So this week involved a lot of sitting and relaxing and then a few exciting days.

I went to Sandy on Monday and got to spend the day with my family which was nice. I ran some errands with my mom, we had lunch with Marissa and then hung out with Brandon when we got home. I miss them and wish I could come down more often! There are days when it is very hard being so far from everyone. I got home with only 20 minutes before I had to login to work. It was awesome!

We haven't watched very many movies this week. We watched 5 episodes of Firefly and we only have 3 left! We watched a few episodes of Big Bang Theory and are probably half way through the first season. I watched the first episode of the Dresden Files which was an okay show but it probably gets worse since there is only one season. I hope it gets better! It has an interesting plot. A wizard uses magic to solve crimes. It sounds cheesy and there was a little cheese in the episode but not too bad. I watched the Grinch with Tirza, Brandie and her daughter McKenzie since Tirza had never seen it before. She seemed to like it! I don't think Tyson has ever seen it and I don't think he wants to. I'm not Jim Carrey biggest fan but I thought he did a really good job with the it.

So this week I found out that I am NOT pregnant. I thought that I was pregnant because I looked up the symptoms and had a lot of them. Mood swings (poor Tyson!), nausea, cramps, cravings, extreme thirst, exhaustion, headaches, etc. I was waiting to take a home pregnancy test because I wanted to take it when I was sure it would be accurate. On Wednesday I woke up and I felt awful. I had really bad cramps and I never get cramps when I'm on the Pill. I was in a ton of pain and couldn't get a hold of my doctor. When Tyson came home I starting crying and panicking and he made a doctor's appointment for me. We were worried I was having a miscarriage because of my symptoms. The doctor did a blood test and found out I wasn't. My first thought was 'Then what the heck is wrong with me?!' The lab had closed by that point so he said he'd run some tests in the morning. We still don't know what it is because the tests for diabetes and a thyroid issue came back normal. At least I know for sure!

Tyson is still not feeling great. He almost completely lost his voice Saturday and is finally going to make an appointment. We both have been exhausted because he's been sick and I think I've been fighting off whatever he has. I haven't gotten sick but I've been very tired. Hopefully he gets some meds and is feeling better by Christmas!

We had 2 Christmas parties on Saturday. We had the one for Tyson's extended family and the one for my extended family. With his family we had lunch and played games. We passed around cards with cartoons and had to guess which Christmas song they were. Then we drew Santa on a big piece of paper taped to a door and each person took turns drawing a body part. He looked awesome when we were done! At my family party we talked to a few people and did the white elephant gift exchange. I got a puzzle. I HATE puzzles. I'll have to figure out a way to make Tyson do it! Tirza got a Reese's in the kids gift exchange but really wanted Brite Crawlers. She doesn't like Reese's so we gave it to my mom and got her some Brite Crawlers the next day. Poor kid. She was pretty bummed! At our Christmas parties we showed pictures to our families that we'd had printed and everyone said they looked great and then they said that Tirza looked like me! I was very flattered and surprised. I picked Tirza up from Girl Scouts on Friday and the lady who was hosting it said the same thing! In our Christmas pictures we have practically the same eye color. Its crazy!

This week will probably be a little bit busier with Christmas so we'll have more to post next week. Merry Christmas!

This has been quite the busy week! The best part was that Thursday was the 2 year anniversary of when Tyson and I had our first kiss and started dating. Its crazy because it doesn't seem like its been that long and at the same time I can't remember what life was like before Tyson. I must say that I think I got really lucky! Tyson is a wonderful person with a big heart and he is so kind. Tyson will do anything for his friends and he is always there for everyone. He is patient and loving and giving. He is a wonderful father. Seeing him with Tirza is the sweetest thing. He is so sweet to her and she just adores him. Hopefully this is just the beginning of our relationship and life together. Tyson is so easy to be around and I can definitely see myself being with him forever! I love him so much!! It was a really fun night and we had a very nice dinner at the Olive Garden and our server was really nice. He gave us free Zeppoli! We went and saw Tangled which I absolutely loved and Tyson really liked. I think I'll watch it again when it hits the dollar theaters and then buy it when it comes out!

As for the other movies we watched this week there aren't very many. We watched a few episodes of Firefly and we only have 8 episodes left which is good because we have acquired about 3 new shows that we need to watch after! I got seasons 1 and 3 of Big Bang Theory and season 2 has shipped so we'll be getting that soon! We have watched 3 episodes of that and I can't wait to watch more! I think that show is so ridiculously funny.

We got some new stuff this week! On Tuesday we got our new dishwasher. This of course happened after I decided I couldn't take the growing pile of dishes in our sink and hand washed everything- you guessed it!- on Monday. Oh well. I am very grateful to have it and since we live in an apartment we didn't have to buy it! We just washed our first load and it is so powerful and loud that while sitting in the office it sounds like a wave is coming crashing down the hallway. The other new stuff we got is our dressers! We finally have a matching bedroom set for the first time in either of our lives! We didn't unload the stuff out of the old dressers the night before they delivered the new ones so we now have FOUR dressers in our bedroom. It is getting pretty crammed! Thankfully we have a pretty big master bedroom. I unloaded most of my stuff into my dresser (I have so much crap I got the bigger one :)) and Tyson will load his dresser when he is feeling better. They look so good!! I will post the after pictures once we get the old dressers out.

This week has not been a great one for Tyson. The poor guy is very sick and has had a sore throat most of the week. When he woke up during the week his throat was so sore he could barely talk. He started getting congested and feeling worse just in time for the weekend. Work has not been helping either. The new company that took over requires the employees to pass exams on their policies. The graveyard guys have not passed all of their exams and Tyson had to get up at 3 am Friday morning to go in and train them. They had to have their exams passed that day. He was so exhausted that when he came home after the furniture delivery guys left he passed out for almost 4 hours. He is going to make a doctor's appointment so hopefully he'll be feeling better soon!

We played a few fun games this week. We played Carcassonne on Wednesday with Tirza and I won for the first time ever! It was with Tyson's help of course since he's played it more and knows how to strategize. It is a game where you build a map tile by tile and create cities, roads and a river. Everything is worth a certain number of points and there are certain pieces that give extra points. Of the 150 or so total points I got, 50 of them were from one city! It was a lot of fun. We also played In a Pickle with Tyson's brother Brandon, his wife Ashley, and friend Jared. There are 320 cards in that game and we spent 3 hours playing them all! The game starts with 4 cards in the middle and each card has a noun. You can put something that is bigger or smaller on it and it goes from there. So you can start with an airplane and then put microwave on top and the next card has to be something smaller than a microwave. Whoever puts the 5th card on the pile keeps it. We played all of them! It was a lot of fun! The best one was that one of the starter cards was a pear tree. I said "Wouldn't it be cool if there was a card with a partridge on it?" and Jared drew the partridge card! We had a partridge in a pear tree :) Surprisingly we didn't play Last Night on Earth this weekend but I'm sure we'll play it soon!

Tyson's family Christmas party was Saturday night. Everyone was coming over for the UFC so Lisa decided to make it a party. She prepared a ton of food for everyone and it was so good! Troy made his famous salsa that I am addicted to and I watched him make it and he told me what he did. I can't wait to try it at home! In all, the people who were there was Ashley, Brandon, Jared, Robbie, Brandie and her sons Lucas and Kayden and Troy and Lisa of course. We had so much fun! The fights were pretty good and Georges St-Pierre won the championship fight which is who we were rooting for! We hung out until midnight and it was so nice to get to talk to everyone.

Next week is probably going to be just as busy or busier and I can't wait!

I know that I am posting a little late but we are just barely recovering from the weekend. The good news is that we are done with Tirza's shopping and thanks to my awesome neighbor Hannah her presents are wrapped! Present wrapping must never be done solo because it sucks and takes forever. I had fun and Hannah's help made it go by so fast!

This week we have watched several episodes of Firefly and will be done with it just in time to start watching Big Bang Theory. Seasons 1 and 3 should be arriving next week so that we can start watching them! We watched Two Weeks Notice which is one of my favorite movies and Tyson has never seen it. We finally watched a movie that I've seen and Tyson hasn't! We watched the Sorcerer's Apprentice with our friend Brandie because she and Tyson have never seen it. I love it! We also watched From Paris with Love from Netflix. I loved that movie!! Plus it didn't hurt that Tyson looks a lot like Johnathan Rhys Meyers (Tyson is hotter though!).

I got to catch up with my friend Amber this week. I met her in the 7th grade since our older sisters were friends and we used to push her cat around in my doll stroller. She lives in Salt Lake but just happens to work at the Krispy Kreme down the street! She stopped by after work one day and we got to talk for a while. We made lunch and it was really nice to see her again. Hopefully I'll get to see more of her!

A lot of this week was spent in preparation for Tyson's friends Christmas party. Tyson has a unique group of friends. They grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other almost 15 years and they all get along (mostly). It was a little nerve wracking meeting his friends for the first time when they've known each other for so long! This party is special for me and Tyson because it is where we met 2 years ago and now we're hosting it! We bought new decorations for the tree on Wednesday and it took 3 hours to put them up! My favorite part is the gel decorations on the mirror in the bathroom. It says 'Wish Big' and is green and red with a red present and red and green stars. They look like Jell-O! We moved some stuff around and cleaned the apartment on Thursday. I did most of it since Tyson was stressing and it was my day off. I must say it was pretty darn clean! On Friday we got some more stuff for the party and some paper plates and stuff since our dishwasher is broken. We are having dinner at the party and I did not want to hand wash all the dishes! The party started at 6 and went until almost 1 am. It was a lot of fun! We had 14 adults and 6 kids in our 1300 square foot apartment. It was chaos but fun chaos :) We had a full turkey dinner with veggies, fruit, rolls, chips and dip and cookies for dessert! The adults did a white elephant and the kids did a gift exchange. Tirza was very happy with her Tinkerbell scratch off activity book. The adults played Liar's Dice and had a good time talking. We were all completely exhausted after the party and I didn't end up making it through my entire graveyard shift. I also learned a very important lesson: clean after the party.

Saturday was also a day of parties. Tirza had a tea party in the morning and then a birthday party at Classic Skating that afternoon. She had gotten roller blades for her birthday in March and had just taken them out of the box. She wouldn't get off the carpet but I told her I'd hold her hand if she skated in the rink. That independent little girl held my hand for about 3 seconds and then she was off on her own! She would completely face plant and then get right back up again. She is such a determined kid and will try and try until she gets it right. She asked her dad to skate with her for the snow ball and it was really cute! Tyson is such a good dad. It was adorable seeing them together and I got some great pictures! The fun didn't stop after 3 parties. We went to Brandie's that night and all got together to play Last Night on Earth. It was a very busy weekend! Next week will probably be just as busy with the new dishwasher, new dressers and our 2 year anniversary!

Pictures!

Our Christmas tree! We got all new stuff this year.

Ashley and Brandon at our party. I think we officially have more pictures of them than us.
Brandie and Lucas
The boys
The girls!

Page and Tyson. They are good friends!
We will be getting a new dresser that has cubbies for electronics!
We are getting a new dresser to replace this!
The new furniture that we got in September. The dressers we ordered will match!

This is Tyson's brother Brandon and his wife Ashley on Thanksgiving.
One group shot before we took Tirza home!
Grandpa Russon (Lisa's dad) was eating nuts and got the shells on him so she vacuumed him!
Pirate Tyson playing Sequence.
The boys on Thanksgiving. They were watching the game but we stole Tyson and he played games with the girls. I wouldn't know what to do if he liked sports! The pictures are posted separate because it was such a pain to post them that I can't imagine typing around them!