Rob really got into pumpkin carving this year and did these. It's a fun tradition for us.
For Thanksgiving, all of Rob's family got to be together. The food was so good! It sure beat our dinner last year at Denny's (I ate pancakes), but we were having the time of our lives on the Big Island.
We just relaxed and for the first time, I didn't worry about my job. The day after Thanksgiving we put up our Christmas decorations. I was happy to see how many we had b/c I was beginning to think we didn't have any seasonal decorations. Our tree is so tiny, but it fits our apt. The weeks before Christmas we rented a bunch of Christmas movies from Netflix to get us in the spirit.
A few weeks before Christmas, we went to our niece's baby blessing in UT. We had a family pool and pizza party then went to Temple Square to see the lights. It was frigid!
Can Christmastime be any more perfect than when you're at T.S.? I just remember when I was little and always saw the lights on TV but never knew when I'd get to go in real life. Mormon or not, you should go at least once in your life.
The week before Christmas, my bro. Will, his fiance Heather, and my sister Kim came up to stay with us for a few days. We played in the snow, ate too much sugar, and had our traditional Austin Christmas Eve. It was so nice to still have our traditions even though we couldn't be home. 
Doesn't my hair look like flames?
It was also fun to learn more about Heather and see how well she'll fit into the family. She sings alto and cries at touching stories, her family sings "Oh, Christmas Tree!" (though in a more embarrassing way than we do.) It's like she's been an Austin her whole life. :)
Christmas Eve day we went to Rob's parents' house and opened some gifts and ate dinner with his whole family. We also finally took new family pictures. I wasn't even in the last one and we've been married how long?Christmas Day we slept in then opened gifts from each other. It was our first time to have Christmas morning with just the 2 of us. I loved it. We both got awesome gifts. I think we got everything we asked for, and more.
New Year's we spent at the Potts' with family and friends, playing games and eating. Of course I was sad to take down the decorations and realize it was all over. It seems to go so fast.(side note: when you reminisce about them 4 months later, they don't seem so far off)
