We celebrated Christmas Eve with something that is very likely to become a holiday tradition: hobo dinners around the campfire.  Dallin and I rode with Olivia, following behind the truck that Gracie was driving with the parents.  Olivia's exasperated comments about Gracie's driving were gold--Gracie had just received her permit a few days prior. After enjoying dinner, we sang Christmas songs, and Danny gave a devotional including a video clip about the Hubble Telescope.  Sitting under the stars like we were, it was mind-boggling to think of all the galaxies out there. He read Luke 2, a tradition that has been in my own family since I was born.

We headed to the Urness home in the late morning and changed into our turkey jammies. Turkeys because Danny has always called the family the Turkey Crew. Under the tree was probably the most spectacular pile of presents I've ever seen. Everyone went above and beyond to treat siblings, parents and spouses. 

After presents and food, we all hopped into the car for another trip to the desert, this time to go shooting.

The Carnival Miracle brought us to the desert beaches of Cabo San Lucas. We had two days to walk the docks, passing flea markets with all their wares and street sellers with iguanas on their shoulders.  Dallin was quite surprised when one such iguana was placed on his shoulder.  On the first day we enjoyed gelato, mangos with Tajin, and a few hours on the beach, alternating between the teal waters and the warm sand. 

On the second day, we met with our old theatre friends Bryson and Celeste who happened to be on the same cruise.  We all knew Adam was proposing to Hannah at Lover's Beach that morning, so after we received news that the deed was done we headed down to the beach where Bryson and Celeste snapped some family pictures.  Dick unfortunately woke up sick with tonsillitis after having water shot up his nose on the water slide, so we instead took shots of couples and sibling groups. After pictures we hired a little boat to take us to some of the famed sights.  The boat had a window into the bottom, but the water was so clear that all we had to do was look over the side to see dozens of colorful fish as the tour guide tossed bread to their hungry mouths.  Before heading back to the cruise ship, Dallin and I bought a few bottles of Mexican vanilla to bring home to our mamas and a pretty little embroidered dress for our baby niece.