Holiday Season

I had the best December in 2011.  I got the Christmas spirit and it just lasted and lasted.  I think it helped because we walk Zino every night which turned into Christmas light looking every night!  It was my absolute favorite thing to do all month.  And we got a Christmas tree first thing which we didn't have the past two years while I was stressed out with dental hygiene finals in December.  The nice thing was that there was a Christmas tree farm right next door to our apartment complex, so we just walked over and carried a tree back... ok, Josh carried it back and I opened doors :)

This is a pic we took of Zino and his friend Baxter when we went light looking in gorgeous Naples.

 

I got to see Jenn and Joni at the LBDHS meeting, and I get to work with them every friday starting this week which I'm excited about!

 

This was my favorite place to hand out after our walks and watch a movie

 

This was at our office Christmas Party.  They took us all out to a dinner show in Anaheim and then we did a gift exchange, so fun! Have I mentioned I love them?

We were also able to make a trip us to San Luis and see Jenny and Phil's new baby, Brielle.  She was absolutley precious, and we were excited that Jenny was tired only because that meant we got to take a shift watching our darling niece. 

We made it to the LA temple to see their fabulous light display.  It's amazing that people volunteer their time every year to set up and take down all those lights!

It was an awesome December and I already can't wait for the next!

Thanksgiving Trip to Utah

This past Thanksgiving we drove up to Utah to see Josh's family.  We drove through the night and got there around 7am on Thursday, I think I slept for an hour maybe an haour and a half and Josh didn't sleep at all!  We had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner and spent some quality time with Josh's folks as well and Brandon and Marnie's families.

Thursday night we decided to stay up for the Black Friday sales since they were starting at midnight this year.  Leandra drove us and we made stops at Target, Shopko, JC Pennies, and Walmart. And we didn't get back til about 4:30 am.... ya, still no sleep, but our new TV is worth it :) 

Leandra, Jewel, and Aspen accompanied us to this Museum in Provo where they had tons of real animals that had been preserved and different facts about them all. 

Saturday afternoon we met up with Meagan and James.  We brought Zino so he could finally meet his cousin Coda.  They did some crazy dog playing and then spent the rest of the night ignoring each other :) We go some good pictures behind Meg n James' place...

Then Meagan had planned for us to go to the Gardner's Village.  They had a bunch of cute shops and elf workshops to view.  Just don't ask me how many overpriced fake M&Ms Josh bought only to discover he hated them! lol... (that was for Meagan.) We ended the night with some Olive Garden, can't go wrong there.

We had a nice family filled four day weekend.  We love any time we can get with them!