~Merry Christmas 2010~

I can't believe Christmas has already came,

and went! This year flew by. We had such a

great Christmas this year! I loved decorating

the tree, watching Christmas movies, and

baking goodies. Here is how our Christmas

morning went. We woke up at 5 AM! We

couldn't wait to watch each other open the

treasures that we had wrapped up under the tree!

My mom and dad gave us this beautiful picture

and a new camping table! They are the best! My

mom of course chose the picture and my dad

insisted we needed the camping table!

Ok Ok I know we shouldn't gamble..... BUT

I put these scratch tickets in Jason's stocking

and taught him a valuable lesson hehe We won a

whopping $3 off $30 worth of scratch tickets!

I wanted a sewing machine this year, and Jason

( being the protective husband he is) insisted that

sewing machines were dangerous! haha but he

caved and bought me one! I love it! Now I just

need to learn how to sew!

Jason got a bunch of new Under Armour clothes!

He says they are the most comfortable clothes ever!

He has been waiting since the day Call of Duty

was released to get it!

My new Bogs snow boots. Love them!

Jason went in to Merle Norman and bought

me a Gift Certificate for a massage, facial, and

Pedicure! I've already went to get the massage!

Santa came while we were sleeping and brought

us these snacky things.

I love sitting in the dark with the sparkley lights

of the tree shining!

Christmas eve Jason went to the basement and

just kept bringing up presents after presents,

He claims Santa brought them while we were

at Christmas eve dinner???

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! The gifts

are always fun, but most of all I'm just so happy

to have a healthy happy family! We are so lucky

to live so close to both my family and Jason's

family, so we can share the holidays with them!

I am so grateful to know the true meaning of

Christmas!

2011 here we come.... can you believe it!?!

~Lindsey

Just the two of us!

After about a year of saying we needed to get

family pictures done, we finally did. We haven't

had any professional pictures done since our

engagement shoot 3 1/2 years ago! We had Emily

Clark do our pictures. she is one of my sweet clients

and I consider her a good friend. She did an amazing

job, and I'm so glad we have these pictures to remind

us of our life today.

I love Jason so much! We have so much fun

together, just the two of us! He is not only

my husband but my best friend. He fits into

my family so perfectly. I couldn't ask for anything

more! Thanks Em, we love them!

~Lindsey

Remember when...

Remember when we actually went Trick

or Treating. Trunk or treat? What was that?

Me and my sister had one of these awesome

Halloween flashlights... Did you?

Remember when McDonald's did themed

Happy Meals for every holiday? They even

gave them to you in a special little bag or box.

Eating out, even at fast food places was not an

every day thing. Remember?

I would wear these fangs around for days, although

made of wax we sure did look cool! Did you do that?

Garbage Candy. The container was a garbage can

and they had candies in them shaped like an old

sneaker or fish scales. Weird I know, but I still

remember them!

McDonalds upgraded from a plastic Halloween

bag to these Halloween pails. You had one right?

Back when we use to go Trick or Treating people

would not just throw a pixie stick in our Halloween

pail but they had special treats in these cute little

bags waiting for each ghost and goblin. Remember?

And last but certainly not least, did you ever

watch It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown?

Best Halloween movie of all time! In fact I watched

it the other day! Still just as good as ever!

Every year Linus would right a letter to the Great

Pumpkin.

Then on Halloween night, he would wait

for his big arrival. ( He never came) but

that ol "blockhead" would continue to do it

every year.

When Charlie Brown and the gang went

Trick or Treating they each got candy, gum,

and popcorn balls. Charlie Brown always got a

rock. Remember?

I know i'm far from old but things have

changed so much! I sometimes miss the good

ol' days when the biggest decision of your life

was rather to be a witch or a fairy for Halloween.

I love reminiscing about old times. Even though

it was just a few short years ago, things are oh

so different! Do you remember some of these

memories or do you remember some memories of

your own that you use to do for Halloween? If so

leave a comment I'd love to read them!

Happy Halloween everyone!

~Lindsey

Estes Park 2010

For Jason's Birthday this year I surprised him

with a trip to Estes Park Colorado. We went there on our

honeymoon and loved it, so we decided to go back

in the fall this year rather than summer. We had so much

fun, it was such a RELAXING vacation. I can honestly say

this is one of our favorite vacations to date! We started off

planning to go over Rocky Mountain National Park but to

our surprise the road was closed due to 3 foot drifts of SNOW

in the road, so we had to go through Denver instead (added

hour and a half.) There was even snow right out of Steamboat!

I was singing Over the river and through the woods to Estes Park

we go! haha I have to admit I kinda liked seeing all that snow,

knowing I wouldn't come home to it! It felt so Christmasy! In

Estes park it was an average of about 40-55 degrees. It was chilly

but so much fun! I will warn you there are tonz of pictures, I use

this as my journal So I wanted as many pics as I could to remember

this fun trip.

Snow, snow and more snow!

The WHITE mountain in the distance that you

can hardly see was out original path to Estes

Park. :) oops I guess in my planning I should

have checked the weather forecast!

This was the night we got there it was COLD...

about 40 degrees!

Our first stop the next day was of course the

Christmas shops, They sell Christmas decor and

play Christmas music year round! We loved it,

as you made your purchase they would hand you

your bag and say in a cheerful voice MERRY

CHRISTMAS! We actually went there 3 times in

3 days.

They had candied and caramel apples everywhere.

They were So yummy!

Jason and Santa, I've turned him into a Christmas

fanatic just like me! haha

There was the cutest old fashioned candy shop,

right on main street. I was in Heaven!

Cherry Tree was down the mountain on your

way to Fort Collins. It had all homemade ciders,

syrups, candies, Jams, and pies. We sampled

everything from cherry cider to peach to grape,

they were super good!

This is the Silver Moon Inn where we stayed. It is

tucked right off main street in the trees. There is a

river that runs right outside of your room.

Me and Jason at the Spruce House.

They had chairs and swings that lined the river

outside of our hotel. We sat there for a couple of

afternoons and just drank hot cocoa and enjoyed,

the brisk fall air! It was so quite and relaxing.

We had to laugh because we didn't get 1 picture

of us together besides this one that we took our

selves. As we were out side I looked at the people

reading books, napping, and knitting along the

riverside and said, who should we ask to take our

picture the napper or the knitter. haha

We went to the movie theater there it was so old

fashioned. But one thing they had over our theater

is they sold Dippen Dots! Despite the cold weather

we couldn't resist.

All in all it was an amazing trip. We relaxed the

entire vacation. When it was time to go home, we

were sad to leave knowing it would be a few more

years before we would return. If you haven't gone

to Estes Park GO! It is a vacation you won't forget!

~Lindsey

Back to School...

School has officially begun! Although I don't have

kids going back to school my brothers and my mom

went back. Ryan is in 6th grade, Matt is a Senior and

my mom is a secretary at Davis Elementary. I can't

believe my "little" brothers aren't little anymore!

Every year for back to school my mom would make us

back to school cookies and little goody bags with gum,

tick tacks, and mints, then when we got home from school

she would always have a plate of warm back to school cookies!

So this year since my mom works at a school now I thought

that she deserved some back to school treats along with my

cute brothers. I made these adorable back to school "apple"

Cupcakes, aren't they just to DIE for!

Up close

It was so nice knowing that no matter what kind of day we had

at school we always had a loving family to come home

to! This means more to me now than ever! Thanks Mom and

Dad for such a great childhood!I have SO many fond memories

that I will always cherish! Happy Back to School Everyone!

~Lindsey