Christmas 2009

This year we spent Christmas with the Attridges in Oktown.

But, before we headed to Washington we made the traditional gingerbread houses with the Merris'

Bryan and I made Calli's house and Cindy and John helped JJ make his. We titled Calli's "Calli's Cabin" We thought we were pretty creative :)

We flew out the day before Christmas and spent a few days hanging with the family.
Rae spent a lot of time dancing - sometimes with Bryan and sometimes with Kaedn

Christmas Morning
Jill wrote a letter to Santa the night before and the next morning we found a lengthy and comical letter from Santa (front and back on the yellow pad)



I got to go ice skating for my first time.
I'll just be honest - I spent most of the time just as I was in these pictures. Holding onto the wall :) Still fun though!

Our Christmas tree back in Orem!

Adam

I have wanted to see the movie Adam since I saw the preview (which I saw when I went to 500 Days of Summer!). Adam really is such a touching story.

Here is the synopsis on Yahoo:
Adam is a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence -- until he meets his new neighbor, Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection.


This was one of those previews that I saw and I knew I had to see the movie. It is just such a great film. Part of the intrigue of the movie is that Adam has Asperger Syndrome.

I really would suggest seeing this movie.....along with 500 Days of Summer :)

**There is one love scene - which is short and pretty tasteful. And one inappropriate language scene - which has 2 strong swear words. Rated PG-13

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had an awesome Thanksgiving - it was full of family and food and fun. And lets be honest - family is what I am most thankful for anyway.



Here are my highlights from the weekend:

My mom and dad came in from Yuba

And of course mom did the bulk of the cooking (which I'll never really complain about)


The girls spent a lot of the day knitting. I don't think I ever finished the headband I started!


We headed up to Duchesne the day after Thanksgiving to have the traditional Wilkerson Thanksgiving Dinner


Big Lare came in from Okanogan on Friday to go to the BYU v Utah game! And luckily we pulled out a win. (Sad that I don't have any pics with Big Lare)


Little Calli was blessed

Wouldn't it be nice

I love looking at all the fun and pretty blogs out there. {this is glamorous} is one of my favs.

Okay the photo below from {this is glamorous} makes me so giddy inside. How nice would it be to have your shoes organized behind a curtain in pretty shoe boxes. And to have a fireplace in your bedroom with a soft, comfy chair to try on the shoes.

Love it! And a little bit want it!

Here is a list of some of my other favorite blogs (just in case you want to surf the blog world):
rockstar diaries
Have Your Cake
Frugal Fashonista
The Sartorialist
(NO) sex and the city

New Moon

Finally went to New Moon

it was good

much better than the first

enjoyable :)

enough said

Entering to Learn

So, if you remember this post from a couple months ago then you will know that I decided to try something new (ballet). Ballet was great.....but I don't think I'll have a career as a ballerina after the class. So, I have decided to try something new again next semester. I am going to take basic clothing construction. I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I have used a sewing machine. I figure now would be the time to learn and develop new talents. I've been so inspired by all the crafty people I know - so thanks for the inspiration :) We'll see how beginning sewing goes!

Happy Birthday Bryan

I feel so lucky to be married to my best friend. I seriously can't imagine a better match for me. Today Bryan is turning 27 (I can't believe how old he's getting!). So, I thought for his birthday I would talk about 3 of the many favorite memories I have with him.

1. Bryan's family game is cribbage. I think it started with Grandpa Don. Pretty much as soon as Bryan and I started dating he taught me how to play. Let me preface that cribbage is an old man game and it requires serious counting skills. It's the card game where you'll hear people saying "15-2, 15-4, a pair for 6, and a run of 3 for 9." I love that cribbage is still our game of choice on Sunday afternoons and whenever we go home to Okanogan (mostly because big Lare won't play any other game). I have to admit that I still don't have the counting thing totally down yet and that Bryan beats me almost every time, but I'm glad to know that it's a game we'll pass on to our kids and hopefully they'll teach their spouses.
2. When Bryan was back home to work for the summer, I decided to stick around Provo and take some exercise science classes to fill my time and help me better relate to Bryan. So, I took beginners golf. When I went to Okanogan to visit Bryan we went golfing. While we were golfing Bryan told me he was going to marry me. I think we both knew that there was no one else we would rather spend our lives with.
   
3. I love how comfortable Bryan was with me and all my crazy sisters right from the beginning. I love that he can call them and just chat. I was living with Summer and Cindy when Bryan and I started dating. One night, Bryan came over and Summer and I decided we needed to have a dance party. So, we were teaching each other dance moves and imitating. That was such a fun night and I can still picture Bryan shaking his hips. hehehe - I'm laughing just thinking about it! Bryan and I still have dance parties every so often - it's always a good time.
   

Happy Birthday Bryan! I love you - thanks for making me laugh and playing all my silly games :)

(Bryan on his birthday last year)


p.s. Happy Birthday Kim and Jill too!