another month flown by...

Woah, December flew by . . . I don't even know where to begin.

On Saturday the 14th, our Church ward had a Christmas Dinner/party.  They asked me if I would be the photographer for a photobooth.  So .  Much .  Fun .

 

On the left: our senior couple missionaries

On the right: four of our elder missionaries and the two in the middle are members of our ward.

Sadly, being the photographer, I forgot to ask someone to take a photo of us :( sorry.

In other news, Jared and I are now teaching primary together in our ward (group of 8-9year old children).  We love it so much and enjoy the kids we have.

Work for me has picked up quite a bit and it's been wonderful.  Jared is loving his job more and more and loves learning new things.  Because we were traveling to Seattle for Christmas break, we decided we would open our Christmas presents before we left :)

Jared LOVES to read.  We also got some Maple sugar Santas.

    

We got a wonderful puzzle piece that we put on our mantle and Jared got me a toilet paper holder (I've been wanting one for a while) :) It's wonderful

I surprised Jared by getting him a large present that he could not figure out :)  I was loving the looks on his face as he was trying to guess what was inside . . .  He loves his new chair that he uses when he reads.

We then set off to the Austin airport to fly to Seattle to meet my family.

We spent Christmas with my mom's parents.

They own an Alpaca Farm (small llamas) and we tried to get them in the picture :)

We then took off to see my Brother Chad, his wife Nicole and their family.  They just welcomed in a new little princess Bella Rose.  

We then needed a family photo because we had a new addition to the family :)

There was lots of presents opened, lots of shenanigans and fun stuff :)

We had a lot of fun, BUT the vacation wasn't over yet.  We then headed to Oregon to visit my dad's parents and spend a couple days with them . . . and most of the extended family :P

It was fun getting everyone to sit still, BUT we did it and the photo turned out great.

And that ends our wonderful vacation to Seattle/Oregon.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas season :)

a wonderful weekend

This Friday, Jared and I took a trip over to Houston to celebrate our one year anniversary.  Our first stop was the Houston Temple.  We were able to attend a session and then walk around and take some pictures.  It was a gorgeous afternoon :D

 

Later that evening, Jared took me to downtown Houston and surprised me with a wonderful dinner :D  This place was amazing.  There was a huge fish tank in the middle of the restaurant - about ten trucks all parked next to each other.

After dinner we walked around the aquarium for a discounted price because we ate dinner there :D

Below are some of the activities we did.

Jared being silly . . . thinking he's a captain

Kissing fish :D

Those are stingrays . . . We both touched one.

 Our ride through the aquarium and shark tank!

Saturday was another wonderful adventure.  Jared took me to the Nasa Space Center :D

We saw mission control (sorry the picture is dark) and to see rockets.

I know, lots of stuff this last weekend, BUT our last stop on the way home was a gas station called Buc-ee's, it's HUGE.  It's practically a grocery store, so naturally we had to take a picture with the beaver out front - if you couldn't tell, Jared is mimicking the beaver :D