Since the last time I have written, alot has taken place. Allen had his birthday and is a happy 24 year old. If I remember correctly, I got him a couple movies, some clothes, and a couple 2-way radios that he had been drooling over. lol We went out with our friends, Scott and Tissa, and went geocaching, one of our new favorite passtimes.
Thanksgiving came and it was alot of fun. We spent dinner time with Allen's family up in Layton and then afterwards went down to my parent's house where their dinner was being hosted. We got to see some of my family that we hadn't seen since our wedding. That was alot of fun.
As soon as Thanksgiving was over, the mindset went straight to CHRISTMAS!!! I will admit though, for some reason, I couldn't get into the spirit of the season this year. I participated in all the normal Christmas season rituals: singing along to Christmas music, shopping in the mall with all the crazies, wrapped presents, decorated the apartment top to bottom, read my scriptures about the birth of our Savior....and yet, I just couldn't seem to get into the spirit. I was hoping that after my birthday, things might change since we would be on the week countdown to Christmas.
Oh ya, I had my birthday on the 18th. haha. :) It was fun. Allen and my friends and family made it a special day for me. I took the day off and Allen woke me up at 7:30am. Not that I wasn't excited to open my gifts, he was just SUPER excited to see me open them. lol. He was so sweet. He got me a couple of movies. One of which was one of my favorite 80's movies: 
"Pretty In Pink" with Molly Ringwald. I made Allen watch it with me...and he's a total hater of the 80's. lol. The movie just about drove him batty. The clothes, the hair, the EVERYTHING. He's not a fan. It was hysterical to watch it with him.
But my big present for my birthday was 1/2 birthday, 1/2 Christmas present. And I absolutely LOVE it. I've never had a really decent camera. I got one for Christmas about 6 years ago. It was a Canon...which held 4 AA batteries. It was a brick. And this past year, it has been dying. So Allen decided that we would get a better one. And while we are truly wanting a digital SLR, those are 'spensive. So we got one that is a good substitute for now. :) He got me a Sony Cybershot 10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera. I absolutely adore it. It takes GREAT pics. I'm so happy with it.
"Pretty In Pink" with Molly Ringwald. I made Allen watch it with me...and he's a total hater of the 80's. lol. The movie just about drove him batty. The clothes, the hair, the EVERYTHING. He's not a fan. It was hysterical to watch it with him.But my big present for my birthday was 1/2 birthday, 1/2 Christmas present. And I absolutely LOVE it. I've never had a really decent camera. I got one for Christmas about 6 years ago. It was a Canon...which held 4 AA batteries. It was a brick. And this past year, it has been dying. So Allen decided that we would get a better one. And while we are truly wanting a digital SLR, those are 'spensive. So we got one that is a good substitute for now. :) He got me a Sony Cybershot 10.1 Megapixel Digital Camera. I absolutely adore it. It takes GREAT pics. I'm so happy with it.
It even has a feature called Smile Detection. It's so funny. You turn on the feature and point the camera at someone, the moment they smile, the camera registers it AS a smile and snaps a pic instantly. :)
That will be a great feature for when we have kids. The zoom is awesome, it does little video clips with great sound, the picture quality is great. I just love it. Allen did a great job. We bought a memory card for it and a
nice case. It might not be a massive camera or anything...but it's my baby for now. I carry it EVERYWHERE just in case there's a photo op. :)
That will be a great feature for when we have kids. The zoom is awesome, it does little video clips with great sound, the picture quality is great. I just love it. Allen did a great job. We bought a memory card for it and a
nice case. It might not be a massive camera or anything...but it's my baby for now. I carry it EVERYWHERE just in case there's a photo op. :)Anywho, back to Christmas, even after my birthday, I had a hard time getting into the spirit of the holidays. Christmas Eve didn't seem to be all that fantastic. We just hung out. And I found myself going to bed that night, not feeling that the next morning would be Christmas. But it was. And it was still a good day. :)
Allen and I woke up and opened our presents together. We got each other movies, some clothes, some fun stocking stuffers. It was a great morning. We got ready to go and went to my parent's house. We sat and opened presents with them, then had a wonderful breakfast. After that we drove to Allen's parent's house and opened presents from them. And from THERE we drove up to Layton for Christmas dinner and presents with the rest of the family. It was alot of fun. Later that evening we drove down to my Grandmother's house in American Fork where Christmas dinner was being held. I got to hug my Grandma and spend some time with her since this year she was without her sweetheart.
It was a very long day. But it was good to see all of our family.
New Year's Eve was pretty basic. We hung out with our friends Scott and Tissa and had tons of food, watched Glee, and then watched the ball drop in Times Square.
Allen and I are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends who care for us. We love you all and hope your holidays were as good as ours. :)
Let's bring in 2010 with happy faces and happy hearts!
I haven't talked to you in a while! Sounds like things are going good for you! Miss ya!
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