a few happenings

Last weekend we babysat two of our nieces for a couple days, a 3 year old and a 14 month old. They were VERY well behaved, but it was still pretty exhausting. We tried taking them to church with us and I ended up jumping ship about an hour in. After this experience I am so impressed at how clean their house is, and how cute my sister in law Bri always looks. The house was a disaster after us being there one evening, and I could never find time to even comb my hair.
The picture is in honor of Livi, who is the biggest princess fan I've ever met. Aurora is my favorite.

Luke and I got to perform together this week at a Sons of the Utah Pioneers banquet. It is always fun to play with my brother- he becomes an instant favorite everywhere he goes. We mostly did fiddling mixed with some songs from the early 1900's. It was an older crowd :) Scott turned pages for us and did a terrific job. We got a nice dinner and met some great people!

Tonight we're taking Luke (wow we've seen each other a lot this week) to the Draper Temple open house. I'm sure it will be beautiful.

And finally, I love our credit union since you can personalize your debit card. Don't worry these aren't the real thing. No shopping sprees on us!

Road Trip

We had a lot of fun taking a short road trip to Elko, NV last weekend. We visited our friends Sean & Gracie Smith for a few days. They are having a baby boy in March; we're so excited for them! They found out they were pregnant after they'd been married 5 months- that's how long we've been married now. That's strange to think!

Scott lived with Sean for over a year and misses his cooking. He requested that Sean cook us carne asada- it was so good. We shot targets on Saturday morning; a few handguns and a shotgun. My first shot was a BULLSEYE...and then I didn't hit any target the rest of the time :) Scott shot a 9mm casing OFF of a bottle. Very impressive. That night we went to a movie. I wanted to see Bride Wars but was out voted, so we saw Tom Cruise instead of Kate Hudson. Valkyrie was pretty good- a one timer though. Has anyone seen bride wars? It got terrible reviews- I'm not sure if I even want to see it now.

I have LOVED the sunny weather! Scott is driving a snow plow for his work this winter so it has been such a relief to have a break from the snow. No calls saying "Go to work" at 2 am this week!

So Fun

Merry Christmas! We had a great time with Scott's family in Idaho Falls. It was a blast to have everyone there. We laughed a lot and came away with some great inside jokes.

It was fun to get some family pictures taken. I am loving being an Aunt!

Here is our little family picture :)

Mazda's Big Brother

I feel sporty. I feel like I'm suddenly in shape because I own this car. I mean SUV. After much thought we are selling Scott's Accord and picked up this beauty! We're really excited. We went and bought a bunch of firewood last night just so we could haul it.

Awesome time of year

We loved Thanksgiving at my Aunt and Uncles house in Paragonah, UT. Aren't holidays the BEST!?

It was so fun to watch the parents play rockband. They were really good!

And congrats to cousin Matt, who proposed to adorable Mary when we were cutting down Christmas trees! It was awesome!