Christmas time is here :)

Christmas was amazing this year. Utterly lovely in every way. We did gingerbread houses on Christmas eve at my grandma's which I always look forward to. Beforehand we had a delicious dinner. I brought artichoke dip and chips and bread, and poppyseed bread. We always have these delicious hot ham and cheese sandwiches. There was SOOO much candy you would not believe it! The next day we woke up and went over to my grandma's house to open presents and man was I spoiled. I got a fabulous coat from Tyler that I told him I wanted but I really didn't think he would get it for me. I told him I wanted it and he said, "you already have enough coats." I was thrilled when I opened the box! I got these awesome black leather boots that I are comfy and great for winter. Two perfumes from my mom - Light Blue and Burberry. My dad got a gift card to Carabba's and the new Rascal Flatt's CD which is amazing. Jocelyn got my two pairs of earrings and a cute Alice in Wonderland book because we loved that movie growing up. She gave Ty a gift card to Happy Sumo. Kate gave me a bracelet and Ty a gift card to Spoon it Up. My mom gave Ty a huge pack of gum and a Polo shirt. And the list goes on and on. I love my family and it is so much fun to give and receive. We then went to Tyler's house and exchanged a few gifts and went to the movie Little Fockers which I didn't think was that good, honestly. The night before we went over to the Parcells' and Walt did a cool Christmas thing where he blindfolded us all, played music about Christ, and would bring things around for us to feel that were a part of Christ's life. For example, a nail, straw, block of wood, etc. It was really neat to think about Christ and all he did for us. We are so lucky to have such wonderful families, and I truly couldn't feel luckier to have such an amazing husband. He brings out the best in me and I look up to him because he is such a Christ-like person.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Now, on to the New Year's parties...

Happy 22nd birthday to Jocelyn!

I went with Jocelyn and 30 (yes, 30) of her friends to Cheesecake Factory to celebrate her birthday! It was so much fun! I gave her a little pearl on gold chain Dogeard necklace for her birthday. We were shopping at Nordstrom while waiting for our tables, and she walked over the Dogeard necklaces and said, "I really want the pearl one! I should have asked for it for Christmas." I almost busted out laughing because I was about to give it to her for her birthday and was carrying it with me in my bag! Love it. Love her. So glad she's my sister! Oh and p.s. - the food was to die for! We had Bang Bang chicken which is Thai coconut curry-ish with rice and this delicious cheesy pasta. We topped it off with red velvet cheesecake which I've been craving ever since. And to top it off, my co-worker and her friend (coincidence!) picked up the tab for her birthday. She has great friends and it was a blast hanging out with them for the night!

Happy birthday Jocelyn! You are the best of the BEST!

Fun, fun and more fun

I have not blogged in so long, and I want to remember all of the fun things that we have done!!
- Temple square with Marc and Court
- Dinner and a movie with Lauren and Michael (Lauren is my friend from back in Texas)
- Dinner with Oakley and Scott, Ashley and Casey, and Ben and Sammy
- Dale's wedding reception
- Carolyn's bridal shower and hanging out with all the girls
- BYU basketball games. Rachel let us go with her to sit on the floor seats and it was really fun!
- Pumpkin carving with Matt and Kayla, plus delicious apple cider and caramel apples
- Dinner at my house for dinner group - I made baked potato soup which I have made several times since because it's delish
- Dinner with Kim and Dave and their friends last weekend at Macaroni Grill. We played a really fun game after that had us all laughing
- Black Friday shopping with mom! We went at like 10 am though - I will never go at 4 again in my entire life. We shopped at University Mall then went to lunch at Carabbas. It was perfecto and so much fun to hang out with her
- Working out and din with Hayden last night. We braved the storm and went to Pizza Factory
- Going to Shoga with Ashley and Oakley last weekend while the boy's were at Dale's Bachelor party. It's a delish sushi place that I love! We then went on an adventure to get ski passes then finished up the night at Nordstrom then snuggled on the couch watching Glee

I swear I will blog more often to document my life!

Laser Show

One weekend night we went up to Salt Lake with Marc and Court to see the light show at the museum up there. It was interesting ha ha. We went to CPK and walked around shopping. Fun times were had by all!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tyler and I made these adorable little turkeys for Thanksgiving! We had dinner at his parent's house this year which was delicious. I love my husby who will do fun little things like this with me. I'm a lucky one to have him!

Halloween Partay!

We had a fun Halloween party this year with Marc and Courtney. We threw it at Courtney's dad's frame shop and it was a great setting! We had a vote for costumes, match the horror movie title with the picture, and had and an obstacle course race in teams. In the race, we did things like wrap someone in a roll of toilet paper, drink a cup of "blood" through a tiny straw, cut open and scoop out a cup of pumpkin guts, etc. It was a fun night but a lot of work!! After the party we watch The Strangers in one of the rooms then cleaned up and left. Happy Halloween to all!

Ty and I went to Florida and had a BLAST!

Yes, I have had one lucky year thus far. Back in January I won a 7-night condo stay to wherever I wanted to go! I heard that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter was opening in the summer at Universal Studios and I had already talked to Tyler about how much I wanted to go. Well, this perfect opportunity to go was placed in my hands so we went to Florida!

This was our home for 7 days...it was really nice with a full kitchen, beautiful large bathroom and comfy bed:

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Our first stop was Hogsmeade (the magic village that the wizards go to to purchase their school supplies, etc. for those of you not familiar with Harry Potter)

I want to live here!



The paintings on the walls at Hogswart talked to each other, just like in the movie


It was so cute I couldn't even handle it!
Zonko's Joke Shop:


I have always wanted to try Butterbeer! It is delicious, similar to cream soda but with a buttery hint.

Pick your wand!


That dragon behind Tyler is made of legos. This was at Downtown Disney.
Those people and dogs are all legos!
This is us at Universal Studios on one of the 3-D rides


Tyler volunteered to be a part of the making of "Disaster" at Universal. He was part of the acting!








If it's possible to have TOO much fun, we did!! It was so nice to just be there with him and I and no one else. We enjoyed spending 7 full days of one fun thing after another!