Here’s a little recap of all the things we did over break:
We went to Lander to spend a few days with Garrett’s family
and our friends came with us! We had the best time! We snowmobiled,
snowboarded, played Ping-Pong, ate good food and lots of other things!
After our friends left we went to a Christmas party with his
family, visited a few different ladies that his family knows, and played games!
Our time was short in Lander but it was so good to be there for a few days to
see them! I love that both of our families are close enough to see both in the
same break!
Monday the 22nd we headed to Billings and were so
lucky with all of our traveling we had mostly good roads! Our Christmas
included some of the best foods out there (ex. Carmel rolls, farmers casserole,
and prime rib), taking family pictures in the snow, although it was cold, it
was so worth it. Just ask Joel and Payton. We played spikeball, played bunco,
and drank Italian sodas. For more details you can read my Christmas post HERE!
The next best thing was we went to Scheels. Billings got a
new and improved Scheels that is HUGE. You could spend hours and hours in
there. There are games to play, a Ferris wheel to ride, pictures to take, and
food to eat, and we did it all!
Let’s talk about how I don’t love Ferris wheels. I like when
they are going around and around. I don’t like when we continue to stop at
every stop and then get stuck on top and the seat rocks back and forth because
Garrett is looking at everything. It was quite scary. Heights aren’t my thing but
it was
all for the experience.
Then we checked out the whole store and took
pictures everywhere we could it was so fun!
*Colby, this one is for you!*
The Saturday after Christmas we got up at 4:30 to leave for
Fairfield, Montana which is right outside of Great Falls. My sweet Aunt Janis,
my Dad’s only sister passed away. She was diagnosed with ALS a little over 2
years ago. She is an amazing example of the way we should all want to live our
lives. She put her family and the gospel first and was loved by everyone she
knew. The service
was as perfect as it could get! Many tears were shed but we
are glad to know that she has no more pain, suffering, and is in a better
place. She will be missed. Aunt Janis, we love you.
*This is her with her husband and sweet kids*
Saturday night when we got back started our obsessions with ROOK. It’s a card
game and we played for 3 hours straight with my dad and Sophie. Then we downed
a whole large pizza in like 5 minutes. It was awesome. Every day from then on I
think we played ROOK almost every day! We played with anyone who would play
with us.
We had a baby shower for my sister Elle! She is due March 14th
with a sweet baby boy! The theme was “Little Man Lovato” and my mom came up
with all of the cutest decorating and food ideas! There was a great turn out and we had fun
spoiling her soon to be little baby!
Garrett was so helpful with getting ready for the baby shower! He even made the signs for the banner in the picture above!
We didn't have sandwiches we had "man-wiches"
Mustaches cookies, ice cream, and bowtie brownies for the win!
I got her this cute fox outfit and a fox hat! So fun! Can't wait to spoil him!
*Elle and my Grandma Williams*
Over the break we went down to my Grandma and Grandpa
Stott’s house and played games with them! We originally went down to play rook
with them and ended up playing some others! We played nickel, rummikub,
qwirkle, and dumb bunny bridge! We had so much fun! I have a feeling that this
winter we will be playing lots of board and card games so let us know if you
want to take us on.
New Year’s Eve was way fun! I already blogged about it so if
you want a lot more details scroll down a little bit or click HERE. But we went
to dinner at Rio Sabina’s, saw Annie, and played some more games with my
parents! It was so much fun! And let’s just say that I L-O-V-E-D 2014 so let’s
hope that 2015 is half as good!
On New Year’s Day Garrett and I went out to my Aunt Marjie’s
and she cut our hair. She has cut my hair since I was a little girl and she
still does the best job. It was so fun to chat and catch up with her and my
Uncle Jim while we are out there! I just love them! Thanks for cutting our hair
for us Aunt Marjie! Apparently getting your hair cut is exhausting because when
we got back we napped for like 2 hours. We woke up and it was time for
lunch/dinner with everyone. My mom’s parents came out to eat with us which was
fun because we didn’t see them for Christmas! Then we spent the rest of our
night watching the bowl games. How good was the Ohio State vs. Alabama game? If
you didn’t watch it you missed out. Longest game of my life but good! Plus it’s
always entertaining with Robbin and Joel.
On January 2nd we went to the temple to do a
session with my parents! We went to the 12 o’clock session and it was so cool
because at that exact same time 5 months ago Garrett and I were in the temple
about to be sealed for time and all eternity! How great is the temple? The
blessings we receive are amazing! It was the perfect day spent in the temple
just like it was 5 months ago surrounded by our family and friends. There is
nothing better!
On another note, where did the past 5 months go? I don’t
know but they have been the best five months. We have learned, grown, laughed,
and become better together. Garrett you rock! I love you!
Let’s just say my dad was not loving me taking pictures of
him/everything 24/7. I loved doing it because he would start laughing because
he was annoyed. Payton was about the same way. So here’s some pictures for my
enjoyment and maybe yours. (They secretly liked it)
We also randomly took pictures one night in the kitchen because why not? It was the best time.
We spent our last day of break in a gym. One of my favorite
places to be. We started the day at my little sister Sophie’s game. All of the
Skyview teams were playing Central one right after the other all day. She plays
on the sophomore team and they played at 10:45! She did so awesome! We were so
impressed! It has been a while since I have seen her play and she did so
awesome! They won and she is such a stud! Go Sophie!
Then we came back around 4 and watched the JV boy’s game,
varsity girl’s game, and then the varsity boys! My brother plays on the varsity
team so it was great that we could watch both of them in the same day! Our
family loves basketball season! It was great to see so many familiar faces that
I hadn’t seen in a while! They won by quite a bit! Payton is such a smart
player, he always makes the right pass, and is very unselfish! He is fun to
watch! (He is not pictured but next time I watch I will get some)
Overall we had the best break! We are not ready to start
school again tomorrow… but I guess the sooner we start the sooner we are done!
Here we come winter semester.
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