Christmas 2008!

So, Christmas was a little different this year. All of the boys spent Christmas eve and Christmas day with the in-laws so it was just Ali with Jeff and me, but we had a good time. Check out the picture of Jeff with the package on his head - he always trys to guess what is inside - and usually he is right!!



Then on Christmas day we got about 18 inches of snow so we didn't go to Mom and Dad's in Pleasant Grove as we usually do. Jeff kept busy trying to keep up with the snow but the dogs (we had Steve and Brittany's dog also) had a blast in the snow!



Then everyone came up for the weekend and we had a great time!! Lots of great gifts, good food, much too much treats, and more games than we have played in the past five years combined!! It was so much fun having everyone together and having all 3 1/2 grandchildren here. It will be the last time for a while since Steve is going to be deployed to Afghanistan in May and who knows when he will get leave, so that made it even more special.

Hey Hey Hey, It's Ali! Mom says you guys have been asking about my trip to DC, so i figured i could tell you a bit about it. It was amazing! I had SO much fun. I got to room with one of my best friends and then two girls from Texas. Their names were Yukari and Tiana (Yukari was actually a foreign exchange student from Japan, and taught me some new words).

My group had arrived a day earlier than everyone else, so we got to spend a day at Gettysburg. It was so interesting, it really gives you a whole new perspective on history. I loved it.
Sunday we went to the "church of America". it's an episcopalian church, and it was the most beautiful church i've seen. Since we were visitors, they asked us to carry the communion up to the alter. I carried the wine. It was a pretty cool experience, although i had to remember not to inhale too deeply.(i dont really have pictures from there because it felt disrespectful.)
When we got back that night i was introduced to my group that i'd be spending the week with. I'm not going to lie, me and my friend brit got the short end of the stick. We were with a group of very quiet people, with the exception of us and maybe four other people. It made for some awkward moments...... Well, I learned a lot, and got to see a lot of really amazing things. I think I'll just put some pictures up now =)
im not very good at putting pictures up......i give up =(

Look how young we were!!

So I am working on a project for Christmas and I thought it would be fun to share some of our old family photos. I can't believe how much we have changed (the kids, Jeff and I are exactly the same, hahaha).