve we got together with the Tobias' and did a white elephant gift exchange, fun games and then read the Nativity story. Growing up, I always dressed up as the Angel in the Nativity story. So naturally, Calista was the angel this year. :] She was so cute too! I'm so glad that I got everything on tape. Then after all that, we tucked Calista and Sansom in and set up the stockings and cookies. Calista wrote a very sweet letter to Santa. I got a cool idea from pinterest to put "Santa footprints" near the fireplace to show that Santa came. Calista loved that idea! Calista and Whitney made reindeer food with Aunt Hope and sprinkled it outside!
Before going to bed, we opened our Christmas pj's. Phillip got me some really nice ones called hootie footies! I really love them. and he had my name embroidered on them. Another tradition we have is to open a little gift on Christmas Eve. We opened the gifts Uncle Grady sent. He sent some movies we really like! After the kids went to sleep, Phillip and I watched The Santa Claus 2.
Christmas morning we woke up to snow! It was so wonderful! We rarely had a white Christmas growing up, so this was really nice to wake up to. I woke up a little after 8am, took a shower and got a little makeup on. I even made myself a protein shake because I knew it could be a long morning. I think I was more excited than anyone else! Phillip and I wanted to have our own Christmas before going upstairs and having Christmas with my family. We opened our stockings and then had Calista and Sansom open their gifts. Phillip loved his guitar! He was so excited about it and started playing it immediately! Phillip got me a new computer! I am so excited about this new computer! We only had a simple laptop before. I am now excited to have a good computer to blog on and get photoshop. Then after our gifts, we told Calista there was 1 more gift and she needed to get her shoes on. So we surprised her with the Little Tikes playgroud. She was so excited!! It was really cold outside, but she was excited nonetheless.
Then we went upstairs and continued the Christmas celebration upstairs! we got everything we needed and wanted. it was really a great Christmas! I was so excited for my parents. They had to sell a lot of their things to get out here to Utah. This year, my mom got a BlendTec blender and a gorgeous new ring! My dad got a new drum set and an Ipad 3! I'm so glad they got the things they wanted, they really deserve it.
After all the fun, we had a big Christmas brunch. I made the pancakes and for the first time, I made eggs benedict sauce. Phillip said it tasted a little different, but was good for the most part. That was a big tradition for him growing up, to have the eggs benedict for breakfast on Christmas morning.
We miss our family that wasn't with us this year! Our family from NC was very close to our hearts and we missed them dearly this Christmas. I am so grateful to have such wonderful family!
Christmas evening we went over to the Tobias' house. I loved hanging out with my family! We had a great dinner. It was so great seeing the kids play together as we once did when we were young. After, we got to sing Christmas carols. That really brought the spirit of Christmas! I love my Savior. I love celebrating His birth. He is my king and my master and to Him I give all praise!
Merry Christmas Everyone!