BaKiNg/TiMm FaMiLy PaRtY!

friday night I went with hailee all the way down to skyline to watch the syracuse titans play. it's their only game over the break that hailee will be home to see, so being the nice sister I am I agreed to go down there with her ;) it was fun and of course, they won. wouldn't expect anything less! way weird to watch them though without her playing. she's definitely their biggest fan!

saturday I needed to bake some things for codys family christmas party sunday so naturally I called my mama to help :)

my mother is amazing.. she did most the hard work while hailee and I did the easy stuff. we jammed out the whole time to my NOW christmas cd and of course we had to sample everything we made.

loving on my favorite boy (besides his daddy) ♥ isn't he sweet?? he loves his mama

pretzel rods in the making...

finished product! they were a bit time consuming but they are DELISH!!! I took this tray along with some other goodies to the party.

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sunday night was the annual timm family christmas party! (that's codys moms side.) we always have so much fun and look forward to it every year.

wacey, stacy and I (codys cousins)
Not sure why it's so dark.

codys cousins baby... isn't she so cute?? love babies.

all the excited kids waiting their turns to sit on santas lap!

stacys little guy kaiden was just loving cody all night. it was the cutest thing ever.

codys mom and step dad

our niece morgan and I. she is getting so big :( the party was a hit! we love getting to see the whole family, just missing grandma timm who lives in arizona and cousin chance who's in kentucky. good food, laughs and great company!

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after the party cody and I decided we wanted to go to christmas village. so we bundled up, got us some hot chocolate and headed downtown. it wasn't too busy and we loved looking at all the lights!

we are officially ready for christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful, cheery week and a very Merry Christmas!!!!

My WoRk PaRtY!

last night was my work christmas party. can I just tell you how much I l.o.v.e. working for westside medical! technically I'm employed under "ericksen research & development" but we work along side with westside and are all one big family. I started over 3 years ago here and am so so grateful for this awesome job. I get to work with the coolest people and I love what I do.. research is such an interesting field. I feel so blessed that way. all of us study girls (which is only 7) decided this year to do a little something special for dr ericksen (our boss and also the owner of westside medical) considering everything he does for all of us. he really is the best boss to work for.

we all pitched in to give him this basket full of byu stuff and all his favorite books and treats. (it was not easy for me, ha ha! I even joked with him that he knows it would be much cooler if it were utah stuff)! we love to tease each other all year long about byu-utah. he told me I could borrow his blanket and heating bean bags if I want... no thanks.. ha! notice he is not smiling in this picture but he did have a mouthful of treats, he really is happy :) he loved it!

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this was the first year we branched off and had our own christmas party instead of attending westsides. it was weird to not be with the whole big group but since our research team is growing every year it's time for us to start doing our own. dr e treated all of us and our spouses to a nice dinner at tepanyaki. it was sooo much fun just to chit-chat with our group and enjoy each others company in a smaller setting.

Our table


..and the rest of the group
(love the two goofs on the end)

such a fun night! thank you dr e and the rest of our group for all the fun times. I'm so lucky to work with all these wonderful people. love you all and looking forward to another great year!

(we missed you madi but I'm sure you're having much more fun on your cruise)!

WoRk PaRtY & pRiCe!

What another FUN filled weekend we had! Friday was Codys work party down at the South Towne Expo Center. Every year they work out a deal with the Hyatt Summerfield Suites just down the road from the Expo Center for anyone who wants to spend the night after the party. (Of course we always take advantage of a practically free night together!) We booked our room in advance and headed down Friday to check in and get ready for the party. Our room was SO nice, we just love staying there. The party consisted of a very yummy catered dinner of prime rib, salmon, delicious salads and divine desserts. After dinner it was time for awards. Cody has been waiting for this award for what seems like forever.. his 5 year award (although he's actually about 2 months shy of 6 years). I was so proud to see him go up on stage to receive this award. Way to go babe, you're the BEST!! You also looked pretty darn handsome up there :) Along with the plaque he also got a pretty sweet belt buckle and a $50 visa card. He's so cute.

back in our room after the party showing off all his stuff!

I joked with him that now we're going to have to buy him some wranglers to wear that belt buckle with, ha ha! Saturday it was so nice to sleep in a bit and once we were up and ready we got to have a nice breakfast together. Cody had to go into work for a few hours so instead of driving all the way home, he dropped me off at the Expo Center again so I could go to the "What a Woman Wants" show while he went to work. I've never been before and it was actually pretty cute! I had fun (even by myself) just browsing all the booths and looking at all the cute things they had. After a couple hours there my mom picked me up to head down to Price to watch Hailee play. It was so fun to go back down (haven't been since we moved her there) and to get to see her play on their home court. They won and she played great, scoring 12 points for the lady eagles! Great job sis!! After the game, we went to dinner at the same mexican place we ate at the last time we were there. SO good!! She got to come home that night and doesn't have to go back until the 28th, whoo hoo! I'm so excited to have her here with us for a couple weeks. I rode back with Hai and we jammed out the whole way home :) I love having sisters who are my BEST friends!! Oh, how I've missed that girl!

Such another fun but busy weekend! This week we get to go to my work christmas party and also Codys family party. Christmas is going to be here before we know it and I'm so excited to get together with all our friends and family who we love so much. Can you believe we're just short of 2 weeks to Christmas?? I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far and that you're all almost done with your shopping cause the malls and shops are CRAZY right now with all the last minute shoppers. I'm sooo relieved to be done. Have a great week everyone!

I've been jammin' out to my NOW Christmas CD just about everyday for the last couple weeks... ha. Don't judge me :)