It's the most wonderful time of the year.....and, it's over!

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! This might sound bad, but personally, I'm kind of glad it's over. This year just seemed more stressful and less fun than usual. We managed to get some pictures of Christmas morning, but not many. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge the camera, so we had to make do. We had my mom and little brother, Steve, come up to open gifts and have our traditional breakfast. Because my sis-in-law is an RN and had to work Christmas day, my other brother and his little boy came up to join us. It was a lot of fun! Hope you enjoy the randomness of the pictures and how sexy we all are in the morning! We also hope you enjoy your New Year and all 2009 has to bring.

Christmas 2008

Warm vibes heading your way....

Due to the fact that I HATE snow, I decided it would be fun to post some pics of our cruise this past January and look longingly at the beautiful beaches, warm weather and sunburned faces. Oh, how nice would it be to have a sunburn right about now? We went to the Southern Caribbean in January of 2008 for a week of fun and sun. I tried to talk Alan into going on a cruise to Mexico this January for New Year's, but he decided he would rather go to California and see his family instead. I'm okay with that, but he'd better take me somewhere warm next January! So, enjoy the pictures of beautiful water, warm beaches and people swimming in the first part of January. Sending warm vibes to everyone and think spring.....

St. George

I just realized I never finished posting the rest of our pictures from our trip to St. George/Vegas. We actually stayed the weekend in St. George at a bed & breakfast called the Green Gate Village Historic Inn. It's a whole courtyard of really old homes they've turned into little cottages and rooms. It's in the historic district in St. George and the homes are absolutely amazing. The one we stayed in was the Orson Pratt home. It was built in the civil war and later converted into a cottage for the bed & breakfast. It had two bedrooms and two bathrooms, so it was fairly large. You can walk around and look at all the older homes and they even have a general store. It was probably one of the coolest places we've ever stayed at. Next time we go down to stay we'll go to the Christmas Cottage which was originally built 120 years ago and was a pioneer home. When they renovated it later they made it into the Christmas Cottage. Below are the pictures from the inn and the historic district town square. If you ever get a chance to go down, it's really worth it.

Oasis concert at the Palms

The work Christmas parties are over, yeah, yeah, yeah! I was in charge of my work Christmas party, which I think turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. For Alan's party I was in charge of the bosses gifts. Everyone who wants to donates a set amount and then I purchase the gift. This year we did a gift cert. tree which turned out really cute. They have a cabin in Montana, so I decorated the tree in more of a cabin fashion so they can take it up. I was planning on taking today to relax, but who am I kidding? It's right before Christmas, plus it's a Saturday. Relax, hmm, don't remember what that means.

Now that the hectic week is over (and before another one can start!) I thought I would post some pics of this past weekend. I mentioned this before, but I bought tickets for Alan to see Oasis in Las Vegas the Palms hotel. Alan LOVES Oasis, it's his favorite band. This is the closest they were coming and who knows if they're going to tour the US again (they're a European band) so I thought, what the heck. It actually turned out to be a lot of fun. I'm not the biggest fan, but it was a fun concert and a great venue. It was at a little venue called the Pearl which is in the Palms hotel and seat's about 2500 people. The great thing about it is it doesn't matter where you sit, you're seat is great because of the size. We were almost on the back row (I bought the tickets kind of late) and as you can tell, we were still able to see everything. Alan had a great time, which made me happy, and we had a nice weekend, just the two of us. We also went to Zion National Park and stayed in this really cool bed & breakfast in St. George, but I'll post those pics later. Enjoy!

Oasis, Zions, Fertility....

We're back from our weekend jaunt and it turned out to be a lot of fun. Oasis was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. We didn't go to the strip at all, just headed to the Palms and hung out for a while until the show started. We got back to St. George about 3:00 am Sunday morning and crashed for a while before heading to Zions National Park. We did a little hiking, but mostly drove through the park. We got some great shots, just haven't had time to add them yet.

The fertility is going good. I'm done with the first round and headed to the doctor tomorrow morning. I've also decided I'm NEVER going through menopause. One of the side effects are hot flashes and they totally suck. I have a hard time sleeping at night because I'm either to hot or too cold. I also don't feel good most of the time with nausea, but it's worth it. I've had to give up chocolate because the smell/taste makes me sick, so I'm kind of sad about that. Maybe it's a good thing considering the season! Alan said he would take one for the team and eat the chocolate for me. What a sweet husband. I'm such a lucky girl!

This week is crazy with trying to put finishing touches on two Christmas parties, but after Friday I'll post pics of the weekend.

Off to Vegas

We're off to Vegas/St. George this weekend for Alan's concert (we're going to see Oasis). I don't think I've ever seen him more excited and I also think we need to buy a home in St. George. I think this is the 4th or 5th time we've been down there this year! Hmmm.....anyway, hopefully we'll have some good pics from this weekend. Thanks mom for coming up and staying at our house to puppy sit!

Fertility - Round 2

Today was my next fertility appointment, can we say fun? It actually wasn't too bad. Of course there was the follicle check, which if anyone has ever had one, you know how pleasant they are! Unfortunately after looking all around my insides the doctor couldn't see any eggs which should be taking place about this time (tmi?) So, I'm not ovulating. Or, if I am, it seems to be every other month. Which leads us to the next fun step, the fertility meds. I officially start on Clomid today and go in next Wednesday for another follicle check. The doctor seems pretty optimistic, which I take as a good sign. So tonight it's off the pharmacy for a prescription that hopefully won't cost me an arm & a leg!

On the plus side, I went to the mall today to get some more things for our work Christmas party next week (I'm in charge of it) and found some new lotion I love at Bath & Body. I think I'll probably go back and pick some up because it's still smelling yummy and makes my hands so soft. I also put up the majority of my Christmas decorations last night....yes, I am a slacker! Ahh, too much to do and not enough time!