Oh my goodness! I have so much catch up to do!

I hope this post finds everyone well and that you all enjoyed the holidays. We sure did! Having a few weeks off from school makes all the difference in the world. We start again on Tuesday, and although I am not quite ready to go back to the endless homework and late nights, the break was incredibly rejuvenating.

I thought that I would do a quick update from the last couple of months. :)

Thanksgiving:

BSU thankfully gives its students an entire week break from school during the week of Thanksgiving. I call it 'fall break' and it is my most favorite part of the fall semester! :) I got to spend the whole week in Utah. Both our families were gathering there. I flew down early with my grandma and we helped my aunt get ready for the great feast. We also planned a surprise birthday party for my father... He turned 50!!!!! On Wednesday, Greg drove down with my dad, grandpa, and Tay. When all the aunts and uncles arrived we sent dad out to fetch some food we had 'forgotten.' Whil he was out we decked the house in old fart decor, dressed down in black, and pulled out the party favors. He walked in and was completely surprised.

Dad with his cake.

The cake I made. It started out fun but took too freaking long and I decided I will NEVER make a cake again. haha. I thought it turned out pretty good, and my dad loved it.

All the Clifford cousins except for Myles, plus grandma and grandpa.

Thursday was spent juggling both of our families. We were lucky that they did dinner at different times, but we were both sick by the end of the day. On Friday Greg and I did some shopping. We went for specific things, but came away with none of them and instead with about 10 movies. Saturday was spent at Temple Square with Greg's family. His aunt has a choir that performs at the old conference center every year so we went and watched them. We had a great trip. It was a lot of fun getting to spend time with both sides of the family, especially those that live far away and that we don't get to see very often.

Christmas:

I love Christmas! The spirit of the season is so exciting! I love the lights, the colors, the charity, the hussel and bussel! I love it all! But most of all, I love the family gatherings! We spent the night on Chirstmas Eve at my dads house. We were up by 6:30 thanks to Tay. She insists every year that we open gifts before dawn breaks because 'it's tradition.' We then headed over to Greg's parents, where we once again arrived before the kids woke up. We came away with some pretty great gifts, including a new grill! We are excited to bbq!! We also received, thanks to my well known love of Costa Vida, $60 in gift certificates! We will never starve! I also got a new I-pod... I have been dying without mine ever since I dropped it in a cup of water. (I have no idea how I managed that.) Myles called that afternoon and we had a nice long chat with him. We are all excited for him to come home in a few months. To top off the day we had a lovely Christmas dinner at the Jensens. Yum!

*****Above is a post that I have had sitting here forever, but never got around to posting. I'll get better...someday.*****