The Holidays

It was fun being able to have the firsts with my husband. Our first Christmas together, our first new years together, our first birthdays together, our first Easter together. There have been lots of firsts and it is fun to see what kind of traditions he has done with his family in the past and what new ones we will start with our own family one day.

 

Christmas was fun because we had no work obligations at that time because we had moved to Logan and had not found a job yet. So, we went to Heber to have Christmas with his parents and two of his brothers. I don't have pictures of the time down there but it was fun to open presents with a new family. :)

 

Down below is mine and Cody's first tree. It was a tiny fellow but it was still fun to decorate the tree.

 

 

Something we did with my in-laws was going to the Salt Lake Temple and see all the pretty lights. I have not gone since I was real little so I was really excited. Plus it is a tradition my family did at the Mesa Temple every Christmas eve. I am hoping that will be tradition for me and Cody for many years to come. Although I would probably like to go on a day that is not Christmas Eve so I can by pass all the people. It was hard to keep together in a group because of all the people at the temple. I just held on to Cody's hand and didn't let go so I couldn't get lost from him.

 

 

For New Years, we broke out the Nintendo that Cody had. Its a tradition for his family to only play video games on holidays and I like that idea. So we broke out Super Mario World and played that one a lot. I am not good at that game. I kept dying!

 

We had a TON of peppermints left over from the reception and I was trying to figure out what to do with them. Then I thought of chocolate covered pretzels with crushed peppermints added into the chocolate. It was a good idea until we were not fast enough with putting the chocolate on the pretzels. The chocolate started to get really hard. I didn't know the longer you melt chocolate the harder it gets. Maybe it was just the peppermints that was in the chocolate. I don't know. It was good anyways.

 

After the New Years, Cody and I celebrated our birthdays. I turned 24 on Feb. 11th and then he turned 24 on March 1st. Its cool we are the same age. I made him a chocolate cheesecake and it sure was yummy. Super rich but very yummy. He wanted an electric screw driver gun thing (I can't remember what it is called right now) so I got him that.

For my birthday we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant and I opened my presents when I got home from school. Cody got me two Kari Jobe Cd's ( I love her songs) and a couple undershirts that I desperately needed. My mom got me a new dress that I love and Tessa also got me a Kari Jobe CD. It was a very fun birthday.

For Valentines day I had Cody go on a scavenger hunt around the house. While he has gone doing something, I quickly put packets of fun dip candy in different spots with reasons why I love him on there. It was really fun to do. Cody bought me some really nice flowers. It made my day. I love getting flowers on occasion.

 

Then finally it was Easter. The last of the holidays up to now. It was really fun decorating eggs. I love decorating eggs. I probably always will. I am not sure Cody was a fan of it but I sure was. We tried these marble eggs but they didn't turn out all that well. It was fun to try though.

 

 

I was fun doing a dinner. It was the first time I did a roast by myself in the Crock Pot. It turned out pretty darn good too. We had Corn, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, Jones Soda, and Roast. It was quite the meal.

 

The holidays were really fun and I am excited to always be with Cody to celebrate them.