Christmas flew by...

Holy Moly. Christmas time came and went so quickly. 2012, here we come!

Our Christmas was super relaxed. So much so that I totally spaced taking very many pictures. But here are a few from the couple days around Christmas:

This is a dark picture because I took it at 6:30 in the morning. :)  Adam told me that he was going to wake me up at 8 to open presents and I freaked out! I wanted my sleep, danget! But that night I didn't sleep well and was awake at 6. I remembered that Adam's family had a rule that they couldn't go open presents until 6:30. So I waited until then to wake Adam up. I woke him up and told him to come open up presents with me! We opened presents with only the light of our Christmas tree and were still kind of half asleep, so the opening of presents is kind of a blur. But after we opened presents, we went straight back to sleep until 11. It was amazing! Our first Christmas together was great, but I definitely missed having my family around.

This is one of the shirts Chelsea gave me for Christmas! I love it!! We got to skype my family on Christmas day so we could see what they got. It was so much fun to see everyone!

Christmas Eve we went to Adam's parent's house for dinner and presents. This present we got from Adam's brother and his wife. Our favorite game ever. We used to play it with our good friends Lexi and Jordan all the time, but sadly we moved away and then they moved to Texas. They introduced us to this game and the only place we could find it was on amazon. But we got it for Christmas and we were both so excited!!

Adam did great this Christmas! All my clothes and shoes fit perfect! He tried so hard to make it a great Christmas for me. He did great!

I still can't get the pictures on the computer from the NC State game. But I'm still trying. No worries.

Now, our New Years plans. We have none. Yet. But Friday night we are going on a group date to dinner and our church dance! We know, it's gonna be awesome! And it's a formal dance, so we get to get all dolled up again! I'm way excited for that.

Back to Christmas. I know it has passed, but this year seemed kind of blah. Both of us were working full time, so we didn't get a chance to think about any kind of tradition that we wanted to start (with it being our first Christmas and all). Now I'm wondering what kind of traditions you and your families have? What do you do before Christmas, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day? For that matter, what do you do for New Years, Valentines Day, Easter, etc. as well? Let me know, I'm dying for traditions to start with my own little family.... Myself and Adam.

Finally Some Free Time...

It has been an awful long time since I have posted a blog. A lot has happened in the last month! Crazy how that happens. Some how on Christmas Eve, I have found time to update our blog. Here are some things that have happened in the last month:

I bought Adam's early Christmas present, tickets to an NC State Football game. Adam is a huge fan of NC State, thanks to his dad. Since we moved here he has wanted to take me to a game, but we just haven't had the time to go. So for Christmas I decided that we could go to their last home game. Adam loved it!!! We went to Raleigh the night before the game, stayed in a hotel, and then tailgated the next afternoon. (pictures to come, I'm on my mother-in-laws computer so I have no pictures) The game was awful the whole first half, and all I could think is that I just gave Adam the worst Christmas present. But then the second half they came back from a score of 14 - 41 to 56 - 41. Needless to say the second half was amazing and we couldn't really talk by the end of the game. It was so much fun!!

I got a job the beginning of December working at a title company called Boston National. It was very overwhelming at first, going from not leaving the house to working a full time job. It's actually only a couple of doors down from Adam so both of us walk to work. It's agood job for now, but let's just say I can't wait to be the Mama and stay at home wife!

Adam and I work until 6 every night so when we get home we are both exhausted. Our meals have changed big time, and we have no energy to do anything after we get home. But it's good for me to get out of the house and actually interact with people instead of staying couped up inside all day.

We went to Adam's company Christmas party and got to get all dressed up and lookin' fine. It was a lot of fun to meet the people he works with, eat some good food, and dance with the love of my life.

Adam bought us early Christmas presents.... New phones!! We got smart phones, which we love already! Adam couldn't wait to open them so he wouldn't let me wrap them and put them under the tree. 

We just barely got out Christmas tree up. Lame. I know. But we didn't realize how many decorations actually went into each holiday. We weren't prepared for this!

More to come after Christmas....

Packages tied with care

I just read a post from my cute, very good friend Dara McFarlane, who inspired this post. I realized this year that I have so many packages tied with care just for me.

A husband who I get to be with for eternity, who is my best friend, and the love of my life.

The Gospel

My home

A family who loves, cares and supports me through everything. It grew in April and I love it!

My husband's job

My job

Friends who would do anything for me, who I can talk to about anything, and who will just be there for me through anything.

A best friend who was there with me through my entire wedding day, literally, and who has been there for me through everything. She's amazing.

Graduating college.