Happy Birthday Tanner

Tanner's 3rd Birthday. What a cute little boy. He got lots of new toys, including a Spiderman costume. He loved wearing the costume, but hated the mask. Cannon on the other hand LOVED wearing the mask and kept it on most of the night. Such cute, funny boys. We love having Tanner in our family.

 

Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra Christmas Concert

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of this wonderful event, but wanted to mention it anyway. Since we've been married, Ryan and I have been lucky enough to attend the Tabernacle Choir's Christmas Concert. Tickets for this event are a hot item and hard to get. Luckily, my dad has some connections and usually is given tickets to the event. I love going and listening to the choir ---especially at Christmastime. Each year, the Choir invites a guest artist to perform with them, this year's guest was Brian Mitchell Stokes. He was amazing!! I think my favorite song was "The Friendly Beasts" (which coincidentally was a favorite of mine to sing in Primary). Ryan and I got to the Conference Center early and were able to secure seats on the 3rd row!!! We were so close! Tickets are assigned a section and not an actual seat or row. We were also fortunate enough to be close to the prophet, Thomas S. Monson, and Elder M. Russell Ballard. Hopefully our Christmas tradition will live on for many years to come.

Christmas Dinner

This year my mom got all the adults in the family tickets to see "The Savior of the World" production at the Conference Center. It's a musical that talks about the birth of Christ and the events leading up to it and then skips forward to Christ's Resurrection and the events that followed. It was our first time seeing it and was really good. We liked it a lot. It really helped us focus on the true meaning of Christmas. Before the play, my dad treated us all to dinner at the Alta Club, a swanky member's only club in downtown Salt Lake. It was pretty warm for December and so we didn't freeze while walking through main street plaza and looking at the lights. It was a great evening that really helped get Ryan and I into the Christmas spirit.

 

Molly Mouse

Lindsay is our little ballerina girl. Tonight we went and saw her ballet studio's production of Molly Mouse's Sugar Plum Dream. It's a take on the story of the Nutcracker only everyone is a mouse---meaning they all wear mouse heads and you can't see their faces. Lindsay was pretty identifiable because she was Molly Mouse's little sister.

Thankgiving Dinner

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Las Vegas with Ryan's parents. We had a pre-Thankgiving meal at the Pizza Factory in St. George---one of our favorites. His two sisters and their families were present as well. It's always fun to get together with family as I get to know his neices and nephews and siblings better. We saw the movie "Australia" which I loved and highly recommend. We also did a little shopping on Black Friday. On the way home we stopped to eat at El Pollo Loco--one of my favorite fast food restaurants that I miss now I'm back in UT. I was quite excited to learn that there is now an El Pollo Loco in Lehi---so excited that I almost caused Ryan to crash as I screamed out in excitement as we passed an El Pollo Loco billboard----I know I'm a little crazy, I get excited over chicken. But really, it's great. Thankgiving provided us with a nice little break as well as a reminder of all the things we are thankful for.

 

Zermatt

Each fall the Attorney General's Office sponsers a Fall CLE Conference. This allows us to get all together and attend lectures that fulfill our continuing legal education credits. This year the office splurged and we were able to attend at a resort in Midway, UT, the Zermatt. It was beautiful, even if it was a little cold outside. Most of the attorneys stayed in the main hotel where the conference rooms were. However, I was sent far far away---ok, it wasn't really that far, only a 5 minute walk, but I felt left out as everyone else in my office was in the main hotel. I was the lucky one though. My room was MUCH larger and WAY nicer than any of the guys I work with. I had a huge bathroom with a jetted tub and a balcony off the bedroom that overlooked the mountains. NICE! Of course I got teased relentlessly about being a princess and all the guys wanted to know how I got the hookups. I was sad that Ryan had to stay home and work and wasn't able to enjoy the fun surroundings. But in reality as I was in class all day long, it would have been pretty boring for him. They've already reassured us, next year's conference won't be as nice.