Quick Holiday Catch Up

So, as some of you may know, I was lucky enough to get to work Christmas Day, the day after, New Year's Eve and Day...freakin awesome! That's what I get for having a baby 6 weeks earlier than planned, and instead of having all the holidays off, I get to work the majority of them....lucky me! Anyway, enough gripes. However, we were able to have a nice Christmas Eve dinner, and that evening, my first present came in the form of work calling to tell me that I didn't have to come in until noon (instead of 6 am). So, we were able to have a nice dinner, watch some more of Lord of the Rings, open a Christmas Eve present and watch the Nativity Story video.

We woke up Christmas morning at 7 when Landen woke up and had fun opening presents. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from that because we used the video camera instead. Anyway, we made the traditional eggs benedict (from my side of the family) for breakfast and enjoyed the rest of the morning until I had to go to work. When I got home we had yummy ice cream cake for my birthday, and I was informed that for my birthday I get to pick out a new bedding set for our bed...yeah! (It's already been ordered...Oh and a side note, linens n things is going out of business, so there are some major sales going on right now).

On the 26th after I got off work, we weathered the nasty roads and drove down to Utah. We got there by midnight, and crashed at my parents house. It was so nice spending time away from Rexburg and seeing family. Landen got to meet some of his cousins, and we got to meet our nephew for the first time. It's amazing how much a difference 2 months can make, especially if your baby is a preemie! While down in Utah, we were also able to meet up with an old roommate from back in Kansas and we also hit up the outlet mall in Park City...loved it, but Brian's not a huge fan of shopping. The only thing we didn't get to do while down there was make it to Temple Square to see the lights, but there's always next year ;). We drove back up to Rexburg on the 30th since I had to work the next day. Our New Year's was kind of lame since I had to work the next day (again), I think I was in bed and asleep by 10 pm. Oh, and to give a shout out to Brian who's been so great about getting up with Landen at night when I have to work the next day...I've really missed getting a WHOLE night's sleep. Anyway, that's our holiday in a nutshell. We're really hoping to go back to Kansas next Christmas (since that was the plan for this Christmas). School starts up again next week, and I am officially part time!

Our yummy Christmas Eve dinner

Landen enjoying one of his Christmas presents

My yummy birthday cake!
Landen and his cousin Cason who's 2 months older than him
Me and my old roomate Conny...miss you!