Over the Break

Over the Break we had tons of fun....1 week was spent in Utah with the Nelsons and the other week in Vegas with the Gourley's. we had so much fun each week, I think this was the best Christmas i've had yet. It was packed with all my family (Scott home from his mission, brooke and stan married with little Gregory) and almost all of Justin's (Ashley and Baker we feel so bad we missed you!) Instead of spending the next 20 minutes writing this long blog about everything we did i'm going to list our top 10--5 from utah, and 5 from Vegas, in no particular order and post a bunch of pictures!

1. Jiggle (nerf) Wars
All credit must go to Dr. Floss on this one. about 8 nerf guns and ammo were purchased and
almost every night you could find us in the basement in our "forts" trying to shoot each other,
playing steal the flag, or running the obstacle course.

2. Shootin it up
We went out on the most gorgeous day in Vegas (67 degrees!) and had a couple of hours of

just shooting potatoes and onions! I LOVE shooting my gun! and the Mouser, and I found out
I really like the Springfield Armory XD .40 caliber! AMAZING! There were only two injuries.

Justin's finger got slammed in a .22 pistol and Uncles finger got caught on the hammer.
Nothing better than shooting with your family!

3. Lotto for $50 with the Gibby's

My dad had this great game where we embarassed ourselves to get tickets, the tickets were

then put in a basket and drawn out. if your name was drawn you had to either take the prize
up for grabs or pass. if you passed the next name drawn had to take the prize and then

distribute his or her tickets. the last prize drawn for was a $50 dollar bill. it was hilarious

because everyone thought the more tickets you had equaled better chance at getting the $50

dollars, WRONG! it meant your name was drawn twice in a row for the prize you didn't want

in the first place. there became a mass of tickets being passed around like the plague that no

one wanted! I ended up with a watch, and Justin ended up with a movie that we already own

4. Gingerbread houses

I desperatley wanted to make a gingerbread house over the break. Justin, Brooke, and I

ended up making the most GLORIOUS house ever to be seen (Especially our Pez roof and

gummy lifesafer fence!) It took a couple of hours and was really fun to make with everyone--

including Stan's new dog Achilles.

5. Matching Pajamas

This one is a double for both Vegas and Utah! I matched with Brooke in Utah and Stephanie

and Ashley, and Mom G. in Vegas! Justin was super cute matching my brothers in Utah and

his in Vegas. I LOVE MATCHING PAJAMAS! I think it is a favorite tradition.

6. Food Poisoning on Christas Eve (Thank you Outback steak house!)

Let's just say no one was feeling good, especially stan during the watching of Luke 2 and

during our discussion of Christ!

7. Wedding dress shopping!!!

8. Crab Wars

This one is all credit for Justin. He created this from the beloved crab walk and just added

some rules and called it Crab Wars. Here are the rules in case anyone is dying to have a crab

war. 1. You have to walk on your hands and feet with Butt in air (crab walk) 2. the purpose is

to use your feet to knock each other down 3. the first person whose butt touches the ground

loses. Let's just say we discovered he who has the biggest foot is usually the King Crab!

9. Eating at Biaggis and moving tables 3 times!

One day we spent the afternoon in Salt Lake wandering around gateway. We ate at one of our

favorite resturaunts Biaggis. After being seated and eating bread, we asked to be moved

because we were by the door and it was freezing...after being seated they moved us again

saying that table was reserved...after being seated a third time we got a new creepy waiter

that "warmed up" my mothers hands and made weird jokes! YAY for moving tables!

10. Birthday celebratories in Utah and Vegas

My birthday was January 4th and I got to celebrate it with both of my families! In Utah all of

us went to PF Changs and had a delicious meal filled with fun and laughter and of course the

Great wall of Chocolate (Probably one of my favorite desserts). I received a most fun gift

that I have been using very often....an IPOD! In Vegas my birthday was celebrated at Brio,

another one of my favorite resturaunts where I enjoyed VODKA pasts...everyone needs to

try Vodka pasta once in their life...especailly from this resturant. It was super fun with all

the peops there and I got some cash to spend on something fun and purely for me...some

Itunes maybe?? Justin and I attempted to recreate the masterful cake we made for Jan, but

alas it failed and even fell over in the fridge...it still tasted good to me...i think Angel Food

Cake is my favorite! THANK YOU to all for such an amazing birthday! (And Christmas)

We had so much fun with Both of my families and the break was Amazing. It has been so hard to come back espcially since Justin and I have bboth been battling some illnesses, but I think we are both on the upswing now! If we can just make it through this killer semester everything should be perfect for the Senior Year!