The month of December!

Tyler and I were so busy having fun in December that I am just getting around to have time to documenting it all!

This is what we have been up to:

- Light of the World in Salt Lake with the Parcells which set the tone for the season, then we got Yogurtland afterward.
- A Christmas Carol at the Hale Center Theater on the 12th with the Parcells. It was a really fun play. During intermission we got hot wassail and afterward we had chicken tacos for dinner at their house.
- For Jocelyn's birthday we went to Ruby River for lunch
- Work party at Noah's where we ate dinner and had Comedy Sports perform
- Sales Christmas party at Rib City where we had a white elephant exchange. You have to keep whatever you get for your white elephant gift at your desk all year. Last year I got a baby doll, and this year I got a stocking. It's always really fun :)
- Movies galore! We saw Mission Impossible 4, War Horse, and Sherlock Holmes
- Cookie exchange party at my friend Amy's house. Everyone brought a different type of cookie to exchange, then we had a gift exchange of your favorite thing. I brought OPI nail polish, then we had snacks and cookies. It was really fun, and a great idea!
- Tyler's Christmas work party. We went bowling at Fat Cats and had dinner at Costa Vida
- Spontaneous shopping night with my mom in Salt Lake and then dinner at Pei Wei
- Temple night with the Parcells then dinner at Milagros afterward
- My first night at my new Bunco group. It's so much fun to meet new friends and socialize, and eat yummy food
- Oakley had her baby girl, Scarlett! I went to the hospital to visit her the day after she was born. Darling babe!

DISNEYLAND!!!

We went to Disneyland for Thanksgiving with my family and it was an absolute blast. I am such a kid at heart and I loved every single second of it! We left on Tuesday after I got off work, and drove straight through to this cute hotel right by the park. The next morning we woke up, ate breakfast at the hotel, then went to Disneyland!

We were all skipping with joy as we entered the park :)

We loved all of the Christmas decorations! They also switched the Haunted Mansion to be Nightmare Before Christmas themed. I caught Ty mid-yawn outside the mansion.

This is a picture of everyone on Splash Mountain! We didn't want to get wet so we put our hoodies on!

My favorite Disney movie when I was little was Winnie the Pooh. We rode in honey combs.

Another one of our favorite places is Mickey and Minnie's houses

It's a Small World was lit up with Christmas lights! We were there when they lit them for the night. It was so cute! They also changed the whole ride to be Christmas themed.

That night, we went back to our hotel and got pizza. We were worn out from the day, and the pizza tasted so good!

The next morning we woke up, had breakfast, then headed out for another fun-filled day!

On this night, we went to the California Adventure "World of Color" show. It was AMAZING. We went early in the morning when we got to Disneyland to get Fast Passes for the show so we had front row seats to it. It's a show with water, music and images playing off the water sprays. See the next post for pictures.

We went to Tony Roma's for Thanksgiving dinner that night. The ribs were yummy and then we got hot chocolate to warm us up at Mickey D's before taking a nap at our hotel.

After we went on like 5 more rides after the World of Color, we went back to our hotel and went to bed. The next day we went to the beach and shopping at Fashion Island. We at ate Wahoo's Fish Tacos then drove to Vegas. We walked the strip and then slept at Tyler's Aunt Kathy's house.

The next day, we went to the Rio's world famous buffet. We got there and realized it was even more expensive than we thought it would be. Total for Tyler and I it was about $70. My mom thought it would be fun, though, so we did it. My mom found out that if we got player's cards at the hotel casino, we would get a few dollars off our buffet so Tyler and my mom got those cards. With them, they also got $5 free to gamble. We ate at the buffet and it delicious! They had tepanyaki, sushi, yummy desserts, crab legs, and pretty much anything you can imagine to eat. I felt like we totally splurged going to the buffet because it was super expensive. On our way out, Tyler took the $5 player's card money to gamble. I was thinking how awesome it would be to win our money back. Well, HE DID! He just played on one of the slot machines. When he pulled the handle and we heard, "ding ding ding!" we were wonderfing how much we had won. EIGHTY DOLLARS! Ha ha we still can't believe it! We had free lunch!

That night, my mom and sisters left and we hung out on the strip with Tyler's sister Lindsay and her boyfriend Rob. We went to M&M World and Ty and I saw a movie while they went to this comedy show they had tickets to. After, we met back up with them and Ty's parents (they were in Vegas for Thanksgiving) and other sister Katelin for frozen custard at LuvIt Custard.

We had SUCH A BLAST! I loved getting out of town and spending time with my family.