Sunday, December 23, 2012

Family time in North Dakota!

This Christmas we are spending our time in North Dakota. Cory and Jolene live up there and just had their little boy so of course we wanted to see the new addition. My dad works up there too and because he got extra time off to come home for Thanksgiving to be there for his first grandson's birth, he had to work over Christmas. We were willing to make the long drive up to the freezing state of North Dakota. It's actually much lower than freezing, the thermometer reading in the car said 3 degrees as we were pulling in to Dickinson last night!
 

The cousins got to meet eachother! Stetson already seems to be beating up on little Gunther.

I sure love this little man! I am content with just holding him while he sleeps and can't believe how much he has grown in the last month since I saw him last.
 I am one lucky aunt to have two of the cutest little nephews!
 

Gunther was blessed while we were here. My mom crocheted his little outfit, complete with a bowtie and booties!


For Christmas this year I made my mom and dad their own books. I compiled family photos and each of us kids wrote some things to include in it. I love how they turned out and am happy I did it for them. You can tell my mom loved it because she cried, laughed, and cried a little bit more.
Successful Christmas!

Monday, December 10, 2012

One Last Epic Weekend Before the End of an Epic Semester!

It was a weekend full of firsts for this lady!
I went to my first NBA game(or any professional sporting event for that matter) on Friday night! The Utah Jazz took on the Raptors and the game was all I expected and more! I had an absolute blast. The Jazz won 131-99, we ate at Crown Burger...twice, and our group even made it on the big screen at the game! Dream come true!

Serious Face...



 
And then Sunday night I went to my roommates family dinner down by Salt Lake City. I have wanted to see the lights on Temple Square ever since my first winter in Utah and I was finally able to! It was exactly how I imagined it would be...beautiful temple, lights all around, happy people, and just a little bit of snow.
The pictures could never do it justice.





 
Just a few more firsts occured this weekend: I sang in my ward choir, tried my hand at painting pottery, watched my roommate perform a clogging routine, and completely paid off one of my student loans!
It was a wonderful way to wrap up another great semester here at Utah State! I'm only three semesters away from that diploma now...crazy!
I am blessed!