Long Overdue

So I know Christmas and New Years seems like a long time ago (because it was) but I'm going to post about it anyway. Nate and I had a wonderful, fun Christmas this year. It was so fun decorating our new home and getting our first real Christmas tree. We actually went and cut it down ourselves. It was quite the experience. We named our tree Junior because it wasn't big and full like all the other trees you see. I guess you could say we got kind of a "Charlie Brown" tree. We loved it though. I was a little sad that we didn't get to hang any lights on our house because Nate had a broken foot, but we made the trees and walkway look fabulous. We had a great time spending Christmas with the Whitney's and then with my family the weekend after. I love the holidays because you get to spend so much time with family and friends. We rang in the new year this year with all of our great friends. It was fun just playing games and eating food. I'm so thankful for all of my friends and family! I hope everyone had great holidays. Happy (late) New Year Everyone!!!

Vegas with Celine

My friends and I had a girls trip to Las Vegas a few weeks ago to go to the Celine Dion concert. It was amazing!! Her voice is unbelievable and and the whole show was just so great. Me, Annie, Dannielle, Priscila, Lindsay, and Brooke all went down together just for the weekend and had so much fun. We basically shopped til we dropped and ate more than we should have! But it was well worth it. Thanks girls for such a fun trip!

We stayed at my mom's in St. George the first night

We were able to get some good shopping in our first day in Vegas

We had a great dinner at PF Changs

Eating at the Cheesecake Factory before the concert

Nice legs Celine! The photographer wasn't that great seeing that he cut off her head!

ICE STORM

So while everyone was in Utah enjoying some fun snow this past weekend, Nate and I were in Nebraska experiencing our first ice storm! Many of you probably have not heard of an ice storm before, but it was pretty cool. I still don't really understand how it works or why it happens, but I guess something with the air pressure and temperature. All I know is instead of rain turning into snow when it gets really cold (like normal places) it remains water until it makes contact with something on the ground and instantly freezes. We woke up at my dad's house Saturday morning to everything covered in ice. The trees, the grass, cars, roads, and everything else outside. We were worried that we were going to lose power and water but luckily we didn't. I guess the ice covers the power lines and weighs them down causing power outages. We had to use the car in the garage because the cars that were outside were completely frozen shut! We were fascinated with it! Nate and Mitch tried to de-ice the car by pulling pieces of ice off but it was too frozen. I tried to take some pictures but it was kind of difficult to get the full effect. I just thought I'd share this unique piece of information about nature!

This is a pine tree up close. Every single little needle was covered with ice. you could pull like a tube off each needle!

This is the grass up close. The ground crunched when you walked on it.

A tree branch up close.

The whole tree. Look close and you can see how the ice just covers each little part of the tree.

Good thing the cat was in the garage that night!!!

Tagged!

I've been tagged and Sarah won't let me put it off any longer, so here it goes...

Jobs (in no particular order):

• Nanny
• Tuxedo Junction
  
• Uinta Golf
  
• Photographer's assistant (thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law)
  
• Wife
  

Jobs I'd like:

• Kindergarten teacher
  
• Mom
• Midwife
  
• Personal life coach
  
• Travel agent
  

Movies on Repeat:

• The Holiday
• The Green Mile
  
• A Christmas Story (once a year)
  
• Any good chick flick
  
• Any good comedy (there's just too many to choose from)
  

Books:

• The Twilight series
• The Notebook
• The Giver
• Rebecca
  
• The Lovely Bones
  

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things To Do:

• Sleep
• Watch movies or TV
• Travel
• Read
  
• Hang out with friends and family
  

I've Lived in:

• Nebraska
• Sandy
  
• Santa Barbara
  
• Downtown Salt Lake
  
• South Jordan
  

Favorite Foods:

• Ice Cream!!!
  
• Cafe Rio pork salad or burrito
  
• Rice
  
• Salmon
  
• Molten chocolate cake
  

Places I'd Rather Be:

• With Nate
  
• Anywhere with family
  
• On any beach
  
• In bed
  
• A country that I've never been to
  

Words I Quite Like:

• I Love You
  
• Don't be dumb
• Really?!
  
• A WARSH cloth (yes pathetically I sometimes say wash with a r thanks to my Nebraska background)

Tag! YOU'RE IT... Annie, Michelle, Sara, Jordan

Flash Back!

I thought last year Nate made a hot Hooters girl and I made a nasty trucker so I wanted to share a picture. Flashing back to the Halloween party of 2006!

Halloween Party!

Ok Ok... it's about time I make a posting about this years killer Halloween party! I know everyone has had their posts up about it for awhile now, but I'm a little slower. Sorry! Anyway, this years party was another success. The costumes were so great, I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with next year. Thank you everyone for all your help. I hope everyone had a great time. Dinner turned out yummy and our "Adam's Family" game was hilarious! Nothing beats jamming out to music though. :) Until next year...

Halloween Party!