The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Christmas was great this year! I took a week off work for relaxation, vacation, and Christmas celebration! It's tradition on the Lewis side of the family to do what they call Grandpa Claus. They read and sing the Nativity and then follow up with presents for everyone! Usually something small and simple because there are so many of us! This year everyone got homemade hats, which were really cute!


Next, John and I traveled to Las Vegas to spend a few days of just us time for our 2 year anniversary. We stayed at a 4 star hotel south of the strip called, South Point. The highlight was their fabulous Spa where we enjoyed a private jacuzzi/steam/sauna room that also included endless amounts of fruits and water. We had great sweedish massages too! I'd love to do a spa every week if I could. John said after wards that this is why rich people are so happy!Besides the spa we saw the movie Avatar in 3-D, which we very much enjoyed! We also saw Surrogates, which we thought was ok. The last final thing to do on the list was eat a really nice buffet. So, with a great recommendation, we had dinner at the Mirage. It was indeed very satisfying! But after 2 fun days of alone time and relaxation, it was time to spend the joyous holiday with my family.

My brother, Aaron lives in Las Vegas along with his wife, Janet and their 4 boys Ben, Luke, Zack, and the newest member, Simon. Baby Simon is about 6 weeks old and really really cute! I'm so glad I finally got to meet him and hold him! My parents also came and so did my sister, Cody and her husband, Jake. I love hanging out with my family, we don't get to do it often enough! The time together always seems too short. Before you knew it we were back in Utah and back to work. We had some great times and here are some photos of our fun

helping to control the pet population...

Our cats turned 6 months old and ya know what that means... we got them neutured! Poor little guys. Well, this is a video of them right after they got home. Its not that exciting but here it is anyway, enjoy!

New Moon

So last year I posted about seeing the movie, Twilight. It seems only fair to post about the second part of the story, New Moon. All I'm going to say is if you read the book and are a fan, then you should have liked it. If you know nothing about it, then don't complain about it. Anyway, yeah I bought my ticket 2 months in advance and saw it opening day. I love reserved seating by the way! Here's some pics to gawk at

AND BY THE WAY, ECLIPSE, THE THIRD PART OF THE STORY IS DUE IN THEATERS JUNE 30, 2010!

hello yellow

So on November 7th I, along with my sister Cody, and her husband Jake, painted some walls in my house. Now, I didn't remember to take before or during pictures so all you get is after pictures. (about a year ago I took pictures so you can date back and check out how things used to look if you are that curious) Anyway, our house was just too dark before. John and I liked the green so we didn't want to get rid of it all.. and we wanted to brighten up the room. So, here's what it looks like now:

We also hung some coat hooks and we love it! It keeps our front room looking neater/cleaner!

New Shows

Well last year I posted about some of my favorite TV shows to watch. Well, I've got a few more to add that I think people should check out! The first is The Vampire Diaries. Now, I know vampires are the huge fad right now but I wouldn't say I'm obsessed... just captivated... or maybe intrigued. I became a fan of Twilight right off the bat, so I started watching this show from a recommendation from a friend. Thank you Amber! I really like it, maybe more than Twilight... I guess I have a new set of books to read! Plus everyone on the show is ridiculously good looking, which doesn't hurt ;)

The next is Community. John and I got into this show because it airs about the same time as The Office, which we never miss. So, we checked it out and its great. Probably the funniest show I watch, besides The Office.

So, if this interests anyone, check it out! I'd love to discuss it with you! The CW and NBC should totally pay me for advertising huh? HA HA

I love Halloween!

So I decided this year to dress up Addams Family style. John and I thought about going as Gomez and Morticia but we just didn't find any good costumes in time. So, I went as Wednesday instead. She was a little easier for me. I think it turned out pretty well. See for yourself! ..probably should have taken my apron off... oh well

This is me and the girls at work today, it was a fun day!

We also had a pumpkin contest at work and this was my pumpkin. I went with Jack Skellington. We had clients vote on their favorite pumpkin and I was in the lead all month until the very last day. A bumblebee pumpkin beat me...with just 2 more votes than me! I was ok with it though, I wanted second place! Anyway, here is my cool pumpkin, all done by free hand, no stickers or whatever. Yeah, I'm awesome!

Katy's Wedding

This last weekend I was in Colorado for my best friend, Katy's wedding. We stayed at a really nice hotel called The Brown Palace. It's right in Denver. The wedding/reception experience was really.. different from Utah's traditional ways.. but it was a lot of fun! We did a lot of things like have a tea party, enjoy a fancy old spaghetti factory dinner, hung out at the hotel bar, got emotional during the ceremony, danced and ate delicious food at the reception, froze to death and also got hardly any sleep! It was great! I'm so happy for my friend and I'm so happy that I was able to go! Here are some captured moments. Enjoy!