Merry Christmas

Love,

Cardy & Jenn

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Not until this week did it start to feel like Christmas to me. Maybe it was the 2 day snow storm or it could have been the fact I've finally started to make a dent in my Christmas shopping or maybe it's because there are only 4 days until the BIG day? Who knows. What I do know is that I love, love, love Christmas! It's by far my favorite holiday! I decorated my house and I just love it. I'm always sad when it's time for it all to come down. Cardy and I bought a real tree and he's super cute (my tree's a he)! I love the look of Christmas lights, they're so romantic.

I feel like we have been so busy this month. Fortunately our December has been filled with lots of fun and hysterical events. A couple of our friends had what I now consider my favorite themed party: Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. Don't get offended...lots of women still wear these infamous sweaters (and apparently some men do too, who knew?) but to be quite honest...they're terrible. I had some good laughs in Thrift town while scouring the Christmas clothing racks. It was a riot to show up at these parties just to see what everyone else was wearing. There are some truly ugly Christmas sweaters out there.

Last week I hosted Bunco. I was excited when I was given December as my month to host. What better time to have a party than when your house is all decorated and party ready? Typically on Bunco nights the 12 of us have dinner and play Bunco but I thought for the holidays we would have a holiday party and ornament exchange instead. I made a really nice dinner and the most adorable cupcakes for the group. After dinner we exchanged ornaments using "white elephant rules." It was a lot of fun and there were so many cute ornaments for each person to take home.

We missed: Heather, Caprice, Jenny & Megan

To All My Friends: Merry Christmas!

Do you ever feel like this???

Dying to blog

I am dying to blog. I seriously have not had one stinkin' chance to sit down and post anything . I just barely uploaded new pictures to our computer the other night but alas, it was way past my bedtime and I didn't have the energy to post anything...but I'm dying to!
I'm hoping in the next day or two I will have some time to sit and blog about all of fun December activities.

thankful

There is so much I love about Thanksgiving: time spent with my family, turkey, mashed potatoes and all the fixins, pumpkin pie, the long weekend, football...It's all of my favorite things wrapped into one amazing day that I sometimes forget it's a holiday.

I love all of the personal reflection that happens on Thanksgiving, we all can't wait to list our "thankful fors."

Here are a few of mine:

-my family. I have the best mom & dad in the world! They truly are amazing people. (Dustin- holla atcha boy! You're amazing too.)

-my husband. He is cutest, goofiest, funniest, wise crackinist, smartest person I know. Love ya baby!

-my in-laws. Who could have better in-laws? I am the luckiest wife to have married into such a wonderful family.

-my nieces & nephews. You all keep me laughing non stop. I miss my little Reno buddies.

-my friends. Don't know what I'd do without ya.

-my health. Enough said.

-my job. I'm grateful to be in a field that continues to thrive even in this bad economy.

Just a little side note...the turkey in the picture is the very first turkey I have ever cooked! His name is Tom (or should I say was???)

Twinkle Twinkle Little House

let there be light!

When Cardy and I were building our townhouse last year, one of items we chose not to upgrade was the lighting. It seemed pretty expensive and I wanted to put our money else where. We did however wire our kitchen for pendants and our bedrooms for ceiling fans. Hallelujah! Yesterday we installed all of our new lighting. We installed a chandelier for our dining area, pendants over the island, a ceiling fan in our bedroom & the computer room. I couldn't be happier. Our kitchen is so much brighter and I think the lighting completes the room (except for the window coverings, which will be my next & last item for the kitchen).

Funny, the things that make you happy when you own a house.

Sweet Victory #2

Utah 13 - TCU 10Thanks Ash for inviting me to one of the most exciting games of the season. Love ya! GO UTES!!!