***Disclaimer***
There are a plethora of pictures, most of which may be boring if you aren't a Reynolds
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Christmas with the Reynolds family this year was a bit out of the norm due to crazy schedules, hospital admittance, etc. However, it was as great as ever and just goes to show that it is who you are surrounded by rather than where you are that truly matters :) It was a jam-packed few days, yet as fun and unforgettable as always!
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Jay has been in the hospital for over a month now, but he is fighting hard and always amazes us with his positive attitude and big heart despite his difficult circumstances. More at the hospital later...
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Dad and Jay(Dad had his shoulder replaced about a month ago...he is constantly on the go so this has been quite the adjustment for him to have to just relax! But it meant more time for him to hang with the fam over our Christmas celebrations!)
Jay's little wall of cards and pix in his hospital room
Jay's little wall of cards and pix in his hospital room
The awesome staff at the U made this tree with words of encouragement for Jay after he got out of his most recent surgery. They are so good to him and we are all so grateful for the excellent care he gets!-
We had the Holt Family Christmas party and Em's baby shower at my Aunt Nancy's house...
always fun to get together with all the cousins!
cousin Kristen with Steph
mom, me and Kim
Jake decided he was going to sport this red bow-tie the whole weekend...and he did, whether it was with a button down, t-shirt, playing basketball, etc.He is holding up this cutest little sweater that Sister Bowman made for him when he was a baby...the bummer is some losers broke into Scott and Lee's rental car and stole Em's baby shower gifts. Lame.
Lisa and Eliza at the shower
The Reynolds Girls
The cute parents-to-be
Dallie having fun with Uncle Jake
the guys hanging out
Kim and Steve suprised us all by bringing In-N-Out for dinner one night.
Teag may or may not have eaten about 5 double-doubles...
Dallas LOVES In-N-Out, although he usually only eats the fries and a few bites of the burger patty 
the two little's watching Dora
Jer, Scott, Jake and Josh with the O'Neil girls at WillowCreek for the Christmas Brunch
Scott being Scott
My cutest parents :)
Mister likes the idea that Santa brings him presents, but doesn't want much to do with him.
Notice how he is clinging to me.
Mrs. Claus gave him a stuffed animal, and as we were walking away he yelled to Santa that he wanted Cars toys.
some of the kiddos exchanging gifts-
Due to Jay being in the hospital, some special arrangements were made so we could do our Christmas there. We set everything up in a conference room and Jay was wheeled down to join us for a couple of hours. The nurses were great and came to check on him every now and then. He did pretty well and made it through almost everything!
Kira, Alexa and Isaak
Dallas chatting on his new Cars phone
Jay being wheeled in...he was such a trooper!
He was only 3 days out of surgery and was in pretty rough shape, but we were just happy we were able to all be together!
Josh, Jay and Jer
(with Scott and Jake in the background)
Mom reading the famous 'Christmas Story'
The room was just a little warm, so Teag had to strip down
O'Neil 
The whole group
Eliza helping grandma out with the story-
We then exchanged the kids gifts...the guys give to the guys and the girls give to the girls
Every year everyone seems to outdo themselves.
It is so fun seeing what everyone comes up with!
Steve put together the most AMAZING Newport DVD!
the guy is so talented and creative!
O'Neil never dissapoints either...he is so creative and comes up with the COOLEST gifts every year...this year was an 'ABC's of the Reynolds Family' book.
So awesome (even if he did forget Emily under E.)
And Jay's dvd was unbelievable...a complete tear-jerker, but something we will all cherish forever.
Scott and Mom watching Jay's video
Dallas...looking a bit tired by the end of the night 
Dal playing around with Jer
Jay and I
Josh, Jay, Steph and Jer
The kid's all walked Jay to the elevator...it was so cute!
My mom does an 'adventure' gift for the guys every year - this year was scuba diving with sharks. They loved it!
We always have a blast doing the white elephant gifts (although now we know not do give something we don't want given to the DI, right Jake?!?!)This is Lisa in a vest that she, Kim and I all sported at some point in the 80's.
The real question is why was it still at mom's house???
Why was IT not given to the DI???
Very appropriate for Steve
My white elephant was Lauren Conrad's novel.And yes, I did purchase and read it without the intent of it being a white elephant.
Gram Reynolds got these shorts and hat then made the trade with Jake.
Gram Reynolds got these shorts and hat then made the trade with Jake.I see him busting these out at some point in the future, Newport 2010 perhaps?!
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Thanks everybody for another unforgettable Christmas!
We love you all and can't wait to be together again!
We love you all and can't wait to be together again!
Our sweet little Grandma Whiting passed away on December 13th. Grandma was such an amazing, sweet and loving woman. Her funeral was such a loving tribute to her and a great celebration of her life. Grandma LOVED the color pink, so we all wore pink in her honor. She collected dolls and was so excited to show them to us and tell us where each one came from. She also loved the Utah Jazz, and often preferred to watch the games alone because she would get quite upset and yell at Jerry or the players on TV! She also loved her sweet little Shih Tzu Bandi, and corrected me on more than one occasion on the pronunciation... Sheet Su ;) 
I think Dallas' favorite thing to do was people watch out the windows
still working on that marshmallow...
