Em, Russ, & Elliot

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Once upon a time Russ needed some new glasses. One day he went to the eye doctor and got his prescription. He later got on line and ordered some HIDEOUS, HUGE, PURPLE-ISH glasses. The end.

On New Years Eve Russell and I and Tyson and Lauren went to the Nickel Cade then came back to our place (our friend Jessica joined us) and played cards and ate treats. Adam and Hill came down from Cache Valley around 11:00. We counted down the New Year and celebrated with silly string. Russ went outside all by himself to bang a pan. Funny kid.

The next day Russ, I, Ad, and Hill ate lunch at Zuppa's (which is delectable), got cookies from a bakery, went shopping, ate fantastic Thai food for dinner, and hung out down town for a bit. We had a good time with them!

Christmas 2009

We spent Christmas Eve and the first part of Christmas Day with the Petty's. We went to see Avatar in 3D on Christmas Eve, which was really cool! Then we ate Cafe Rio for dinner. Yum yum. Russ and I and his brothers, Stu and Robert stayed over at Mama and Papa Petty's house.

Spencer

Russ and I bright and early

Stuart and Robert

Oliver, Chris, Evelyn, Heidi, Doug, Spencer, and Katrina

Russ and I got the kids a play dough set

Heidi liked her new scarf

Showing off his new slippers (from me)

Russ and I were able to talk to Max in Brazil! I didn't know if we would be able to, but Adam called us on his cell and they had him on speaker phone, so we were all talking. It was great to hear from him.

Christmas afternoon we drove up to Logan. We opened presents with my family and had a wonderful Christmas dinner.

Hill and Ad

Mom and Sophie

Adam in his very large new sweater

We got Soph a little play phone and she knew just what to do with it!

Sophie and Pa

Molly and Ev

Grandma Kari made Evelyn a Cinderella dress and headband (Ev knew exactly what it was right when she opened the present, without even seeing the whole thing)

My mom got all the couples BBQs! A great gift!

Russell sporting his new cardigan and scarf from Ad and Hill

Tom got a dart gun, which the boys and Hill played with in the living room

We stayed through the weekend and Adam and Hill let us stay over in their home. It was so cozy and we had a good time. MERRY CHRISTMAS

Temple Square

Before Christmas Russ and I did Initiatories at the Salt Lake Temple then we met up with our friends, Tyson and Lauren to look at the lights. It was chilly, but so pretty!

Tyson and Lauren

After the lights we went to the Salt Lake Roasting Company and got some fantastic hot chocolate and sat and talked. It is great living so close to Temple Square.

Christmas with Tyler

We had an early Christmas with our neighbor/friend Tyler. He worked on Christmas and his family was back home in Alabama. We got him a stocking filled with treats, a football night light, a Zen Garden and a Houndstooth tie (Roll Tide!) There is a lot of Houndstooth in Alabama.

We lent Tyler our miniature tree for his apt. and he found some old decorations from the previous owners to make his home nice and festive.

Enjoying his new Zen Garden

Tyler surprised us with the Owl City cd and "A Christmas Story" Snuggie! Hilarious! We thought about getting him an Alabama Snuggie!

Gingerbread Houses

I love making gingerbread houses. It is something I have done since I was little at my Grandma Hale's house with the cousins. This year Russ and I had Molly and her family over to make them. We definitely had more candy than we needed and we had a good time!

My cute sis Molly was in charge of the melted sugar, which we stuck the graham crackers together with

Evelyn

Tom and Sophia

Russ' final product..notice the nice reindeer droppings behind the reindeer

My house

Ugly Sweater Party!

In December 2009 Russ and I threw an Ugly Sweater Party. We rented out the party room at the Murray Ice Rink. We had ice skating, refreshments, couple pictures with the Christmas backdrop (AKA: $5 fleece blanket from WalMart) and then we had a white elephant exchange, which was great!

Me and my sisters-in-law Diane and Katrina