Christmas Time in Arizona

Well, we survived Christmas all on our own! Since I had to work Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas, there wasn't time for us to go home :( so we had Christmas all on our own! Just the two of us! It was splendid! We didn't really miss the snow (well I didn't) and we got to relax all day. Of course it wouldn't be Christmas day without some monkey bread, so I made sure to make some first thing when we woke up. 

 The tree on Christmas day! 

 Austin really wanted to be in charge of sorting all the presents in to piles, so while I worked on the monkey bread he made the piles. 

 We got lots of goodies including a new Christmas sweater for church...

 new basketball shorts... 

 a surprise gift! 

 That's right a Dewalt sander haha He hadn't asked for one, but I thought it would be a fun gift for both of us. He gets another Dewalt and I get a sander for crafts! 

 So I ended up buying all my Christmas presents this year, all but one. Austin surprised me with one awesome gift! I had no idea it was coming :) He is such a trickster! 

 A new coach wallet! 

 My other favorite gift... my new boots! I bought these boots back on Thanksgiving break and have been dying to wear them for the last month! 

 Last but not least, new iphones! This was by far Austin's favorite gift. Going from a three year old blackberry to a new iphone was quite the change for Austin. 

 Ready for Christmas church! 

 The one good picture we got together on Christmas :) 

 Then today I was so exited to wear my new boots that Austin insisted we take a picture. 

We really did have a great Christmas, just the two of us. Now that I can actually take a few days off from work, my family is coming down! Hooray for the holidays!

I Love Traditions

It's that time of year again when Austin and I make sugar cookies! It is something we started back when we were dating, and every year we have a little holiday date night while making and decorating cookies together! I think the only reason we really stick to this tradition every year is because these are Austin's favorite sugar cookies, and it's the only time he get them! I still love doing it though :) Austin really helped out this year! Usually I make everything and then Austin joins in the decorating, but this year he was there through the whole process.

Getting ready to roll out the dough

 Almost there...

 Lookin' good! 

 This was my favorite cookie :) 

 Santa will love these cookies ;D haha 

I sure love the Christmas season, almost as much as I love date nights with my husband! 

Christmas Time is Here!

I'm not gonna lie, I haven't really been in the Christmas spirit lately! With the weather being in the sunny 70's it just wasn't feeling like Christmas. Well then today a cold front blew in and it really is starting to hit me that it's December!

I added a feather boa to the tree this year. Austin doesn't like it much because it sheds feathers, but I think it looks like snow! 

Thanksgiving

After enjoying a short trip to Litchfield, we spent the rest of the break just hanging out around Arizona. It's sad to say but it didn't really feel like much of a break for me... We had to stay so I could work the wonderful madness of Black Friday (never again will I do that!), but fortunately we had a visitor to keep us company! I was so sad that I didn't take many pictures over the break but we still had an awesome time! On Thanksgiving day we had our own little dinner with some med school friends. Josh and Bonnie were nice enough to host it at their house. We had tons of food and it was good to get together with everyone! That night I went in to work the midnight madness as the mall called it. It truly was an eye opening experience.

I did manage to get two pictures with Ashley the last day she was here. After working all day Friday, I took Saturday off and we did a little shopping around Scottsdale Fashion Square. We also had to stop by Sprinkles Cupcakes before she left.

We really did have an awesome time with Ash, and we were so happy she wanted to be down here with us for Thanksgiving!