feliz navidad

was it just me or did this christmas seem to fly by?? it seems like we were just going out shopping on black friday, then all of a sudden it was christmas eve! anyways this year it was nice because with tony working at the youth village he got 2 weeks off for the christmas break and i had taken off the whole week of christmas so we got to spend alot of time with each other which is what christmas is about right?

and now for the photo dump...

christmas eve celebrations complete with bubbly, treats, movies and cuddling!

 our cute little christmas tree

 just like tradition, we woke up christmas morning, saw what santa brought us and opened our gifts while watching christmas story. 

 the pups even had a little stash of presents from santa!

 

 they love opening presents

 we then joined my family for the rest of their christmas morning present opening

 the pups wanted to help open gifts... haha silly pups!

i think we tired them out...

 then we went to my grandparent jensen's house

 haha love the way my grandpa takes pictures... and does his hair... hahaha

 then it was off to tony's grandma fitzgerald's house to see her, his mom, and all of his cousins.

 then off to tony's dad and trudy's house for presents and dinner.

 then we finally ended up back at my parents house with my grandma and grandpa loosle, uncle brent and new wife paulina, and my aunt tami (who is not pictured because she didn't let me take a picture of her... next time tami... i will get one... haha)

then natalie and taylor came over and we played the new game they got us... dirty minds. so funny!

 so i would say we had a great christmas

 so of course we had to celebrate by drinking some bubbly and watching some more christmas movies.

the celebration didn't stop there... oh no! since we both had the rest of the week off and we had gotten some cash we did some serious shopping! haha we also got a couple red lobster gift cards so we were able to go there... and we had the best waiter ever... taylor of course!!

 

we hope you all had a very merry christmas too and we will see ya next year!

 

happy birthday bear!

tony turned 32 earlier this month! and just like tradition he got a whole week to celebrate! which was a good thing because his birthday was in the middle of the week... which makes it hard to really celebrate on his actual birthday when we both have to work.

 

anyways so on his birthday after work he opened his gifts. a usc shirt (which he bought himself)

a rod woodson collectible that i got for a great deal...

 

and a really yummy dessert that i had saved from work to share with him! although it was really rich so after a few bites he was done... haha

 

and before you are thinking i am a lame wife he had asked me to just him a few small things for his birthday so he could go shopping and pick out what he really wanted... but more on that later.

 

so after gifts we then went to dinner with tom and trudy to famous daves. yummy!

the next day tony decided he wanted to open another gift. we had gone shopping black friday and gotten a few things for him for christmas but since it was his birthday week he could legally change his christmas gift to a birthday gift... so he opened a jamiroqui cd. which is funny because i was originally going to buy him that for his birthday anyways but wasn't sure if he still wanted the cd or not.

that weekend we went shopping (like i mentioned above) where tony bought himself a few pairs of shoes.

we also went to pirate o's here in draper and where tony found some super delicious pear sparkling cider to celebrate with!

 

then the next weekend while we were out and about tony found him a machete... and he was SO excited! haha

like he said, he is ready for the zombie apocalypse now... what a nerd... but he is my handsome nerd and i love him!

 

ps in case you are wondering... there is more celebration to come but it probably won't be until after christmas so i at least wanted to get this part on the blog so no one would think i forgot! so stay tuned! :)

 

UPDATE: the weekend after christmas we finally got around to finish celebrating tony's birthday. friday we went out to lonestar steakhouse with the fitzgeralds. we had never been there and were we missing out! it's so yummy!

then that sunday my mom made tony a birthday dinner complete with a big flavorful roast, home made mac n cheese, and flavorful healthy veggies. tony enjoyed it so much he didn't want to stop eating to take a picture... oh tony... that is why i love you!