Snowmobiling 2010

so in the winter garretts family goes on a snowmobiling trip in the uintahs. this is year number 3 so i think we can consider it a tradition by now, that will hopefully continue. we stay at a place called bear river lodge in christmas meadows, utah, about 25-30 min. outside of evanston. it is a cute little group of cabins, that are homey, clean, and well kept. they also have a LARGE hot tub, that is wonderful to soak in at about 1:00 a.m. (that is davis time for most peoples 10:30-11:00 p.m.). luckily i am a bit of night owl myself. the past couple of years we have rented a snowmobile for one of the days, but we decided to save the money this year. anyone who knows me, knows that i have grown to hate the cold and the idea of being bundled in that many layers with a giant helmet that makes it impossible to hear anything except the noisy engine for hours (what seems like an eternity to me)...so needless to say i was none to sad about the idea of saving some money and skipping the snowmobiling part. now i know i sound really boring and negative, i really do enjoy being outdoors, just not in the cold anymore. i wish i did. anyway, it was really nice garrett and i got the whole cabin to ourselves all day saturday. we watched a movie, took naps, had some cheese and sparkling cider, and just lounged around all day. so so nice, that is a vacation if you ask me. sunday no one rented snowmobiles, so we all slept in, had a big breakfast, watched a movie, played games, ate some more, and just enjoyed each others company. oh and the hot tub, way later on. then it was home on monday. it was a very nice relaxing weekend, just what we needed!

garrett with the sparkling cider

me with the sparkling cider, cheese, and yes that is a pink snuggie-thanks ash and brady!

the candy bar game

the ladies doin' a little cooking.

garrett with all of his green skittles

he was lucky with the dice that night

i have to talk about the famous "skittle game" - you have a large bowl of skittles in the middle of the table, everyone has there own smaller bowl and a straw. you quickly go around the table rolling a pair of dice. if you get a 7, 11, or doubles you get the big bowl of skittles and then you suck as many skittles into your own bowl with your straw, until of course someone else rolls 7, 11, or doubles, and they take it away. i must say i usually dominate as this game, until ginas husband teaguer came along, then i had some good competition. but not this time, first of all i NEVER rolled what i needed & every time i did (garrett was sitting right next to me) i kid you not he took it right away so i had time to maybe suck 1 or 2 skittles. i was furious!!!! and the worst part is, is that garrett only sucked the green ones..what is that about, and he won!!! he is usually not even a competitor in this game. just goes to show you, you never know whats going to happen. still mad at him..oh ya, he also got his highest score in yahtzee that night and rolled two yahtzees. he should have been in vegas instead.

headed to the hot tub
(not sure why the picture has lines in it)

on the way home :(

Christmas & New Years 2009

the holidays have come and gone. hard to believe they are over yet again, they go by way too fast every year. they are busy, but it is always so fun to be with family. some of our events for the month of december included: family parties with my moms side, dads side, and garretts dads side, garretts company party, christmas concert with the mormon tabernacle choir, the buds 5th annual sweater party, and of course garretts 30th birthday party! unfortunately i really didn't get too many pictures of the birthday party but it was fun. we ate fettucine alfredo for dinner and better than sex cake for dessert, and enjoyed great company all night long. here are some pictures from some of our outings.

at the sweater party we are fortunate enough to be invited to

garrett won for his whole ensemble!

most of the davis family

a glimpse of christmas eve day & night
(i don't know why it is so blurry if you click on it, its better)

for new years we first went to garretts sisters for a crab party. it is always good to see some of garretts friends that we don't get to see very often. then we went to lindsey and jimmys to ring in the new year. they are always gracious hosts and always have red vines. :)

the browns

happy new year!

the wings

new years day was also fun. it is so rare when garrett and i get a day off together because i work on saturdays when he is off, so it is fun to get to spend the whole day together. we went to the outlets in park ciry with my family and did a little shopping with christmas money. then we lunched at baja cantina...yummy mexican food. then we met up with some of garretts family and saw avatar. which i was very hesitant to see but i actually did enjoy it and garrett loved it. so we would suggest that, maybe not in 3d though, the glasses bugged.

the fam at baja cantina

us

2009 was a good year, a few great trips, new job for garrett, me becoming an independent stylist, and just spending another year together. we are blessed with wonderful friends and family surrounding us and just feel blessed with life in general, really not too many complaints. our big new years resolution for 2010-get a house! and many other things as well. we hope everyone had a happy new year and hope for the best in 2010-a new decade! crazy.