Merry Christmas

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. I know we did.

On Friday we had Christmas morning with Austin and Erin. They seemed pretty happy with everything they got. Then we went over to my mom's house and spent some time with her and my Aunt Margaret and Uncle Jim and my brother. After that my kids took off for their dads house and Randy and I went home and finished up some wrapping and then just kinda vegged around. Later that night he went and got his kids.

On Christmas morning Garrison and Sophie opened their presents. Randy seemed to have hit a home run with their gifts this year. They seemed pretty pleased with everything. After that we took off to Salt Lake to Randy's Aunt Ro and Uncle Roberts house. They have a open house Christmas party every year. We hung out there for the afternoon and started to plan a camping trip with his cousins for the spring. That should be fun. After that we took his kids back to their moms and headed back up to my moms. We spent some more time with my family and then headed home. On Sunday we got all the kids back and went to dinner at Marie Calendars with my family so we could have one more get together with my Aunt and Uncle before they left to go back to Houston.

I think I only took like one picture of Austin and Erin and I am not sure if Randy took any of Sophie and Garrison so no pics to post this year.

Las Vegas

So we went to Las Vegas the 20th to the 23rd to watch the Utes play Boise State in a Bowl game. The trip was great except for the game that the Utes lost. They did not play well. I think that was the first bowl game they lost in like 13 bowl games. Bummer.
Other than that the trip was fun though. We went with Randy's parents and sister. It was great getting to spend some time with them. I always enjoy that. Also my Aunt Margaret and Uncle Jim were there at the same time so we got to have breakfast with them Wednesday.
We got in late on Monday night because the roads down to Vegas were really bad. My thanks to my wonderful husband for driving the whole way down. We stayed at Planet Hollywood on the strip and that is where the team was staying. I liked the rooms except for the lighting was a little dark. We had a great view of the Belagio water show from our hotel window. We ended up in the elevator a couple of times with some of the players but were to chicken to ask for pictures.
Tuesday night we went over to Fremont street for the Pep Rally. Both bands were there and the cheerleaders and a few of the players. That was a lot of fun. I think Randy got some pics that I will post later.
Did a little gambling and walked to a few other hotels but it was raining the whole time except for the game so that put a little damper on the whole trip.
But like I said it was pretty fun except for the loss of the game.

Violin Recital

On Wednesday Sophie had a violin recital at her school. She started taking violin at school a few months back. Randy, me, my mom and Randy's parents all went to support her.
She did a great job and plans to continue playing. Randy found a great deal on a violin so she will have her very own instead of renting one.

❃GREAT JOB SOPHIE❃

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We sure did. Ate so much on Thursday that I went home sick.

The week didn't start out too good. We had a blizzard Tuesday night that turned out not as bad as the news was predicting but the roads were extremely icy on Wednesday and Austin slid and got in a accident. Everyone was okay Thank God but the Ford Explorer that he bought this summer and that Randy worked so hard on to get running is pretty much totaled.

Thursday was a great day though. Randy and my kids were with their other parents so it was just us two for the weekend. We first went up to Camp Utaba with my brother, mom and her neighbors. I had seconds and knew I shouldn't but it was just so good. We were able to get a lot of leftovers which was nice. Then Randy and I headed down to his Aunt and Uncle's for another dinner. Thank you Jim and Lynn for inviting us over. It was so good I had to eat again. I just can't pass up mashed potatoes and gravy. After dinner and great conversation with Randy's family we headed home.

Friday Randy got up early and went to do some Black Friday shopping. I was still recovering from the day before so I didn't go. We spent the rest of the day doing some errands and just hanging out at home. Had a soccer game that night that we lost. BUMMER.

Saturday was the big BYU/UTAH rivalry game. Penny was sick so Garrison was able to go. We met him and Randy's dad down at the game. It was cold. I think I was wearing three pairs of pants. But it turned out to be a great game. Utah won by one point. We had another soccer game that night and this time we won.

Sunday we didn't do a whole lot. Randy worked outside some and I went to see my dad.

It sure turned out to be a nice 4 days off and I wish it didn't have to end.