Da Stash

Now obviously we know the true meaning of Christmas is to remember the birth of our Savior, who lived and died and was resurrected so that we may live again with our Father in Heaven. This has been especially engrained in us since we had little money to really go commercial. However, Ammon and I both just LOVE giving gifts and we LOVE Christmas and even with little income we gave ourselves a budget to get one another presents. Here are some of them including some CD's and DVD's. I also got a fleece blanket from Ammon's mom and we got a portable radio to put in our 72-hour kit from my parent's. (The karaoke system was a gift from our friend Justin Magnusson and if anyone out there wants be invited to our Karaoke party in the next few weeks, let me know.) I am proud to say (with the help of Ammon's brother Landon) we were able to get Ammon a new paintball gun. His old one was more than 12 years old and in desperate need of retirement.

And let's be honest, it's safer than a REAL gun!

Da Ornaments

Another tradition we are forming is getting eachother new ornaments. Here are the three: Ammon's is a Great Dane, Mine is a pair of Dancing Bears, and Ammon even got one for the new Baby: a little Baby Bear coloring.

Da Stockings

Every year we stuff eachother's stockings with goodies and for the longest time, Ammon and I really wanted to get a stocking for the future child/children of the our family. However, we just couldn't agree on any of them. Thankfully, one of the gals I visit-teach makes these little stocking candy-cane holders that are a perfect little addition to our stocking family!!!! I also included all of the fantastic junk that was in our stockings.

Puppy-Sitting

We have some friends in our ward that went out of town for the week of Christmas, so we had the opportunity to puppy-sit their 3-month old blue Great Dane puppy Payton. She is still recovering from a bout with parvo (apparently our neighborhood is just covered in it), so she looks a little skinny in the pictures. However, she is probably the prettiest dog I have ever seen and has overall been a very good puppy (except for that first day she refused to 'go' in the backyard, and that poor garden hose... definitely need to get a new garden hose). She and Bowser have become quick friends!!

New 'Do

So I promised myself I wouldn't cut my freakishly long hair until I got pregnant. Then I got pregnant and it just wasnt much of a priority. Then, after multiple attempts at trying to get all of my hair out from under me while lying in bed with some tired tummy muscles (because for some reason tummy muscles don't like an expanding uterus), I decided I couldn't wait much longer. Here are the before and after pictures. So far, I have gotten good responses, with the only exception being Ammon crying at the salon then staring at me for an hour after to try to remember his 'new wife'. Originally I was planning on donating it to Locks of Love, but I figured with our financial situation I would try to sell it first. So far no takers. If it hasn't sold by the end of January, it will be donated.