6 Months later: December

Last but not least, December!  Now, today is only Dec. 23, so it will be a catch up til then, and I will do a whole new blog to talk about the wonderful Christmas eve and day. This way I will be forced to blog more, and you get more interesting detailed things to read. lol. Hopefully with pictures as well. ;) Dec actually doesn't have to many big moment's either, just a few that are really awesome and stick out. For the most part it has simply been work, work, work. We haven't seen friends hardly at all this month. So sad... Work is taking over our lives...
  Alright so on Dec. 10 was the New Balance Christmas party. It was at the Sugarhouse location and we all got to bring a date, so Nick got to come and meet everyone, which was a lot of fun, plus it was fun for us to meet each other's spouses and significant other's if we hadn't yet before. We had soup from Zupas which was so amazing, and yummy bakery rolls, plus great hot chocolate and a ton of different things you could put into it.  We then played a silly 20 questions type game were you wore a headband on your head with a card on it you couldn't see, and you had to ask everyone question about it until you figured out what you were suppose to be. I got the Grinch and everyone thought that was hilarious! ;) It was a really funny game and we had a good time watching people try and figure out what they were. After that we did a white elephant type game. Nick and I started out with and awesome Jamba juice gift card and almost held onto it, but it got stolen toward the end and we ended up with a my little pony coloring and sticker set, which of course no one else wanted to steal from us. haha... Its ok though, we are going to give it to our 8 year old niece Kylie, who it will be prefect for. Suzy's (a manager at the Union park store) was the best though. After getting like 3 gift cards stolen from her, she ended up with a fuzzy red man thong! It was hilarious so see her open it! Everyone laughed so hard and for like 5 minutes! She was a great sport about it to. It was such a fun party and I'm so glad I got to go. Its been a fun new experience working at NB and you could see at the party the great camaraderie we all have there.
  On Dec 18 my cousin Dillon had his mission farewell. He has been called to Houston, Texas, Spanish speaking. He leaves for the MTC on Dec. 28, which was nice for his family because then he got one more Christmas at home before leaving for the next 2 years. We are all so proud of him, because it was a long road for him to get to this point, and I know because of that, it will help him be an even greater missionary. He gave an amazing talk on forgiveness and we were all so proud of him. :) After sacrament was over, we all went to his house for food and to just be together. It was really nice to hang out with family and friends and support Dillon. It turned out so well. Afterwards, around 5, Nick and I went and had dinner with my parents, which was nice, since my siblings stayed real late at Dillon's. I was glad we were there to hang out with them, so that they didn't eat alone. Plus, I had  really nice time hanging out and chatting with them for a few hours.
  Oh, also, at the beginning of Dec, Nick's really good friend Westley got engaged to his girlfriend Lindee. It was so exciting and we are so so happy for them! They are planning to get married in April and I can't wait! :D They are such a cute couple and are great together. Also, Nick and I had a blast getting to decorate the house for Christmas and we even had a tree. His mom gave us an old one of hers ( a fake white one that looks like it's been snowed on) to have and we have fun decorating it with some of my old ornaments plus a few other random Christmasy items we had. My dad called it a Charlie Brown tree, which I liked. It fits our tree well. I will make sure to take a picture and post it so everyone can see. It turned out really cute, which I must give nick credit for, for it was his idea to start throwing random stuff on, not mine. lol.
  Hope you all enjoyed this post, and I promise, I will blog again soon! Haha I will not let another 6 month lap again!