As I said before, with Thanksgiving, we were able to see some of best friends Sara and Jared at the airport for about an hour. It was so much fun to be able to meet their little boy! We stayed at the infamous Anniversary Inn the night before, and loved every minute of it. We stayed in the one that looks like the inside of a train, can't remember the name..but it was awesome! I love being able to stay there and spend time with my husband!
December came and went so quickly! We were planning on a buying a house that was literally taking for.ev.errrr. So we started looking at houses again, this time we found the one. It's still in our ward boundaries and close to work. Literally 2 blocks away. It has some fixing up to do, but we don't mind, we're pretty excited! We close this Thursday! *eeek* So it'll be pretty exciting! Won't lie, the coolest part of our house is our bedroom. Seriously. The living room looks like just a normal living room, but with the press of a button stairs come out of the ceiling and voila, behold the master bedroom. How's that for privacy? ;) We are so excited to make it ours and decorate. So that was kind of a 2 in 1 update. Found it at the beginning of December, then closing towards the end...well in January.
Also in December we had the opportunity to attend the Festival of the Trees again! It was beautiful! Afterwards my sweet hubby took me to The Mayan. Basically it's this restaurant with overpriced ok food and awesome cliff divers in the restaurant. Woot woot for coupons right? Needless to say, that was our first and list time there (the food didn't agree with Jaren).
We we also able to go see temple square Christmas lights. Note to self: do not go on a Saturday. Period. After a half hour of trying to find parking, we walked shoulder with everyone and their dog to see the lights. The best part was we got to be with friends! Including Angela and her boyfriend! It was so great to see them for the evening. Afterwards we went to Denny's with the whole group: Kevin & Amy, Jaren & me, Angela & Rob, and Katie lol.
A couple days before Christmas Jaren and I took Brooke, Cannon and Brekka to drive around the Layton Park lights. It was raining really hard, but it was still fun to see Cannon's reaction as we drove around while listening to Christmas classics.
Christmas Eve was a blast! We spent it with Jaren's family this year and it was so much fun. We had a delicous Christmas Eve feast and goodies. They put on their Christmas program and we enjoyed each others company. Christmas morning, Jaren and I did our own Christmas gift exchange and afterwards had my uncle Dustin over for breakfast as well as a mini Christmas for him! Shortly after he left I came down with some freak 24 hr cold. But the rest of the day was still enjoyable.
For New Year's Eve we went over to Amy's paren'ts house and played games with friends. It was a great success! We were so caught up in games, Kevin finally was like what time is it? Oh Happy New Year! So we wer a couple minutes late but it was still fun. New's Years day Jaren and I went shopping and spent no money, but still got stuff :) . I won a contest at work and won a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses and a $50 mall gift card. After a tiring day of shopping we came home and watched movies.
Yesterday we attended my cousin, Misty's baby blessing. It was beautiful and we enjoyed a lunch afterwards.
So what's goin' on for 2.0.1.1. Well classes started today! I'm taking online english and bowling (date night and goes towards my degree..woot woot). Then Thursday close on the house and move in Friday. A couple weeks from then will be my birthday! And of course my hubby has already started makig secret plans :) . I'm exicited to see what 2011 brings!
Until next time,
Love Jess
