Christmas

This was the first year I got to celebrate Christmas. Last year I worked on both Christmas Eve and Christmas day - both day shifts. We went over to Trevor's parents house on Christmas morning to open presents with his family. His mom made us delicious Swedish pancakes. We left after a few hours because we both had to work that night so we needed a nap. It was a fun morning.

Jersey got some presents too.

Daddy and his Jersey watching "A Christmas Story"

Decorating our own tree was fun too. I love buying holiday decorations for the house and ornaments for the tree! Next year I think we will need a bigger tree since I have so many ornaments. I don't think they will all fit on our small tree that I bought to fit in our apartment last year.
Here is our first and only present that was under our tree this year. Our vacation was our gift to each other.

Caribbean Cruise part 3

Gumbalimba park in Roatan, Honduras. We saw beautiful flowers and played with the monkeys. They were so cute.

Cozumel was beautiful. Everything was so colorful. Trevor, Eric, Kristan and I took a speedboat to a private island for the day. We swam, played on a water trampoline, kayaked, ate a mexican buffet, and hung out on the beach.

The sunsets were beautiful.

Caribbean Cruise part 2

The whole gang on the first formal night

In the lounge at the "meet the captain" party

Grand Cayman

This is Cayman Turtle Farm. This place was so cool. They had baby turtles all the way up to about 300 pound turtles.

Holding the turtles was fun. They would flap around until you stroked their necks. They were much cuter than the stingrays :)

Caribbean Cruise

We had a great time on our Caribbean Cruise. The weather was beautiful and the excursions were so much fun. We went on the Carnival Legend and we stopped in Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize, and Roatan, Honduras. We went snorkeling, swan with the stingrays, rode on a speedboat at 60 mph to a private island, and went to a park with birds, monkeys, and beautiful flowers. It was a great week spent with the family. We laughed a lot and had a great time together. This picture is of our ship- it was beautiful inside!

This was dinner one night. The food was great and we loved our waiters, Louie and Alvin.

Mandatory lifeboat drill...definitely not the highlight of the trip.

Leaving Tampa

Trevor, Allison, Eric, and Kristan

Eric's RN graduation

My little brother graduated with his RN last night. One more nurse in the family brings the count to 3. He will be working at IMC on CVU4. After all of his struggles in the past, this accomplishment is amazing. We are so proud of him.

The three nurses in the family...

Eric and his girlfriend Kristan (soon to be fiance???)

A picture is worth a thousand words. For those who have not been through the long, painful process of nursing school, it is definitely something to be excited about when you are done. Eric, I know you worked really hard and you deserve to celebrate. We love you!

A Night Out

Trevor and I went out to the symphony on Saturday night. It was fun to get dressed up and go out with some friends. We had a romantic dinner prior to the symphony (the Wendy's drive-thru). We had a really good time and it was nice to relax and enjoy ourselves because we have both been busy studying for finals!!

Jill, Allison, and Katherine. It's much more fun to hang out with work friends when we are not at work!

Stacie and Allison

So, I attempted to wear some nice shoes and they did nothing but hurt my feet. I barely made it from the car to Abravanel Hall. Since we were downtown on a Saturday night in December, the traffic was horrible and we were forced to park far away. On the walk back to the car, my shoes were hurting bad that I took them off. Although it was more comfortable, it only took about 30 seconds for them to start going numb from the cold cement. My wonderful husband offered me his shoes since he was wearing socks. I still insist that he only gave me his shoes so he wouldn't have to hear me complain the whole time!

Trevor in downtown Salt Lake walking without his shoes.

The Little Things in Life

Jersey just loves the snow! It's amazing how much fun she has and it is so fun to watch her play. Trevor and I just laughed while she hopped around like a little jumping bean in snow that was almost as tall as she is. Jersey reminded us tonight that the little things in life are definitely the best things! A much needed reminder since we are both busy with school and work. We love our little angel!

Look at her legs- those are giant snowballs stuck to her! We had to put her in the bathtub to get them all out!

This is one of my favorite pictures- I think it speaks for itself.

Eating snow is definitely a great past time!

Getting towel-dried by daddy after playing outside.