Some of the highlights were:
- Going to Heritage Park (Candlelight Christmas) with Marci and Adam- especially when the lady told us how they moved old houses from their original lots with logs and that is also how to move large hotels (using logs). She had NO idea what she was talking about. Thanks Marci for dealing with the crowds even though you two are small town people now.
- Hatch Family Dinner at Sizzler. :)
- Having a Christmas Feast with Megan and Aaron (we all had our own birds--yum!)
- Going to the Desert Star Theater to see Bi-Polar Christmas. We ordered nachos and reminded our waiter like 4 times about our nachos and he kept saying " oh yeaah....you did order nachos...I will get them for you." ummm...yeah---we FINALLY got them during the VERY last scene (last 2 minutes of the show seriously). So we were snarfing them up before the show ended and missed all of the best parts. And there were some people from my weight loss class there too and they felt like I was judging them while they ate their ice-cream. So I made it a point to order ice-cream too. (NEVER trust a dietitian that doesn't eat ice-cream people!) :)
- Mandarin for Hart Family dinner (this was delicious!)
- Making sushi with my dad and going to Famous Daves!
- Christmas breakfast with my mom and playing Scene-it!
- Rickie and Mike and the kids coming to visit. We got to have them sleep over at our house which was way fun. Even Avery Bug warmed up to us and snuggled with us before she went to bed. I got the X-Box Kinect for Christmas and it is Ammazzzing! We love it! So we got to play that with them and eat dinner. I love that Avery pretends to go to the bathroom and just stands in front of the potty pushing on her belly button. I am becoming obsessed with her. And...I can't say enough about those boys (Daven and Logan). Could they be any sweeter? I love them so much--just wish they lived closer. Daven (6 years old) asked me, "is this your's and Nick's first Christmas together?" I can't believe a 6 year old would say that? Could they be any cuter??
- Hart Family Christmas Eve and Christmas. It was so fun watching old home movies and playing board games. We laughed so hard playing Loaded Questions (Thanks Trisha and Mike for giving this to us for our wedding). It really is a hit. :) And of course the food is amazing!
- Watching the boys (Jack Jack, Carter, and William). Our house was chaos but so much fun. Those boys are hilarious and so cute! I love Charley's face in the background..Pretty much all they would eat was sweets (cookies, candy, and biting into our gingerbread house when I wasn't looking.). Sorry Bethany and Emily...this was their dinner...
and I am obsessed with this Jack Jack.
And of course...2 really fun Sweater Parties!! I loved our sweaters this year. Nick' friends re-created the picture they took at their original sweater party they had in highschool. It took them forever to put everybody in their positions but the result is hilarious. I love it!
REAL Salt Lake Game with Todd and Lish!
Oh yeah---and realized we never posted our Halloween costumes...Thanks Emily for letting us borrow the California Raisin costume and Mr. Peanut. It was a hit!
And I want to mention our hilarious neighbor boys. It was 11:30 at night on a Thursday during a blizzard when our doorbell rings. It kind of scared us because we had no idea. Yeah it was just two 10 year old boys that said, "we are really bored and were wondering if we could shovel your driveway for $5". Well...considering it was still snowing and we would have to shovel in the morning anyway we told them they could shovel our steps for $1. They ended up shoveling the whole driveway it was amazing.
And this is the same kid that rang our doorbell this summer to get rid of a couple of our wasp nests around the house. We paid him $5 extra and he brought a bottle of soap and water and was there ALL day long shooting and running away from wasps. I would look out the window and just see him occasionally throughout the day. Seriously...we saw him at 10 a.m. , noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. The most dedicated worker and every time I would see him running from wasps I would just chuckle and... soap and water?? haha. It was worth the extra $5---and don't worry---FYI: soap and water is not a good remedy...the wasps were still there the rest of the summer.
