Christmas 2008

Eric and I had a great Christmas. We had purchased our gifts to ourselves in November and instead of saving them for Christmas morning we decided to get some good use out of them! We got a new kitchen table and it is awesome. We got too good of a deal to pass up.It is all wood and no particle board which means it is really heavy and I can't lift it. It also came with a leaf that expands the table to fit 8 people. I don't know that it would fit in our kitchen with the leaf in it but at least we have options.
Our other present was Guitar Hero World Tour! Eric just couldn't wait until Christmas to try it out. Merry Christmas Eric!
Here are some pictures of us Rocking!
Kassi at the drums.
Ready to Rock your socks off!!!
We have had a lot of fun with these gifts. Family parties have been much more entertaining.
For Christmas Eve we spent the night in Delta at my parent's house. We had a great time watching everyone open presents. After spending the morning at my house we drove over to Eric's house to open some presents. I got a new apron Eric's mom made for me. Now I can finally cook! Which I might add I have been cooking meals for 3 weeks in January! It must be a magic apron. :)
Kassi and Ashlee modeling our new aprons.
Here is a cute picture of Eric.
One of my presents was a new trendy outfit that I had purchased for myself. So here I am wearing my new trendy outfit holding the baby tutu I made all by myself for my niece Lyla. (Eric isn't a big fan of my trendy outfit. He is still nice to let me wear it though.)
Around 4:00 my family had our Christmas party. We opened presents, ate good food, and had a great time. Here are some cute pictures of our party.
This is my nephew Jaxton being cute.
Here are all of my nephews and nieces opening presents.
Here is Eric trying on his new hat he got from Katie and Brad.
Here is a picture of Eric and I holding my niece Lyla.
Here is a picture of Lyla modeling the tutu I made for her. I think it looks great on her!
Christmas was a lot of fun and it was so nice to have a couple of days off of work.

High School Tag

1. Did you date someone in high school? No
2. What kind of car did you drive? Old Blue, then Gretta.
3. Did you pass your driver's license test the first time? Yes
4. Were you a party animal? Nope
5. Were you considered a flirt? No
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? No
7. Were you a nerd? No
8. Were you on any varsity teams? I played Volleyball in 9th & 10th grade. Played Basketball in 9th-11th grade. So technically no.
9. Did you ever get suspended or expelled? No
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Ummm, Mr. Fowles (math teacher)
12. Where did you sit at lunch? By my friends.
13. School mascot: Rabbits
14. School colors: Red and White
15. Did you go to homecoming and who with? I think I went my senior year. If I'm thinking of the right dance I went with Mike Evans. It was fun.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? No, college was much more fun.
17. What do you remember most about graduation? I was sad Eric didn't hang out with me after wards.
18. Where did you go on Senior Skip Day? Lagoon with the rest of the seniors
19. Were you in any clubs? FBLA
20. Have you gained weight since then? No I actually lost some weight.
21. Who was your prom date? Aaron Dent
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? Maybe if we have one.
23. Did you have a job while in high school? I worked at Lotsa Motsa Pizza my senior year. It was a lot of fun and that is where Eric and I became good friends.
24. Worst class? Physiology
25. Favorite class? Algebra
I tag any of my friends who want to do this.

The Sled

Here is a picture of my sled I made. (See post below)

Almost Christmas

It is snowing outside and very cold. Christmas is in less than a week and I can't wait to have two days away from work! Thanksgiving break was good. We were able to go with Eric's cousins for Thanksgiving Day and then I shopped til I dropped on Black Friday with my sisters. Friday night Eric and I went to a Jazz basketball game with his family and that was really fun. Eric and I have not been to a Jazz game for a long time. We put up our Christmas tree Thanksgiving weekend and it looks great. I'm a big fan of fake Christmas trees. Nothing else too exciting has happened. I have some pictures from my niece's baby blessing and from Eric's family Christmas Party but I haven't had a chance to load them onto the computer. So maybe over the break I'll get a chance.

I decided I'd blog about some Christmas traditions that I've started because I have time and I've enjoyed reading other peoples traditions. Every year I insist on breaking out my old "Christmas with the Chipmunks" tape cassette! I remember getting it when I was young and I would listen to it all the way through. It was one of my favorites. Well my mom found it and gave it to me a few years ago and I was so excited she found it! Could you believe she was going to throw it away? :) The first Christmas after we were married I told Eric I needed a CD player with a cassette deck in it so I could put in the Chipmunks. (Did I mention he isn't the biggest fan of the Chipmunks?) He came through for me! I drag out our blue CD/cassette tape player every Christmas season to make sure the Chipmunks get some air time! Eric can't stand to listen to it so I try hard to only put it in when he isn't home. It brings back memories.

Another tradition that Eric and I have started is to play Christmas movies while we put up our tree and decorate. We usually watch A Christmas Story and The Muppet Christmas Carol. I really enjoy the Muppet Christmas Carol. I like to sing to the songs, the Muppets are cute, and I love the story. Another movie I try to watch is Elf because it makes me laugh.

And last but not least, Eric and I have tried to collect some fun ornaments since we've been married. We now have Batman, Belle, Jack Skellington (from "The Nightmare Before Christmas") tree ornaments to name a few. And every year I put up this sled that I made out of tongue depressors (aka big pop sickle sticks) in second grade. Complete with glitter. It is beautiful and I had a lot of skill for a second grader. I might have to take a picture and include in this blog so you can appreciate how hard I worked. My mom was going to throw that away too. So I rescued it and now it gets to hang on our tree. :) Eric is so lucky.

Well that is all I can think of for now. Eric is finally done with school for the semester and he only has one more until he is done with his Bachelors degree in Accounting! He can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. So for now he is working a lot over the crazy, busy, Holiday season. I am looking forward to spending Christmas day with him since that's about all we'll have together. Well I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas!