Christmas with..well.. Everyone!

(all of the Wilcox grandkids, you have no idea how hard it was to get everyone to stay still..and not cry...hah)

This year, like every year, was full of lots of food, presents, and family. Scott and I always sit and reflect on the last two days every Christmas night, and we always say that "next year, we're going to relax and enjoy the holiday". Not that we didn't enjoy ourselves this year and all of the prior years, we just mean that we're constantly running around to houses on my side of the family, then over to his side of the family, and we never get to sit and relax....nevertheless we had a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve we started out over at my parents house where they had all of the Wells side of the family over for dinner and our traditional "white elephant gift exchange". Scott says that I'm terrible at the game because I always get too enthusiastic about the gift I pick, and then it ends up getting stolen from me. Yet again..the same thing happened. I first ended up with movie tickets and I was so excited for a date with Scott, and my cousins boyfriend stole it back from me (I don't blame him, since I originially stole it from them). Anyway, once a gift is stolen twice it's considered "frozen" and that person is stuck with the gift. I then picked the movie Dark Knight, and showed my enthusiasm for it once again...and got it stolen this time by my older brother..thanks a lot! I ended up with a mini vacuum for my car by the end of the night..and I have to say, I was pretty excited. (those of you with kids know how messy cars get with crumbs, dirt, etc). After we left we went to Scott's parents where they had all of the Obergs over (My mother-in-laws side of the family) We ate a wonderful dinner and exchanged gifts again (yes..we had 2 dinners). Christmas morning we woke up bright and early and opened our gifts at home. Trent got a powerwheels mini ATV which he LOVED and crashed into everything, along with a basketball hoop, and some other toys from us. We went to Scott's parents afterwards, opened presents, then off to my parents to do the same. We got to rest for a little bit of the afternoon before heading out to Clovis to Scott's grandparents, where we had Christmas with the Wilcox side of the family. We were all exhausted by the time we got home, but had a very Merry Christmas!

opening presents at Scott's parents

Scott was sporting the money we got from his parents, that ultimately helped buy my new Canon Rebel EOS XS Camera..sooo EXCITED!!! and his boxing bag and weight tower

opening his stocking at my parents

Scott

I was tagged by several people to do this survey about my husband, but I've had so many other things to do lately that I haven't had any time...well it's now 3:45 in the morning and I have yet to sleep..also...Toddlers just DON'T sleep in, so I'll be up in about 3 1/2 hours. woohoo!!!

What is his name? Scott Michael Wilcox

Who eats more?He does

Who said "I love you" first?Well, 3 weeks into dating he told me that he had to quote "tell me something that might be too soon for me and scare me off" I knew what he was going to say so I encouraged him to tell me anyway, he told me and I of course said I love you back

Who is taller?He is, thank goodness, since I'm only 5'6

Who is smarter?Me of course!!! I graduated college a semester before him, lol..just kidding babe, if he hadn't of switched majors a year before graduating with a history degree to accounting, and then taking a few years off from school to work 6 to 7 days a week making AMAZING money, he would've graduated years before me. We're both smart in different areas, He has a lot more wisdom with "grown up things" such as bills and stuff like that.

Who is more sensitive?I am, but he can be pretty sensitive at times(word to the wise, don't tell someone they're "just being sensitive" when they're upset about something, it never does any good)

Who does the laundry?Hands down ME!!! although according to Scott, I only wash MY clothes...right...

Who sleeps on the Right side of the bed?If you're looking at the bed, Scott

Who pays the bills?he does, he's an accountant, so he's anal about money and balancing stuff

Who cooks more?Me, but when he cooks he's amazing at it

What meals do you cook together? the only ones we cook together are when he's barbequing and I'm making the side dishes

Who is more stubborn?He is...I'm NEVER stubborn :)

Who wears the pants in the relationship?hmm....when it comes to BIG financial decisions, we discuss it, but ultimately it's his decision since he makes the money, but when it comes to other things, I usually get my way :)

What do you like to do together?we LOVE LOVE LOVE going to Fresno State baseball games, we've been doing it ever since we started dating 4 years ago.

Who eats more sweets?we both like desserts, but I'd say I probably do

Guilty Pleasures?pestering people...he's great at it!

How did you meet? well he is my Bestfriend Kimmy's brother, so I had known him for years but he was 5 years older than me so it wasn't ever in the cards when I was younger (nor was it legal lol) But one day he asked Kimmy if he could have my number (in a sly way might I add) so that he could "go with me to church" lol..I love the excuse...and we've been together ever since, he's amazing!

Who asked out who?He asked me to church, then said "we should hang out outside of church" and officially asked me out on our first real date

Who kissed who first? He kissed me, in no way was I making the first move, but he waited til the 3rd date, and boy was I getting impatient lol

Who proposed to who? He proposed to me by taking me to Pismo with his sisters and their husbands and asking me on the beach at sunset, so perfect!

His best features? He has a great smile, and even though they're brown, I love his eyes

What is his best quality? He's an amazing father and husband. He will seriously help ANYONE out that needs it, even if they do take advantage of him. He always put us (Trent & I) first before him. He is funny, outgoing...LOUD :)..he is an amazing provider, he's smart, loyal, and has a HUGE heart even though he likes to act like a tough guy at times...and the best part is...he's mine forever! :)

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

Tonight we were invited to my dear friend Cascia's Ugly Christmas Sweater party. I searched and searched all week for an ugly sweater. I went to Walmart, Goodwill, Salvation Army, Target...everywhere!! I couldn't find a single sweater. I asked my mom if she had any, and she had given them all up. I asked my mother-in-law and she thought she didn't have any around anymore, so I asked my Aunt Janelle. She was so excited to loan me a sweater, it was hilarious. My Mother-in-law last minute ended up finding one so I let my neighbor Sarah borrow it for the evening, and I wore my aunt's Christmas Cat Sweater. Scott WAS going to wear his mom's sweater but was afraid of how he'd be perceived at the party by showing up in a WOMAN'S sweater...lol. He should've worn it because he definitely wouldn't have been out of place. There were the craziest and funniest outfits there, we had a great time!! We ended up having to leave right before games to pick up Trent at my parents...who were also watching Sarah and Chad's little girl Kaylin. I'm sad I didn't get pictures of everyone else's outfits but here's a few I did take. Thanks Cascia and Morgan for having us over, we had such a good time.


Cascia, Me, and Sarah

Scott, Me, Sarah and Chad

It came out a little blurry but I just had to take a picture of Morgan's(the Host of the party) outfit...nice tight blue turtleneck and white pants..I also loved the slicked to the side hair. haha

Check out our lovely sweaters!!

Utah Trip

Scott and I decided that we were long overdue for a vacation. My sister-in-law Amy just had her 4th baby in October and she was being blessed in church the Sunday after Thanksgiving in Heber City Utah where they live. We thought we'd go on a 10 day vacation to Utah! We left the Friday before Thanksgiving, and drove straight through the night so that Trent could sleep. He actually did pretty well, he woke up every hour and a half or so crying a little mostly out of discomfort in his carseat...but quickly went back to sleep. We had family pictures taken that Sunday and then went to Provo one day, Salt Lake, Park City, and Amy and I had pedicures (which was soooo nice). I'll post some of the pictures I took and explain them as I go...

Trent in front of the Provo Temple

Trent LOVED his new cousin Kyndra. He couldn't stop giving her kisses, so I had to run and grab my camera to capture this sweet moment. He also surprised us and when Kyndra started crying in her bassenette he went and grabbed a bottle from across the room, stood on his tip toes and tried to put it in her mouth....amazing a 13 1/2 month old would even THINK of doing something like that.

Can you tell Trent is VERY sick in this picture? This was taken Thanksgiving Day and the night before Trent was running a 103 temperature so we took him to the walk in clinic at Heber Hospital to make sure he was ok. The Dr. checked his ears for earaches and chest and lungs, he turned out fine, but would continue to have a temperature for the next 2 days, and a cold for the next week and a half, poor little guy!!! Needless to say, he didn't have a very fun Thanksgiving, infact he only ate a roll...not even TURKEY!!!

Thanksgiving day with cousins Grant, Kelsi and Kaylie. This was the only picture I got with the kids, and Trent was crying in it. I should've taken pictures BEFORE he got sick, but obviously I couldn't see what would happen in the future, I thought I had plenty of time for pictures.

The day after Thanksgiving, Scotts mom and sister Kimmy along with her daughter Sydney flew into Salt Lake for the weekend to see baby Kyndra get blessed. We decided to take a trip to temple Square so that we could get family pictures in front of the Salt Lake Temple...one of my favorites. I wish we could've been there at night to see everything lit up for Christmas, but we did get to see an awesome nativity scene they had set out!

Kaylie was sooo cold that she borrowed her 8 month old cousin Sydney's jacket...Kaylie's 4! haha, Scott says "this is our homeless niece" :)

A beautiful Christmas tree inside of the Joseph Smith Building. I wish we could have a tree that big and beautiful in our home!

This was the view outside of Amy's house in Heber. We only got snow one day, but it was melted within a few hours.

Trent ready to go to church for Kyndra's blessing...he's so handsome even when he is sick!

This is Trent waving to the camera in the airport on his way home with Grandma and Kimmy...now you're probably wondering where we were. We decided that it'd be best not to torture Trent, OR US by having a sick kid ride home in the car for 13 hours, so we were lucky enough to be able to send him on the plane home with Scott's mom and Sister. Kimmy was awesome and took a bunch of pictures for us, since we were missing Trent's first experience on a plane. This is him putting his shoes back on after security.

Riding the escalator with Grandma, we were told he LOVED the people mover.

waiting for their plane

Since their flight wasn't until 9 at night, we got into Fresno at exactly the same time. Trent did great (so we're told) on the plane and flirted with the flight attendant, ate cookies, and pounded on the tray in front of him. We almost got a scare though, their flight was almost cancelled due to heavy fog in Fresno, and they would've been re-routed to Reno and they'd have to stay overnight. Thank goodness, they landed safely!

Professional Family Pictures

While in Utah for 10 days visiting my sister in law Amy and her family, we decided to get professional family pictures taken. I think that some of them turned out pretty cute considering that Trent was woken up from only a 45 minute nap and was in an uncooperative mood. I'll post some pictures we took of our vacation in another post in a few days.