Home for Christmas

It was so fun to come home for Christmas! It was definitely my first year living away from home around the holidays, but it made them that much more enjoyable. I was able to go visit my old office and see all the girls and my doctors which was super fun. We got together for lunch & dinner dates with several friends. And we got to play with all of their adorable little kids who we miss so much. It was such a blast. Not to mention that Christmas itself was wonderful. I wouldn't have had to have anything for Christmas and I would have been just fine. It was gift enough just to be able to come home for a week. And we got to have our snow for Christmas. Boston also enjoyed his play time in the snow. He loves that just as much as the beach. I do love my snow. However it was super nice to come back and be playing volleyball on the beach the first week of January. But I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as we did. It was so good to see all of you!

Christmas time

It was really hard for me to get in the Christmas spirit this year with no snow and warm weather. It was weird to go to the mall and see Santa Claus sitting outside because all of our malls are out doors. And I always look forward to decorating my big 10 foot Christmas tree but that was just impossible in this little apartment of ours. So we settled for the 6 foot $40 tree from walmart ha ha. I did what I could with decor but I don't have a lot of space to work with.

New Port Beach

Josh's brother and his family came down to New Port Beach in December and we were able to spend a couple weekends with them up there. It was so much fun. New Port is definitely one of my favorite places ever. And now it is so conveniently located an hour and a half from us! It was so fun to see the kids. This is a picture of us outside of Sprinkles. It is a cupcake place here in Cali and it is to die for. I'm totally not a cupcake person but these are so delicious. We now have one in San Diego which makes me so excited. New port also has a Cafe Rio which we were so thrilled about. We miss our Cafe Rio. But that is Josh and his little mini me Zack in Cafe Rio. It's always good to see Jer and Tal. They live in South Dakota now so it just doesn't happen often enough. Good thing New Port is their favorite place too.

Sea World in December

This was the first time I have been to Sea World since I was seven and now we practically live down the street. It is about a ten minute drive from our apartment. Josh's parents came down with Holli & Brayden & the boys to spend a couple days at Disneyland. And then they came down our way to go to Sea World for a day. It was fun for us to get to see them for a while and play with those cute boys. We miss our nieces and nephews like crazy. It's hard not to be able to play with them whenever we want. And that cute little Hunter is getting so big. But they had the park decorated for Christmas. There was a big tree in the middle of an ice rink at the entrance. I have never seen people ice skating in shorts before until then. But it was 65 degrees outside. We held star fish and pet sting rays and all that fun stuff that I remember doing with my dad all those years ago. It was a fun trip down memory lane. But now we have Sea World passes so if you want to go come on down!

Home for Thanksgiving!

Yay for the Holidays! We were so excited to come home for Thanksgiving. I don't think I have ever been as thankful as I was for this season. You don't realize entirely what you have until it is gone. We miss family and friends like crazy. But we are also so so thankful for this opportunity to better our lives with higher education. We just had so much to be thankful for. Especially for the fact that we made it up there with all the crazy snow storms going on! But I definitely enjoyed the snow the few days we were there. However going from 60 degree weather to 6 degrees was not fun at all. We have become extremely spoiled by our weather down here. But we had a fun girls night and we were able to get together with friends. We had wonderful dinners with both of our families. Enjoyed the BYU/Utah game of course. And just enjoyed being with all the people we love. We have such a great life, and such great people in it. So good to be home.

Utah Game in San Diego

We had to support our home team! This was an awesome game. It was pooring rain which made it that much more exciting. The SDSU fans were talking smack the whole game but we had quite a good crowd of Utah fans to back them up. It was such a close game and the victory was so sweet. It's always funny to watch the opposing fans leave with their tail between their legs after running their mouth the whole game. GO Utah!!