Since I couldn't talk Mitch into opening our gifts any sooner (I wanted to open them on Monday), we opened ours to each other on Christmas Eve. Mitch got me lots of shoes, a teach-yourself-to-play-the-drums-book and a few other things. I got him a work bench for the garage, some running attire, and some x-box games. After we opened our gifts, we read the Christmas story from the Bible. That was nice to refocus on what all the craziness is about.
We spent Christmas morning at my grandma's. We had a delicious breakfast and opened gifts. Then we got in the car and headed up to North Ogden to Mitch's grandma's and then his parents. We were WAY too spoiled by everyone. Mitch's parents seriously go all out. We seriously just barely fit all of the gifts they gave us in Mitch's car. It was piled up to the roof! It was a great Christmas and we were tired at the end of the day. I love the Christmas season and I was sad when it was over. I don't even care about the gifts, I just like spending time with everyone, decorating the house, and having everyone be so happy and cheerful. I wish it could be Christmas all year round.
On Saturday Mitch and I got in the car and drove straight through to Pasadena, California to visit my uncle Alex. This is me and Alex at his house.
We spent Christmas morning at my grandma's. We had a delicious breakfast and opened gifts. Then we got in the car and headed up to North Ogden to Mitch's grandma's and then his parents. We were WAY too spoiled by everyone. Mitch's parents seriously go all out. We seriously just barely fit all of the gifts they gave us in Mitch's car. It was piled up to the roof! It was a great Christmas and we were tired at the end of the day. I love the Christmas season and I was sad when it was over. I don't even care about the gifts, I just like spending time with everyone, decorating the house, and having everyone be so happy and cheerful. I wish it could be Christmas all year round.
On Saturday Mitch and I got in the car and drove straight through to Pasadena, California to visit my uncle Alex. This is me and Alex at his house.
Here I am with Alex's dogs, Howard and Logan. They are as handsome as their owner.
Here's Alex with the blanket my parents gave him. It has a pic of Alex and his dogs on it. He thought it was awesome.
It was a LONG drive, but well worth it. We were able to do a lot of fun things while we were there.We went to a botanical garden, a hockey game at the Staples center, the beach at Santa Monica, the Peterson car museum, ate at some great restaurants and just saw the town. I think my favorite part was the motorcycle ride on Alex's Ducati. My uncle is a pretty crazy driver so I was freaked out at first, but I actually enjoyed it. Mitch liked it too and said he wants a motorcylcle now. You'll have to let us know if you think we look the type. I think Mitch looks like a Bad-A. Ha,ha. Here's Mitch on the bike and me all suited up.
Alex also drove us in his sweet Jeep Wrangler to the river bottom where they used to do a lot of car races (now you just see it in the movies). It was a little scary going down there cuz it was definitely in a bad part of town, but it was fun. We only drove down there for a minute or two and then left. I wish I had taken a picture of that ... We walked around the rose bowl and took Alex's dogs, Howard and Logan. We brought home an old tandum bicycle my uncle had restored. It was originally my grandparents. It's a Schwinn Twinn. It's pretty hilarious looking. We had to take off the tires, handlebars, and seats to get it home because it's so heavy. I can't wait to ride it this spring. Thanks, Alex, for giving it to us! 
Alex also drove us in his sweet Jeep Wrangler to the river bottom where they used to do a lot of car races (now you just see it in the movies). It was a little scary going down there cuz it was definitely in a bad part of town, but it was fun. We only drove down there for a minute or two and then left. I wish I had taken a picture of that ... We walked around the rose bowl and took Alex's dogs, Howard and Logan. We brought home an old tandum bicycle my uncle had restored. It was originally my grandparents. It's a Schwinn Twinn. It's pretty hilarious looking. We had to take off the tires, handlebars, and seats to get it home because it's so heavy. I can't wait to ride it this spring. Thanks, Alex, for giving it to us! It was a great trip. It was in the 70s while we were there and really sunny. I told Mitch the whole 13 hour ride home how much I love it there and how I want to move there. Someday... in the mean time we'll have to go visit Alex again. Next time we'll fly though. Here we are at the hockey game. The camera flash seemed to only affect me and not Alex. Ha,ha.
And now I get to brag about my uncle. Alex is a super nice guy. He's very smart. He's also very handsome. He is an amazing artist. He went to a very prestigious design school in Cali and now he designs cars for Volkswagen. He is one of ten designers. He recently designed VW's Baja 1000 truck. You can check it out here.He designed the body, interior, and logos for the truck. It's pretty cool. We watched a video about it and I was super impressed. I am so proud of him and all of his accomplishments! Thanks, Alex, for having us! We had a great time and we'll be back soon!!
And now I get to brag about my uncle. Alex is a super nice guy. He's very smart. He's also very handsome. He is an amazing artist. He went to a very prestigious design school in Cali and now he designs cars for Volkswagen. He is one of ten designers. He recently designed VW's Baja 1000 truck. You can check it out here.He designed the body, interior, and logos for the truck. It's pretty cool. We watched a video about it and I was super impressed. I am so proud of him and all of his accomplishments! Thanks, Alex, for having us! We had a great time and we'll be back soon!! 
