un-dead

this is going to be one ginormous post to catch up and prove, contrary to popular belief, that we have not been dead for the past few weeks (okay, maybe months...).

turkey day:

we spent thanksgiving at a cabin in zion with the dahl family (sans cory).  unfortunately the plans of four wheeling, hiking, and canyoneering were set aside due to the snow and rain.  so much for heading south to beat the storm.  but, we had fun nonetheless.  the house was great, the food was good, and we found fun things to do to keep ourselves entertained (mostly included barfing and sleeping for me).

the family & the feast

the beautiful centerpiece my sister made

the cook & the bird

the cook

holiday season:
after turkey day, things started looking up for me (thank the high heavens), and so we were actually able to do some fun things. we started by going to temple square with our bff's missy & ken, and their girls elise and addie. we had a pizza party on the bus (ken is a bus driver for utah county schools and was up for a field trip) and then had fun walking around the lights.

christmas parties:

we had fun parties on both sides of the family, but, unfortunately we misplaced our camera right after our temple square extravaganza, and have no pictures...

christmas eve and day:

again, no pictures of our holidays.  we spent christmas eve in park city with the dahl family and many dahl relatives.  it was so nice to see everyone and enjoy good food and even better company.  

due to the raging snow storm on christmas eve/day, we didn't think we were going to make it down to orem for the olsen family festivities, but, with a little luck, we made it down in record speed: 2.5 hours!  Not too late to catch lunch and our present exchange, though.  it was fun to see everyone and to hear the kids tell what santa brought.  i'm excited to have that christmas morning magic come to our house this year!

we spent the rest of the holiday season hanging around.  matt had to work, so i hung out in park city with my family...and kept the house company while everyone left me to ski.  sadface.  i'll make up for it next year.

new years:

we did nothing.  literally.  we hung out at home, watched some tv, and i was in bed by 10.  with no one to kiss but a sleeping zombie wife, matt followed and didn't even make it to the new year.  

jackson hole:

our first real trip together (paid for and planned by us) was to jackson hole.  we stayed at the snow king resort right outside of the main square of jackson hole, and had a blast.  we slept in, ate good food, walked around the shops, saw some movies, and [matt] skied.  the week went by far too fast, as they always do when on vacation, and i'm already dreading work tomorrow.  

under the famous antler arches

the resort we stayed at (this picture doesn't do it justice...there were only three lifts that literally were all summit runs...straight from the bottom to the top.  super steep)

ski bum

me by the church of 'jackson's hole.'  yes, that's right, not the church of jackson hole, but of jackson's hole.  he must have had one an amazing hole...

pregnancy update:

nothing new, really.  i've stopped throwing up, am feeling better, and have much more energy.  i still throw back a unisom and am in bed by 9/9:30, but i figure i may as well get as much sleep as i can now.  i'm also starting to get fat and, as some of the doctors (men, of course) that i work have pointed out, i have been 'blessed' with beginning enlargements from the pregnancy 'boob fairy.'  nice to know that they're watching me grow.  i have my 17 week appointment on wednesday, which should be fairly uneventful other than setting up my my anatomy ultrasound...and that, my friends, is what I'M excited for.  i want to buy things.  shop 'til i drop. 

so, i guess that's all for now.  we'll try to be better bloggers for '09.