Christmas 1.0

Eric and I had a wonderful first Christmas married this year! Friday night we drove up late from Salt Lake to Star Valley. It was pretty darn cold when we arrived there at 1am. It was a wopping -8 degrees. Snow was on the ground, and it was a clear night, meaning you could see every star in the galaxy pretty much! We stayed up and hung out with the fam till about 3am, and then finally hit the sack.

Christmas Eve day, was spent mostly lounging out in our jammies, snacking on lots of yummy treats, and playing our new wii we bought ourselves for christmas!!!! That night we had manicotti for dinner and it was DELICIOUS. Then some of our family friends, Raliegh and Sharyl, came over and we opened 1 gift each, as tradition dictates. :)

Kyli, Dan, Brooklyn, and baby Scherbel

Mom and Dad Hale

Oh man, we were soooooo tired, check out those bags under my eyes hahah

Ralrigh and Sharyl!

 We all got christmas jams, so we all put them on and then played 1 hardcore game of cranium, boys vs. girls. Us girls made an awesome come back and almost won. It came down to the last question and the boys got an easy one, so they won, yes I'm a little bitter about that. hahahaha

Christmas morning, we all slept in, went to chruch, and then came home and opened presents!!!!! We were extremely spoiled this year!!!

Watching Brooklyn open up gifts was so fun!!! Can't believe she is 2!!! I remember when Eric and I were first dating back in 2009, going to see and hold her in the hospital!!! CRAZY!

Brooklyn with Grammy after Church

Scherbel family opening up gifts!! We are going to miss them when they move to Rexburg next week for Dan's schooling. No more sunday dinners together :(

more of our super duper cute niece Brookey! :)

He LOVES Christmas!! 

"Will Cook for Shoes" Perfect Apron for a Shopaholic! bahahaha

Caeliie, Maddie, and Kamdyn made it over for presents too!!!

Gifts we got, well there is a huge list but these are a few I can think of off the top of my head: Chi hair straightener, fossil purse, electric juicer, a wii and lots of games and accessories, the hale family cookbook, a lot of money and gift cards to best buy, a gorgeous monogrammed glass framed to hang on the wall, clothes, fishing gear for eric, head lamp, camping stuff, golfing stuff, candy galore, and more and more and more!!!!!!! :) We had to come home late last night to get Eric back for work in time today, but all in all, it was an AMAZING official first Christmas with the love of my life! Can't wait for all the other christmases to come!!!

"MESSAGE FROM SANTA"!!!!!!!!! I KNOW HIM!!!!!!!

SANTA'S MESSAGE  to Eric. It was so sweet of santa to send Eric a message, I'm kinda jealous! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!!

6 Months Going on Eternity

Thursday Dec. 8th, was Eric and I's half way mark to our 1st year Anniversary. So of course we had to make it special. So Friday night Eric and I celebrated with dinner and a movie. We went and saw the movie New Year's Eve, because he proposed on New Year's Day. It was really fun and Eric also surprised me with a couple little gifts. He bought the movie THE HELP for me, and he gave a really yummy edible arrangement. He is so sweet!! I have the best husband and I can't wait for the rest of eternity to spend it with him. :) Here are a couple pics from our fun night out!

Tis the Season

Winter is fast approaching, and Eric and I have been very busy getting ready for the holidays, and enjoying the cooler weather. So last Friday night, yeah I'm playing catch up, Eric and I went to the South Jordan Plaza with our friends Jeff and Jessica from our ward. It was opening night so there was free ice skating and free hot chocolate for everybody! It was cold, but it was so fun, and once I got the hang of my ice skates, I did pretty good! :)

Sorry for the blurriness but our camera died within seconds after we got to the rink so we had to use eric's phone :(

We had so much fun! And I think Eric liked showing off his mad skills on the ice...I on the other hand looked like a baby giraffe trying to stand for the first time haha!

Saturday morning Eric and I woke up and drove right up the road to pick out our very first Christmas tree!! I of course was looking for tall, and Eric was looking for fat, so yep!!! You guessed we ended up taking home a tall fat tree! But it is seriously the most perfect christmas tree and smells AMAZING!!!

Eric had to cut the top off so it would fit!!!

I love my tall tree :)

The rest of the day Eric and I Spent decorating the house and the tree and listening to christmas music. and then Kyli & Dan Came over and we watched Four Christmas's with us! It was a really great day, and it is definitely beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in our little home!

Eric and I chose to do red and gold on the tree this year. The tree is still a work in progress but it looks very pretty when all the lights are off.

Some more little decorations

"And the stockings were hung on the mantel with care."

Our beautiful wreath... We had to do the classic beautiful white light this year. Still working on decorations but these were a few we have up for now :)