Holidays

This year we spent Thanksgiving with Kyles family.  We went over on Thanksgiving day and had a great dinner at his moms house.  The food was super yummy.  Then a week later we got together with Kyles step siblings.  We had a great time.  It was really nice to see everyone and catch up.

For Christmas we went to my parents house.  It was SO COLD!!!  I had forgotten how cold it gets up there, but we still had a great time regardless.  We did miss my sister and her family being there.  On Sunday our family friends Melanie and Matt came to visit us from California and it was so good to see them.  We had a great time with them and was sad to see them go.

Melanie and I

Kyle, Me, Mom, Dad, Melanie, and Matt

Avery, Kaden, Cameron, Claire, Rylee, Becca, Brian

Jason, Avery, Kaden, Cameron, Claire, Rylee, and Becca

For Christmas Eve we had our awesome shrimp dinner.  It was so good I couldn't get enough!  Then the next morning we went over to my brother Jasons house and watched his kids open presents.  It was so fun to see them be surprised at what they got.  Cameron made me laugh cuz he got a coon hat and was terrified of it.  He didn't want anything to do with that.  Jason and Tracy cooked us breakfast which was very yummy.  Later that day Kyle and I headed for home and I was sad as always to leave my family.  I just don't see them enough. 

For New Years we stayed home and had us another shrimp dinner and watched the ball drop.  We aren't very exciting during this holiday. =)

2012 had its up and downs but we are super excited for 2013 since our first child will be here in May. We can't wait!!!

Vegas

We decided to go to the NFR in Vegas and use that as our Christmas gift to eachother.  It was really good to get away.  The weather wasn't too bad either.  We went down Friday and got there before we could check into our room so we went and saw some of the sites.  I love the Bellegio and so we took off for there.  We walked around the conservatory and it was amazing!  The houses were made of wheaties and rice krispies. There was a train that went around the houses. They had polar bears made out of flowers and of course a Christmas tree.It was really neat.

The conservatory at Bellagio

Later that night we went to the show Absinthe.  It was pretty cool.  It was a circus kind of show and what was nice was there wasn't a bad seat in the house.  It was very up close and personal.

Us with Vegas in the background.  We also went to the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor and then the to the Mob Experience at the Tropicana.  Both were pretty cool and fun.

The statue at Cesears all dressed up for the NFR.

We had a blast at the NFR.  Our seats were in the nose bleed section but it was still fun.  I would love to go to the Rodeo the whole week. I was amazed how fast they were at getting the next event going.  You never had to wait like you do at the small town Rodeos =)  This was one of the best weekeneds we had in Vegas and it was a nice way to end our trips to Vegas since we will be expecting our first child in May. Wahoo!

Backyard

Kyle worked really hard this summer and fall to get our backyard started.  We forgot to get a before pic but I don't think it really matters.

 

 

The finished product.  It looks awesome.  We can't wait to put grass in this year.

 

Kyle put in a sidewalk next to the house and put our names and the year we moved in.