Christmas

We had two wonderful Christmases.  We left on Wednesday for Idaho , after being up all night sick, and the weather was a little rough so it was a long drive, but we made it.  Alex 

was home too, so it was the first time my whole family had been together since last Christmas.  My friend Heather made me the cutest crafty gifts, and I had fun seeing friends I haven't seen in a while.   My family has big Christmas Eve traditions that are really important to me, and I love sharing them with Erik.  On Sunday morning we woke up and opened presents and went to church.  The little girl in front of us, probably about 2, walked right over and sat on my Dad's lap and started showing him all her necklaces.  It was so cute to watch him with that little blonde girl on his lap, he's gonna be the best grandpa (but not yet, no one get excited).  

Matching purple Christmas ties

We came home on Monday and had Christmas with Erik's family on Tuesday.  Between the two Christmases and my wonderful husband (who knows to cheat when I put a spending limit on gifts) I was so spoiled it's embarrassing.  I'm excited to be blogging on our brand new laptop, which will really help facilitate my next semester of school.  It was a gadget Christmas for my family; they all got iphones, my brothers got kindles, we got a laptop, and Erik got me a GPS.  We got stockings full of cough drops and Emergen-C from Erik's mom, which was definitely much needed, we've had a hard time staying healthy this winter.  Erik's parents got him a new Iphone, and I got wedding China and super cute earrings.  We are too spoiled.  

 In other news my piano recital went well, I wanted to take lots of pictures and print them out for the parents, but my camera ran out of batteries and I walked away with just this one. 

My cute little student Jace.  He brought me flowers, how sweet was that?

I've been enjoying aweek of pre-child-stay-at-home-wifehood (PCSHW), but will be ready to go back to work next week. It's been nice to have a break from school, but I'm looking forward to my classes this semester.   Come visit us.  After a whole week of PCSHW, my house will probably even be clean.