Simply Havin a Wonderful Christmastime...

I was having so much fun I didn't even take pictures of hardly anything. I did manage to get a few shots when things were slow. These were seriously the only ones.

Christmas Eve we went out to my parents house for dinner and stuff. My Dad had just put this clay stuff in the driveway so all the sand wouldn't blow away. Well there was a lot of snow so it got super muddy. We had to put the truck in 4-wheel drive to make it there. Some of group came in cars so we had to shuttle them in. The nieces & nephews were soooo cute in the Nativity. My mom got some shots in so I might have to steal them from her. We watched the Olson family traditional Christmas Eve movie "Christmas Vacation" with Mike & Jen. Always a classic. Christmas Eve is also the 1 year anniversary of mine & Dallins engagement :)

Christmas Day we opened presents at our house - just us. It was really different and not as exciting but still fun. Our main Christmas present to/from each other is a Cruise we're going in in Jan so we didn't have much else to open. It was nice to go out to my parents and watch the nieces & nephew open their gifts. Watching little kids open presents is the best. I have one niece who gets especially excited. Like really really excited. Over everything. It's way cute.


I'm sad Christmas is over. It was so nice to have so much time off work and to spend so much time with fam and friends. I love the whole month of Dec with all the parties and spirit/mood of most everyone. I am looking forward to the New Year. I have a lot of things I want to accomplish and change.

Merry Christmas!

The Holidays so Far...

Here are some of the past few weeks festivities. I didn't get any pictures of Thanksgiving :( I don't remember if I just didn't bring my camera out or I just forgot to get it out. Anyways... we've had a lot of fun since.

The day after Thanksgiving, I went to breakfast with some friends from out of town. Some waaaay out of town (the Philippines). I haven't seen Jeff in like 4 years. It was really good to see everyone.

Me, Jeffrey & Ashlie

Thanksgiving weekend, we were going to see Madagascar 2 or Bolt with "The Bills" but they were both sold out EVEREYWHERE! So we went Bowling instead. Yah on a Holiday weekend it's quite expensive!

Check out that form! That's how you win I guess. Because he did. Twice.

I really can't believe how much it has snowed in St. George lately. It was constantly coming down all day yesterday and last night. We went outside at like 12:30 this morning and played in it. There was prolly a good 2 inches!

The snowflakes were HUGE!

Awe

L- was with the night mode R- Flash

It's fun to see color mixed in with the snow.

I love lights with snow on them. I tried my best to capture it.

Christmas Tree sneak preview. Yah it's still not done yet. I can't find the ribbon I want.

Twilight II...

So I went to the movie again. This time it had better sound but I'm still not lovin it. I liked it well enough but it could have been WAY better. Should have been 1/2 hour longer. But one of the biggest things that upset me were the Vampire Actor choices and their makeup. I guess it was a fairly low budget movie and they didn't think it was going to be this big but come on!

So let me just vent a bit...

The worst one was Rosalie. She looks like she could be from the White Chicks.

Some people just can't pull off being a blonde. She really is very pretty.

This is my pick. In House she is brunette but she can pull it off.

The next one I'm going to pick on is Carlisle. He is just so fake looking.

They should have just left him how he is. Or picked someone else that looks better blonde.

Jasper made me laugh. He looked like more of an idiot than anything. I really didn't like his hair. (It's kind blurry sorry)

He would have been good.

My Edward

Alice was prob my fav out of the Vampires but I think she would have done a great job as well.

Oh and they should have just left James alone.

I knew it wouldn't be sequenced exactly like the book and for the most part it didn't bother me. What bugged me the most was the part when he goes into the sunlight for Bella. That was lame.
Hopefully with all the $$ they made from the 1st one, the second will be much better.

Twilight...

So I went and saw the long awaited Twilight movie on Friday at 12:01 AM. We got in line at about 6:30 but thankfully we didn't have to stay in the line the whole time. We went and got some Cafe Rio for dinner and walked around to all the Vendor's booths. Ha ha they had like Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Stampin' Up stuff, purses, lotions and stuff that smelled like the characters ha, and just a bunch of girly stuff. Speaking Roses had a booth and they were selling these cool roses with Twilight on them.

This is Crystals Rose

There were 12 in our group altogether but here are just a few.

I heard the first people in line (at Stadium 8) showed up at 8:00 Thur. morning! Crazy!

So.... about the movie...
It's supposed to start at 12:01 and it doesn't until about 12:15 or so. There was the freakiest preview I have ever seen in my life for a movie called "The Unborn". I can't imagine how bad the movie must be. It was just soooo Evil! But anyway, when the movie finally starts we can hardly hear it. Everyone is trying so hard to hear that whenever anybody makes any kind of sound (like laughing - to be expected) we heard a bunch of shushers. The sound got a little louder as it went on but it sounded like crap. Like there was a bunch of static and everything was just off. And I guess it was so low that we couldn't even hear the background music most of the time. I only heard 1 song. It was lame-o! After the movie a bunch of us went up to the front and complained. Ok so it was mostly my friend Crystal B that stood up for all of us. She's so great about that kind of stuff. We got free movie tickets out of it.

I'm not even going to say what I thought of the movie because my experience kind of ruined it for me. I do want to go back and give it another try. Someone else from our group did and they said it was sooo much better.

"100 Things" Tag

Mellissa Tagged me with this lovely tag. Here are 100 random facts about myself. Let's hope I can think of that many.

1- I'm 5'6"
2- My Hair is Brown
3- I just cut my hair and
4- I think I want to cut it shorter
5- I LOVE to read
6- I read all the Twilight books
7- I'm going to see the movie tonight, well Tomorrow morning actually at 12:01
8- Team Edward!
9- I like games of any kind
10- I don't have any of my Christmas shopping done
11- It won't be done until a couple days before because
12- I am a procrastinator
13- I love music
14- My iTunes is very organized
15- I have this crazy rating system because
16- My iPod isn't big enough to hold all the songs
17- I like to be crafty but
18- I don't think I'm very creative
19- I like painting and photography
20- I love to learn
21- I went to 2 years of college on a scholarship but
22- I didn't get my associates because
23- I took too many electives
24- I'm glad I took them
25- I don't believe you need a degree to be successful
26- Math is one of my favorite subjects
27- I can't add very well in my head
28- I would rather listen than talk
29- I would like to be more organized
30- I overwhelm myself trying to organize
31- I like to cook
32- I sometimes create my own recipes
33- I get that from my mother
34- I get a lot of things from her
35- I have a whole drawer of smelly good stuff
36- I hardly use it because if i do it will be gone
37- Sadly I have that philosophy with a lot of things
38- That is another thing I get from my mom
39- I'm a night owl
40- I like sleeping in
41- I don't like my job
42- I would love to work at home
43- I want to be a stay at home mom
44- I like hearing about other peoples lives
45- I guess that's why I like blogging
46- I like all the seasons
47- I like flip-flops
48- I like flip-flop tan lines
49- I like to be tan
50- I'm halfway done!
51- I like singing in the car all by myself
52- I like traveling
53- I like road trips
54- I like the ocean
55- I love swimming
56- But I'm not so hot at water sports
57- I prefer small groups to large ones
58- I'm kind of a nerd
59- I like video games
60- My favorites are the Mario ones
61- I'm a bookkeeper but
62- My own books aren't very organized
63- I like soup
64- Especially creamy ones
65- I think nature can be gorgeous
66- I wore really nerdy glasses when I was young
67- I now wear contacts
68- I love to laugh
69- One of my favorite comedians is Brian Regan
70- I also like Jerry Seinfeld
71- When I do something, I like to do it the best I can
72- It overwhelms me
73- I voted for McCain
74- I don't like getting ready for the day
75- I went to a Private School the last 2 or 3 years of high school
76- I loved it
77- I forget a lot of things
78- I think I will actually finish this today
79- I like the smell of rain (esp at my parents house)
80- I love apple cinnamon candles
81- I love Christmas time
82- I like inside Jokes (when I'm inside)
83- I like having intellectual conversations
84- I like sushi
85- I like electronics
86- I don't like doing laundry because
87- Most of the clothes I buy are really delicate
88- I would rather shop for my house than for clothes
89- I like really cushy carpet
90- I like old buildings
91- I had a really good childhood
92- I have always wanted 5 kids but
93- I think I'm down to 3-4
94- I love my family
95- I love the church
96- I like going to meetings (any kind)
97- I want to design my own house
98- I'm excited to go on a cruise next year
99- I really try not to use the word "hate"
100- I'm really excited to go home in a half hour

Whew!
I tag 3 people..... Crystal A, Crystal B & Emily

Things that Still Confuse Me...

Four way stops
Manual Transmissions
Apostrophes
Changing the audio on our sound system between aux/dvd/computer/game console etc.