The Start of New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! We had a great Christmas Break but wish it could last just a little longer. Four days before Christmas we were able to escape for an anniversary get away! We went to the Salt Lake Temple and ate lunch at our favorite place, PF Changs! (delicious!). After that we started off to Logan and had to brave the canyon in snow. Why is it that whenever we want to go somewhere it always snows, but when we stay home, it looks and feels like spring? Not fair. After a white knuckle drive we made is safely to our adorable room at anniversary inn. It was so nice to spend time with one another and not have anything else to worry about. The car ride was nice to just have pleasant conversation and catch up on things other than our schedules. It has been a wonderful year and we are so grateful to be married to each other and look forward to many more anniversaries!

Just a quick 3 days later Christmas was upon us! Alex was a last minute Christmas Eve shopper and I got all the groceries to make dinner the next day. I was able to spend some time with my Chelsea, Charlie and two nieces. I always love seeing them. We ate dinner that night at Goodwood and it was good! We watched Mr. Kruger's Christmas and the nativity story, read in Luke and went to sleep. Alex got a new Lamborghini, a remote control one that is :) and I got new hot rollers for my hair. My brother and sister got us an awesome George Foreman which we have been wanting to get for a while now. My parents spoiled us and got us a new memory foam mattress topper. We felt very blessed  this Christmas. We were able to take Christmas dinner to a couple in our ward who just have their first baby. We spent about an hour over there just talking and admiring this beautiful baby. We were happy to have the opportunity to give service, as I'm sure that is the best gift we can give anyways.

My parents and little sisters came into town for New Years and we squeezed a bunch of fun into just a tiny amount of time! I got to play hairdresser and do Kaitlyn's and my mom's hair. We went to the movies and had a great party on New Year's Eve. Amber and Adam came and joined in the fun! We felt bad for being so loud at midnight when we realized our landlords had gone to bed before midnight and saw them staring out their window at us. I just assumed everyone stayed up on New Years! We reminisced on 2011 and made some predictions/goals for 2012! It was a fun night but we were exhausted when we finally went to bed that night!

School started yesterday. This semester will prove to be our hardest yet! I will be taking 17 credits and Alex will have a full load with the addition of an MCAT prep course. He will take the MCAT in spring and turn in his medical school applications by July 1st. While I know that our schedules will be extremely busy this semester I know it will be a good one! The Lord has always looked out for us and has blessed us as we have been faithful. We will have to make a conscious effort to attend the temple regularly and keep up with our scripture study. I know if we can do those things, we'll be just fine.

We wish all of our friends and family the best of luck for the New Year! We love you all and we'll update soon!!!

 This is the picture on this year's Christmas card! We decided to get a real tree! We should have done a better job watering it and maybe it wouldn't have gotten so crunchy!

 Christmas dinner! We had ham, potatoes and gravy, salad and homemade rolls :) They turned out pretty good!

 This  is our BYU gingerbread house! My mom made all the ginger bread and we decorated it! I think this is the start of a Christmas day tradition!