Adrienne live up by a place called Canterbury village where there are a bunch of Christmas shops and a carousel! I love how old fashioned it looks and the bright colors and warm glowing lights are magical.
For Christmas eve dinner we had a stunning feast:
Get a load of this beauty! Mom made a fantastic beef wellington fit for royalty! My mouth is watering again just looking and remembering.
Next we kept up tradition by making and frosting sugar cookies. Of course we had to have a taste tester:
I wish there were real reindeer that looked like this!
Christmas morning someone gave us a little help finding the way to the good stuff:
Ollie was patient enough to ham it up before we tore it up:
When I say "tore it up" I mean it:
Christmas was a success! I even got Carcassone from the California people! (I had the pleasure of learning that on my last visit)
Following which we bundled up and headed to the school for our free student parking,
Then caught a ride on trax up to temple square which was only a block away, but a very chilly one for walking.
If you have never seen temple square at Christmas I definitely recommend it to everyone at least once in life. Even through it is bitter cold, warm fuzzies fill you up inside when you focus on the really important part of Christmas: 
I love the temple! It also fills me with warm fuzzies!
And of course, Jessica fills me with warm fuzzies!
Temple square also sets up really neat paper lanterns all over the place with cool images like the scene at the manger or the wise men following the star.
Jessica really loves Christmas lights!
It was so nice spending time with some of my favorite people and partaking in such a beautiful feast! I always love sharing in my sister-in-law Rachel's creativity. Check out her awesome pie crust idea!
And I can't forget these yummy carrot cupcakes!
After we ate and cleaned up the kids dressed the Christmas tree. I love how john is so focused:
While I was there we also made graham cracker houses, yay! We also went up north to go sledding. Oh what fun!
My brother and his family are such an example to me and I will always remember these fabulous visits! I wish there were more!
Halloween is my favorite, in case you didnt already know. For last Halloween I dressed as a zebra! One of my favorite animal print inspirations. Amanda was awesome enough to help me out with hair and makeup. She is fantastically tallented! 
Amanda was also so awesome to style Jessica's hair for her fabulously creative costume idea. Can you guess what she is?
Bridezilla!!!
I think my favorite thing about being a zebra is having a tail! I made it sewing a tube of black fabric, putting a marble inside for weight and tying black yarn around the end.
I love my camera and editing pictures. I have to start thinking about what I will do this year...
After Halloween my friends threw a going away party dinner for me and Devan. I seriously miss these people!
Ain't nothing like these ladies!
