i promise i've been meaning to write about our Christmas trip, but
every time i sat down to actually write something about the holidays
i would think about the millions of pictures i took and i'd
give up before i even tried.
i took so.many.pictures.
it's actually kind of embarrassing how many pictures i took.
tonight i finally realized that if i didn't just pick some
pictures and write the post it would probably never
happen-so here it is!
i decided the glorious utah mountains are officially
my favorite thing in the universe.
i never appreciated how beautiful they were because
i got used to looking at them everyday for years & years,
but now that we're currently residing in a mountain-less state
i have a whole new appreciation for them and all their splendor.
i also forgot how much i love sitting around and literally
doing NOTHING with my family.
we did a lot of that over the break.
sitting.eating.laughing.
it was divine.
logan & i got to spend time with both sides of our family
which was great.
with the help of the new front runner train getting back & forth
between SLC & provo was a breeze!
on Christmas eve we got to skype with James which was
super fun.
it's crazy to me how much he has grown over
the past year and a half-he looks like my dad
which freaks me out.
can't believe he will be home in MAY!
Christmas morning will always be my favorite day of the year.
i still remember the glory days when my parents would make
us kids wait at the bottom of the stairs before we could come
up and see everything santa brought.
every year my dad would set up the camcorder and record us opening
all our gifts.
it is HILARIOUS watching those old videos now and seeing
how excited we would get as we opened barbies and beanie babies.
i got some pretty good loot this year too.
santa was good to me.
no Christmas morning would be complete without my mom's berry
french toast and some hot cocoa.
thinking about how much food we ate over the break right now
makes by belly ache.
as we were planning our trip to utah i had quite a long list
of things i wanted to do & places i wanted to eat, etc.
temple square was on the top of my list.
even though it was freezing cold the lights were
merry & bright & it was beautiful.
like i mentioned before, we made our trek several times
between SLC & provo using the new front runner train.
i'm actually glad we could use that option because something
i did NOT miss was driving in the snow in utah.
it was a blizzard almost every day we were there.
we got to see my grandparents a lot over the break
which i really enjoyed.
we chatted with grandma lucele about her 15 minutes of fame,
and of course had to make a trip to brick oven with grandpa ted & grandma doris.
whilst in the SLC i got to put in some quality time with
my besties.
i will love these girls forevs.
shout out to ash, em & han.
LYLAS for life.
the stars aligned & i was also able to meet up with
none other than britt & ky.
the other day i noticed i still refer to them as "my roomates"-
even though we haven't lived together for almost 3 years now. . .
logan & i decided we were going to try and be less-lame this new years
& actually do something fun.
the last couple of years we've ended up falling asleep before midnight.
we went to dinner with some besties & then geared up for a midnight 5k.
you read that right- a run outside at midnight.
it was like 2 degrees.
we heard they gave out prizes for the best costume so we dug around
my house and found some winning items.
i beat logan in the race but he beat me in the costume contest:)
i'm glad we decided to run the race on new years because
heaven only knows how many calories were consumed
during our trip & i'm convinced i ate enough cafe rio, india palace,
ruth's diner & kneaders to sustain me for all of 2013.
for reals.
at the end of the day the trip was all about family & it was really
hard to leave.
my new niece is the cutest.thing.ever & i loved
spending time with my parents & logan's family.
until next time utah!
xo!
