Happy New Year!

Can you believe it’s already 2009?! It seems like just yesterday Matt and I got engaged let alone married. It’s almost been a whole year since we got engaged and almost five months since we have been married! It seems like last year went by really quickly and I am sure this year will too. Time seems to fly these days.

Matt and I had an awesome Christmas! On Christmas Eve we went to my grandma’s house and had the traditional family Christmas dinner. Yummy ham and potatoes! Mmmm! Every Christmas Eve at grandma’s house all the little cousins dress up and "perform" the nativity scene as my grandpa reads the story out of the scriptures. It’s always funny watch the little cousins. On Christmas morning Matt and I got up early and opened our presents! We were both so excited to finally be able to share Christmas morning together. We made hot chocolate, turned on the Christmas tunes and turned on all the Christmas lights (which I put up all over the house). He he he. When I download the pics from my camera I will post them. After Christmas morning at our house we went and visited my parents. They made us a huge breakfast and then we got to open each others gifts. Matt and I got a new grill! Be prepared for summer BBQ's! After we had Christmas breakfast at my house we went and visited Matt’s grandma Rose and Grandpa Don. They are so cute! The cousins from California were here too so we all had a good time visiting. After that we went to Matt's parents house where the other side of his family came to visit. We had turkey and salad to eat and a little performance by Matt's sister in law and his cousin. Those two Christmas Days were awesome and tons of fun. I can't wait till next year! I can't believe how fast the holidays seem to come and go.

For New Year's Matt and I wanted to go downtown and see what was going on for First Night. First we ate dinner at P.F. Chang’s which was delicious. After our meal we decided to walk around Gateway and go to the Clark Planetarium. Gateway seemed like a ghost town and no one was really out. It was FREEZING too!!! We walked into the Clark Planetarium and started to just look around when a security officer came by and said they were closing! What? On New Year's Eve? Oh well. Matt and I then decided to go to Temple Square thinking there would be way more stuff going on. When we got to Temple Square it seemed a little quiet too with a few concerts going on. We walked around and looked at the lights and played hockey with a frozen snowball. We were going to go to the Gallivan Center but decided not too because we were bored and couldn't find anything to do. We watched New Year's Eve on t.v. instead! It reminded me of the years we spend with friends going to Las Vegas and I missed spending New Year's there. Maybe next year although I think a New Year's Eve cruise would be SWEET! I'll start saving. Ha ha.

Matt and I also just got a few new pet fish! They are pretty cute. We got a little fish tank so now we can have fish. One is named squishy and he is a little brownish orange. Then we have two really orange long ones and the brightest of the two is named cheeto. We haven't named the third one yet. Any ideas?

I hope everyone had a great couple weeks!