Even though I live in Utah and Jason's {Elder Normans} family lives in central California, I was able to hear Jason's sweet voice on Christmas day. The wonderful Norman family came to Utah for Christmas this year and stayed with family because the kids mentioned they wanted a white and snowy Christmas. I was able to spend some time with this amazing family, and felt like I fit right in. Even without my sweetheart in the picture. They invited me to go Ice Skating with them a couple of days before Christmas. It was, for lack of a better word, quite the eventful evening. Poor sweet Olivia, the youngest of the Norman bunch, cut her little hand open when someone skated right over it after she had fallen. The sweet mother Norman doesn't do so well with blood. So I helped as the "nurse" as their doctor of a dad cleaned out the cut, and glued it up.After that I was by Olivia's side the rest of the night until the Normans took me home.
I didn't see the Norman's again until Christmas day around 4:30, just 20 minutes after Jason's mother called to inform me that Jason has called them on Skype and invited me to join them. When I arrived around 4:30 they were no longer on Skype and I was so worried I had missed my chance. But his mother kindly informed me that my Sweet Jason had hung up with them and let his companion Skype his family first, just so he could be sure I was there to be a part of the experience. :) He said it would only be about 40 minutes. So after about an hour or so of watching his extended family play some silly board game, he FINALLY called back again around 5:10ish.. {The first time he called was just around 4 ' o clock}.
As soon as I saw the handsome missionary on the screen I had to hold back the tears. I was so happy to see him, and felt so blessed that he and his family let me be a part of the experience. He talked alot about his companions so far and how things were in his area, and then it was all just small talk and quite a few laughs here and there. After about an hour and forty-five minutes of talking he had to hang up. It was hard to see him go, but I knew I was SO lucky to talk to him, let alone SEE him on Skype. Thank You to the wonderful, amazing, sweet, considerate, and selfless Norman family. After Skyping him, they insisted that I join them for Christmas dinner and dessert. They had the same Danish food every Christmas in honor of their ancestors, Might I say this was the most delicious Christmas dinner I can remember. Maybe it tasted better because I had talked to my wonderful missionary, and I felt accepted as part of their family.
For Christmas Elder Norman sent me a hat he knitted himself, { ITS SOOO CUTE and WARM; I would have payed a lot for it}, some caramel apple cider; YUMMY, and a warm blanket. The perfect gifts from the perfect guy, and just enough to keep me warm since he couldn't cuddle with me. {Sorry not sorry for the cheese factor.}
ADORABLE hat he knitted for me, and the delicious Caramel Apple Cider.. :)
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