Progressive Dinner

We had a progressive dinner a few weeks ago so that everyone could see each others' houses for Christmas. Ours was too far away, so it wasn't included :(. But we had tons of fun. We started at Jon and Julie's for appetizers, then Dave and Amanda's for dinner, then to Ben and Becky's for dessert. I only took pics at Dave and Amanda's, but we had a ton of fun!

Grandpa and Addy.

The cute girlies sitting around the table. Addy was rockin the off the shoulder look. :)

New baby Ryan!

We had another new addition to our family on December 20. Dave and Amanda had Ryan David Hill! They finally got a boy after 3 little girls! Dave is pretty happy about it, and the girls are excited to have al ittle brother. Dan and I are a little worried he may get dressed up in girls clothes and forced to wear make up or something by his older sisters. But he's so precious and tiny. We saw him the day after he was born and I loved it! Babies are so wonderful.

Note Dan's scruffy mountain man look. He didn't shave for a few weeks just to see how the beard came in. I didn't mind it, but I definitely like a clean face much better!

Randomness

I haven't posted forever because things have just been really busy! Finals week was a killer for us, but we got through it and now I only have one more semester until I graduate! woo hoo! I can't wait. Anway, here are some random pics of the last few weeks. My sister Steph came and played USU in Logan. My parents also drove up and they all spent the night at our apartment. It was a blast!

Here we all are at the game.

My grandma gave us a gift certificate for our birthdays and we finally used it. Dan splurged and got ribs and he was a mess.

Bear Lake

Dan and I drove up to Bear Lake on Sunday and it was really nice! The weather was pretty and the lake is gorgeous! We brought lunches and we drove all around the lake then parked by the lake and ate lunch! It was great!

Cute right?!

We were being funny.....

No this is not a cigar, it's just a pirouette from a trip to the Pepperidge Farm discount store the day before (we stocked up on snacks!).

Preston Lights

We went to Preston, ID on Friday night with Mike & Jerrica and 2 other couples to see some lights and go to dinner. We had a lot of fun and that little town is very festive! Main street had tons of lights and decorations, then we went out to this house with TONS of lights! It was crazy! The view of the house from the street!

This is the driveway up to the house.

Our first Christmas...how precious!

We set up our Christmas decorations and it's so great! I love the holidays (who doesn't?!) and it's so exciting to share it all with Dan and have our own place to decorate and enjoy. We have a cute little tree and I've been collecting Christmas decor over the past few months! So I busted it all out and I love it! Of course I still need a few more things to finish up, but it looks great!
Here is Dan setting up the tree.

Dan was watching a Jazz game, so ignore D Will on the screen. :)

For some reason Dan thought it was really funny to wrap 66 feet of beads around his neck like a necklace. He's a nut.

Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving was a great day for us. We are lucky to live close to both of our families so we were able to spend time with both of them. Dan got up and played football all morning with some of our high school friends. Apparently they needed some black stuff under their eyes in order to play! For dinner, we went to the first round at Danny's aunt and uncles beautiful house in North Salt Lake. It was gorgeous and the food was of course delicious!

There were some fun toys for the kids to play with. Sarah loved the karaoke and she sang "I never knew" over and over while Addy played on the keyboard. It was so cute!

They also had this weird/cool horse that was freakily lifelike! It moved its head and tail and it's mouth moved when you gave it food. The kids were scard at first then they couldn't get enough of it! They were climbing on it and feeding it and I loved watching them.

After we left Curt and Julie's house, we went to our close family friends' house, the Thomases. They are basically family and since we don't have family around here, we always do the holidays with them. Here are the guys snoozing with football on. How typical :)

Here I am with my cute sister and Courtney. Steph was able to come home for Thanksgiving this year (last year she was gone with basketball) so I loved seeing her!

It was a great holiday and a nice break from work and school. I ventured out for some shopping on Friday (not until about 10am though) and it wasn't too bad at all. I got some great deals and just finished most of my shopping! We are so blessed and thankful for many things. Lately I've been trying to stop and look around and I realize just how many blessings I have. It's amazing and I'm so grateful for my family, friends, school, job, and of course my husband!