What we did on our Christmas break...

Feliz Navidad! I hope everyone had a nice holiday week. Again, I only have to work two days this week. How nice!

Brian and I had a great Christmas. We kicked off the fun by going to the Las Vegas Bowl to see the Cougars play Arizona. Unfortunately, BYU lost 31-21. Kind of sad. I think I was the only one who thought they would actually pull out a win, and I'm a Ute fan! But we had a lot of fun. We walked around the Bellagio and saw their Christmas display. We also got some raspberry gelato which tasted awesome! We went through the shopping area at Caesar's but couldn't find a good exit. How annoying! But we had a good time laughing at all the weird things that happened (finding the Wii remote in the Pringles can is our favorite).

We had to drive back right after the game to make it to our Christmas program at church. I made Brian join the ward choir (hee hee), and somehow I got asked to play for them. (It all evens out, I guess.) The primary sang a few songs with a very small group. Later on, there were magically more kids...little sneaks! There were a lot of groups from the choir that sang. Both of our moms came and heard us sing which was cool.

Christmas Eve came, and we went to the Reynolds' family dinner. We stayed overnight and opened gifts in the morning. Clothes, movies, books, gift cards, and games were our gifts. We are set! We then headed to my mom's house to talk to Daniel. He called us, and we all asked him questions about Portugal. He is doing great over there! We had lunch all together with Grandpa Klinell. I called my dad, Ryan, Grandma, and Grandpa later that afternoon to wish them a merry Christmas. So...it was a very fun couple of days. It's too bad it comes and goes so quickly! Until next year...

We love Christmas!

Hello, everyone! I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. Thanksgiving has come and gone. We had a very good one. Yummy food and fun family always make it enjoyable.

I'm happy to report that we are done with our Christmas shopping. We did a lot of it on Thanksgiving week before all the crazy shopping days. Going to the mall at night with no one around is the way to go. Mostly we buy things online. It's very nice! Wrapping can be ordered, and the gifts are delivered. How nice is that? We ship all our goodies to the Reynolds' post office. (Thanks Mom and Dad R.!) Brian is a little sneak and tries to get all the surprises out of me and others. It's more fun giving him stuff he isn't expecting. I've been good so far with not telling anything. He just shouldn't ask! Naughty!

We went to see 2 choir performances this week. And we got to go to Temple Square and see the lights. You can't have a good holiday without doing that! Most of the lights were orange again this year. I wish they would do blue or purple. That would be cool. Our little Dexter tree has pink lights on him. We also made snowflakes that hang from the ceiling and red/green paper chains for the doorways. That is our festivity until we can buy real decorations. It looks good!

Other than that, we are excited for the holidays. It's fun to see all our family and friends and get together. We hope everyone is well out in cyber world. Have a merry Christmas!

HOORAY!!!

Hello, out there! I am updating our blog today to let everyone in on my big news. I finally took my final yesterday and got 97%! Yay! And I actually got started on some practice transcription. I'm rolling now...

Brian and I have been really good. We had a good Halloween. Unfortunately, I missed the nieces and nephews and all their outfits. Grandma Reynolds had her Halloween party the Saturday before. I was a sick girl and stayed home. But on Halloween, Brian and I went to a trunk-or-treat for the first time. It was pretty fun! We splurged and bought the big candy bars for the kids. Luckily, we had leftover Butterfingers to munch on ourselves! Yummy...

The Utes played last night and beat the Horned Frogs 13-10. It was the weirdest game. Utah has been quite inconsistent and nerve-racking lately. I hope things shape up because I might have a heart attack before then! I thought for sure they were going to lose. But they pulled out a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. They are still undefeated, which is a bonus. I hope they win the Mountain West Championship this year, if nothing else. It's been too long!

Well, I'm off to the grocery store. I hope everyone is having a great week! Till next time...

Sunburn Sally (the tune "Mustang Sally" was in my head this morning)...

Remind me to never go out at high noon without sunblock again!

At least, I have my trusty aloe vera gel today. And I work in a dungeon so I don't have to go out and see people if I don't want to.
Brian and I had a fun Saturday. We went to the Utah football game. (But we were not smart about sunblock. I should know better...I am Snow White after all!) The Utes whomped Colorado State 49-16. They are now 8-0. Yay! In the BCS standings, they are #11. It would be nice if they made it to a BCS bowl game again, but I'm not getting my hopes up yet. They play at New Mexico on November 1. Then their big test is at home against TCU on November 6. Eek!

We went to the Pie in West Jordan with Sara and Jon that night. It is always yummy! I love the chicken alfredo pizza and cheese sticks. We then headed over to the Crazy Corn Maze. We did a little too well at getting out. You are supposed to find all the numbered posts and answer T/F questions. We did #1 and #2, but we ended up at #7 somehow. So we were going backwards a lot. Eventually, we found them all. We're just too good at this maze thing! Later, we watched "Iron Man" and played with all the dogs at the Wyatt's house. We love dogs!

On Sunday, we had FHE at Paul and Marja's house. Yummy food and fun family is a good combination. I tried out a new dessert, caramel apple bars. I think they turned out pretty well. Unfortunately for Brian, I was up at 7:30 am chopping up apples in the processor. Sorry, babe!

I guess I better get to work. I think it's also time for another slather of aloe vera! My face is on fire!