Christmas Eve

For Christmas Eve, Lisa & Shawn treated Tyler and I to a day of snowboarding up in Sundance.  The conditions were absolutely perfect.  The snow was super powdery, and perfect for somebody who falls a lot (aka ME).  Tyler stayed with me for a few runs, but I could tell he was getting bored with my simplicity, so he went with Shawn and did the back side of the mountain.  He came back exhausted and very happy.  I really enjoyed spending some time with just Lisa, and taking our time down the mountain :)  After snowboarding, we ate Cafe Rio, went to the annual ward Christmas carol performance, performed the nativity with the Christensen family, and opened Christmas Eve pjs.  It was a great day, and very relaxing!

Notice Deer Creek in the background

Tyler was the "innkeeper" for the Nativity

Finally Winter Break

Dinner, standing by the fire (at the ice skating rink), Off Broadway, and walking around Target with Paul

I'm in Laurels

I was recently called to be the Laurel advisor for church, which I am thrilled about...especially since a week earlier I was called to primary.  Anyway, this week was my first mutual activity, and it was an ugly sweater/white elephant gift get together.  Beforehand, I went to WalMart & Goodwill, and found a pretty good outfit.  Please excuse the no makeup though...I was feeling ultra lazy.

Mesa Temple Lights

On Friday, we went to the temple with Chris & Emily to do a session, but also to see the temple lights, and boy did they not disappoint.  For the last 5 years, I've been fortunate enough to live close enough to Temple Square and see the lights they have, which are phenomenal.  After seeing how great those lights were for so many years, I didn't think any other temple would compare, but Mesa did an awesome job, and we were so impressed.  AND, it was definitely a different experience to walk around and see the lights without a beanie, scarf, or gloves :)

Christmas Decorating

Since these pictures, we've put a lot more decorations up, but these are our initial decorating pics.  I LOVE decorating for Christmas... It's so fun to walk into a Winter Wonderland every time I come home from work.  As soon as we get home, we turn our tree lights & other lights on.  Our tree is full of childhood ornaments, and many of our decorations were gifts :)  I did buy poinsettias from Costco this year (4 of them!), and I love them in our apartment.