Somehow we managed to walk away from all the holidays without one picture. I can't believe it! But, we had a good time spending it with our families. We basically just bounced back and forth from family to family. Christmas Eve we went to Malone's parents and had pizza and played games. That night we spent over at my parents and had Christmas morning there. It was so fun! I got Malone a long sleeved shirt, jeans, gift card for a video game, socks, a giant home made fleece blanket, and a few other things. He got me two pairs of boots, slippers, a sweater, pj pants, and earings. Mom and Dad got us a cool first aid kit, me a mixer, and Malone some tools. Us siblings had drawn names and Chris and Natalie gave us a camp stove. After Christmas morning stuff, we went over to Malone's parents around 10 am. We had cinnamon rolls, and opened presents. This year Malone and I gave all our parents gift cards to their favorite restaurants. Malone's parents gave us a Settlers of Cataan game!!! We were so excited! Malone got a dress shirt, and a comforter . And I got a purse, a skirt, and a sweater. Malone's sister gave us a Settlers of Cataan game too (which is so funny that we got 2). So we ended up exchanging it for another game. After spending some time with Malone's family, we went to see his Dad in Idaho Falls. We had ourselves a little "tea party" and had some snacks and drinks. He gave us some food for our food storage, which was really neat! After spending time at his dad's house, we went back to Malone's parents and has us some delicious prime rib!! MMMmm! Then we went to my parents and had dinner there too. We hung out and played video games and played games the rest of the day. We had a blast but by 8pm Malone and I were completely exhausted. We went home and I fell right to sleep lol.
Malone's birthday was the 28th. He turned 24!! YAY! In my family, birthdays are a big deal and we always try to do something special for it. So for Malone, I planned him a birthday party at Fat Cats in Rexburg. I invited his sister Holly and her family and Malone's parents. We all went bowling and had us a great time!! I made Malone some delectable cupcakes and everyone gave him a present. I got him a couple video games and a snow hat, his parents got him a snow hat and two pairs of jeans, and Holly gave him a box of chocolates. Later on my Mom gave him a dutch oven for Malone's birthday. He's been wanting one for a while! Camping should be good this year.
New Years Eve Malone was invited to go snowboarding with a friend. So he was gone most of the day while I had to go in and work for a few hours and caught up on some cleaning and laundry. That night we spent just the two of us relaxing at home. I am pretty sure after our long day we didn't even make it to midnight... we fell asleep. How lame is that? lol
Anywho- now that the holidays are over it's nice to get back to a regular schedule. I started working more hours at work. School started for winter semester and I didn't have to go! It's the coolest feeling knowing I'm all done! Malone is also off track so we've been able to spend alot of time together. More time than we've probably had since we've been married. It's made us both really happy! Malone is still trying to change his major to Construction Management. Hopefully it works out! It'll make him pretty happy if it does. Lately I've been a baking fool! I've made cookies, bread, and banana bread this past week. Everything turned out good! Guess we'll see what I come up with next week.
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