New Year!!!

It's a new year! I can't even believe it's 2016 already, but I'M READY!!!

Because I've made blogging an every couple week thing (by accident, and busyness) I'm catching up once again. We went to Daddy's Home on theater Tuesday a couple weeks ago and it was fun just being together! 

Also, Daddy's Home is not a family movie hahaha (adult humor), to be more clear...DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS!

New years eve was a nice quiet evening with my love. We went to dinner at Players Sports Grill, bought sparklers, took fun sparkler pictures, then I fell asleep and Jeff woke me up with a New Years kiss at midnight. We are getting old, and I don't mind at all.

New Years day I got a text from Cec in the morning asking if I wanted to get dressed up, have her do my hair, and take pictures...UH YEAH! So we played dress up and took pictures, it was a blast and I think we are going to make these styled shoots a monthly thing.

Cec rocking a classically royal look.

Syd looking beautiful in her bold nature look.

Me in my red on red on red look.
I love my sisters and all the fun we have. Not pictured is my mom telling us how to pose haha.

Back in December my mom texted me and asked if I wanted to be a part of their Relief Society craft night where they were painting their own Hello Happy House Co. wreaths and of course I said YES!!! I finally got to finishing it and hanging it on my door and I LOVE IT!

Last weekend Jeff and I went up to one of his cousin's weddings at the Ogden Temple.

We didn't get to do any work in this temple, but we got to see inside a little and I'm going to count it as one of our 21 temples haha. I love my eternal companion, beard and all!

Jeff is pretty proud of that beard, it has every color in it...red, blonde, black, brown, and this picture was to show him the colors. However, I gave him so much grief about not keeping it groomed nice and so he trimmed it down to a 3, which was too short for him, and all I've been hearing is how he misses his beard and how his face is cold. HAHAHA diva.

The happy handsome couple.

We played on our own all day then went back to party at their reception. We had fun visiting with everyone and catching up, we also had a good time with the sparklers if you can't tell.

Then there was a beautifully Christmas light lit park that I couldn't resist exploring, so I made Jeff walk over with me and we walked around in this winter wonderland.

Monday night I came home to a homemade lobster dinner made by Jeff!!! I couldn't believe it because he always asks me how to cook things, I don't even know how to cook lobster and he didn't ask me or anything, and he used the broiler which I've never used. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. How did I get so lucky???

One of my young women asked if she could teach me to make tamales and corn husk dolls for her personal progress, of course I said yes. Tamales are A LOT of work, but it was worth it because they were delicious and this little doll turned out pretty cute too.

My aunty Tia turned 30 this last weekend so we partied hard with breakfast Saturday morning.

Then that evening we headed to Springdale to celebrate her birthday with some of her close friends. It was a surprise put together by Andy and Karla and I think she was surprised, for the most part.

I loved seeing all the beautiful mountains capped with snow.

30 flirty and thriving!

All the girls!

Today was my last first day of school!!!! HURRAY!!!! So of course that calls for a selfie! I'm just barely starting to enjoy school (of course haha) so it's a bittersweet, MOSTLY SWEET, moment for me!!!!
I can't wait for what the future has in store!!!!

Too fast!

I can't believe that Christmas is already over!

I can honestly say that I am really sad...

Usually I feel like the timing was enough and get excited for a new year, but I wasn't ready for the Christmas season to be over.

BUT, I don't have a choice but to move on...haha.

For Christmas I told Jeff I wanted a thoughtful, planned out date night and that's exactly what I got (and so much more.) He planned a really sweet "walk down memory lane" date night revisiting some of our favorite dates in our history. I love this sweet husband of mine and I love our love story.

How did I get so lucky?

 Date night selfie!

After our date night we headed home where I heard an excited knock on the door to find my Aunt jumping around saying, "We're going to Justin Bieber, we're going to Justin Bieber..." 

YAYAYAYAYAY!!! Her Hot Mess Fitness group all pitched in and bought her two Justin Bieber concert tickets as a thank you gift for another great session of Hot Mess! And my nice Aunt decided to take me with her, YAYAYAYAYAY! I love the special relationship we share, she is my aunt, sister, best friend, coach, boss, neighbor, visiting teaching companion, dance teacher, example, and role model. How many other people can say that about their Aunt??? 

I am seriously so blessed and often catch myself asking, "How did I get so lucky? Like seriously, I feel like I'm living a dream with so many amazing people and opportunities."

Anyway, we are going to JUSTIN BIEBER on March 25th in Vegas!!!

 Last Wednesday we woke up to the most fog I've seen in a while, and it lasted for a good part of the day. Fog of course means pictures. Thanks Syd for being my fog model hahaha. I'm so proud of her and the good girl that she is! I'm constantly impressed with how she handles hard times in high school and friendships and how she never waivers in what she knows is right. I love you Syd!

 Christmas Eve we went to Jeff's family annual Christmas Eve party and it was great. This year they did it a little differently, they decided to have a bonfire up on Dixie rock!

 We roasted hot dogs, had smores, looked at the full moon, talked, and listened to beautiful music from my love.

 I captured this photo through the telescope with my camera! It's fun to think about how amazing God's creations are, looking at this moon I can't help but think about space and time and the moon's history. (Look at all those cool spots.)

 After the party we headed to my parent's house for our Christmas Eve traditions. To start it all off we all hung out in the hot tub! It was so nice and relaxing!

 Then we did Christmas pajamas! My mom did something new for pajamas this year, she got us nighty shirt/dresses and I LOVE IT!

 After pajamas we sat and talked, read the Christmas story, then sang along with Jeff to some Christmas songs!

 Then we woke up EARLY and opened presents! These were stocking stuffers for the guys!

My thoughtful parents got me gardening gear so I can work in style with all the tools I need!

 Then we rand over to the Hauck's to do Christmas with them and talk with sweet Amy!

 Amy was so cute and it was just really great to see her adorable face!

 Emmeline Elsa got the green Elsa dress from the short birthday clip and was SO excited, if you couldn't tell haha.

She kept calling me her Anna and I was completely fine with that. "Come on my Anna..." she is the cutest.

 Then we ran over to my parent's house to talk to Trevor!!! It was so good to see his cute face, he was even more hilarious than I remember hahaha.

I couldn't get over how cute he is, it was so good to hear his voice and see his cute face! 

I love skype days with our sweet missionaries!!!

 After skyping we headed to our family Christmas day party where we ate lots of good food! We were missing Grandma, Aunty Irene's family, Uncle Adam's family, and Aunty Tia's family.

 It was freezing cold and the clouds were heavy with snow. Although it melted before it even hit the ground, it was still beautiful!

 My uncles and cousins got these cool hover board, segway thingys and we all took turns learning to ride it. However, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE MY MOM RIDING IT!!! So, of course I had to take a picture. She was actually riding it without holding on to them for a while too. Impressive!

 Then we had some fun with the camera and the sunset. This one is a work of art titled, "Down Wind Delight" hahaha. We were laughing forever about this picture hahaha.

Then I took a turn and we jumped around!

We celebrated this wonderful lady's 50th birthday Sunday and it was a special evening. Jeff had the idea of putting together a video for his mom and so he gathered all the videos from other people then I helped him put it together and I think she loved it!

She is a wonderful lady that has truly blessed so many lives and I am grateful for her and the great example she is to me. I'm especially grateful she raised such a wonderful son that treats me like a queen!

I love you Mom!

It was a wonderful Christmas season and it went way too fast! I guess that's why I don't want it to end. However, I am looking to the future and excited for what 2016 will bring!!!!

Make it the best one yet!

I can't even believe that it's Christmas week already!!!

Here's what's been going on around here, plus some things I've forgotten over the last couple weeks.

 We set up a tripod and took some family pictures to capture the stage of life we are in!

 Don't worry, we didn't forget our Trevor!!! BUT, he didn't get the outfit memo!

 I love this man, he is so handsome and sweet and funny and crazy and energetic and amazing and thoughtful, the list goes on and on!

 These were the adorable ornaments my mom got us this year, I love our ornament tradition! My favorite part is looking at the tree and reminiscing on all the fun memories made throughout the years.  The guitar was for Jeff (obviously) and the chandelier was for me (my decorating and artsy obsession.)

 Then Cec and I had this ornament made for my mom because she is a true, die hard, amazing "Missionary Mom" and I wanted her to remember this stage of life! 

She had one made of Trevor last year so I had the same lady make one of her to match!

 Last Monday night was a night of banquets, Jeff's football banquet (pictured above).

 And Kalamity and Kaos's end of year banquet! This year I got the 200% award (that's two years in a row) and I feel so honored to have gotten that award. I love Kalamity and Kaos and I truly believe in everything they do and stand for!

 Here's my fam bam!

 I found this picture in my phone from our Saturday practice before the show and I had to share this gem. I am so blessed to be able to have a close friendship and relationship with my two Aunts and to be able to learn and dance along side them. They are amazing women and I love their vibrant examples!

 This last week I went and made Christmas goody plates with my mom! I love being able to hang out with her on a weekly basis and just chill and talk like friends. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful mom that is always wanting to do stuff with me!

 Sunday night Cec asked if she could try a hairstyle on me and I eagerly obliged! Here are some fingerwave curls with a fancy S swirl detail. She is amazing at what she does and I am so proud of her. If you want to stay tuned into all the fancy stuff she is doing with hair follow her on Instagram @hairschoolwithcec

My grandparents asked my mom, Cec, and I to buy presents for some of their close friends that just suffered a tragedy and to drop them off Christmas Eve. I had TOO MUCH fun shopping for them (I almost bought myself a doll because they were so cute hahaha) and then my mom helped me wrap them all up. I'm excited to play "ding dong ditch" Christmas Eve and sneak to see their reaction. 

I hope everyone is ready for Christmas but most importantly, I hope we all remember the reason for the season! I'm so proud of my little brother and he has helped me to remember the reason for the season all month long. We got this picture from him, some members gave them this mini pink Christmas tree and the treats, he bought the Santa face and hung it on their cupboards, and then him and his companion each hung on of their socks as stockings (hahaha). How cute is he??? 

We sent him a package earlier this month and the mission home accidentally sent it to the other Elder T. Horlacher in the mission, so he still hasn't gotten it. We are bummed, but extremely grateful they have some kind of Christmas in their apartment.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! Make it the best one yet!