A very Merry Christmas!!!

Well first I'd live to say thank you for all those that served our country this Christmas and 2008 year!!! All those that had to miss out spending it with their families and working Christmas eve weather your a solider or a doctor or just someone who work just couldn't spare them thank you so VERY much!!!

So my Christmas started up really early and I mean like 5:15 early!!! ha ha I set my alarm clock that early just to tease Tanner thinking that's how early i wanted to wake up. But once it went off and i hit snooze he was basically jumping on the bed for me to wake up (he was excited for his x box that he knew he was getting from me) I did try to beat him off with the stuffed giraffe but didn't work. so we headed out to open presents. When i realized it was raining it made me quite sad :( But it ended up snowing a lot in the morning anyway! :) But Tanner let me open a couple of my presents first due to the fact that all his were at my parents except his x box so the first one i opened i got the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" you have NO idea how much I have wanted to see that movie since Skyview put on the play that was AMAZING!!! but then next i opened the "gold box" in it was a teddy bear cute and soft and inside the teddy bear you zip it open and tadda my new lovely CTR ring!!! Its not real but I love it SO much!!!
He opened his next present which of course he knew what it was and I still had to take a picture of him opening it because I know how excited he was for it like a little boy.

Next I got my movie Walle' one of my new favorite movies!!! well we were done opening presents at the house the rest of ours were at my parents house so before we got ready to head over there I was so tired, and NOT a morning person at all. so i took about a half hour nap while Tanner set up his x box and played some games it came with! Well as we headed to my parents house and has I'm texting my mom telling her we're on her way she's saying all the little kids and siblings were still sleeping (7:30a.m. you'd think the little ones would be up early) But on our way I thought it so special driving my houses seeing lights on and shadows knowing little kids were excited to see what Santa brought them! Tanner even saw a little boy jumping up and down! It made me really think of how amazing its going to be to make my kids look SO happy for everything. No matter how big or small the presents are. So I get there and talk to my mom for awhile then not being patient decide at 8:00 to start waking up all the lazy bums. I decide first to wake up my dad so they didn't have to wait for Grandpa to wake up before they could go down stairs. so next was the nephews with their daddy (my brother Scott) and I'm yelling "come on its Christmas Santa came!!!" So finally everyone wakes up but my sisters being such girlie girls won't go down stairs until their hair looks good and their teeth are brushed driving 6 year old Preston and almost 3 year old Nic CRAZY! Preston was SO tired and telling me how Santa's Reindeer kept them up so much because of their bells. especially Rudolf's and his HUGE bell... (later i found out my dad had been using bells while moving around down stars to give that illusion) well we all opened presents in turns and drove the little ones crazy Nic once finding each present he had loved and didn't want to open anymore because he wanted to play with all the other ones. well I got my pots and pans from my mom!!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR THEM!!! Also we just barley got my temple pictures back and my mom blew one up and framed it for us! and then Tanner's present the "big one" were my beautiful PINK PEARLS!!!

Tanner knows me way well!!! I was so sad to take them off at night! ha ha... anyway finishing up at my house being able to see every one's faces for their great presents and being there with my husband was just SO wonderful! our first year married!!! Well after breakfast and trying to relax we head over to my in laws and Tanner excited to play his games with his brother (games as i had gotten him American idol game for his x box and my mom got his rock band which he said "I for sure married the right girl!" ha ha) but anyway his parents are amazing! They got me a beautiful Pink Sweater that screams me! and pink earrings with a matching necklace (well technically the necklace and earrings were from Santa. but Santa does understand if i don't wear the jewelry for a VERY long time if i decide to wear my pearls as much as possible! Oh also "Santa" being tanner this time was so sure he was getting an x box bought me a controller so I can also play! which i do plan on making it girly!!! tee hee... well we spent time playing Tanner's brother Preston's new guitar hero's world tour. Then we headed to the movies (the barkers do this every year and this was my second year with them) we went and say seven pounds and I'm not going to lie it was way good. a little weird and confusing but i did LOVE it. and want it. i do recommend seeing it. even though i did cry in it. ha ha. well tanner and i then went home after a long Christmas day with family, we both wanted to watch a movie "Guys and Dolls" which tanner also got me for Christmas we got about 10 minutes into it then we both decided 9:30 bed time sounded SO great that we both had to work in the morning. but first I wanted to take pictures of the gifts Tanner got me so i could always remember our first Christmas married.

All Tanner got me was the movies "Guys and Dolls", "Walle", a set of "A White Christmas" and "Its a Wonderful Life" my favorite Christmas movies. and "Bye Bye Birdie" in my stocking I also got the 15Th Anniversary addition to John Bytheway talks I love him and his talks and am a HUGE fan of him!!! He also got me hat scarf and gloves which i am a huge fan of also. there is also my controller for Tanner's x box and my lovely CTR ring and pink pearls.

This was a great Christmas!!! The biggest one Tanner and I will do for each other until we become "millionaires" ha ha. The only down size of this Christmas was my phone decided to die on me :( So now I'm phone less but will eventually be able to get another one. I hope you all had just as great as one with home and all. But don't forget about the blessing we all receive and God and Jesus Christ. If it wasn't for his birth or sacrifices we wouldn't be where we are today! God Bless you all!