Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Me sleeping with some ski goggles on after Lasik, much more comfy than the cheap ones they give you to sleep in! Wow I look really coop. :)
Here are the 8 super amazing and adorable kids that were with us for xmas this year. 5 are Leslie's, 2 are Merediths, and 1 is Stephanies. From the left there is Josh holding Benjamin, Lauren, Maddie holding Reagan, Alisa, Zach, and Katie. I love these kids! And really it makes me so excited to have my own. :)
Me right before I went in for my eye surger, not my most glamorous moment but heh can't have everything right?
All the kids on Xmas morning doing their funny poses. I love it!
The twin boys of the family, Josh, and Zach and my younger brother Alex in the middle, some fine lookin men!
Eric and I super tired but happy on Xmas Morning.
Danny and Leslie wonderful parents of 5 and a blast to hang out with! Hope you guys had a fun trip to Canada!
Steph and Josh lookin good! Seriously 7am on xmas and you manage to look pretty.:)
Aaron and Meredith. Mere looks cute, Aaron looks like he's having too much fun:)
My Dad was the "Losercorn" for our animal game and he played the part well. j/k!
Katie, Grandmom, Leslie, Maddie setting up the Xmas tree.
Dad and Ben taking a little rest, anytime we put a kid in my dad's arms he would fall asleep and so would the kid, so cute!


It has been a very merry, exciting, and busy Christmas and New Year for our family. For Xmas we went to visit my parents and family in Kanab Utah and we both had a great time sledding with all the kids, eating good food, and playing tons of fun games! It was a great week and spending time with family is the best! For New Year's Eve Eric and I went up to his parents in South Weber and had a fun cozy time with his parents eating good food and playing fun games. On New Years day we spent the better part of it at his sister Natasha's brand new apartment. It was beautiful and so impressive it was so cool to see that her husband, Jake, and his father put the whole apartment together basically by themselves.

Other than family time Eric and I have been able to ski a couple times so far and plan on doing it a lot more in January, February and March. Woo Hoo! I am also proud to report that I got straight A's in all my classes this semester so that always feels good.

Most exciting for me is probably that I had the opportunity to get ILasik this past Friday January 2nd. The surgery was very intense, emotional, and scary, but quick. I posted the videos of it if you would like to view them. They are pretty creepy but pretty cool. The great thing about Lasik is the recovery is so easy and amazing! All I had to do was go sleep for a few hours after put in a million eye drops, sleep with my skiing googles and for three nights and have some mild discomfort. It is amazing though I can see and I don't need glasses or contacts! I keep thinking I need to go put my glasses on or take out my contacts but then I remember I can see almost perfectly already and those days of four eyes are over! It really is pretty great. Eric recorded the surgery in 12 segments so if you want to watch it then start with Lasik 1 and work your way to number 12 to see it in the best order. If you have questions post comments and I will try to answer the best I can. Enjoy!

Eric and I are looking forward to a great New Year and welcome 2009 with open arms!