Sunday, December 28, 2008

Merry Christmas 2008!

Christmas was so great this year. We spent Christmas Eve with Phi's family and had a lot of fun with them. Then we slept over night at my parents house and had Christmas day with them. Tim and Jessica slept over also, so everyone was together Christmas morning, minus Kevies of course. We got to talk to him and I loved every second of it. He is such a wonderful missionary. He is so focused and is not interested in hearing anything of the world or anything that might be the least bit distracting to him he is such a great servant of the Lord and I am so proud of him and miss him so much. He has hit his 1 year mark and I hope the second year goes just as fast. I am excited to have him home next Christmas it will be so great! After opening gifts I cracked open my cocoa latte machine that Crystal gave us for Christmas and it is so great. It makes a pretty good cup of hot cocoa! We had a nice breakfast and then later on had a wonderful dinner. We went and saw a movie also. I loved spending time with our families and friends. As you can see from the pics, I was in no hurry to get out of my pj's on Christmas! Showin off my rock side with guitar hero world tour. We got a wii for Christmas and it is quite possibly the most fun thing ever!

Finally dressed and ready for a Christmas pic!

The blizzard expected for Christmas day did not show up until that night and Crystal got really excited!
At Sam's Club Crystal just couldn't resist trying out the pillow mound. It was just one of those days where everything was funny and we were acting really immature. If you were there you would have thought it was hilarious. Crystal was laughing so hard she had to run to the bathroom to prevent an accident.

Temple Square

Some of my wonderful fam members



Crystal and Nephi making a new friend!
My new bed and bedding. My parents gave us new bedding to go with our new bed and I was so excited to put it all together that I did not even take the time to iron it, which I know it desperately needs. Oh well, I am just so happy to finally have a cute bedroom set!
Our beautiful tree with the new tree topper addition. A little spazzy and different, but I absoltuely love it! I think the tree turned out great this year and I spent hours on wrapping the presents. I love a nicely wrapped gift!
About all the Christmas decorations I have...not much but enough for us!

This was a few days before Christmas but I just forgot to post. Last Tuesday I had to work and Nephi didn't and he surprised me with a dinner. He made new york steak, that I am not kidding tasted gourmet, and cheesy veggies. He also got marinelli's sparkling cider and a box of chocolate for dessert. The poinsetta was also from him I just love poinsettas. Nephi is such a sweetheart and I am so lucky to have him in my life.
















Sunday, December 14, 2008

cRAzy DecEmBEr!!

I just love this time of year. I love the feeling in the air and now that we finally have snow it feels like Christmas. We have been crazy busy this month and are so happy to be done with school for a little while. I must admit I have gotten caught up in the shopping craze and seriously need help. It is so hard cuz everytime I go out I see such good deals it really is a buyers market for everything these days! We went to our ward Christmas party last night and it was so great. The primary kids did the nativity and it really brought home the true meaning of Christmas. I have been wanting to get some pictures taken of Nephi and I but have just been so busy with school, work, my internship and endless Christmas parties that I have not gotten around to it. I am not one to pay for photography (I am sure that will change when I have kids) so my friend Brandy took some for us. I think they turned out great. I am hoping to make Christmas cards this year, we will see if that actually happens. I loved having snow in the pictures but I could not have picked a colder day. You can see in some of the pictures the beautiful purple towel that accomodated the pics quite well if you ask me! We were all numb by the end but Nephi was a good sport about it. They may not be professional but I think they are beautiful. I hope everyone is enjoying the season as much as we are!