The BEST New Years ever!!

Dave and I went to my brother-in-law Jared's cabin this year for New Years eve. It is in Timberlakes which is above Heber. It was SO much fun. The road right outside of the cabin gets completely covered in snow and they don't plow the road so we went sledding on it. You get going around 25 miles an hour and we went at night so it was dark. It was a blast. We sledded for around 3 hours before going inside to watch the ball drop. After celebrating the new year we played games for a bit and then went to bed. The next morning we wanted to sled again before heading to Payson for our New Years lunch and it was crazy to actually see how fast you get going and realize that you did all of that in the dark. Here are some pictures of us all bundled up and having fun.

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas spent with family and each other! We woke up around 6:45 because I couldn't handle it anymore (yes, I still can't sleep on Christmas) and we opened our presents together. Some of the highlights were clothes, pepper spray, shoes, watch, movies, games, and I got Dave a new wedding ring because his old one became too big after losing weight and could not be resized. After getting ready for the day we headed to Dave's parents for their Christmas breakfast with all the fixins plus ice cream shakes. YUM! After hanging out with Dave's family, we headed to Payson were we hung out with my family and played with my sister's new kitten that is SO cute!! We also went and saw The Curious Case of Benjiman Button that night with my family. After the movie we went back to Dave's and spent the night at his Grandmas house. All in all it was a very good Christmas.

Christmas in SLC

I never know what to get Dave for Christmas, so I usually plan a trip to go stay in SLC. This year I booked some massages for both of us and they were amazing. After our massages we headed to our hotel to check-in. We stayed at the Little America which was really nice!! Later that night we had a reservation at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Dave has been wanting to go here for a really long time and we found out that because of the economy the one in SLC is closing in January, so we decided to hit it up before it closed. It was really yummy. I had lobster bisque, a filet steak that was SO YUMMY, with potatoes and spinach, and Dave had scallops, with a filet steak, with potatoes and spinach. We got a free dessert to share, and decided on the caramelized banana cream pie. It was really yummy as well. After dinner we wanted to go to temple square but decided it was way too cold and windy. We decided to go back to the room and go swimming. The hotel has an indoor/outdoor pool (see picture) and it was really fun to swim inside and then under a sheet to the outdoor in the freezing cold, yet the pool was really warm. The next morning we took advantage of the workout room before blowing our workout at the really good breakfast buffet at the hotel. Before going home we decided to stop by the Gateway. That trip was soon ruined by the BLOWING wind pelting our faces. We stayed for about 10 minutes before deciding just to head home before the storm got worse. All in all we had a really fun trip.

Santa Lucia

About one week ago Dave woke me up early on the weekend to celebrate Santa Lucia. What is Santa Lucia you ask? Well Dave told me that it is a Swedish holiday to get the town ready and excited that Christmas is coming. A little girl goes around the town dressed in a white dress with a wreath with lit candles on her head, singing and bringing pastries and hot drink to everyone in the town. Dave's family celebrated it while growing up and decided to introduce it to me this year. It was lots of fun. He woke me up and took me out to the kitchen where he had candles lit, doughnuts to eat, and yummy mint truffle hot chocolate to drink. I think that this might be a new tradition.

Christmas Tree / belated pumpkin carving

It has been quite awhile since we have posted anything. We put up our Christmas tree over Thanksgiving break and took some pictures so we could post them. I love this time of the year, listening to Christmas music, decorating the tree, and spending time with family.




Also, Dave and I carved pumpkins quite some time ago, but I forgot to post the pictures, so I decided to include them here.
ENJOY!

Halloween was "Incredible"

Dave has really wanted to be Mr. and Mrs. Incredbile (Elastigirl) for Halloween since last year. We went online to find the costumes and found the best ones.
On Monday we went to a Halloween party at Dave's sisters house. It was lots of fun. Most of Dave's family was there and we got to see all of the kids' costumes. Here is a slide show from that party.

On Halloween night we had a party at our apartment. It was lots of fun! We ended up having around 16 people over. We ate sweet chili in pumpkin bread bowls, corn muffins, and frosted sugar cookies. We also watched Nightmare Before Christmas and Ghostbusters. Here are the pictures from our party.

The Goo Goo Dolls

My soon to be brother-in-law, Jared, works for NuSkin and they just had their big covention up at the Salt Palace. Well for the close of the convention they had the Goo Goo dolls come and perform. Jared and Kristin invited Dave and I to go and let me tell you it was one of the best concerts I have ever been to!! We ended up having a really great spot right to the side of the stage! I forgot how many of their songs I love! It made me want to come home and buy all their songs for my Ipod. It was a really fun night with Kristin and Jared and we are so happy they invited us to go. Check out the pictures and the videos.