december snapshots

is anyone else still celebrating the fact that we had a white christmas!?

we had such a fun christmas and month of december... much thanks to our 12 dates of christmas list. 
here are some snapshots of our

D E C E M B E R

(get ready for picture overload!)

^lots and lots of skiing. 

on this day pictured above, we practically had the mountain to ourselves!!

^the miles family christmas eve tradition... skiing, and a BBQ in the parking lot for lunch

 ^this lovely's wedding reception

and dinner the night before in the prettiest room at JSMB

 my mother in-law's christmas choir concert at Gardner Hall

 ^that building though!!

^and ice cream after  of course

^temple square lights and macy's store windows. so cliche, but it's a must every year. 

the best part about that night was that my sweetheart had just GRADUATED from the University of Utah in Business Management, and he was soaking up the fact he wasn't worried or stressed about anything at all. hooray for being done with school and both working full time! best christmas present for both of us! so proud of him and his hard work. 

^my favorite thing of the entire month, was FINALLY meeting my nephew, little E.

...and watching him sleep on my bed made me melt into a puddle. 

i love watching his cheeks squish with bry's kisses.

 ^being able to watch my parents as new grandparents has made me so happy

A Christmas Carol at Hale.

 coming home to one of my favorite presents of the year:

drawings of "Meg and Bryson" from the triplets i nanny. 

our soccer team "LOS PRIMOS" (made of all cousins of course) 

going undefeated in the indoor league! 

helping host our neighborhood christmas brunch with these ladies i love

watching a friend from work get baptized. i love my maddi. she is the definition of sunshine.

^skyping with my little brother on christmas day made us all full of smiles, laughs, and love. the people in brazil are soooo so lucky to have him. and he is probably the funniest person on the planet. i miss him.

^oh and the christmas decorations... i'm not ready to take them down yet! 

^my in-laws brought this back to us from Germany! nothing prettier than german hand-crafted christmas decor.

^i'm gonna miss walking in the front door to see two hanging stockings, twinkle lights on, cards lining our front door, and pretty ornaments hung everywhere... but i'm so ready to ring in the new year! welcome 2015!!

xo
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