December of 2007


So December of last year was a pretty crazy month for me now that i am reflecting back. I decided because it was my last month being close to my family i should get all the family in as i could. The first part of December i took a trip up to salt lake to hang out with Chad and Ulma. They live a block away from temple square which is really helpful around Christmas time. On Friday night they had tickets to go watch the Christmas concert put on the the tabernacle choir, because they did not have a ticket for me i decided to go do a session at the temple. I had never been thru the SL temple before so i was excited to experience it as it is a different type of session. Man i felt like i was the only single person in that entire session!! Other than that is was a great experience! After we met at the Joseph smith building and ate at the top in the garden restaurant it was pretty dang good!!

So because i missed the Saturday session of the Christmas concert i decided i wanted to try and go to the Sunday one. I convinced ulma to get up early to go get stand by tickets. We got way lucky and got them as soon as we got there and where able to walk right in! I have to say it was one of the most amazing concerts i have been too! It was pretty awesome!






After that weekend the next thing was our work christmas party. This party is talked about months before it even takes place! It is known because every christmas the owner Tedd does a santa prize give away. Now these prizes are not small and you can win up to 5k with a big screen TV so you can say people get pretty excited about this. The best part is all who attend are able to win a prize and you are not going to walk out of there with less than 50 bucks. I had a great time at the party and ended up winning a little DVD player which is cool for trips! I have to say that i was not in the best Christmas spirit that week because of some things that went on with work which are not worth talking about. But looking back it was a great party and i had a good time mingling with everyone.

Then came Christmas, i can honestly say that Christmas is one of my most favorite holiday because the spirit in the air is just so happy and everyone is a great mood!! My family has a tradition of getting together every year on Christmas eve to celebrate together. I think my mom would kill anyone who dare say they where not going to make it. She loved this day where everyone comes together and eats a great meal then sits and opens gifts from each other!

I could not really decide what i wanted this Christmas so i told my mom i wanted a video camera, it was not really something i needed more something i wanted so i could be conniving and cause a bit of mischief! So that is what they ended up giving me, it is a really nice camera and i love it!

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