Saturday, January 22, 2011

Our December: Part 1

Oh man life is busy!! December was so fun for us, it's always busy with my birthday, Christmas, and then Bella's birthday! We went to Magrath to stay with Mason's family for 2 weeks over Christmas, and had a blast. Bella was in heaven being able to have Grandma Kath time (that's what she calls Mason's mom!) and being able to play with her cousins tons. There was a bout of flu going around which set us back a couple of days, but luckily it was right near the beginning of our vacay so we were good to go by Christmas! Here is our month in pictures....

First up, I got to sit in on one of Bella's ballet classes for the first time! I was so excited, she has been in ballet since September and so far seems to really love it! Unfortunately I don't get to watch her (too much of a distraction, which proved true this time!) so this was super fun!


open the window, close the window....showing me her plies!

the "ariel on the rocks" pose! her fave of course!

touching her toes...

this is my fave picture! hilarious, best chubby thighs ever!!

Next up: my bday! I was SO spoiled this year! My bday fell on a friday, so naturally it turned into an all weekend celebration, starting Thursday night! I was lucky enough to be invited to the pre-opening of Anthropologie at Chinook, so I went with Janae and met Bree and Keshia there too! It was AMAZING, of course, super busy, but I got some cute stuff and the snacks and drinks were yummy! After that, we headed to Cheesecake Cafe where a ton of awesome girls met up for appetizers and desserts! It was so much fun, and I was so touched that there were so many people who came! Friday (my actual bday) I was pampered by a delish crepe breakfast by one friend and a mani/pedi/lunch by another! Perfect day. That night was our ward Christmas party and I'm so glad we went, they did such a good job and the "tropical" theme was fun to dress up for! (esp. Bella!) Saturday night Mason took me out....to the Nutcracker!! I was so surprised and excited, I LOVE the ballet and it has been forever since I've been, it was such an amazing experience! Sunday I had a cake baked for me by fabulous friends and then we went to the Nativity...seriously, best bday weekend of my life! Almost made me forget I'm only 2 years away from 30!!!

Anthro opening!

waiting in the ENORMOUS line to try stuff on!!

my little Hula girl, dressed up for the ward party!

at the ward party

dressed up for the Nutcracker

first set at the Nutcracker

another set at the Nutcracker

Birthday cake!!



Next up: Christmas in Magrath! Stay tuned...I'll get to all of this evenutally!!