The title is from our favorite holiday movie, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation--a classic. So, I promised holiday updates and here they are. First, I love these slippers. They are made of down and the most amazing things for defrosting my feet. But, that's neither here nor there.
Before Christmas, Andrew and I spent a night on a very cheap date--total cost: $1. We bought a Diet Coke from McDonald's (any size = $1!) and drove aimlessly around Provo/Orem exploring lights. Below are a few of our favorites--way to go you people with abundant Christmas cheer! We love you :)
(You can't see the whole thing here, but this house/yard was a huge estate totally decorated. We spotted it from I-15!)
Andrew, Jenna, Brennan, and I spent a large portion of one of our days building this gingerbread house. Pretty impressive if I might say so myself!
We went ice skating on Christmas Eve with my Mom and brother and sister. I wasn't feeling too hot that day, but it was fun nonetheless. And it was crowded, so the other people around us provided some great entertainment!
I felt horrible Christmas Eve & Day, so sadly I didn't take any pictures of the big day! But, we were very blessed by Santa and our generous parents--thank you to them! On the bright side of being sick, though, I slept through the Christmas Eve night for the first time ever thanks to Nyquil :)Andrew and I were given a getaway trip to San Diego by Andrew's parents, so we spent a night there while we were in California for the week. It was SO much fun--we stayed in the Marriott and walked around downtown all day. We finished the day off with sushi...can't beat that!
The view from our room--Petco Park!
A shot of downtown San Diego
We had to hit up Ghirardelli's.
We were able to do a session in the San Diego Temple, which I have never been into. It was just wonderful. It was an unplanned trip, or else Andrew would have been wearing a white shirt--he was embarrassed about that.
Finally, we attended the Rose Parade with Dana, Beth, Bryan, Haven, Berkley, and our good friend Skyler. It was so neat to see the floats up close and a really fun experience! Our favorite float featured snowboarding dogs.
Yay for Christmas! I'm sad it's over...guess I'll just start counting down to next year! Hope everyone had a splendid holiday.
3 comments:
What? We went to the Rose Parade too! Seriously, we were probably within a mile of each other. It would have been so fun to see you!
Miss you two soooooo much!!!! Loved having you in sunny, warm So. Cal! Love Mom xoxoxo
You two are so cute. Glad you had the happiest of holidays. It was fun running into you guys at J.Crew. :)
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