Merry Christmas! 2016

What a Christmas this was!  Every year I get SOO excited for Christmas! I literally can barely contain myself.  A little fun fact about Jessica:  Whenever I get super excited, I get a little bit of anxiety.  I can feel my heart start to race and I literally will close my eyes and make this high pitched noise.  Devin calls it my excited squeal.  So I was super squealy the week of Christmas.  The fun thing for me this Christmas was I had absolutely NO idea what I was getting for Christmas from Devin.  He was able to keep it a total secret! Devin wasn’t so lucky.  I was only able to keep one of his gifts a secret.  I have a really hard time keeping secrets from Devin.  In regular situations, that is a good thing.  For Christmas and birthdays, that’s not very cool.. 

Jason, Jessica and Lindsie

Christmas Eve we woke up and Devin and I cooked a really delicious breakfast casserole.  It had ground sausage covered with a cheese, egg and milk mixture, topped with seasoned tater tots.  I really thought it would be kind of greasy from all the cheese, but it was surprisingly pretty healthy looking – and it tasted SO good!  Holy Jingle Bells! It was divine.   Devin’s grandma Shirley came over for a “breakfast for lunch”.  We had crumbly toast and bacon.  Again, divine.  We watched “Singing with Angels”.  It’s an LDS movie about a lady in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  Wasn’t as Christmas-y as I would have liked, but it was still a really beautiful, spiritual movie.  Later we went and hung out with my family for a little while. 

Angie, Brandon, Devin and Jessica

Christmas Eve night Devin pulled our mattress off of our bed and moved it into the family room.  We were sleeping by the Christmas tree!  How exciting!! :)  Devin said that once we have kids we won’t be able to sleep out there for fear that Santa wouldn’t come for the children, so why not make it an “us” memory!  He’s just so thoughtful I can’t even stand it.  *heart eyes*

Dev and I were up at 5:15.  Haha, uh..I’m still a little kid at heart and I really was just so excited (and still squealing) over the fact that Christmas was finally here.  I was really trying my hardest to be an adult so I laid back down and tried to go back to bed until at least 6:00.  As soon as it was 6:00, D jumped off the mattress and ran upstairs to see if we got any snow.  Boy did we ever!  Another white Christmas for the books!  He came running down stairs saying it was time to open presents!  It literally took us from 6:00 to 6:26.  TWENTY SIX MINUTES PEOPLE.  UGH. 

This year we were truly blessed to have Christmas on Sunday.  What a special day! Spending the day where we celebrate our Savior’s birth, at church! Ah! My mom-in-law played a beautiful piano solo and it was just so perfect.

When we got home we opened gifts with Devin’s parents.  We had lunch with his family which was also divine.  I seriously just love food.  So freaking much.  It’s becoming a problem.  After we headed on over to my parent’s house.  Again, so much food. 

I was literally so spoiled this Christmas!  I got photo shop, lazy one slippers, water proof speaker, turkey baster, bowls, whisks, make up brushes, an apron, a new tripod, windshield cover, perfume, wireless charger (usb), Yoshi’s Wooley World, a Yoshi Amiibo, clothes..the list goes on!  Devins big present that he got this year is an electric smoker!  I’m so excited for him to start smoking some meats!  He also got a new wooden watch, a Nintendo NES classic, clothes, and I surprised him with a steak brander.  It’s a moose.  Now whenever I want a steak, he can brand a cute little moose into it.  What a blessed Christmas we got to experience this year.

Devin and his smoker

Also, we bought both of our families “Bean Boozled”.  Have you ever freaking played that game?  Google it.  Actually..just click here.  Either way.  GROSS.  Devin and Lindsie got canned dog food one time, and Miga wouldn't even eat it.  She went and hid under the table because her owners were being mean.  Eventually she came out.  With the help of normal human food. :) 

Devin got to open one of his presents a little early this year.  On December 6^th D got a new snowmobile!! It’s a 2007 Polaris and it runs like a champ!  Since it snowed so much on Christmas morning, of course we had to take it out of the shed and take her for a spin.  I got my snowmobile all cleaned up and ready for our next ride.

Sunshine and Night Rider

So in other news..Carrie Fisher died this week.  I was super sad about that.  I just barely got into Star Wars and she dies.  I may or may not have cried..  I loved Princess Leia!  Carrie’s mom, Debbie Reynolds, passed away 1 day later. 

RIP Princess Leia <3

I am so thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ.  For the sacrifice that he made for me and for my family.  I feel so blessed to celebrate his birth and to be able to give as he did.  Nothing that I give will ever compare to what he gave me, but I know if I try my best to be as he was, that will be enough. 

Hope that everyone had a great Christmas and that y’all will have a safe and Happy New Year!