'Tis the Season

James and I have gone to see the SLC Temple lights 3 times now! We first went with James' family during Thanksgiving, and then with my Young Women's group, and then with my sisters when Chip and Alex were in town :) 

I am now a professional reindeer handler! I booked a couple reindeer for Provo's Lights On Ceremony. The kids were so cute. They were asking me if they lived in the north pole and if they could fly :) 

Getting ready to go to the Skullcandy Holiday Party in front of our enormous Christmas Tree! 

Driving home to Vegas for Christmas!! I got to take off a whole week of work. It was so nice to sleep in every day and hang out with my family.

James is growing out his beard until the new year :) 

James and I spoiled each other for Christmas :) He got tons of hats, socks and clothes. I surprised him with a #12 Rogers Packers Jersey and new shoes. He got me a new suit case, a kicker for my car, clothes, and perfume. 

Its been such a good Christmas Holiday. James and I have both been really busy with work and church and everything else... It has been really nice to take some time with family and friends and think of all the things we have been blessed with. 

Skullcandy Holiday Party

 James and I went to Skullcandy's Holiday Party up at Park City Live. Our good friend Britnie planned the whole party! She did such an amazing job. There was a photo booth, sketch artists, street artists, delicious food, Skullcandy m&ms, DIY carmel apples and cookies, live entertainment, etc..! Here are some pictures from the event!

Happy Halloween!

This past month has been a busy one! James and I have been working a lot! James has been traveling for work recently. He was gone for two weeks to Texas and Las Vegas and I have been busy working on the Halloween Carnival for Provo City. Here are some pictures of our Eventful Halloween!

[Ghost Buster at the Halloween Carnival]

[James decorated our front house for the trick or treaters]

We had 16 pumpkins from our garden! We have so many we don't know what to do with them! On Sunday we had a pumpkin carving party - to get rid of a few :)

I found these awesome Party Rock glasses at the Halloween Store while we were geting some Halloween Decorations :)

This will be our first year home on Halloween. James is so excited for the trick or treaters. He bought tons of candy to hand out :)

Be Mine

James had to work on Valentines till 10 pm, so we didn't make any crazy plans, but I did surprise him with a few wrapped presents in the morning, and I came home to my computer looking like this!

When I removed the red paper it revealed a cute valentines note on a Word Document - on my new Microsoft Office that he installed on my computer! I have been wanting some new programs on my computer for a while. Best present ever! Thanks J :)

Happy Thanksgiving

 Happy Thanksgiving! This past weekend, James and I flew down to Las Cruces, NM to spend time with James family. We flew back to Utah yesterday so I could be home in time for my big event: Parade of Lights. I am coordinating Provo's first annual Parade of Lights on Black Friday. I am glad that James and I were able to be with family even though I will be working during the holidays. Since we spent Thanksgiving in Utah by ourselves :) we decided to do the nontraditional Thanksgiving meal and eat out!

We went to Cracker Barrel for their Thanksgiving Dinner Special. It was sooo good. Tatum stayed in Utah too, so she spent the day with us. The day has been so fun and so relaxing. I love the holidays!

 

After having our Thanksgiving meal, we went and saw the movie Tangled. The movie was so cute and funny. I want to go see it again. We of course had to sport the 3D glasses.

 This is the best picture I could get of James. He is always a tease when it comes to getting a picture of just him. I had to delete about 10 pictures until I could get a cute one. I sure do think he is cute :)

If anyone is in town this weekend, come to the parade tomorrow!! It will be on Center Street in Provo at 5:30 pm. The parade will be followed by the Lights On Ceremony!

Pirate Birthday

James turned 29 today and we celebrated his birthday on Friday at Pirate Island Pizza. It was so fun. We sort of went all out and had the whole thing pirate themed. Balloons, cake, party favors, the whole shabang. Thank you for all the great friends who came. It was so much fun.

4th of July & Sam's Birthday

James, Alex, and I were able to go home to Vegas for the fourth of July and celebrate -my cute younger brother- Sam's birthday with the whole family.

We had a fun fourth of July! Alex took a lot of photos of everyone with sparklers and fire works. We had a yummy barbecue and hung out with the neighbors :]

On the way to Mini Grand Prix... Sam wanted to ride go karts for his birthday. It was a lot of fun!

Birthday Boy!

I had the fastest car :]

Racing down the slides...

I made James squeeze onto this ride, haha it was so funny. I think he got a little sick on it, haha.

It was sooooo much fun. I already miss my family... I have realized that I am always homesick, but I guess am just use to it.