RING! RING!

Today, Christmas, we honored the tradition that most families of missionaries honor, "the ringing of the phone" that is, we "my smith family" got to talk to our missionary in Washington! The phone call was definitely the highlight of the day. Our family, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and friends all waited for a turn to talk to him. Each of us started out with the same question "how's it going"? Austin is enjoying his missionary experiences. Some of Austin's friends came over to talk to him also. It was so great to see them all again and it just made me miss him even more. They all went up to his room and laid on his bed (just like old times). I've included some of the pictures I took when everyone was talking to him.
Christmas with the family was great. It rained and rained all day which made the day seem even more homey.