cooking.

i've tried really hard this past year to work on healthier eating for us and better dinners. it's been a lot of fun and i've felt like a better wife for it. excited for better eating habits and love making my husbands belly happy. also am in a cooking group that i love.

valenitnes.

woke up to these...

 had a fun filled day...

 gave him this... with tickets to the Jazz game (thanks Michelle)

and house decorations...

it was perfect. love V day.

super bowl.

party at our house. lots of good food, great company and an attempt at making a football field with rice krispies. we. had. fun.

mom's birthday.

we celebrated my mom's birthday at our house. i made a good vegetable soup, opened gifts, had cake, putted in the family room and watched some football. my mom's kind of birthday. it was fun to have them with us. happy birthday cute mom, love you!

new years.

new years at granny's house. just a low key night, sparkling cider and family. great way to bring in the new year!

excited to wear my new boots!

husbands birthday.

we celebrated his 27th birthday! i always try and go all out especially since he has a december birthday. so this year we bought him a 20ft ladder, clothes, golfing things, had a party at our house and went to Tucanos. he deserves everything he gets, love him!

dinner at Tucanos. Also my dad's birthday!! it's fun that they share the same day, except it can be a little hectic but we decided each year we will do dinner together. happy birthday to my sweet dad. he is incredible and so awesome. love you!

my birthday boys!!

party at our house.

christmas day.

.church
.opening gifts
.listening to my mother in law play the piano
.cute little nephews
.delicious food
.mistle toe
.i love christmas!

.helping the littles with their new toys. so cute.

christmas morning.

i really loved Christmas morning this year because it was just us, Alex and I waking up in our new home. it was perfect. we made cinnamon rolls, had the christmas music playing, opened gifts and set up our new sound system. it was so sweet and a day i will never forget. i loved spending it just with him. He of course surprised me with some amazing gifts, he always has something up his sleeve. i am one lucky girl.

 he is so cute! excited for his new surround sound.

our christmas decorations

i had a lot of fun this year decorating our home!

christmas eve.

i love this day. so much family time and fun activities with the Davis'...
*it begins with morning bowling, the best girl bowler gets the trophe and best boy gets the family shirt
*next is pizza at Pier 49 in American Fork
*then we all go to see a movie, this year was Shirlock Holmes
*we finish the night with an egg nog toast & our gift exchange.

it's the same every year, we love it!

treat.

this year i could not decide what to take to all of our new neighbors and close friends for their christmas gift. i went back and forth with many ideas and finally settled on banana jumbos! one of my friends gave me the recipe and i have made it several times since. i liked that it was something unexpected but also something everyone would like, well if they like bananas. i was really happy with how it all turned out!