two christmases

we spent christmas morning with the croxford's. spoiled, as usual with some of these fun gifts:

and coolest of all...

a KEY to my parents brand new cabin!THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this with us!

then off for a quick trip to Arkansas to...

hug the patterson family
hang out in the new house
have christmas again - opening more presents!

where we got:


and again spoiled, we received this awesome video camerafrom mom and dad patterson! THANK YOU so much!

what a great (and way too fast!) holiday spent with family!
now, we welcome 2009...happy new year!


p.s. to anyone who has to fly somewhere for christmas, DO NOT pack wrapped gifts in your checked bag. you think when you check your bag that your things are safe...think again. the presents that we had packed to Arkansas were stolen by some airport worker. :(

cook!

what does jaci do when she is home alone all day? COOK! here are some of the things i tried today....

HOT POCKETS

CHICKEN NUGGETS

CHOCOLATE COVERED FROZEN BANANAS

yummy, huh!? i found this website that inspired me to make some things from scratch. i feel better about eating hot pockets and chicken nuggets that i made cause i know they are real food! (not some processed who-knows-what).

ALL three of these worked out so good. i am planning on freezing the hot pockets and chicken nuggets for a quick snack or meal.

g i n g e r b r e a d h o u s e

this is it. this is what you get when zach and jaci attempt to make a fancy gingerbread house. i like the roof. it think i'll go eat some of it right now!

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most are different animal prints, but they also have some like this:


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it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

...at our house!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

sunday drive

we were disappointed on our sunday drive up Blacksmith Fork Canyon. no wildlife to be seen...until our way down! we spotted about 5 deer right at dusk! this one got away from the hunter, but was left with an arrow right in his back. seriously. if you are going to shoot at it...make it count. don't leave it like this, poor thing.

artsy

I decided I don't often enough take advantage of the awesome arts that Logan has to provide. Zach and I have been to two holiday events so far...

The Forgotten Carols

Katie Thompson wasn't the star this year (even though her voice is the best), but we still laughed at all Michale McLean's corny jokes. Gotta love it.

Since that was my pick, Zach chose the next event which was...

The Nutcracker

Who would have known he would choose the ballet?? I didn't! But, everyone has to see at least one version of this classic during their lifetime. We went to Ellen Eccles Theater and they did a decent job...but maybe next year we can go to Ballet West?

More artsy fartsy stuff to come!