A Night Away!

So this last Friday was my dental office's Christmas party. I was so excited when I found out that we were having a sleepover at a hotel, and even more excited when I found out it was at this place...

The Zermatt Resort up in Midway. We each were in a nice room with a king-size bed! I was excited for the king-size, since Ryan and I squeeze on a queen. The rooms were gorgeous, the service was better than I've ever received, and the party was great! We had a nice catered dinner, followed by some guitar hero, poker, and billiards. Then we had the pool and the hot-tub reserved for us later that night. It was SO great to get to know everyone in the office outside of the work environment. AND our Christmas bonuses were VERY generous. I am truly grateful for the job that I have there and that they let me be a part of it. I am blessed to have such wonderful bosses and work with such great people. And I can't wait for next year's party!

Christmas is a time for giving, loving, and ... ugly sweaters?!

To kick in the holiday season, our friend held an ugly sweater Christmas party at his parents house in Highland. I must say it was quite entertaining. Ryan will probably be mad at me for posting this and the pictures, but man did he wear that sweater vest with pride! The party was fun! There was rock band, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation playing in the theatre room, plenty of hot cider, and chili! There were even prizes for the most festive, the ugliest, and the most unique sweaters. Ryan SHOULD have won the most festive; however, the contest was a little rigged. We had a great time and we even got a nice picture with the massively large, life-size reindeer. Happy Holidays everyone!

Six Months Already?!

We made it!!! To our six month anniversary, that is. I can't believe we've been married that long. Before you know it, it'll be a year!

Another Graduation

Two more of our friends graduated this past weekend...from the singles ward that is! Our friends, Jake and Miranda, were married this past weekend in the Mt. Timpanogos temple. Ryan and I were invited to attend the sealing, which I loved attending. It reminded me of mine just six months ago and the commitments Ryan and I made to each other. Plus I just love being inside the temple. :) It was great to see all of our friends as well. Here are a few pictures from her reception.

A Healthy Addiction?

I know this is strange, but lately I've had the urge to buy and collect Christmas wrapping paper. I can't help that when I go to All A Dollar and they have the cutest wrapping paper and each roll is only a buck! You can't even buy wrapping paper at WalMart for that price! So I've stocked up on wrapping paper, clothing boxes, bows and tape. Yes, all for only a dollar each. Anyway...I guess everyone should go to All A Dollar and get themselves some wrapping paper.

note: picture does not depict the cuteness of the paper available at All A Dollar.

A Jam Packed Week

This past week has been filled with lots of fun and exciting things. My beautiful cousin, Heather, joined me in the age 25 to 30 age category. We celebrated her birthday at Cafe Rio in Salt Lake. Ryan turned 31 last Thursday...OMG I can't believe I'm married to a 31-year-old! No, not really. I am so grateful to have married such a wonderful, sweet man. He really is the greatest thing that has EVER happened to me. We had fun celebrating his birthday. We went to breakfast AND dinner with the fam. His dad couldn't come to dinner because of parent-teacher conferences so we did breakfast at I-hop and then we went to Chuck-a-Rama for dinner. I know, I know...Chuck-a-Rama?!!! But I guess don't knock it til you try it. It has something everyone loves...even older women (Ry's g-ma and aunt) and young folks alike. Anyway...since Ryan wouldn't tell me what he wanted for his birthday (he kept telling me "new teeth!" since he has such crap load of dental work to be done...lucky for me I work for a dentist!) I got him some golf balls and gave him some money. I woke him up and sang him happy birthday and gave him his "cake" to blow out the candle. Since he doesn't like cake and is addicted to cookies...I figured one of those Grandma's Cookies with a butt-load of frosting on top would do the trick. I also made him a little something. I know it's lame...but I made him a "31 Things I heart about My Husband" cookie bouquet. Each candy bar had a piece of paper glued to it with something that I love about Ryan on it. He had fun reading what I love most about him. :)

Friday after I finished up at the office, we headed out to Mesquite for Ryan's softball tourney. I thought that I'd shop while he played...but unfortunately there is only a Super Walmart and a Dollar Tree located in that town. So I ended up watching most of his games, which I did really enjoy. It's so great to be able to see what Ryan loves doing most. AND he's really good at it! His team lost their second game Friday night and played a few games and lost in the afternoon on Saturday. The team he lost to ended up taking 3rd overall in the tourney, so not too shabby. We played as much as we could (yes, without gambling) and headed home Sunday to celebrate my nephew, Jackson's, 8th birthday! I cannot believe that he is EIGHT YEARS OLD! My, my how the time has flown by. We had cake and ice cream and we played dress up with the girls. Ainsley is so funny. She'll pose for a picture and then run over to see what it looks like. Brecken loves to dress up as "Rella"...that means Cinderella. She puts on the heels and the dress is a little long for her, so the end of the dress in under her shoes so she really ends up looking like a midget. It really is quite entertaining. I love playing with these girls and I LOVE that they're my cute nieces. I have a great husband, great family...life doesn't get any better than that!

Trick-or-Treat!

So Ryan and I don't have any kids of our own yet (thank goodness!), but Ryan loves all his friends' kids and my nieces and nephews like they were his own. He was so cute! He made these little goodie bags with candy to give to all the little kids; he even made extras in case so no one felt left out. He's going to be the BEST dad someday. But back to Halloween...we didn't dress up this year; lame, I know. And we didn't stay at home to pass out candy. We went and delivered candy instead! We went out to Lehi and Saratoga Springs to see Ry's friends' kids in their costumes. They were seriously adorable! I would have taken pictures if that wouldn't have been weird. Then we rushed over to my sister Melissa's house to see our nieces and nephews. They were all so stinkin' cute and having a ball! Brecken was the prettiest princess and kept sticking her hand in the candy bowl and trying to take some more treats from everyone's bucket. She's got this thing figured out! Ainsley was the cutest little Dalmatian. Caleb was spiderman and Jackson was a scary vampire. The kids had fun going around to the houses and as soon as they were done, they were diggin' in! Here are a few pics:

Me and Ryan at Melissa's.

Cute little Princess Brecken.

Ainsley the cute Dalmatian!

OK, now this is scary!!! This is Zach sporting a mustache and mullet.

Dan's get-up for work.