..ChRiStMaS..

I'm not even sure where to start.. we had one of our very best Christmas' ever! It's always so great to be able to see all of our loved ones and spend some good quality time with my sweetie. We were sure spoiled this year. We're both so thankful for our sweet family and friends.. we LOVE you ALL!

Our tree

My super cute SNOW sign from my dear friend Sharon :) and our stockings

Utah stocking I won at my work party!

Christmas Eve we started the evening at Grandma Nan's and Grandpa Arnie's for dinner and as always, it was fun to see Cody's dads side of the family. We can't believe how much the family has grown! After spending a couple hours there we went to my mom's to exchange gifts with my siblings and then finished the night at Cody's moms. Christmas morning Cody woke me up at 4:00 am!! No joke! I made him wait until 4:30 to open presents, eventually I knew I'd have to get up because I knew he wasn't going to let me sleep in :) CRAZY kid! We opened our presents from each other and after that we drove over to my moms and woke them all up at 6. It was fun to be there as they opened theirs! Then it was off to Cody's dads, his moms, my dads then home for an afternoon nap before going back to my moms to play games and back to his moms for dinner and a movie. Whew.. it was a long, crazy couple of days! We wouldn't have it any other way.

Look at that little beauty! No not you Jed ha, our sweet little niece Brooky. She's my girl :)

Christmas Eve

Me and Hai ..notice Tara and Brooklyn in the background.. little sneaks :)

This was our house after opening presents. Pretty sure our garbage can is completely full and we have to wait until Thursday for the garbage man. Shoot.

Since little Duke is our only baby (for now) he was spoiled rotten. He's loving all his new toys and treats.

My presents... I got a snowboard and everything to go along with it, a season pass so I can get my use out of it WHOO HOO, a Nook which I am SO excited about, some very cute Victorias Secret Utah sweats and some Aero sweats (my FAV), lot's of perfume and lotion, some new K Swiss shoes, an ipod touch, Just dance 2, some new books, and see that little red and black key? That goes to my favorite gift this year, my VERY OWN Treadmill! (I'll really never see ya now Amanda! :) ) I also got lot's of shopping money and gift cards and other random stuff.

Cody's pile! He got all new snowboarding gear, a season pass to use it all, a new phone, a new computer for the house, a watch, some new shoes, cologne, LOT'S of clothes, hats & beanies, new jammies, games for his Playstation3, work boots, a new carhartt coat, some spending money and lot's of gift cards. Along with a bunch of random stuff. We both got everything we could ever ask for and so much more :) We LOVE it all and are so THANKFUL! The very best part of the week was eating way too much food, playing games, cuddling on the couch watching Christmas movies, and seeing all of our family members and getting to enjoy everyone's company. We really missed you Chase and Amber! We hope you all had as great of a Christmas as we did! And we also hope you have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

CoDy'S wOrK pArTy!

I have to say, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction puts on THE BEST work parties ever! These guys definitely know how to have fun! This year it was held at the Southtowne Expo Center. They had a very yummy dinner catered and after dinner they gave out awards and talked about all of the jobs they have going right now. Cody will hit his 5 year mark with them in March so he barely missed the 5 year award.... next year! After dinner and awards they set up for Casino night. We were all given $3000 in fake money to gamble with and win prizes! They had a huge raffle giving away vacations and huge tv's and lot's of other fun things which of course, we won none of :) We actually didn't stay for the whole party though.. his company had worked out a deal with the Hyatt right next to the Expo so we booked a room and got to enjoy the whole night together.

Our room was SO nice, I wish we had taken more pictures!

We had so much fun and it was great to be able to spend the night together just us! I love this man. We're SO thankful to be apart of RLW, they are the BEST company and so generous. They have done so much for our family! Can't wait to see Cody get HIS award next year!

..OuR fAm PiCs..

Okay, so we realize that most people probably have kids before taking new family pictures BUT we (and I'm sure our parents) are a little sick of our engagement/wedding day photos that are still hanging up in our house. They are cute but let's face it, we look like we're ten in them :) We had our good friend Deb from Avante take some new, updated ones for us and as always- she did a GREAT job! Here are a few she posted for me.... enjoy!

(We didn't purchase any serious ones.. ha ha. I feel like we just look angry, not happy!)

..... It sorta felt like we were getting married all over again! I loved every minute of it. Thank you Debbie!