O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
After finishing our hectic finals, we left we put up our lovely Christmas tree which we are told brought joy into the hearts of passers by!
This is me and some of the lovely ladies from our annual Girlfriend Christmas party!!! Each year my close friends and I have a Christmas party! It is always wonderful to have excuses to get together expecially with everyones busy schedules! This year we got each other ornaments! It was such a good time!
ViVa LaS VegAS!
To celebrate finals being over Adam and I went to Vegas for the weekend with our very fun friends Marci and Paul (we tried to take a pic of us all in front of The Paris...it kinda worked...)!
Gotta Love the Coca Cola Factory! I think we had more fun than humanly possible!!! Adam and I had never been to here and we had a blast with the taste tests! Would anyone care for a Beverly???
It was extremely cold but we couldn't resist this awesome view!
The Las Vegas Temple
On our way home Sunday, we stopped by the Vegas Temple and walked the grounds. It was such a lovely day and words cannot describe the incredible contrast of feeling one has being on the temple grounds vs. being in the city of sin. I am so earnestly grateful for the temple and for the amazing beauty, peace, and happiness it offers! I cannot think of a better way to end our trip!
Sadly what happens in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas! Paul, Adam and I had the flu for the following week which was an extremely misserable time! Luckily however, we were healed in time for Christmas!
O dead tree...o dead tree...you have no needles on thy branches...
Many of you may recall the delightful picture of our Christmas tree just 4 or 5 pictures above....well just two weeks after that picture was taken, and despite the gallon of water still in the tree stand...our tree gave up the ghost! Adam and I could not stop laughing...All of our ornaments had fallen off and the pine cones and the pine needles. Have you ever seen anything more tragically hillarious?
Santa Bella's Comin' to Town! This is one of my neices...how adorable is that little outfit!!! I can't even stand it!!! She also starred as baby Jesus in the annual grandchild nativity reinactment!
2007 was a wonderful year! Adam and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary in June and I am so amazed at how fast the time flies now that we are halfway to our 2nd anniversary! I love him so much and am so blessed to be married to such an incredible person! In Spring 2007 my lovely parents asked Adam and I if we'd like to move into my grandparents home as they are not quite ready to part with it and living here has been such a blessing! I love this little old house and am so lucky to have such amazing neighbors! Also in 2007 my sisters brought into the world 3 adorable babies!!! We have so much to be grateful for! The past year was not without its challenges when it came to cars and school but I am soooo sooo grateful to my family for the many rides to and from work and for our wonderful friends and family for the thousands of words of encouragement and support. WE LOVE YOU ALL! May 2008 Be a FaNTaStiC YeAr for All of YOU!
