Merry Christmas 2007

Well Christmas has come and gone already, and it's getting closer to new years. I thought I would quickly go through all the fun events that have occurred.

Christmas Eve was spent with the in-laws. We had an excellently tasty meal of Ham and Funeral Potatoes. Yummy! We opened gifts after dinner. We gave Amy's parents a gift certificate to Famous Daves, and they spoiled us with all sorts of good stuff. I got a brick of .22 shells, and Amy got some crafty stuff, and then they gave both of us a food sealer. Very nice! The rest of Christmas Eve was spent watching movies, and dinking around on the computers.

Christmas Day, I rolled out of bed at about 10:30am, and went through all the fun stuff Amy put in my stocking. We didn't have any presents to open this morning because we got all our gifts early because we are spoiled. This year we each got coats, a memory foam topper for our bed, and a few other things. And of course, I got a new laptop. :) After breakfast, which was muffins and hot chocolate, we slowly got ready, and headed to my parents for the rest of the day. While my parents were making dinner, we all played Rock Band, which was pretty fun. Dinner was the traditional dinner my mom does every year. We ate Turkey, Potatoes, Yams, Brussel sprouts, etc. Yum! We also got gifts from the fam too. Mom and Dad gave us money, which we had used a while back on stuff. Sarah and Shaun gave us a egg&muffin maker. Pretty cool. Simon hooked us up with some cool Skull Candy headphones, Scott got us some really fun board games, and Sam got me a book, and Amy some pink slippers. Very cool! The afternoon after dinner was spent playing dominoes, eating goodies, and having a fun good time. We just barely got home, and it's already 11:30pm!

Christmas was very fun this year! I am looking forward to New Years already.

The rest of the week

Well, I didn't make it to commenting on the rest of my trip, but that's ok. Let's just say that the trip was a success, I had a good time in Des Moines, and it's nice to be home now. Amy picked me up from the airport Thursday night, and was pretty glad I was finally home. 

Friday night we had Amy's company party. Every year it's up at the Little America Hotel in SLC, and there is usually a buffet food, and then some sort of crappy entertainment. This year they had a hypnotist, and surprizingly, it was very entertaining. It's the first year we haven't walked out after the food. After the party, we went out for ice cream with a few of Amy's coworkers too. Also, while we were at the party, my brothers came over and made themselves at home, as they were planning on staying over at our place for the night.

Saturday morning was my ward's Christmas party. We had a breakfast buffet, which was tasty, and I am not sure what the entertainment was, as we quietly snuck out after eating. I spent the remainder of the afternoon with my brothers playing video games, and hanging out. That night was my parents ward christmas party, and I had been asked to do some photography. I took the pictures of all the little kids sitting on Santa's lap. It turned out well, and I ended up taking some nice photos. And that, was pretty much my weekend.

Oh, and my new Dell 1521 laptop came in the mail on Friday. Happy early Christmas to me! :)

Trip to Des Moines - Day 2

Well today is day 2 of my trip to Iowa. This morning was very interesting. I woke up and turned on the news to find out that a lot of schools and such had been closed due to bad weather conditions. I went out to my car to go to the office here, and my car was completely encased in ice! It was crazy. I have never seen weather like that before. Below are two pictures from the inside of my car before I cleared off my windows. It took a while to get the ice off, and I broke one of the ice scrapers before I was able to clean it all. Luckily I had another one in my car, and that one didn't break. The day of work was ok, I didn't some system training with the folks out here, and the day went by pretty quickly. After work, I drove around the area to find some dinner. I went to the mall nearby, to find it deserted, and shut down as the weather was crappy. I drove around a bit more, and ended up going to Chili's. I then stopped by the grocery store to pic some stuff up, and then headed back to the hotel. And that was my very exciting day. :)

Trip to Des Moines - Day 1

Well today is the first day of a 4 day trip to Des Moines, Iowa. I am here on business for ADP, to do some training at our office here. This morning I worked from home, and then my father-in-law took me to the Airport. I got there early, so I ended up waiting around for about 2 hours. The plane to DSM was very small. Probably the smallest plane I have ever ridden in. It was a 50 seater. Luckily no one sat next to me, so I had a bit more room to stretch out. The flight was about 3 hours, and went by pretty quick. I grabbed a rental car - Chev Impala - and headed off to the hotel. It was interesting trying to get there, but luckily didn't even get lost. I am staying at the Marriott, which is pretty nice. They gave me a Jacuzzi suite. It's got two rooms, two flat screens tv's, and a huge tub. It's pretty tight. Right as I started to get comfortable, the fire alarm went off, and they evacuated everyone out of the hotel for a few minutes due to a reported fire in the hotel. So I headed over to the McDonalds for a quick bite to eat. And that's about it for today. I will be doing some training Tues, Wednesday, and coming home Thurs. If I remember, maybe I'll blog about my week after it's over. :)