Running Away

Brian, Bentley and I are running away. We'd been talking about going on a cruise and could never find a good time to go with Brian's school and my work, so on Monday, we just decided we'd book a cruise no matter what. We are leaving next Saturday, Jan. 24th. We're going to the Mexican Riviera for 7 days. Yeah!! Bentley can't wait to go on the "big boat". We'll post pictures when we come home. :)

Temple Square

A few weeks ago we decided to go up to Temple Square after church. We decided to take our niece Sara. We wanted to get there before they took down the Christmas lights. I absolutely love the Salt Lake temple. It is so beautiful with the Christmas lights it just makes it more beautiful.

Here are some of the pictures we took.

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. On the 23rd we went my moms for her annual Christmas dinner with her whole family. I'm so glad that she does this, because I hardly ever see my cousins. However, Shayna wasn't there, so I'm sad we didn't get to see her at all this Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we went to Brian's mom's house and had dinner and exchange gifts. When we got home, Bentley got to open one present, which of course was jammies. This year, he got Batman jammies with a cape and Batman slippers. It's was hilarious to watch him after we put them on. We have a huge mirror in our dining room, and he kept running over to it, turning around, and watching his cape while trying to make it fly. On Christmas morning we had both my parents and Brian's over for breakfast. Then we went out to my mom's. That night we went to play games at Cory and Elisha's, it started to snow so bad, we decided we had better stay the night. In the morning, one side of our car was completely covered in snow. That was pretty fun. Overall, we had a great Christmas. I love being with our families to celebrate.

Bentley coming downstairs to open presents on Christmas morning, modeling his new Batman jammies. Opening presents Grandpa Randall and Bentley waiting for breakfastSitting with presentsAt my mom's on Christmas day

We're so blessed to have such great family and friends. Thanks for all of your love and support throughout this year. We wish you a very Happy New Year!

Fall Pictures

In October, I know that was 2 months ago, we went up to Sundance for a ride. The leaves had pretty much all fallen off the trees. We still took a lot of pictures.

Thanksgiving and Such

Wow it's been awhile. We had a great Thanksgiving. It started off very early. I decided to sign up for a race in Cottonwood Heights. It was a 5k. I beat my last time by 3 minutes. Yeah!!

Just crossed the finish line

After the race we went to Joe's (Brian's brother) house. We spent the day there watching movies and decorating ginger bread houses with the kids. Boy was that a mess. The kids loved it though.

It was so great to have a few days off of school. I can't believe it's Dec. 9th already. I have 8 more school days until Christmas break!!! This year we get 2 full weeks off!!!

Brian and Bentley being silly. Taking pictures of each other while waiting for me to finish the race.

Twilight

Brian and I went to see Twilight up at the Jordan Commons theater. At first I didn't like it, but about half way through I really started to like it. Brian hasn't read the books, but I would tell him about it while I was reading them, and he said it was one of the better chick flicks he had seen. Carlise and Edward were just not quite handsome enough, but all in all I enjoyed the show. I want to go back and see it again. If you haven't read the books, you must read them first. They are amazing. Twilight is my favorite book series I have ever read. Read it before you see the movie.

Ed. Note(Brian): This actually was a really good chick flick, It surprised me. I would recommend this to any female out there, even girly males like Kyle (my brother). If I had my choice between this and staying home, I would probably stay home. But, if the choice was between this and Jon and Kate plus 8, I would choose this.

Going Private

So I'm thinking about going private. Blogs are fun, but I also think they can be scary. Hello, our families names are on here, where we live, anything for the world to see. If you would like to be invited to view my page, leave a comment to this post. I know I'm not all that exciting, but if you would like to be able to view my page leave a comment.