Express Christmas in Saint George.. :]

I don't know how many of you watch the show Modern Family, but just in case you don't I will explain the blog title a little... On a recent episode, everyone realized December 17th, was the last day they would all be together until after the holidays, so they had an express Christmas...

Well, this year, the Baumgartners sort of had the same idea. We left for Saint George last Thursday and had an express Christmas in Saint George since that would be the only time we could all get together considering Drew works on Christmas and I work Christmas Eve. Drew and I had finals that day and left right after we took all of them. So of course, as soon as I was de-stressed, I got ridiculously sick. I was fevered for three days straight.. tylenol couldn't even keep the fevers away. Oh it was awful, and then the rest of the sickness set in. I was too weak to walk anywhere for about 4 days and still have a plugged up nose and an extremely annoying cough.  All in time for the real Christmas celebrations! BLAH! I guess I shouldn't be surprised seeing as how this happens every year, last year started after Thanksgiving Break, so I guess I should be grateful! Anywho, besides the impeccable timing of sickness, we had a blast spending a little vaca with the Baumgartners. Here is some of the fun...

We spent the first few days shopping and spending time together.. On Sunday we had our Express Christmas where we opened presents and of coursed played with all of our new toys! Drew and I were so blessed this Christmas because his parents helped us buy a brand new desktop computer for my photography! It has already paid for itself and then some and we are constantly using it. In fact, Drew and I fight over who it was really for! :] Some of our favorites this year were the giant Book of Mormon with all the pictures inside for us to use when we have little ones, I LOVED all the jewelry I got from Nancy, and Drew thinks his new ReBok ZigZags are the coolest thing ever! We (even though I am not in the book) loved getting the "Baumgartner Bible" from 2009. Every year Nancy puts together a book of everyone's favorite memories and pictures from the past year. (she is a little behind due to everyone being uncooperative) but I think it is the neatest tradition to have. How fun will it be to pass down to later generations! LOVE IT!

 On Monday we had family pictures taken which was a battle! It took me forever to hike up to the place we were taking pictures.. and it wasn't even that far!!! Stupid Fevers! Here are a few of the pictures...

On Wednesday, Drew, Me, and Kyler all woke up early and drove down to Vegas for the day! What a blast! I honestly can not remember a time where I had that much fun on the strip and shopping! (yes,, I did say shopping ;0) Our first stop was the Coca Cola factory... The bear was out taking pictures with people so naturally I made the boys smile and take one. We ended up buying the prints so I will have to scan those in, but here is a glimpse of the fun!

We also went to the M&M Factory and bought a Christmas Ornament! Drew and I buy/make one each year to describe our Christmas, so this year we decided a memory of our trip would be perfect! I love it!!

Roger, Matt, and Alexis ended up meeting us down in Vegas for dinner and a little more shopping! Our first stop was the Nike store where Drew got a brand new pair of tennis shoes that look SAWEET! And Nike we was having a ridiculously awesome sale so they were super cheap! Woot Woot! Drew's Christmas present to me was a new outfit so while we were down there I got new earrings, sweater, belt, and leggings! I can not wait to wear them all! He sure does spoil me!! 

After dinner and shopping we went to see the Lion King thanks to Nancy! It was my first broadway show EVER! and I LOVED IT! I have already made plans to see Wicked! It was so good and we honestly had the time of our life!! 

Here is a picture of us during intermission! Ahh I can not get over how awesome it was! 

At the end of the show we walked out to our car to realize that Drew had left his phone in the theatre! AH so we ran back as fast as we could, Drew fuming of course, but luckily we found the phone hidden under the seat! PHEW! When we finally got back to Saint George it was 1 o'clock in the morning and we were pooped. I did not want to wake up the next morning! We had such a fun trip and are excited to keep these memories forever! 

A much needed update...

Wow! I have been slacking in the updates! Needless to say, we have been busy as ever. Finals start next week and we are more than ready for the semester to be over! We officially started selling my photography and had a big "kick off" party to see how successful we might be... the results were shocking! We were way more successful than anticipated, in fact, I had to email everyone and say they wouldn't receive their order for a few more days. I was so blessed and am so grateful for the love and support we were given. We actually have another big party tomorrow night, which should go well.. hopefully!

Because of our recent success, we have decided to make a few big changes. WE ARE MOVING TO COLORADO after the summer is over! I am THRILLED. Beyond EXCITED. Oh words can not even describe!!!!! I am not ready to quit Red Robin yet, so I am going to try and work hard on photography as well as work every day. I have a feeling I will be cutting back on the hours I spend there though. Drew has also decided to make a few changes in work. He is now a sales member for Vivint. He is going to start doing all the preseason sales and what not and then in May, we will either be going to New Mexico, Texas, or Oklahoma... (there was talk about Vegas... but I doubt it). Drew will still work at Heritage schools, but more on an on call position, so he will work whenever he has time. He loves the boys and everyone he works with at Heritage, so staying employed there is more of a hang out for Drew.

We have so many fun and exciting changes coming up and this is a boring blog post because there is no pictures, but as soon as I can catch up with my orders, I will edit a few pictures of our recent happenings and get those posted on here.