So there was a big storm last night, and I didn't think I was gonna get out of Salt Lake until like 3 in the morning, but luckily, I was able to get on an earlier flight and made into Denver around 10:30 and then got to Bryan's parent's house right before 12. I was SO glad that I was able to get in and didn't get stuck in Salt Lake with the homeless guys again.

I'm here for the next few hours and then in the mornin, Me, Carolyn, Bryan and Benjamin all head to TEXAS.

John's Graduation

On Thursday John GRADUATED from the Utah College of Massage Therapy. Megan and I were able to get off work to be there for the big event. It was really exciting to watch him get his diploma, I know he worked really hard and it meant a lot to him.

John and Elaine after he received him diploma.

After the graduation, we went down to Springville and had dinner with John and Elaine as well as some of her family. It was really fun. We made nice with Elaine's three little neices and nephews who were really cute and sweet.

I don't even know.....

Mostly, I'm just really proud of John and excited for him that he's finished with his school. And I'm really really glad that I was able to be there and to see him graduate. Congratulations Big Brother, we're all proud of you.

Coolest Christmas Lights EVER

On our way back from the Christmas party on Friday, we passed the COOLEST Christmas decorations. The house was completely decked out and it had this sign in the front yard that said to tune the radio to a particular station. We pulled over and turned the radio on and the Christmas lights were completely coordinated with the song playing on the radio. It was pretty amazing I have to say. I recorded a bit of it in hopes that one day when their fancy new house is completed, mom and dad could learn how to do this and they could have the coolest decorations ever.

This past weekend was really fun. On Friday, Megan and I went and got our nails done, finished up some Christmas shopping, and then went to see the movies "Couples Retreat." Now I slept through the majority of that movie, but it was at the cheap theater, so I didn't really care. It was really fun though to just hang out just the two of us and to chill with the Spawks.

On Saturday, We went to another ugly sweater party at our friend Brittney's ward. IT was a karaoke party and really fun. Brittney didn't have a good sweater, and since I apparently have a bunch, she borrowed my green Santa's Workshop sweater. Megan wore my award winning sweater that I wore last weekend, and I wore a combination of my friend Renae's candy-cane turtleneck with a lovely Christmas-floral scrub top that Megan found at DI. And of course, we both had to wear really stylish Christmas earrings. We looked pretty fantastic. It was really fun though and I'm so glad that we went.

Brittney singing Karaoke.

Cold Showers

Last night Me and Megan got home from doing some shopping, and our roommate Tiffany informed us that there was NO HOT WATER!!!!! We are thinking that the pilot light must have gone out because everything is up to date. But this was really a stinker because coincidentally, last night also saw the lowest overnight lows that we have had all winter. Awesome.

Well, I was completely against the idea of showering in ice cold water, so at about 10:30 last night, I started boiling water on every burner that we had in our apartment and put it into the bathtub. Sadly, 4 pots of water barely even covered the bottom of the bathtub. I had to do 3 trips, which was 12 pots of boiling water in all. It was really funny, but it worked like a charm!! It definitely took a lot longer than if I had just bit it and showered in the cold, but to me it was sooooo worth it. I figure it was just like the olden days when people had to carry in their own bath water.

AT&T bought me a new camera!!!!!

So last year when I was trying to get a cell phone, the nice people at AT&T didn't want to give me one because of my rocking awesome inability to get any credit (There is a whole different story for another day). Anyways, the only way they would let me get an account with them is if I made a 500 dollar deposit. They said that if I went an entire year without missing a payment, they would refund the deposit. The best day ever was last week when that deposit came in the mail!! Such a nice little surprise.

Well the past little while, I've been wanting to get a NEW CAMERA, but I just never did. There was always other things that I wanted instead.. like rent and gas. But then, I decided I would just use my AT&T money to buy me a camera. I knew if I didn't just do it now that I probably never would cause there is just always something that I want more.

This was just the greatest impulse buy since my new computer and the best early Christmas present ever!! Luckily when you only get Christmas for yourself, you can open it early!! Anyway, I just really love my camera and I'm so excited that I have it in time for Christmas and the reunion.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN

Sunday was Megan's Birthday. To Celebrate we went to dinner and a movie on Saturday night. We had dinner at Jonny Carino's and then went to see The Blind Side. That is the BEST movie. Really, it was fantastic and I'm so glad Megg-ee-poo wanted to see it for her birthday. Maybe the best part was after we went to dinner, I was certain that the theater where we bought our tickets was a few miles away, so we entered it into the Garmin and took off. After about 20 minutes when we got to the theater Megan was like, "This is definitely not right!" So, we pulled over, called my roommate for the address and realized that it was just about a block away from the restaurant where we had dinner. So we made our way back over there and after probably an hour of driving ended up right back where we started. It was really funny. Finally we made it though and it was so worth it after we saw that movie.

On Sunday, we had chicken parmesean for her Birthday Dinner. We pretty much have that for every important occasion cause it is our favorite. Then, we also had a pinata and we had cheesecake for her birthday.

All in all, it was a really fun weekend and I hope Chowda-Mc-Spawks-Spawks had the greatest birthday ever.

Ugly Sweater Party

On Friday night, our ward had an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party. It was so much fun!!! It was just really fun to dress silly and hang out with my friends.

First we had dinner, then we played big group games with the whole ward. There was speed pictionary (which my team totally dominated by the way), then a game where you tie balloons to your feet and run around trying to pop everybody else's balloons, then a game with presents that you roll dice trying to win. All in all it really was a blast. After all the games were over they gave out prizes for the ugliest sweaters and I am proud to say that I won second place for the girls. In all seriousness, what I was wearing was really terrible, so I was pretty excited about that. I won a movie package. It had the movie Elf and then a bunch of popcorn, candy and snacks inside. It was really fun.

After the party, my roommates and a couple of friends came back to my house and we just all hung out and talked and laughed till the wee hours of the morning. It really was the funnest night.