We are so excited for Christmas to be here! It is crazy how easily this holiday has consumed our lives this month.



Isnt my husband so stinking cute! I love this picture of him. And I love even more the really old wedding picture in the background. My grandma threw one crazy chaotic Christmas party on Sunday. Santa came and tried to sqeeze in one room with 55 other people. Its funny to me how a situation like that where you can barely move, your sweating like crazy, and feel like your going to peuk because your so clastrophobic can become humorous. We had a great time! I love the holidays and my huge crazy families!

I almost forgot to mention. Last Friday Jakes work had an ugly sweater party. I just have to show you how awful my husband looked haha! I wanted to die but he had this outfit planned for like 2 weeks


Unfortunately I do claim him. Tights and all!

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!!

Sledding!

So a while back I mentioned that my grandparents bought a cabin up in Timberlakes!Well last weekend happened to be the first really big snow storm up there. We seriously left it with a foot and a half of snow. So we get to brag and say that we were the firsts to sled down the amazing sledding hill! We had a blast the weather was warm the snow was fresh and we had a blast! here are some of our pictures!


haha He always wanted to pose for a magazine!



I love this picture of Paige!

Temple Square

Im sure you all can agree with me when I say temple square is amazing! I love seeing how big of an attraction it is to members and nonmembers. The Salt Lake temple during Christmas time is amazing, and so extremely beautiful!


Jake thinks its kinda corny that I like to take a picture at this spot every year, but he clearly doesn't understand how big of a deal it is when the love of her life asks her to marry him. This was the exact spot, and I will continue to take a yearly picture because that night will forever remain in my head!

With the way I have been blogging lately you probably wont hear from me until after Christmas so hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! Love you all!

Cruise!

Last week Jake and I took a little trip to paradise! About 2 years ago Jakes family planned this cruise it seemed like the day would never come. We went with Jakes family and several friends. We sailed on the Carnival Valor. Its supposed to be one of the biggest ships that carnival has, and it was seriously beautiful. We were a little nervous our cruise would be canceled or redirected due to the horrible hurricane Ida. It was so crazy windy in Miami and was dark and over cast the first day at sea. But lucky for us it went the opposite way.
Here are some pictures of us at dinner!
[It was crazy how attached we got to our servers]
Our first stop was Grand Cayman. There we went to Sting Ray City. If any of you have been there you understand me when I say it is seriously incredible. So they take you out to the middle of the ocean and all the sudden its only like 4 ft deep and there are just hundreds of sting rays everywhere and they are all slithering around you. I had no idea it would be like that it blew me away. Sometimes I wish I lived closer to the ocean so I could experience that feeling everyday!


[Some of you may think this is porn! But our tour guides promised that if you "french kiss a sting ray you will have good luck for life"]

Our second stop was to Rotan (Honduras) unfortunatly it was a complete down poor that day. We were all so bummed because it is one of the most green and beautiful places I have ever seen. Besides the fact of no sun, we still carried on with our plans. We took a small boat over to a private island and did some of the coolest snorkeling I have ever seen. Where the coral was so high you had to swim in between and the fish were everywhere. This private island took in animals that may be sick, injured, bad behavior, etc. and the owner has to get rid of them. It was so cool They had a jaguare there because its owner had to get rid of her. when she was 6 months old only 75 lbs. she killed a full grown horse! just crused its skull, freaked the heck out of me. This island also had the cuttest monkeys I have ever seen. They would come to the cage and grab your head and then give you kisses! You cant get that and the hogle zoo!

[Ya she may look small]

Stop three was belize! There we were not able to take any pictures because we were wet the entire time. We did cave tubing! So you hike through this jungle which is rediculous. The whole time were were saying we felt like we were at Disney Land only this time the scenery was real! after the hike we went on a river ride through this cave. I wish I had pictures to describe what it was like. Like all caves it was pitch black and freezing cold! Over time from the fresh water of the river the cave had develop different transformations (kinda like the rocks in southern utah). it took all day so we werent able to enjoy the rest of the city.

Our last and final stop was to the beautiful Cozumel! We decided not to plan any excursions, we were ready for a day at the beach! The weather was the best we had all trip, and we really just chilled it was great fun and what a wonderful way to end our trip!


Anyways now we are home and hating this crappy winter weather but are excited for the holidays to be here! Im sorry I have been such a slaker lately with my blogging, and I feel like I have fallen off the face of the earth I am going to try and be better but no promises!

First off I have to apologize. I am sure it seems like Jake and I have literally fallen of the face of the earth. Really life has been so crazy busy. Everytime I think about blogging I have a million other things to do and it just hasn't happened for me. Ill just give you a quick update of what has been going on.
First of all. Jake and I bought a snowmobile. Kinda crazy and spontaneous but he is really excited and has already planned trips for this year. Jared bought one with us and Keaton and all his brothers have sleds too so I have a feeling I wont be seeing much of Jake this winter.
I know the picture isnt the best but ours is the one closest to the fence and the other is Jareds.

So of course for Jakes birthday last weekend I spoiled him to a new winter coat. My camera died so I dont have any pictures except for this one of him blowing out his candles.
I know... I think he is cute too!

A couple weeks ago we went up with my sister, her boyfriend, and Jared to go four wheeling at Gpa Russells property in Morgan. It was the perfect time to go the leaves were beautiful and the mountain looked like it was on fire. I seriously love this time of year.

Okay are you ready for the biggest surprise of all. I finally got to see CALEB! It has been 9 months since I last saw him, on his 2nd birthday. I was getting to the point where I was constantly thinking about him and Chris and Jill. It was so good to see him and see how much he has grown. He will be 3 in January its so crazy. He is fully potty trained and is the biggest flirt ever. At first he was really shy when Jersey literally attacked him at the door. But by the end of the night he couldnt leave my lap! I have to tell a cute little story that seriously melted my heart and every time I think about it I want to cry.
So we were going to around and teaching Caleb what everyones names were. Finally Jill (Calebs mom) Pointed to me and said "Caleb who is that?" In a quiet shy voice he says "MORGAN" and then she says "Whos belly did you come from?" and he points to me!! I couldnt believe it. I seriously feel so blessed to have them in my life. It is very rare for a relationship to stay this open after so long. Chris and Jill are amazing parents and Caleb has grown to be such a smart, beautiful, well mannered boy. He is so much fun and I am so thankful for them.
anyways I dont want to post very many and be the creepy birth mom putting pictures of a baby on the web but Ill just show you how big he is. Enjoy the pictures. I look terrible in them, but he looks cute!

This is Caleb showing Jake how strong he is!

Oh and the last bit of news! My Grandparents are probably the sweetest people in the whole world. This last week they bought a cabin in Timber Lakes which is just east of Heber. They put it in trust so we will forever have this beautiful place to escape to. I was so mad I took pictures of our four wheeling trip but completely missed taking pictures of the cabin. Anyways it is beautiful. 2007 3500 sqft. 4 bdroom 3 bath. The whole place has granit countertops, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, it came fully furnished just top of the line down goose comforters. Anyways you get the gist. Next time we go up I will have to make sure to take some pictures for you all to see how spoiled us Snows really are.
We were able to round 6 fourwheelers, it was so fun to go on a ride with such a big group.


The group, minus Jake and I!

My cute family

Paige looked so cute that day!

Anyways. Thats why I have been too busy to blog. I think life is about to slow down and work is not so crazy so you will be hearing from us soon.
Hope You all have a wonderful week!