Winter Break Activities

School ended and Brad and I have enjoyed spending all of our time together and not having to worry about homework and tests. :) We looked at the lights at temple square, we've played lots and lots of games with our family, we made TONS of peppermint bark and delivered it to our neighbors, we've stayed up late watching movies and laughing...so far it has been a wonderful break!
Christmas lights at temple square

Brad made me laugh really hard while I was brushing my teeth

On Christmas eve we spent the night at Brad's parents house. It was a lot of fun, the boys played halo and the girls caught up on girl talk. Christmas morning came and we jumped around from his family to my family, we are lucky they live so close. Brad had a "mans" christmas and received manly stuff consisting of tools, a dutch oven and an air compressor...he was one happy man! I had a "homemaker" christmas and got lots of stuff for the house-a new paper cutter, a hot chocolate maker, a food processor! I'm so excited to use them all.

My family always draws names for the siblings and this year we decided to do homemade gifts under $10 for each other. This was Brad's gift from Holli and Jeff. We really love it! :)

Brad and I did our own little Christmas with each other on Christmas Eve. We wanted to be able to open gifts from each other and take time to enjoy them without being rushed. I got Brad a new drill, he was like a little kid when he opened it...he couldn't contain his excitement. It was cute

Brad got me Brad Paisley tickets for Christmas!!! I think I was even more excited about the tickets than he was about the drill! The concert is January 27th and I can hardly wait! Definitely the best Christmas present! :)

Our Christmas Pajamas

While we have had all this extra time, Brad and I have been keeping ourselves busy with projects. I spent a lot of the break making homemade christmas gifts, baking and cooking. It has been so much fun! I can't wait until I'm done with school and I can do that stuff all the time.

Brad and his brother and dad have decided to make remote control boats! So he has spent the break working on that. he is getting ready to put the motor in it. The boat is almost 4 feet long and pretty awesome!

Finals are HERE

  Finals are here, which means lots of late nights like this...

 and plenty of this...

My day with Brad

Well Wednesday was my birthday...I turned the big 2-3! I know, I can't believe it either. Brad did a really good job of making sure I had the best day ever! The night before my birthday he took me to pick out our Christmas tree! I LOVE Christmas and I love to make a big deal of it, so it meant a lot to me that he took me to get our tree after he had a long day at work. It was so fun picking it, we found the perfect one, and they even had hot chocolate (my favorite) for us while we looked. It was like a scene from a movie :) We got it home and I thought he was just going to set it up and we'd decorate it another time because it was late, but he let us decorate it that night. I was so excited! The next day I had to work, but it was ok because work bought lunch and made me a card, they are pretty great! When I got done with work and  walked in our house Brad had all the christmas lights on and the house was clean :) my mother and sister-in-law came over and set up this cute happy birthday banner with balloons and then took me to get a pedicure! It was so fun, and definitely needed :) After pedicures Brad let me open my presents...he got me a sewing machine!! I am so excited, and was so surprised! I can't wait to get done with school so I can get started on some projects! :) Brad took me to Benihana's for dinner! I have wanted to go there for awhile and I'm glad we finally got to go. It was delicious! And so fun to watch them cook in front of us. After dinner he took me to the Festival of Trees! I loved it, they had some really beautiful trees this year. After all of the festivities we went home and had some delicious birthday brownies that cute Brad baked for me! He really is the best husband.It was a wonderful day, I loved getting cards and birthday texts from my family and friends. Thanks babe for making it special for me! I love you.

Birthday dinner at benihana's

My Sewing Machine!!

Homemade birthday brownies mmmm

Our tree! Brad named it Cleveland...cleveland the tree