Christmas Week

It has been such an enjoyable break for Mike and I. We have spent so much time just relaxing, getting projects done, and spending quality time together and with family.

Break down of the week's events:

Monday— we seriously did nothing, just relaxed, oh and I was super sick.

Tuesday—I was feeling better and wanted to get out and do something active so we first went to my favorite places to eat: Einstein Bagels for breakfast, and then went and played arcades and miniature golf.

Wed—we went tubing with Mikes family which was so much fun. We sandwiched on top of each other and made some pretty good trains with everyone :). I ended up banging my elbow on the ice pretty hard when I sandwiched on top of Mike on our last run, and it swelled up pretty good and now it is black, blue, and yellow, and hurts every time I hit it on something :).

Thursday, Christmas Eve—we went over to Mikes families house and had a wonderful breakfast, socialized, tied fleece blankets for the homeless and took them to the shelter, and then Mike and I helped Jeff pick out a really cute gift for his girlfriend :). We came home and made chili and cornbread and opened our Christmas pjs, watched National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and laughed our heads off.

Friday, Christmas Day—we had a lazy, wonderful morning. We made crepes for breakfast, opened our stockings and our gifts. Mike got me three really cool pairs of jeans, a super cute shirt with different languages on it, two necklaces I wanted, some black boots, two long sleeve thermals, a sweater, mac makeup brushes, and coupons for a full body massage and other things. I got him two pairs of boots, socks, gloves, a v-neck t-shirt, a hat, and chocolates. Nika freaked out about her stocking. We got her tuna—her fav, which she chowed— and these two toys that she went crazy over; it really was the cutest, funniest thing to see how much fun she had with them. We then headed up to SLC to have lunch at aunt Jills with all the cousins/extended family. We then spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out and going to the movie Sherlock Holmes, which was actually pretty good.

Saturday—we were so pooped out from all the festivities so we just relaxed, spent the morning working out and having a spa day. We set up the office for foot baths, the bedroom for massages and the living room for working out/stretching. It was so much fun! Then we went and exchanged some of the gifts we got each other, and went out for ice cream at JCW's and came home and watched a movie.

Sunday, OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY!!! It was such a wonderful anniversary spent together doing intimate things—reading letters we had each written to each other (Mike's made me cry), making a huge fondue meal with cheese and bread, broth with steak, chicken and veges, and yummy chocolate fondue with nilla wafers, strawberries and bananas. We also enjoyed the top piece of our wedding cake which was actually really yummy a year later. We took a nice nap after church, and enjoyed other intimate moments together :). Oh and Mike got me the most gorgeous pink roses I have ever seen! Thanks babe! I love you so much!!! And look forward to spending many more anniversaries with you!!