Christmastime!

One more week before we head out to Oregon, and we are all very excited. It is starting to feel more like Christmas and I am loving it. I love Christmastime and the magic that is in the air. Having a kid makes it extra special because you get to experience everything for the first time again. Jet loves the Christmas lights and whenever I light the tree up, he does these cute little ooohs and ahhs. I also love that we get to reflect on the Savior, his birth and life for us. There is a lyric to a Christmas Carol that describes the Savior's birth as "when Love came down to the earth". I love that imagery and it is exactly what it was, God's love through the gift of his son, the Savior came for us. It is easy to get caught up in the sales and commercialism of the holiday, but we can all find ways to remember the Savior. Even as we give gifts, we can remember that the ultimate gift was given to us that night in Bethlehem. Have a great Christmas everyone!

Fun Times in SLC

Yesterday we spent most of the day in Salt Lake doing fun things with Martin who is in town. We went to the BYU vs Utah Basketball game, went out to lunch, went to DI, and saw the lights on Temple Square. It was so much fun and Jet loved it too. He got so excited for the lights. I was impressed at how good he was for the basketball game too. He had a great time and would see everyone clapping and join in, even if it was for the other team. We also visited Rice-Eccles Stadium, which I found out last summer, is actually part of my family heritage. The name Rice is my great-grandfather's brother, Robert Rice, who was a major donor to the university. We got some good pictures and caught one of Jet, grinding a rail in his stroller.

My First Car....

That I have owned! Yes! It is paid for as of this past Monday. In July, the Odyssey van that had over 240,000 miles on it went kaput. My parents had generously let us use it for the past 4 years. I LOVED that van and I still would like to have one some day, the older version that is more like a wagon than a van. If I could design a car it would be pretty close to the 1996 Honda Odyssey. Being faithful Honda drivers we couldn't buy anything other than another Honda, and we got ourselves a 2004 CRV. It is nothing fancy, but we own it and that makes it even more fun to drive :)