Well we were really busy this holiday season! So I totally slacked with the blogging. Better late then never though, right?
Mathew's (Brett's younger brother) birthday is December 23. So that night we went to celebrate. It was the big 1-8! Apparently what he needed was boxers, so we got him that & a gas card. His big gift from his parents was a weight set (Brett took the other one when he moved out).
Mmmmmm & we had an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen.
Here's some pictures of how our house looked this season. I should say looks because I still haven't taken Christmas down!
Our green & red tree. This year we added a Grinch ornament & one from Brett's Grandma Barbara.
Our very first Christmas together (when we were dating) I got Brett
a model train. He loves it & basically doesn't stop messing with it day in & day out. Our dog, Jewels, was a little afriad of it at first, but she got use to it.
Jewels in one of my childhood stockings. She's a pretty tolerant puppy.
See what I mean?
This year my Aunt Lisa & Uncle Rob invited everyon up for Christmas. So the Sunday before Brett & I had our own little Christmas together. I got him a much needed new coat from Billabong, tools for around the house & his tool box, The Hangover (except he pretty much ruined that because before I could get it for him he kept insisting we go buy it), clothes, & the new Mario game for the Wii. He got me a few pajama sets & a robe from Victoria's Secret, clothes, bath gel & perfume & lotion, Wii Fit Plus. We also got ourselves some new movies. Jewels got treats & a charm for her collar. 
My cousins Morgan (left) & Taylor at Christmas Eve dinner. Morgan is 10 & Taylor is 5. Dinner was so yummy. Ham, "funeral potatoes" and this really delicious chinese cabbage salad that I'm going to have to try & make!
My Aunt Lisa & Christian (who's 8).
Me (pregnant as ever), Brett, my Grandma Kay & Grandpa Bob.
Tradition in the Davis household is to have a talent show Christmas Eve. You can do anything as long as it pertains to the Savior or Christmas in general. We didn't know this, and the rule is everyone has to participate! So we got to read a picture book called The Three Trees. Such a wonderful story! The kids played the piano, along with Grandma Kay, and Taylor held up pictures as the nativity story was read. Uncle Rob even played the guitar. Tradition in their house is also to open ALL of their presents Christmas Eve. (and Santa comes the next morning). My parents even sent our Christmas package there. We were spoiled as ever, Aunt Lisa & Uncle Rob got me the Deluxe Magic Bullet blender, a crepe maker and Brett got an airsoft pellet pistol. Grandma Kay & Grandpa Bob got us two hking backpacks for 72 hour kits, and my parents sent goodies for everyone, clothes, oranges, a watch for Brett & baby stuff.
We stayed up pretty late that night ;). Christmas morning the kids actually didn't bother anyone until about 8 or 9 I thought we had missed Christmas! They got so many fun books, games, clothes ect. We also made crepes with all the fixings & just relaxed enjoying each other and our gifts. Santa left candy, joranges, jerky & more Chillis giftcards in our stockings!
My Grandpa Bob is quite the coin collector. He even has books for us kids that he's always adding too. Needless to say Santa knows this & left him & Grandma huge jars of coins in their stockings. Grandpa kept trying to steal Grandma's jar, insisting that she got a camera so it was okay. I believe this picture was taken after he got caught in the act.
Morgan asked Santa for a dollhouse this year. Of course Santa delivered, isn't it great? I had one very similar to this when I was little & truly loved it. Here's Morgan & Kayla (who's 12) in front of it. They spent the day looking for scraps and little things to make the dollhouse homey.
Brett & I with Taylor & one of her drawing boards.
Aunt Lisa with her Santa presents.
Christmas night we went with Rob, Lisa & the kids to see the new Chipmunks movie. The kids loved it, it was a cute little movie. We followed it up with delicious Chinese food. A little unorthodox, and new to us all, but very fun & yummy. Our waiter was Italian, um, "special" and kept trying to use Chinese lingo with us lol.
See what I mean?
This year my Aunt Lisa & Uncle Rob invited everyon up for Christmas. So the Sunday before Brett & I had our own little Christmas together. I got him a much needed new coat from Billabong, tools for around the house & his tool box, The Hangover (except he pretty much ruined that because before I could get it for him he kept insisting we go buy it), clothes, & the new Mario game for the Wii. He got me a few pajama sets & a robe from Victoria's Secret, clothes, bath gel & perfume & lotion, Wii Fit Plus. We also got ourselves some new movies. Jewels got treats & a charm for her collar. Brett's grandparents really spoiled us that week too, they brought over a ton of gifts & even remembered Jewels & the new baby. Brett's parents also got us some nice gifts . . . clothes, towels, a gift certificate to get belly pictures done, gift card for groceries & a new family Willow tree figurine. And they got Brett some new weights so he can work on getting even stronger :). Brett's Grandma Barbara sent us a new ornament & Chillis giftcards.
Tuesday I was on call all night but got a head start on baking. The plan was to make several cookies for everyone & put them in cookie jars with a game. Sounds easy but I was baking all night Tuesday (just hoping my pager didn't go off), making stocking stuffers for work, Dr. appointment Wednesday morning & baking the rest of the day. Turns out I chose some complicated cookies but I got it done! They turned out way cute but I didn't get any pictures :( I made rugelach, pinwheels, oreo truffels, mexican wedding cookies & raspberry filled square cookies. I didn't get to try any of them, but made Brett taste test one of each!
Thursday morning we said goodbye to Jewels & headed up North for Springville. Not everyone could make it this year, my parents being in Florida & others had to work. But Brett, me & my grandparents enjoyed spending Christmas with the Davis'. When we got there of course all the kids ran out to greet us, they are so sweet.
My cousins Morgan (left) & Taylor at Christmas Eve dinner. Morgan is 10 & Taylor is 5. Dinner was so yummy. Ham, "funeral potatoes" and this really delicious chinese cabbage salad that I'm going to have to try & make! My Aunt Lisa & Christian (who's 8). Me (pregnant as ever), Brett, my Grandma Kay & Grandpa Bob.Tradition in the Davis household is to have a talent show Christmas Eve. You can do anything as long as it pertains to the Savior or Christmas in general. We didn't know this, and the rule is everyone has to participate! So we got to read a picture book called The Three Trees. Such a wonderful story! The kids played the piano, along with Grandma Kay, and Taylor held up pictures as the nativity story was read. Uncle Rob even played the guitar. Tradition in their house is also to open ALL of their presents Christmas Eve. (and Santa comes the next morning). My parents even sent our Christmas package there. We were spoiled as ever, Aunt Lisa & Uncle Rob got me the Deluxe Magic Bullet blender, a crepe maker and Brett got an airsoft pellet pistol. Grandma Kay & Grandpa Bob got us two hking backpacks for 72 hour kits, and my parents sent goodies for everyone, clothes, oranges, a watch for Brett & baby stuff.We stayed up pretty late that night ;). Christmas morning the kids actually didn't bother anyone until about 8 or 9 I thought we had missed Christmas! They got so many fun books, games, clothes ect. We also made crepes with all the fixings & just relaxed enjoying each other and our gifts. Santa left candy, joranges, jerky & more Chillis giftcards in our stockings!My Grandpa Bob is quite the coin collector. He even has books for us kids that he's always adding too. Needless to say Santa knows this & left him & Grandma huge jars of coins in their stockings. Grandpa kept trying to steal Grandma's jar, insisting that she got a camera so it was okay. I believe this picture was taken after he got caught in the act.Morgan asked Santa for a dollhouse this year. Of course Santa delivered, isn't it great? I had one very similar to this when I was little & truly loved it. Here's Morgan & Kayla (who's 12) in front of it. They spent the day looking for scraps and little things to make the dollhouse homey. Brett & I with Taylor & one of her drawing boards. Aunt Lisa with her Santa presents. Christmas night we went with Rob, Lisa & the kids to see the new Chipmunks movie. The kids loved it, it was a cute little movie. We followed it up with delicious Chinese food. A little unorthodox, and new to us all, but very fun & yummy. Our waiter was Italian, um, "special" and kept trying to use Chinese lingo with us lol. We had so much fun it was great to spend Christmas with family. Hopefully another year everyone (my family, my Aunt Mel, Uncle Joe, Uncle Stan, Radeza & Alana) will be able to be together for the holidays. Rob & Lisa were so generous & kind to open their home & make everyone's Christmas wonderful.
Saturday before we headed back to Southern Utah we went up to Taylorsville to visit my Great Grandpa. He actually lives in Parowan, but had a big fall a couple of months ago & was in the hospital up North for a while. He's staying with my Aunt Judy right now. He seems to be doing pretty good, it was good to finally get to see him. I love him & I know it's hard for him since my Great Grandma passed away a few years ago. He is so excited for our baby, it'll be his first great-great. Aunt Judy was actually having a familybreakfast and was kind enough to let us crash it. We enjoyed more crepes, breakfast casserole & burrittos before we hit the road once again. I even got to see my cousin Josh, who I was always close to growing up.
All in all a wonderful Christmas for us! Jewels was SO glad to have us home, though a little traumatized! It's strange that next year will be SO different, as a family of three instead of two & a dog. Our baby girl will be 8 months old!
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