Christmas

Christmas was so much fun as a first married couple. I woke up around 6am and their was a text on my phone from Jordan (my brother) asking when Justin and I were coming over to my parents home. I texted back not until eight. Then around Seven am Justin and I got up and opened our own Christmas presents around our little Christmas tree. Justin got a computer monitor that he has been wanting and I received the best gift of all...A Vacuum!!!! It was a little scary when I put it together and tried it out. What I thought was a clean floor was no longer. That Vacuum pulled things out of the carpet that I cant even imagine. Girls, if you receive a vacuum from your husbands, have them vacuum the carpet, then empty the bag before you see it. Doing this will make you feel so much better.
Then after that we went over to my parents home and found them opening presents. I had asked my mother what time they had gotten up and they told me 8am...Amazing...Becasue of the text that moring, I figured they had been up and moving before Justin and I got there. We did have a laugh over this...Jordan claims to have had to go to the bathroom so he texted me but I think that he was so excited but liked sleep better. All in all it was a fun Christmas...

Christmas Tree

When Justin and I went to Wal-Mart to get some lights and some things for the tree. When we were in the Christmas section we were looking at the non-breakable balls that go on the tree and Justin kept insisting that he wanted blue balls. I kept thinking what could I do with blue but then I saw these wooden penguins and they were cute so we did blue and silver with black and white penguins all over it. It really did turn out cute. It was fun decorating our first Christmas tree together.

Thanksgiving Fun!

This thanksgiving most of my family members got together and wonderful time and eating a lot of food. There was a lot of activities planed to keep everyone busy and having a great time. The men got to go pheasant hunting and the girls went shopping. Then we all went and cut down Christmas trees on the mountain. It was a lot of fun but cold.

Grandma's passing

This last month my grandma died. She was someone really special to me because I loved going to her home in the summers and riding the bikes,cooking and sewing with her. As family gathered it was nice to tell all the remembering stories and share how we felt. She is going to be greatly missed but we know that she is where she needs to be.