Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas

Hi friends! It’s been a couple months since I have updated the Drage Family Blog! Whew, maybe that should be a new year’s resolution or something; to update the blog more often.

Well Halloween was fun! Matt and I decided to stay home so we could meet and greet the trick-or-treaters but NO ONE came by! We bought tons of candy so we have been eating ever since. We also rented a scary movie and it was so... scary! During the movie our power went out and Matt and I freaked! Ha ha.

Thanksgiving was nice since we got two. First we went to Matt’s parents. Their turkey was yummy! Then we went to my parents and had even more food and pie! Mmmm. Matt and I decided to make Pumpkin pie. He was in charge of the dry stuff like spices, flour, etc. and I was in charge of making the crust! After we made the crust and mixed the pumpkin filling all was good to go so we put it in the oven and waited for it to cook for an hour! We thought we were right on schedule. We had about an hour and a half till we had to be to the first Thanksgiving. The pie had just come out of the oven and I was testing it to see if it was set up enough. When I pulled out the knife a little pumpkin came out on it so I decided to try it! To my surprise it tasted, JUST LIKE A PUMPKIN! I ran into Matt and said, "Did you remember to add the sugar"? He said, "What sugar"? :) Ha ha. Needles to say we remade the crust and another pie in a record 20 minutes cooked it and only made it to our first Thanksgiving a little late. Next year we will know how to cook a pie.

A couple weekends ago we had a Christmas dinner at our place. Matt and I were happy that everyone could come! It was a really fun time and all the food was SCRUMPTIOUS! Oh, Jeff & Trista thanks for the Pictionary game! :)

This past weekend my brother Trent, his wife Cären and their two kids Max and Sadie came to visit from Seattle. It was a lot of fun! I got to take Friday off and then do family stuff all weekend. We went shopping, saw the lights downtown, went out for dinner and played in the snow. Max hadn't ever played in the snow really so he loved it! The dogs did too! They were running in circles and chasing each other like crazy! I really loved the snow storm and I hope it snows MORE!

Matt and I are just getting ready for Christmas. We almost have all the gifts purchased and wrapped. We can't wait for our first Christmas together. We want to go ice skating down at the Gallivan Center so let us know if you are interested.

I have had a couple friends get engaged recently and I am so happy for you both! Lindsay the day will be fabulous and I am so excited to be a part of it, thank you! Kadee, I am so happy that Nick found you! :) You two are a cute couple and I can't wait for you to get married!

All in all, everything is good. Matt still works for Leucadia and I am still working for Callware Technologies. The jobs are great and we feel lucky to have them.

For those of you who don't know Matt was called to be the Young Men’s president about a month ago and he is enjoying it. I was just called as a ward missionary so that should be fun!

Everyone have a wonderful Christmas!!!!!!!!!