Hobbies

Brian just got called to be a Provo temple worker. He loves it and it is such a wonderful opportunity for him. He works every Saturday from 10:30-4 so he is gone most of the time and I hardly ever see him. At first I told him that we should have a baby so I'm not always home alone; however, we're not quite ready for that big of an adventure yet so I decided to make a baby blanket instead. :) It has been so much fun and so much WORK! I saw a puff quilt once when I was a little kid walking through a boutique with my mom and I wondered why they were so dang expensive. Now I know why. I would have charged a million dollars if I would have made a blanket that big. 

So, it's little, but I had to add more and more because sewing all the squares together made it pretty darn small. I put about 75 hours into it and finished it in just under a week. It did go fast, but I would work on it every second I had so I could:

A- finish it 

B- get feeling back in my fingers (pins hurt!)

C- get over my love/hate relationship with it and be done!

D- vow to never make another one ever again!

Well, here it is. :) I'm pretty fond of it!

It was Brian's Birthday on December 14th and he turned the grand old age of 26! I tried to convince him that his birthday is totally separate from Christmas; however, it was totally useless since he talked me into having him open 3 Christmas presents on his birthday and the December birthday party was mixed in with the family Christmas party. Blast! Maybe next year? 

Our Christmas at home was super awesome! We had our 'Anderson Christmas' on December 20th. I woke Brian up at 5:30 only because I couldn't wait anymore. It was like I was 5 years old again! We had a really great Christmas! We were both so excited and played with our new toys all morning! My parents also got me a sewing machine that I was super psyched about! 

We went to Ohio for Christmas and had a blast! Jeff and Mary were there with our cute nephew and niece. We had so much fun playing with their kids since we don't have kids yet (and we like that.) We need to have fun being aunts and uncles first, right! :) We also had the Anderson family annual relay race and Brian and I won the race! It was pretty surprising that Brian and Jeff made it since they both have bad knees. We were pretty excited though. We had another race the next week and we came in second place. Our cousins beat us....but only by a little bit. 

We had a great time shopping and walking through Cincinnati. I had never been to the city, but it was pretty neat. We just walked through the skywalk and went to the top of the Carew Tower to look over the city. 

We really had a wonderful vacation during Christmas! It was so nice to get out of Provo without work and school and spend time with the family. We played more games than I ever have in a lifetime and watched more movies in one week than I usually do in a month. It was really nice and relaxing! 

Well, now we're home and getting settled in the daily routine of work and school. I haven't had a ton of fun going back to work, but I guess it's nice to be back to normal life. It is good to be home though. We hope everyone had a really great holiday season!!

I've recently discovered that Brian isn't very good at being patient. He always tells me that we should open a present everyday so that we can spread the Christmas cheer throughout all of December instead of just on one day. Yup, I caved in one day and let him open ONE present. He was pretty excited to play San Juan and since I always get beat by his family, I thought I'd start practicing playing new games before Christmas. However, it was kind of a bad mistake. Ever since then, he begs and pleads to spread out Christmas cheer and since it's now December...it's even worse! :) Luckily he will give up sooner or later and we still have some presents under our tree!

This was a whole new thing for me! I haven't cut my hair since I was 12 years old and in 7th grade. Brian kept telling me that my hair was getting too long, and I got more and more frustrated with not being able to do anything with it, so I chopped it all off. Ok, maybe not all of it, but it's still pretty short to me. I like it a TON better and it makes my head feel about 35 pounds lighter.