Christmas

Matt and I are so lucky to have such wonderful family. We both get along really well with our in-laws and family functions are something we really look forward to. Needless to say, Christmas was fantastic. Matt's family celebrates on Christmas eve, and we all go bowling together and have dinner and presents later. Bowling was a lot of fun with the kids this year because they were both actually into the bowling part.
Remember when you didn't care about how many pins you knocked down, all that you care about was watching that ball roll down the lane? Claire was so funny. She did this every time it was her turn.






After bowling, we had dinner, opened presents, and watched the Fischer 2010 video that Randy made. That is probably my favorite part of the night because it is so fun to go over everything we did during the year. Then the kids played with their new toys, meaning all the boys played with Brad's new nerf guns. We ended up leaving around 11:00, only to go home and do Christmas just the two of us. I like doing this because we usually are already in the present-opening spirit and it is fun to be together.

On Christmas morning, we slept in until 10:00! Then we headed out to my mom's house and spent the whole day there, eating, sleeping, opening presents, playing games, watching basketball and just messing around. The Decker family came over for dinner and we all got into some games together. It was so fun to have everyone there... well Jeff was only partly there because he had to get up at 3:30 in the morning to go to work. It was such a great day.

Merry Christmas!

Christmastime

This December has been super busy for us, Matt has been finishing his semester and had to take almost a full week off for finals so he could "study," which basically means so he could sleep in and have me help him finish his take-home final and copy old tests into his notes... Anyways... It was crazy for me to finish off the month and get my students all set for the break, and finally get caught up on that stack of stuff on my desk that I can never seem to find time for.
Luckily, through all the craziness, Matt and I have been able to do some of the things on my mental "Christmas To-Do List," including:
1. Attend the "Forgotten Carols" (Easily one of my favorite traditions)
2. See the lights downtown with Tim, Kamie, Kendra, Lance, Jenna and Jake
3. Attend the Christmas performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring David Archuletta
4. Shop, shop, shop (which I HATE, HATE, HATE!!!!)
5. Eat lots of Myrna's sweet rolls
6. Have my family over for dinner to celebrate Alex's 21st birthday
7. Go with my mom, Jeff, Alex, and Cassie to get my mom's Christmas tree and have dinner to celebrate my mom's birthday
8. Listen to SOME Christmas music

I really do love this time of year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Our New Apartment

This post has been long time coming, so sorry for all you people who have been waiting to see pictures of our new apartment. We are so happy to be here, we love having two bedrooms, a big open family room, a nice kitchen, a washer and dryer, a big closet, and so many other things! If you want to see more, call me and freaking come over!

Our family room (view from the second bedroom)

Our family room (view from the entry)

Our "dining room" (and you can see our washer and dryer in the kitchen)

Our second bedroom AKA office/LIBRARY

Our bedroom

The kitchen! Yay!

Pictures

Ok so photo shoots are not as fun when you don't have kids, but I did like some of these pictures and had to share...

Christmas Decorations

For my birthday, my mom bought me a bunch of way cute Christmas ornaments and I was so excited to put them all on my tree, and put up all my other fun decorations. I decided to go with the bright green and red colors for my decorations, and it turned out super cute! (Of course, none of the pictures really do this justice...)

Since I don't have a mantle anymore, this is in our window:

Matt was sad we don't have a Pepsi wreath anymore, but I love how this one turned out:

The tree!

Matt had to have some input on the tree, and since my tree topper was too big, this was it:




21 DAYS!