HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY NEW YEARS AND A SAFE ONE. ITS BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR US. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH TIME HAS GONE BY. BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU ALL. I KNOW THAT AT ANY TIME I CAN CALL YOU OR ASK YOU AND YOU WILL HELP ME OR BE THERE FOR ME AT ANYTIME.

WE HAVE DEFINETLY GROWN THIS YEAR AS A COUPLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE DAN AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 2 1/2 YEARS. MY TIME FLIES WHENYOU ARE HAVING FUN:) I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM IN MY LIFE. HE IS MY BIGGEST STRENTH AND TEACHES ME AND IS VERY PATIENT WITH ME. ESPECIALLY WITH HAVING A MISCARRIAGE HE HAS BEEN THERE EVERY STEP FOR ME. I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS IN GODS TIME AND HE WILL SEND US A LITTLE ONE SOON. I THINK IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO HELP ME KNOW THAT I REALLY DO WANT KIDS AND THAT I AM READY WHEN HE WANTS TO SEND THEM.

I JUST WANT TO END WITH THIS QUOTE BY GORDON B HINCKELY THAT I REALLY LIKE:
I DONT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND I DON'T WORRY VERY MUCH ABOUT THE PAST. THE PAST IS GONE, AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE, YOU CAN'T CORRECT IT. THE FUTURE, YOU CAN ANTICIPATE, BUT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY DO VERY MUCH ABOUT IT. I IT IS THE PRESENT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH. REACH OUT FOR EVERY GOOD OPPURTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO.

Christmas 09

My Christmas Village

Showing some of his Christmas gifts.

dan loves his new Snuggie. So we had such a wonderful Christmas. So this Christmas eve Dan andI had decided to do our own thing o Christmas Eve. With me having to work I am always soo tired and its hard to go to dan's parents and then mine. I had to work til 4 and then we decided to go to Texas Roadhouse. They have the early bird special two for 15.99,and you get sooo much food too. Then we went and saw Alvin and the Chipmunks the Sqeakel. It ws soooo cute and fun. Then we came home and watched Christmas Eve on Sesame street. I grew up watching that and its a tradition we will always do. It is one of my favorites. Then we read Twas the Night before Christmas. Another traditon we started was we track Santa Claus on Norad. It shows a map and tells you where is at and where is next location is. I think when went to bed he was in New York. We didn't stay up long enough to see when he got to Utah. So we had a great Christmas Eve.

Then Christmas morning dan was super excited to open our presents that he woke up at 7 and got everything ready. Then we got up and had some sparkling cider and opened up our stockings. Dan gave me lots of neat stuff in my stocking. My favorite gift was a set of wireless headphones so that when I am in the kitchen or watching a movie i can put those on and still listen to my music. I gave him a BK gift card, the move Monty Python and the Holy Grail and some candy.For his presents he got a snuggie, and he loves it. He also got the whole set of the Chronicles of Narnia book and cd. He had no idea about that and he loved it. He also got the movie Ink Heart and a new rocket.

He gave me a picture that says,"I love you to the moon and back , infintiy and beyond.", Lois and Clark the second season, an ornament and he completed my Christmas Village that I have. I loved it and I was soooo happy. So santa was definetly good to us this year. Oh yeah my moms presents were some new towels and hand towels, The Proposal , and Castle the lst season. I wil write part two later. We went to Dan's parents in the morning and then to my Dad's that afternoon for dinner. We had a really great Christmas.

Christmas Fun

So last night we went up to This is the Place Heritage Park for the annual Candlelight Chrismtas. We have never been there at Christmas time but it was sooo much fun. They decorate all the houses. They have live reindeer, Father Christmas, elf land, and lots of activities you can do. It was really fun and we definetly want to make it a tradition. Here are few pics from last night.

I can't believe it is only 5 days til Chrismtas. This week Dan and I have lots of stuff planned. Tomorrow we are heading up to Temple Square with my Dad, Angie and Brother and Sister In Law and there kids. It should be fun but Dan and I are a little nervous to go just because of what happened last time we went. Then I got yummy Chocolate donuts for afterwords. That was s traditon growing up in my family. I will have pics from there tomorrow.

Grateful to be Alive

Darrin and Angel... great friends and glad they are okay.

Look how Beautiful that is.

This is a special spot for us because we got engaged here so everytime we go to Temple Sqare we always take a picture.

This reminded me of our wedding day. We had a picture taken here.

So last Sunday Me, Dan, our friend Angel and her Husban Darin went to Temple Square to see the lights. We actually got there about 5:30 so right when it was getting dark. Well it was kind of weird cause they actually don't turn the lights on til 6:15. But we still had a good time. It wasn't crowded at all so we got to walk around and enjoy the light and I actually saw stuff that I haven't seen and I go every year. Anyway so we had been there about an hour and half and were getting cold. So we decided to head home. Well we had just had a great time. Well when we got to 5th S and 400 w we were turning left to go onto the interstate. Well another car was coming strait and ran right into us. He ran a red light. It was the scariest moment of my life. I have never been in a car accident this bad. Angel's husband Darrin was driving. The car spun twice and the hit the passenger car and banged up the car pretty bad. Once it stopped we all just kind of looked around and asked if everyboyd was okay. The guy that hit us came up and was like are you okay? I am sooo sorry. I wanted to say to him,"what the heck dude?" Why were you running the Red light?" But i was so shooken up. I was really worried about my friend Angel too because she had just had back surgery the month before. So i was trying to stay calm for everybody else and just kept saying that God was watching over us and protected us. Luckily all of us are okay. But I honestly know that God protected us. I literally felt like he put his arm down and stopped it from getting worse. And we were very lucky the other car that hit us was s mall one too. The amazing thing is none of the glass broke or anything. It still sucks for Angel and Darrin because they had to get there car towed. But they still do have one car and are supposed to get a rental. Anyway here are some pics from our trip. I am just very blessed to be alive and all week I have been thanking God every chance I get.

Catch Up

My other favorite tree.... Leatherbys....

My favorite tree... mmmm Hersheys.

We are kinding of standing weird but we liked the trees.

So since Thanskgiving Dan and I have been getting into the Christmas Spirit. Last weekend we went to the Festival of Trees. It has been a fun traditon we have started ever since I met Dan. I really enjoy going and we actually saw every tree. I was suprised there was no New Moon trees ,b ut there were some BYU trees and lots of snowman trees. I actually had Saturday off so we started with going to our Ward Christmas breakfast. Then we went to eat at the Training Table..that is one of our favorites. Then we went to the Festival. We also found our ornament. Another traditon we have started. Then we came home that night and watched a Christmas movie.

My mom and Dad also sent us some Christmas presents and money. So I got to go shopping on Monday and buy some new shoes and some pants that I desperately needed. Dan decided to buy a game he wanted. I am excited for this saturday because we get to go to the Forgotten Carols. And no matter how many times I see it i still love it. And it always me cry. But I am excited. I can't believe how fast Christmas is coming. I love this time and watching all the cheesy christmas movies. I am also excited for my mom to come after Christmas and to do some stuf with her.