Christmas Eve
We had the opportunity to eat Christmas Eve dinner with my side of the family this year. My sister Tiff and her family had just moved back to Utah from Florida a few days prior, and offered to make us a traditional Italian Christmas feast! How could we resist? While they were preparing the food a few of us decided to go up the canyon a little ways further and try out my brothers new shotgun.
Me and my sweetheart up in Echo getting ready to go shooting. I love this picture of us!
My brother, Matt, waiting in line to shoot some skeet! Todd is geared up and ready to go :)
Todd did great this time, he averaged about 4 out of 5.
I got 4 out of 5 my first round, but didn't do so hot my next rounds...but I look pretty awesome, so who cares! ;) Not bad for being preggo, I guess.
My sweetheart again, waiting patiently for his next turn.
We had a fantastic dinner that night, and enjoyed time with each other. It was a perfect Christmas weekend!
New Years Eve Eve :)
Our friends Kayla and Trevor came and visited us on Friday. We had a blast! We made home-made pizza, attempted to make a "dessert pizza" that didn't turn out horrible, but not great either, and then played a rousing game of Farkle and watched Kung Fu Panda 2. It was a great night! And of course, we talked baby stuff all night too :) We always have such a great time with them.
New Years Eve
On New Years Eve we got together with Matt, Krysta, and my Dad and decided to go shooting again. Although the sun was a bit warmer this time, the wind was freezing! Atleast there wasn't any snow on the ground.
Don't we look GREAT? The wind was so cold we had to figure out some way to cover our ears. Fashion was not our goal :)
My Dad's 357 Magnum that he's owned for about 45 years. I LOVED shooting this gun! The kick-back wasn't too bad, and it didn't even hurt my hand. I did pretty well with it, too.
Krysta's new 38 Special, the "Lavender Lady." I loved shooting this one too! Very easy to handle, and very stylish :) If you can't tell in this picture, it is purple!
Me shooting the magnum. My target is a single skeet propped up in a tree. I got it on my first shot. Woohoo!
Todd shooting my Dad's 30 ot 6 (30-06) hunting rifle. We had a few skeet propped up in some trees about, I don't know, 100 yards or so? He got 2 of them on his first round. It was awesome!
These are the skeet they were aiming at.
We took some video that I'll post later.
After shooting we enjoyed a great lunch at Taggart's Grill and shot off some INSANE fireworks at my brother-in-law's house. Although it was absolutely freezing outside, we had a great time! We got to spend a little bit of time at my Mom's house too, sipping hot cocoa and talking about baby.
After talking to my Mom for a little while, she helped me realized that I've already felt Baby Lily moving around!! On December 23, while driving, it felt like someone slid their finder right down the inside center of my belly. I wasn't sure if that could be her or not, but my Mom through it was most likely baby. Since then I've felt little tiny movements or flutters here or there, but only when I'm really paying attention. She's not much of a mover yet! We'll see how long that lasts :)
New Years Day
I am now 14 weeks, almost 15 weeks, and am feeling great!
We enjoyed a fun New Years night with our friends, Chris and Christina Taylor, sipping sparkling cider, playing Farkle, and chatting. Perfect way to greet a new year!
A New Year calls for some new organization, right? My sister in law lined a picture frame with screen mesh to hang earrings and necklaces from. I finally put it up and organized my stuff!
Now just to keep Fanta away from it... :)
Happy New Year!
