guess who's home?

 

 the tiny humans are.

and as much as they can drive me crazy sometimes, i'm glad they're back. watching all that Friends was getting old (by the way, i got it all the way down to 30 episodes instead of 80.)

aria loves her new minnie doll, but won't talk about much else. carter loved it all, of course. especially legoland, which doesn't surprise me!

i'm happy to be back in the swing of things. but also happy that it's almost the weekend...

Devin and I are starting a Christmas Tradition this year, starting next week and i'm excited to share it. I got the idea from another blogger's blog friend. Naturally.

The first half of this week was pretty normal. Devin's had classes, like always, but Brandon and his friend Amy came down to see us for awhile. Love seeing them! Brandon is working as a chef at The Stag restaurant in Deer Valley and he acquired a bunch of free passes to Deer Valley resort, so Devin and I are excited to get to ski with him!

We are both getting pretty bitter about how it hasn't snowed yet. We are more than ready to ski (not exactly. i still need to base grind my skis and wax them... oops!) so we're pretty sick of the cold, dry weather. I mean... if I'm going to have to scrape my windows in the morning, i would at least like to see some snow on the ground. But I also remember that it took awhile for things to cool down here. It wasn't until October that we started wearing jackets and getting chilly. So maybe it's just taking a little longer than usual. I will protest if there isn't any snow on Christmas though. Because that is an absolute necessity.

Devin has finals coming up, so has been spending a lot of time studying and locking himself away in the office. I can't wait for the semester break! I will get my husband back! It really hasn't been that bad. He is only taking 6 credits right now, but when the only time we have together is at night, and he has to spend his nights studying, it becomes a major bummer for me! Trying to stay supportive though.

I haven't really started to listen to Christmas music very much yet, mostly because the only time I have the chance to listen is on my drive to and from work and in the morning, It's always Radio From Hell on x96 with Kerry, Bill and Gina, and in the afternoon, I default to my 6-disc CD changer (even though it's getting a little old). BUT I almost have enough songs to make a decent sized playlist thanks to all my favorite local artists offering free downloads of some of their songs! Namely... Hue and Hum, Ryan Innes, and The DC, Dustin Christensen! I love all their renditions of old favorites. So great! (What I don't love? Justin Bieber christmas music... the main reason why I've avoided the radio. I have heard the song once, and it was one time too many...!)