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?