Hello Blogging world!
Opening our stockings
The shirt I got Tanner. Go Bo Sox!
Present from my parents
Ty & Jen's couple gift from the parents! This is
such a cute idea! A chocolate box filled with
money and chocolates!
Our couple gift from my parents was a table and
a set of chairs! Now when people come over to
visit they don't have to sit in our glorious camp
chairs :)
After we opened presents we had an intense
game of finger basketball! The boys got these
in their stockings!
After our intense basketball game we moved
on to ping pong! I'm terrible, but it's always
fun to play. Tanner looks like he's having a
blast...
I love my kitty :)
Christmas morning we decided not to open presents until after church so we could get some extra sleep. After church Tanner decided to tackle his Christmas loot!
Look at all those gifts!
His biggest gift of all was this beauty!
Petey and I are way jealous!
Petey and I got my dad a $25 I-tunes
gift card, and we got my mom The Help!
Look at my dad hamming it up :)
After Tanner and my parents opened up their gifts, it was time for Petey and I to exchange our gifts! We sure got spoiled!!
Petey got 4 shirts, an amazon kindle
gift card, a new wallet, a HUGE stash of gum,
and the X-Men First Class dvd!!
Tanner being a dork
Petey got me an Aeropostale gift card,
my favorite candy, a USU sweatshirt,
the Ever After dvd, and the first season
of Criminal Minds! He did good!!
Smiling with some of our new clothes!
After we opened presents we went to our family
Christmas lunch. The food was delicious and we got
to spend time with our extended family. The best
part was that my Grandma was able to come
for a little while! We sure do love her!
Tanner got a basketball wall vinyl for
Christmas and my mom let him put it above
the stairs. She's such a cool mom :) However...
putting up wall vinyl is a pain in the
butt!!! It took us forever!!
It turned out awesome though!
I was able to get a couple of days off of work, so we were able to hang out in Payson on Monday and Tuesday as well! We hung out, ate yummy food, went to the mall, and just relaxed.
Lovies
Petey's gift to my mom was this
gigantic wall vinyl. It was quite the
process to get this one on the wall,
but the boys did a great job!
The final product!
Once again I love my kitty!
Spending Christmas with my family was awesome!! I love them so much! When we got back to Logan our crazy life continued. I was able to get off by 7pm on News Years Eve, so we went to Tyler & Jennie's to celebrate! We played the game The Last Word (so much fun!), watched the new Planet of the Apes, drank Martinelli's, and kissed our loves at midnight :) It was a fun night!
In more recent news we went to Vernal in January to visit Petey's mom. It takes FOREVER to get out there, but it was a nice weekend away! We also were able to attend my Grandpa's 80th birthday party! It was really nice to get the extended family together to celebrate my Grandpa. My Grandma was able to attend his party as well :) The Monday following my Grandpa's party I woke up during the night feeling crappy. By the morning I was throwing up and all of that fun stuff :( Petey started to feel sick too. By the end of the day there were over 20 people in my family that attended the party that were sick! Someone at the party must have been sick... and ended up getting a bunch of us sick! I had to call into work sick and I felt lousy all day. Fortunately. I felt better the next day and was able to work!
Petey's Grandpa Cook passed away in January. The funeral was very nice, but sad of course. Petey's Grandma passed away about 18 years ago, so it makes us happy to know that they are back together again! Petey's Grandpa is Quentin L. Cook's uncle, from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Cook attended Petey's Grandpa's funeral, spoke at the services, and met us all. It was a sad, but peaceful day.
Petey has been working very hard in school this semester! He is taking the second half of Organic Chemistry, Statistics for Scientists and Engineers (sounds fun, ya?), Public Health, and Epidemiology. I'm extremely proud of him and all of his hard work!! I've been working a lot!! I really like my job, but, but I want to start looking for a job that applies more to my major and my goals :) We'll see what happens!
In other news...Tyler and Jennie are moving to NEW ZEALAND!!! Tyler is going to play for the Auckland Pirates basketball team!!! We are very excited for them to go on this adventure!! I'm very jealous too :) I'm proud of Tyler and I know that him and Jennie are going to have an amazing time in N.Z.!! If Petey and I win the lottery, or happen to stumble upon a $10,000 bill we'll be able to visit them :) Speaking of basketball, Tanner and the Payson Lions have gone UNDEFEATED in region play!!! I'm so proud of him! The state tournament is in St. George the end of February, and I know that the Lions can go all the way!! I'll be attending the tournament with my parents, which will be bitter sweet. Petey can't miss that much school, and he has a staff meeting so he won't be able to go with me :( I'm very VERY excited for the basketball tournament, excited for a little vacation, but sad that Petey can't go with me :(
Well there was a long update on our lives! We have lots of things to look forward to!! I'll keep you posted :)
