Christmas 2010

This Christmas was PERFECT!!! I know everyone probably says that because Christmas is literally the best day ever and the one day everyone waits for, but this year it was especially great.

Reasons:

1.      I finally got to spend it with my darling husband. The past 2 Christmas's I looked forward to a silly little phone call from Jeremy. Not this year... instead I got to spend it with him just like I always hoped. Jeremy and I were so giddy and so excited for Christmas; we didn’t end up falling asleep until 2:00 AM. I felt like a 5 year old trying to fall asleep so I could see what Santa brought that morning. Jeremy and I gave our gifts to each other Christmas Eve because Christmas was so busy. It is fun starting our own traditions for our small family.

2.      We have the best families! The whole Christmas morning while we opened gifts and watched others opened gifts I couldn’t help but think how grateful I am to my parents and my new parents. They did everything they could to make our Christmas perfect… and it was.

3.      Last, both of our families got to volunteer at the Bishop Store house a few days before Christmas by inspecting bars of soap. Some bars of soap were not packaged correctly, others were wet, and some even moldy. After inspecting 500,000 it seemed to get monotonous, until I thought where the soap was going. As both of our families had the best Christmas we could ever ask for, many people get soap for Christmas. I’m grateful not only for my Christmas but for the blessings in my life.

Bishop Store House

Riley getting his cell phone... I've never seen him this happy before.

Wii Dance game... Funnest thing ever!

Activity Days

I never really knew what a branch was until Jeremy and I got married and was put in one. I love it! Everyone is so humble, it doesn’t matter what you do or wear, you are all there for the same reason. The first time Jeremy and I went to church, I counted 10 women in Relief Society (including the presidency and the teacher) haha. It makes you realize how much one person can do, when they are dedicated to their calling. I never appreciated it until now… I see so many people in our Branch fulfilling 3 or more callings because we just don’t have enough people to divide them out. I am 8 year old primary teacher and activity day leader. It is so fun! The branch has never had activity days until today. We had our first one and I’m so happy the girls actually came and loved making gratitude journals. The girls are darling; and I can’t wait for next time!

We WON!!

So I have never won anything in my whole life. I always try to win contests or think I'll be lucky enough to win a drawing...well its never happened. Jeremy, however, is the luckiest person I have ever met. One day he was walking out of the gym and found a 32g Ipod, which would never happen to me. I'm glad I married a lucky man because this weekend we won. Jeremy and I went to Happy Valley to see all the friends I miss and of course to see Jordan Swarbrick play at UVU (they won by the way and Jord played awesome). Well in the second half of the game the cheerleaders threw shirts... and you can guess I caught one (well Amber caught it and gave it to me because she has a million). Inside was the winning diamond from Sierra West Jewelers. At first I thought it was a fake, but Jeremy and I were in Salt Lake Christmas shopping today and took it into Sierra West to see if it was real and sure enough... we won a $1,000 diamond!!! I bet Amber is really regretting giving me the shirt now.