Christmas Day

We had such a wonderful and relaxing Christmas day- we got to sleep in until about 8:30 and then we gathered up all of our presents and our stockings and headed to Becca's house. It was definately not calm and quiet during present opening with a 4 year old and 2 year old- but it was a blast! Both Steve and I got some very nice gifts and were very blessed! Steve got lots of new clothes, a book he had been wanting, some movies, and some new Jordan shoes! I got a new jackets, some cute boots, a new sweater, a purse, new silverware, and some new seasons of shows!

After that Steve and I went home to rest and get ready for the day. We watched the Suns vs. Spurs game which was intense since I love the Spurs and Steve loves the Suns. Don't worry- in the end my Spurs won!

Then we got ready for Becca, Jesse, Luke, and Livi to come for dinner... which was amazing! We had London broil, mashed potatoes, rolls, green beans, asparagus, oriental salad, and I made delicious chocolate cream pie!

Steve and I have been extremely blessed this year and have been grateful for another wonderful year together!

Christmas Eve...

This year Steve and I decided to stay in Utah for Christmas. Since Steve is the manager at work, he really couldn't take the time off this year (they are growing and doing alot of new things right now and he needs to be there). It was sad because this is the first year in my entire life that I haven't been with my parents on Christmas. But we have actually enjoyed ourselves because it has been a wonderful time to relax! Steve was super busy at work last week and he finishing up finals and I was sick at the end of last week and over the weekend.

Although, we couldn't be with my parents we did get to spend some awesome and fun time with my sister and her family. Last night, we went over to their house and had a Christmas eve fondue party. We had steak, chicken, shrimp, onion rings, and deep fried mushrooms. To say the least, it was all amazing.

After cookies and eggnog the kids went to bed we sat around and watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and put together all of the toys from Santa for Luke and Livi. Overall, it was a great way to spend our Christmas Eve and I wasn't even lonely.

Winter is Definitely Here...

This past week we have really been dumped on! On Monday, I couldn't even get out of the garage to get my hair done. It doesn't help that our house is near the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon and we are the side of the street where ALL the snow blows. This is a bit of what we've seen recently...

In this picture, Steve got stuck trying to get into the garage and it took him 30 minutes to get his car out of the deep snow.

Friday Night Lights

Steve and I had a really fun weekend. On Friday night we got to spend some time with our really good friends Tori and Tim. Since they are moving to Arizona (frown :( ) in 2 weeks we are trying to hang out a bunch before they go! So on Friday night we decided to go up to Salt Lake to dinner and to see the lights on Temple Square. Seeing the lights is a bit of a tradition for Steve and I because we love it so much!

Originally we had planned on going to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner but after we were told that it would be like an hour and a half wait we decided to try somewhere else. Then again we were told at Texas Roadhouse that the wait was at least an hour! Finally we ended up at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Trolley Square (it was definitely not anyone's first choice). After an extremely eventful dinner, with me seriously embarassing myself several times, we ended up at the temple. There was tons of people on Temple Square but we still had a great time!