24 Feels Old!

I turned 24 on December 22. I was pretty disappointed because
I thought Brady had to work all day. He was able to come home
for lunch time and didn't have to go back!

My family came into town so we went to the mall and
let the kids play in the little play area. Then
Brittany, Cammie and I went shopping at a few stores.

When Brady got off work we went to lunch and then he took
me shopping at the mall and bought me a shirt, hoodie,
and a really cute ring with my birth stone!

My Dad took us all out to Olive Garden for my birthday dinner.
It was a lot of fun to have everyone there to celebrate.

Thanks for a fun Birthday!!

Temple Square

On December 17th all my family went to
Temple Square to see the Christmas lights.
I was excited to go because I had not been for a few years.
It was fun to be with everyone!

It was really cold and there were a lot of people there
because it was also the night of the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir concert. It was crazy!

My mom and sisters.Dad and the boys.This is just a cute picture of Brooke enjoying

some pop before the crazy crowds.
She was in her stroller the whole time and I
was glad I got to push her around so the stroller
could keep some of the people away.

The Homestead

My sister gave Brady and I a gift card to The Homestead
for our birthdays. We were excited to be able to take a
little vacation before all the craziness of Christmas

We got to stay in the Summer Cottage!
I didn't know what to expect because I had never
heard of The Homestead before so I was way
excited to see all the cottages!

This was the inside of the room.
The Homestead is going to be completely renovated in
the next couple of months. I hope we can come back and
see all the improvements when it is finished.

This was the view from our front door the first day.
It snowed during the night so it was all covered in snow
when we woke up. I should have taken the picture then.

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The night we got there we went to dinner at Dairy Keen.
I remember my family taking me there to get shakes and
to watch the train go all the way around the ceiling of the room.
It was fun to go back. They had a Christmas train going.
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We decided to see a movie at the one theater they had in town.
They were only showing one movie, Breaking Dawn, but Brady said he
would take me to it. I liked the movie but being so nauseous from being
pregnant did not help my stomach during some of the blood scenes.While we waited for our show time we drove around town looking
for things to do. We found a big building that was having a
Gingerbread House auction. They had amazing houses!All the money raised went to support their Children's
Justice Center. I thought that was a fun fundraiser.This was one of our favorite house because it was huge!
That is Brady standing next to it so we could show how tall it was.
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After the Gingerbread houses we found a couple Christmas
boutiques to walk through. In one of them there
was an artist/author, David Bowman, that Brady had discovered
on his mission in Arizona. We bought a picture from him and
one of his books that he autographed for us.
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We ended the weekend by going to my sister Brittany's house for dinner.
It was such a fun weekend and a very much needed break.
Hopefully we can go again soon!