Merry Christmas Part 2 and Happy New Year 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011!!
This year for Christmas Eve we went to the Bath's for dinner and fun. Christmas morning we went to the Evans and found this:

For Christmas Brunch we had the traditional quiche, sweet rolls, pastries, hot chocolate, and all sorts of goodies.

This is the jewerly box Jeff made me for Christmas...I love it!!! It is so nice to be able to see all of my jewerly!

Grandma P on Christmas morning

Grandpa P

Shannon and her new Ipod touch

Millie with her new Christmas necklace

Moki with her new santa claws hat

Jeff was so excited to get this remote control helicoper...every spare moment he would be playing with it.

After Christmas, we went with my family to California. On the drive there, we stayed in Las Vegas where we went to the Pawn Stars store, but the TV stars weren't there. On the way to California, we stopped in Barstow at an Alien Jerky Store and found some interesting things.

Jeff with one of his favorite things: hot sauce

The aliens got to Jeff

Sterling and Amanda had a run in with some really hot sauce

In California we stayed at the Newport Coast Villas and of course stopped by Disneyland

The Haunted Mansion all decorated like the "Nightmare Before Christmas"

The traditional Fire Station picture at Toon Town

I was very excited to get my famous $4 Disneyland frozen bananna (even though it was freezing cold outside)

One of Jeff's favorite things at Disneyland is the huge turkey legs

He really enjoyed every last bit of it.

The view from the Newport Coast Villas

While we were in Newport Beach, we went to Crystal Cove state park to visit the tide pools.

There were tons of huge starfish in the tidepools.

The beautiful Pacific ocean

We even found this little guy

Sunset from Huntington Beach pier

For Shannon's birthday, we ate at a diner on the Huntington Beach Pier

Merry Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!!!

Since we haven't had too much snow lately, Jeff and I decided to go to temple square to see the lights and get in the Christmas spirit.

A few weeks ago, this is what it looked like outside of our balcony....the fog was so thick we couldn't see the building across from us!

I thought I would put a picture of the snowboard bench Jeff made when we first got married. Even though it isn't too comfortable to sit on, it is neat to have.

Also, I finally finished my second internship!!! YAY! I can't believe that I am halfway done with my year of free labor! The SNF wasn't as bad as I thought...it was actually pleasant and not too hard, plus the hours were great! Now, I have a month break to relax, catch up on school work, and then back to the grind with 2 more interns, then graduation in May.

Jeff will be finishing his classes tonight! I am proud of him for working hard all day and then going to school late at night! Hopefully next semester won't be too bad...he will be taking 2 classes and then graduation for him in May!

Hopefully we can go somewhere fun to celebrate all of our hard work over the past few years. We are still deciding what the next step in life should be...do we stay in an apartment and save some money or get a house once we graduate? Decisions, Decisions.....

Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday Madness

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Jeff and I have had a busy, but fun-filled year with lots to be thanksful for. Here are some things we have been especially thankful for recently:

-Living back in Utah so that we can spend time with our families

-Being healthy despite a few colds and flu here and there

-Both of us getting multiple scholarships for school and for almost being done with it

-Having work and enjoying it

-A warm apartment to live in

-An eternal marriage

-Living close to the temple

-Our cute little kittens who are such troublemakers but we still love them

BLACK FRIDAY MADNESS:

This year we really wanted to get a new laptop so that we could use it for all of our music. Walmart had a great deal ($198) on one and so we decided to brave the crowds of the black friday mess and wait for it. Our adventure began Thanksgiving night at 7 pm where we waited in the frozen food isle for 10 hours to get the laptop. Lets just say it was a long cold night, and the first night in my life that I stayed up, but we were able to get everything we wanted and saved over $600! I know we may be crazy, but both Jeff and I love the rush of saving a lot of money.

The holidays are here!

I am halfway done with my second internship and surprisingly enjoying being at a skilled nursing center. There are many days I come home with interesting stories....getting pooped on, dealing with schizophreics, grumpy old people, and lots of paperwork. I especially love the short work days...8-3 or 4 pm is wonderful!

Jeff is still working hard at passing his classes and working at the cabinet shop. His boss has asked him to transfer to the main shop, Fetzers, for the next month or so to help out. He is not too happy because that shop is by Usana and that means he has to wake up at 4:45 am. I am greatful that at least he has work during the winter and am happy that he gets to do something he enjoys!

I know its early, but I am tired of looking at fall decorations, so we decided to put our Christmas stuff up. I love Christmas and am happy to be home this year.

In other news, my Grandma Pearson, began her Chemotherapy for the breast cancer that she was recently diagnosed with. She is such an amazing grandma and has taught me so many things in my life, especially about having a good attitude when life gets difficult. Good luck Grandma in the tough months to come!!! Jeff's dad also underwent bilateral TKA's last week and is doing great and planning on returning home soon. Best of luck to him as well.

I forgot to post the cd covers we had signed from Senses Fail and our concert tickets.

Halloween and Senses Fail Concert

Happy Halloween!!! This year we planned on dressing up as dawg the bounty hunter and his wife Beth, but we opted to go see Senses Fail play at In the Venue on Halloween night. I did have to dress up for work on Friday and so I wore my pirate costume from last year. As you can see Jeff's redneck costume is lovely....words just can not explain this....


Lately, all we have felt like doing is this (see below) because we have been super busy! We also had our first snowfall this past week and I don't feel ready for winter yet, especially without my Jeep.We were lucky enough to find a great deal on KSL for some snow tires for the car, which I am happy about because I dread driving in the snow.
Jeff is so funny when he sleeps. This is what he looks like every night, but usually its just his nose sticking out from ALL of the pillows. HE HE HE

We also attempted our first caramel apples this year. We first melted caramel and then dipped them in fudge and rolled it in crushed snickers. YUM! They worked well until the fudge slipped off!

We also carved our pumpkins on Friday night. My favorite part about Halloween is eating pumpkin seeds! The pics are blurry but it gives you an idea.
Mine:

Jeffs:

The Senses Fail/Bayside Concert was awesome! Senses always put on such an energetic show. I was even able to be in the second row of the mosh pit and survived!! Although my body feels like I took a pretty good beating today. I was lucky enough to get behind a girl that was less than 5 ft tall so I could actually see and breathe and the secret to not loosing my spot was keeping my hand on the front hand rail during the whole show. I also enjoyed elbowing the guys next to me during the entire show cause they were trying to push me. They played a ton of our favorite songs. Before the show they were having a meet and greet at Graywhale in SLC so we stopped by and got their signatures on their cd covers. It was a great night, but sad cause concert season is over :(

Blurry pic, but the lead singer of Bayside

(The pics look so blurry because of the fog machine)

Sound check for the drummer

Buddy, the lead singer is in the green and black checkered shirt. It was kinda difficult taking pictures while getting smashed in the pit, thats why there isn't very many.

Internship #1 down...3 more to go!

Just a quick update on what we have been up to:

-I finished my first internship and am starting my next one on Monday at St. Joes Rehab Center in SLC. I am actually nervous for this one since I have never worked in a rehab center before. I am trying to stay positive about working with the elderly....maybe I will love it who knows?

-Jeff is still working hard at the cabinet shop and enjoying working with his hands. He is also doing well at school and got approved to graduate with his AAS in May if he passes all his classes! I am so proud of him for getting through it!

We are both excited to see our favorite band, Senses Fail, in a few weeks!