Where Has the Time Gone??

Here's a recap of the last week or so........

Mid December: We had our Ward Breakfast with Santa. Braydon got to see Santa and tell him all the toys he wanted from him. It was nice to have a Ward party in the morning so we could have the rest of the day to clean/play/relax. We had a continental breakfast with muffins, bagels, danishes, along with hot chocolate.

Dec. 20th: Nanny and Papa came down for the Holiday's. We spent the evening at Home Depot buying material for shelves in our garage so that we could actually start parking both of our cars in it!!!!

Dec. 21st: I worked all day while my parents, Katie, and Braydon built the shelves so we could mount them as soon as I got home. I'm thankful that most of the work was finished by the time I got there (JUST KIDDING). We went to a nice Italian restaurant called Carmine's which was quite good. When I was on my Internship here in Vegas, my CI took me there for one of my last days.

Dec. 22nd: My dad and I went to the Las Vegas Bowl between BYU and UCLA. It was the first BYU game that I've gone to in about 3-4 years and it was a good one to go and see. It was a FREEZING 37 degrees at the game. Yes, Vegas does get that cold and my dad and I were frozen by halftime. We did stay to the very end (in which I was glad) and watch all the BYU fans run on to the field after the UCLA kicker missed a field goal. We watched for a few minutes and decided to go to warmth of the car and not go down to the field. It was a very nerve-racking game.

Dec. 23rd: I signed up to provide physical therapy at the Nutcracker on UNLV campus at work. For providing treatment to the ballerina's, I get to take 3 other people to the performance. Katie, Braydon and my mom came with me. We had a good time. I had to be there about an hour early, go backstage at intermission, and stay about 20 minutes after the show. I did a lot of stretching, massages, ultrasounds but it was worth it to see the show. Braydon even enjoyed it.

Dec. 24th: We had a Friend/Family Christmas Eve Party at our house. The Crane's, Shafers', my parents, and us got together to eat, play, and have a good time. We had soup and rolls for dinner, played lots of games, and ate to many treats. The kids got to make their families gingerbread house.

Dec. 25th: Spent the morning opening presents, playing with toys, visiting friends, and playing some more. Braydon got spoiled with tons of Transformers toys, books, blankets, pj's and anything else you can imagine Transformers. Katie got scrapbook organizers, Cricut cartridge, and a gift certificate to Rod Works in Utah to do some more decorating to our house. Katie surprised me with a new Wii with 2 controllers, and 4 games (Wii Sports, Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, TMNT). I got Madden 08 from my In-Laws. I was very much surprised. Now when we have visitors, we can go bowling in the comfort of our own home!!!! We all had a great day.

Check out our new photo albums (Braydon with Santa, Garage Shelves, Las Vegas Bowl, Nutcracker, Xmas Eve, and Xmas Day) that have been uploaded for your viewing pleasure.

It's Been Busy Around Here!!!

The past two weeks have flown by considering how busy we have been lately!! Basically for me, I wake up early (6:00 am) to leave for work (7:00 am) and don't return home until the evening (3:30-5:30 pm) depending on the case load. I guess that's how "Real Life" goes after school!!! We have blinds in our house now and are excited about that so we don't have sheets hanging in our windows. We had Mountainland Rehab Christmas Party at the Suncoast Casino bowling alley for Cosmic Bowling. We all got to bowl 3 games and had an enjoyable time. Since it was so late, Braydon spent the night with Ryan and Sierra and we picked him up in the morning.

We went to a Live Nativity at a local LDS Church. We went with the Shafer's and had a great time. We had heard that it fills up quickly and it is only 3 nights with 2 performances each night. We got there about 30 minutes early and it was packed. Good thing our friend's got their about 90 minutes early to save our seats. Braydon even enjoyed it and sat through the whole thing.

We have gone to a new ward the last few weeks and it's HUGE and that's an understatement!!! There are about 650 people with a growing rate of 1 person a day!!! Sacrament Meeting is like going to Stake Conference every week. Another thing about our ward is that we have 5 nursery's, big primary, but not enough YM to pass the Sacrament. Every family in the ward has a baby or the mom is pregnant (to Katie's dismay!!!) We have to drive about 30 minutes to get to the church and it is the same lay out as the church in Flagstaff so we feel right at home.

Up coming event's include: Ward Christmas Breakfast, Homemade Thanksgiving Dinner, BYU Bowl Game (Yes, I'm going with my Dad!!), Christmas with my parents, New Year's with Katie's family.

Take a look at the our live nativity pictures in our photo album.

House Pictures!!!

Here's a short little update about us and the house. We have finally got most of the boxes put away into their spot. It's actually started to feel more like a house and not a storage unit with all the boxes everywhere. We have also put up our Christmas decorations and are officially in the holiday spirit!!! We will be going to our new ward for the first time on Sunday, even though it is in the dreaded 1:00 pm time slot. That's about it for now, sorry it's short but all we have been doing is unpacking for the last week.

Take a look in our photo album for our 3 new albums (Halloween, House during the Day, House at Night). I know we have some duplicates of pictures from the day and night album but our camera battery died and I didn't think we got the day ones saved, oh well, it just gives you different light to look at our house.

Happy Holiday's!!!!