It's Christmas, It's Christmas!

Well, its not Christmas anymore.. but we are keeping our Christmas tree up since we don't have anything to put in its spot just yet. So.. its still Christmas at the Anderson home for us :)

Jayson and I both had to work on Christmas Eve, so we were a little disappointed that we couldn't go back home to California.. but we still had a great holiday none the less! We played some of our video games that Jayson's brother, Cody, had sent up to us. The next day we went up to Jayson's sister Brittny's house and finished off Christmas with them. Their youngest son, Daniel-7 months old, was fast asleep when we got there so we couldn't play very much :/ Their oldest son, Sam-2 years old, was being his normal, wild and crazy toddler self. He's a bundle of fun and loved the gift we got him! It was a Buzz Lightyear handheld keyboard learning game.

Christmas this year was a little weird for me though.. I woke up on Christmas Eve thinking about what outfit to wear to my gandmother's (I call her Farmor: it means Father's Mother) Danish food-dinner, only to realize that I currently live 800 miles away and wasn't going to be attending that dinner. On Christmas morning, I was folding laundry and remembered how last year I wore my Zebra pajama pants to my aunt Tara's for breakfast and presents. Like I said, even though my first Christmas with the greatest gift Heavenly Father has given me was more than amazing, I still wish we were able to make it home for Christmas!

Sad Story Time: Well, not super sad..but still...
A few weeks ago I broke the band on my ring :/ I have no idea how I did it or when it happened, but it happened. So Jayson and I started looking online for a new ring for me. I found this BEAUTIFUL, braided band ring that I fell in love with, so we ordered it online. When it arrived I was so excited to put it on....until I saw the fake 5 carat rock sitting on my finger and Jayson and I were speachless... We knew it was a fake (well, chemically generated) diamond, but we weren't expecting it to be that big and look the way it did. Anyway, we sent it back. So I had no ring for a few days :(

On Christmas morning, I opened my package from the Disney store that Jayson had gotten me and inside I found a silver, twisted ring with the letter 'A' on one end and mickey mouse ears on the other. It was just supposed to be a ring to wear till we found one I really liked, but I love this one way more than any other ring I've found. Its cute, simple, has our monogram on it, and of course, DISNEY! I think I'm gonna stick to this thing till we get Sealed.

So that's our Christmas! Sorry for not having pictures.. I'll have to get better and taking some...

But here is one other present I got from Jayson: Mickey Mouse reusable ice cubes, and a 'Wedding Day' snow globe that's also a jewelry box!

The month of December

Okay, Okay, we will get better at posting more and not just waiting for a holiday to write and update.. I promise!

Well, what has December with the Anderson's been like? Lets see.... pretty ridiculously boring. I work every day from 10:30am-9:00pm and Jayson works all day as well (his hours vary depending on the day) so we don't get the chance to go out and do anything really. When we get off work, we usually just come home, throw in a TV dinner and watch a movie till we fall asleep, then do the same thing all over again the next day. Did you say TV dinners? Yes, yes I did. Why are you eating TV dinners? Well, its not that we can't afford 'real' dinners, we are just so sick of food. Not in the 'I have an eating disorder' kind of way.. we just literally are sick of food. With both of us working in restaurants all day, neither of us wanna come home and see more of it. Jayson is still going through his management training, so he has to be trained for all of the positions at work, including the cooking and prepping. I am an 'expedite' so I take the food out of the window, tray it up for the servers, and then run it out to the tables. Trust me, out of starting at food for 90% of your day, you easily get tired of seeing it and definitely are not in the mood to eat any of it.

Jayson's work has been going well. Like I said, he's still doing management training, but he is finished with the cooking/prepping food part of it. Poor guy has cuts and burns on his fingers and arms :( Not bad ones.. just wittle ones... he's okay :) They finally gave him a store location too! We're not too excited about it.. but he'll be working at the store inside the Salt Lake City airport when it opens in March. Its only a 15 minute drive from where we live, but there is one two minutes away from us that we were hoping for. That's okay though, things will work out!!

My job? Pain in the butt!! But I definitely prefer it over being a server.. they only make $2 something an hour and I make $8.00 plus tips. So its a good source of income, but it gets annoying.. As you can tell, I am SICK beyond sick of food.. I'm gonna be looking for a new job soonish..

Weather? I AM SO ANNOYED!

No..there is NO SNOW! -_-

none. zero. zip. nada. silch. no me gusta. no bueno!

I was expecting a WHITE Christmas! W-H-I-T-E!!

Its just cold.. 27-37 degrees all week. Any time it does snow, its melted by morning...

Well, its 10:30pm on Christmas Eve, and I'm gonna go spend it with my husband. Sorry for the horrid update...but it is what it is :) We've got some fun things planned for tomorrow so I'll update you on that stuff later!

Merry Christmas!!

Love, The Andersons