Oh Christmas Tree

Last weekend we headed up to Logan to hang out with Katie and Nate and their family. We slept over Friday night and Saturday morning we headed up to Preston to cut down Christmas trees with all of our fam. We hiked all over the mountain and headed home with 4 huge trees. The funny part is that while you are on the mountain the trees look tall, but not that tall. Then you get home and try to bring them into your house, and they are HUGE. We love this tradition!

Here we are with the tree we finally decided on:

(and yes, this tree is taking up at least half of our living room right now...)

Starlight

Marcus's mom is such a party planner.  Tonight we celebrated Marcus's grandpa's 86th birthday.  Marie had an elf "Trixie" come and entertain and paint faces.

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated Marcus's 27th Birthday last Saturday. We spent the day relaxing and hanging out together. We got Kneader's french toast for breakfast, headed to the Park City outlets for some shopping, and went to Thaifoons at the Gateway for dinner. Happy Birthday Marcus!

Party

We had such a fun Halloween party this year and were happy that so many people could come. Everyone dressed up and we had some really creative costumes!

Best Costumes:
Best Couple Costume: Kendyle and Steve (Toothfairy and Dentist)
Scariest: Eric (Dracula)
Most Creative: Marcus (Hot Dog)
Best Overall: Sam (Billy Mays)

Pics

A few people have asked us to post some pictures of our house. We've been here for almost three months now and we can't believe how fast the time has gone! We are really loving our house, our neighborhood and the ward that we are in. We feel so lucky to be here! Here are a few pics of the main floor:

Denver Colorado

This last weekend we were able to go to Denver for one of my best friend's wedding reception. Kendyle and Steve were married in the Salt Lake Temple on Thursday and then had a reception back in Littleton at her parent's house Saturday night.

We flew out first thing Friday morning and had such a good time. We relaxed and hung out at the pool, enjoyed downtown Denver, the Cheesecake Factory, saw the Cirque de Soleil show Kooza, and spent a few hours at Elitch Gardens, an amusement park.


Kendyle's reception was gorgeous and I loved everything about it. I felt so lucky that we were able to be there. Congrats Kendyle and Steve!

Top of Utah Half Marathon

On Saturday me and my sister Katie ran the Logan Top of Utah half marathon. We had run it last year as well and I think this time around was so much better. It made such a difference knowing what the course was like and what it felt like to actually run 13.1 miles! The first 6 miles were downhill through the canyon and it really was beautiful. Katie and I were able to stay together the whole run and I was so glad to have her there pushing me along! Thanks Kate! We finished in 1 hour 51 minutes. I am so happy that it's over!