Christmas in Colorado

Merry Christmas to all! It all started with the trip to the wonderful state of Colorado. Melinda, Afton, Bree, Daniel and I all drove out. Just missing a ginormous storm in Utah- whew! Everything went flawlessly until we hit Denver... Afton, being 4 months pregnant was getting sick so we pulled over. She asked for shoes to go outside. Being the generous, kind sister that I am I threw her the shoes (slippers) I wore to our wedding and right as I threw it it met up with her sick...:-( Sad. Its ok Afton, it happens. To start things off Daniel and I celebrated our one year anniversary on the 20th! I can't believe its been one year since we were married. Time flies when your havin' fun. Our anniversary happens to be on the same day as my parents so we celebrated it together in a little Japanese restaurant in Parker, CO. Best sushi and food I've ever had! Absolutely delicious.

We celebrated Christmas all week long by: making goodies, going shopping, shooting, lounging around the house and watching movies. It was so relaxing and wonderful to be at home. 

We made fudge, homemade doughnuts, puppy chow and candy caramel cereal mix something. 

This is what Daniel and my brothers did the majority of the time... playing the Wii. Heck, its Christmas and a vacation! 

A tradition we have in my family is to get pajamas Christmas Eve. This year our theme was Superman. You can't tell but the girls pants are superman, with just a touch of femininity (I spelled that right the first time, I'll have you know!) The reason I look so goofy is because I had to push down the button on 3 cameras so I had to jump into the picture before the timers ran out. 

This is Daniel and I Christmas Morning. We have a tradition in the family to all sleep in the same room Christmas Eve night, but because our family is growing we weren't able to do that this year. However, I still got not a lot of sleep and it was early in the morning. 

Matthew got an iPod shuffle and was so excited!

Bree got a new hat and coat from uncle Matson. She was so done with the attention she was getting. 

The day after Christmas we were going to fly home for Amy and Bens wedding! But then our flight got canceled:-( We were in the airport for a long time and saw 'Carlton' from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!! That was awesome! Anyway, we missed her wedding because of the weather. I cried. We got there in time for the reception thank heavens and it was beautiful. Amy and Ben were so happy. All of Daniels family was there. We got to have Daniels brother Jonny and his wife Andrea and their two children up at our house. They are so much fun, we had a great time! Then New Years Eve we played games and ate junk food with Lizza and Jerad, Daniels sister and brother-in-law. It was so fun! I need to get a new phrase... According to tradition Daniel went and jumped in the river at 12am. I didn't get a picture but you probably wouldn't have been able to see it anyway. Its tradition! We had a great vacation- with so much family and the spirit of the holidays. 

Now Daniels senior year begins. We will be deciding which medical school we are going to. I am teaching pre-school this semester and we are planning a huge 92 hour U.S. tour this summer which will include the church history sites, a reunion and a visit to Daniels mission. Yeah! I'm excited! Anyone want to come with us? 

Changes... + Additions...

Alright, so it has been one month since I pulled out in front of another car and sent our dear sweet subaru to car heaven. We have looked at dozens of cars. Daniel became quite the expert at car lingo and what was and wasn't a 'good deal'. Finally we brought one home and we are so excited!! Shes a Honda Accord so we hope to have her for a long time. And here she is: Please excuse my expression I had just woken up and didn't have quite enough time to practice my smile:-)

In other news, I chopped and dyed my hair. Now, short hair is not a new thing for me. I have had short hair a ton. However, never in my whole life have I colored my hair so this is a first. At first I thought that I was going to keep trying to grow it out,  but then I talked to Afton and well just decided to try one more short cut. While getting my hair cut Daniel called and told me he had been rear-ended in our brand new car. The roads were super slick and someone bumped into him... yeah it was a good thing I was getting my hair done:-) No major damage was done, we will need a whole new bumper though... lame! We should just hire a driver! 

Merry Christmas!

Here is our very first Christmas tree in our very first house for our very first Christmas, well besides the last one- but that didn't count cuz we were getting married! Thanks mom for getting us our sweet tree. We are going to Colorado for the first part of the holiday to play with my family then on the 26th we are heading out for Amy and Ben's wedding and to party with the Jacobs!