Moon Family Christmas Party

Friday was the Moon family Christmas party. We had dinner at a church (I brought pozole yum!) and then we went to a barn and acted out the Nativity scene. It was pretty cool being in the barn. My sister, Marlaina, who just had a baby was Mary and her husband was Joseph and their new baby was baby Jesus. It was cold, and we were able to get a little more of an idea how Mary must have felt having to lay her baby in the manger. We came back to the church and finished the wisemen part of the nativity and then exchanged presents. I also got some of my Grandpa's mission stuff from Tahiti. It's pretty cool the things that he kept. It was fun seeing my family. Some of them I hadn't seen for a long time.

Merry Christmas!!!

On Sunday, Jake and I were coming home and we saw Santa Claus out on the road waving to people as they were going by to look at the Christmas lights near our house. He must have been out giving presents early. That night we had some neighbor kids over and we strung popcorn for our tree. It was pretty fun, but hard because the popcorn kept breaking. The end product looks pretty good.

On Christmas Eve, my parents came up from Vegas to visit us for Christmas. Santa Claus was out again greeting everyone, getting ready to make his rounds. We had pozole for dinner, a Mexican soup they have for any kind of celebration. Afterwards, we read the Christmas story from the Bible and the Book of Mormon, listened to Christmas music, and ate chocolates. We didn't get up bright and early on Christmas day like we used to as children. We slept in a bit, then made breakfast, and then opened presents. Christmas is a lot different when there aren't any kids around. They seem to be a lot more excited about the holiday. We still enjoyed being together as a family.It had been snowing all week long, with a fresh load dumped on us on Christmas Eve, so we bundled up and went to Jake's parent's house to go sledding. It was pretty fun. We had a great time together. There were some crazy hills and wacky falls in the powder, but thankfully no one got hurt.When we had our fill of sledding, we came home, played a tough game of Trivial Pursuit 20th Anniversary Edition and then went back to Jake's parents and had Christmas dinner. We enjoyed spending time with our families for Christmas.

Christmas and Chocolates

Growing up, I remember taking one or two days in December and making all kinds of chocolates. We'd make fudge, caramel, dip pretzels, make peanut butter cups, peanut clusters, and almost any other kind of candy and cookies you could think of. It was for Christmas Eve. We'd have the candy out starting Christmas Eve, clear through the New Year. This year, Jake and I decided to continue that tradition and make chocolates to give as gifts to our neighbors and to have them for Christmas Eve. We spent Sunday afternoon making peanut butter cups, caramel cups (although they were hard to get out of the pan), peanut clusters, and rice krispie clusters. The candies turned out really good and they taste good too. Next: more peanut butter cups, fudge and pretzels.

Bowling

Jake and I went bowling on Saturday. I got my first turkey ever!!! I won the first two games and then Jake won the next three. In the second game I came from behind, got my turkey, and beat Jake, bowling a 141, my second best score ever. We are the champions!

Christmas Tree Hunting

Jake and I went hunting for a Christmas tree yesterday with our friends Brandon and Shawna and their kids. It was a perfect day to go, with lots of snow in the mountains. We got a little lost on our way there, but we decided we better just go in the direction that all the cars with Christmas trees attached to their cars were coming. After hiking around for about 30 minutes, Jake and I found the tree that was waiting for us. Jake cut the tree down and he dragged it down the mountain and we took it to a better home. I think all the trees in the forest wanted to come home with us and become a Christmas tree, but this tree was the lucky tree. Today after church we spent the afternoon listening to Christmas music and decorating the tree. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

BYU-Utah Rival Game

On Saturday, November 24, 2007 was an amazing day. BYU beat Utah, 17-10! Jake and I had season tickets, so we got to go to the game. When we woke up in the morning, you could smell football in the air, especially a BYU victory. Many people picked it to be a close game, with Utah coming out on top. It came down to the end, like it has for the past few years. BYU was down 9-10 with 1:30 to go in the game. BYU dominated the whole game, but let a touchdown get by them. Max Hall got sacked, and before they knew it, BYU had a 4th and 18. They had to convert it in order to win. Everyone in the stadium were on their feet. Hall threw a pass to Collie and converted the first down. A few plays later, Unga ran it in for the touchdown and the stadium went wild. Here's the last play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiByBYE753s For the second year in a row, BYU came back from an almost impossible situation to beat the Utes and put them in their place. What a game!

Thanksgiving with the Moons

Friday morning we did the Black Friday thing, and got a good deal on a computer. We didn't even have to wake up super early. We went to Circuit City at around 11am and there was one last door buster deal available, so we snatched it up.
We had Thanksgiving with my family on Friday. All of my nieces and nephews have grown up so much!! It was fun to get together and see everyone again. It had been awhile since I'd seen some of my family members, so it was fun to catch up with everyone. The best thing about having two Thanksgivings - I got to eat pumpkin pie two days in a row!

Thanksgiving in Cedar City

Jake and I went to to Cedar City for Thanksgiving. We left the day before and headed down to Jake's aunt's house. When we got there we stayed up until about 2 in the morning talking to his relatives. All his mom's brothers and sisters were there along with most of their kids. On Thanksgiving we played Michigan Rummy and Demon, ate lots of turkey and pumpkin pie and potatoes. Jake even helped to cook the potatoes and carved the turkey! It was good to see family. Some of the people there I met for the first time. We left Thanksgiving night and stayed the night in Provo and Jake's grandma's house.

Out of Town

So Jake left on Wednesday night to go down to Utah for an alarm class and will be gone until Saturday night. I don't like it when he has to go overnight for business trips. I have a sister whose husband travels every week, and I don't know how she does it. I miss him a lot, but I guess I just have to deal with it. At least he doesn't have to travel a lot for his job. After he takes this class he will be licensed to sell alarms in Utah, so he'll be able to have people sell for him in Utah and Idaho.
GOOD NEWS!! We don't have to move next summer!!! We were going to go to Modesto, CA next summer to sell alarms, but we're not anymore. YEA!!! Jake is just going to sell in Poky, I.F., Blackfoot, and the surrounding areas because he's the only alarm company around and the market here is surprising good. He also has a cell phone store and an electronics store who are going to be dealers for him. I hate moving. Looks like we might stay in one place longer that six months. It will be the first time in our marriage. I wonder how it will be?

Camping Adventure

Last night I got home from work early so Jake and I decided to go camping. We bought some hot dogs and marshmallows to roast and headed up to his parent's house to camp on his parent's land. When Jake was up there a few weeks ago burying their water line, he leveled off a little area to camp. Brandon, who works with Jake, and his three kids came up so Brandon could give his wife some much needed time alone. It was a lot of fun to roast the hot dogs. Roasted hot dogs are the best. I don't know if it's the smoke or the fire or what that makes them taste so good, but it sure beats a hot dog boiled or cooked in the microwave. Well, after the Brandon and his kids left, we went to bed, but the ground wasn't very level. It was really hard too, almost like a rock. We didn't sleep very well, and we were super thirsty. We had dumped all of our water on the fire, not thinking that we might want some to drink. At about 2:30 in the morning, we left and went home to our nice soft bed.