What a way to start the New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We are fortunate enough to start off the year with some luck! For the last couple months Shawn has been having a hard time with his job at the jail. He wasn't happy when he went to work, he would get really depressed knowing he had to go to the jail for 8 hours of his day. The hardest thing for him was watching people throw their lives away, and not having a care in the world. His supervisor allowed him to take some time off to think about what he wants to do, whether to go back to the jail or find something else. Shawn was pretty determined to leave the jail, but he wasn't having any luck finding a job. A friend in our ward has his own business where he delivers furniture, so Shawn was doing that for a few weeks. Well, another guy in our ward works for the Mormon Tab. Choir and Shawn has been asking if they are hiring, so this guy looked into it and WALA(is it a word?)!!! Shawn now has a job with Mormon Tab. Choir as a lighting tech..YAY!! He is part time for now, but he can easily work his way up. His attitude has changed for the better and he looks forward to going to work, even though its in SLC.

So not only a new job for the new year, but we have both agreed to start school (once again) and further our education. Hopefully we stick with it this time and finish completely!

Merry Christmas!!!

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Forgotten Carols

We like to keep tradition going...we do the same things every year!! Shawn surprised me by getting tickets to Forgotten Carols, he was so sweet to do that. We made it an official date, you know..go out to dinner and him opening the doors for me..you know, the sweet stuff!! We enjoy getting out and hearing the music, the play is ok, and we noticed this year they kind of changed things a bit, in a good way!! I love to listen to the cd during this time of year, it's so calming and heartfelt. This is seriously my favorite, favorite, most FAVORITE time of the year!!! Hope everyone is safe and happy this season!!

(cell phone pics...aren't they great!!)

Christmas Village

It's that time of year again...lights, hot chocolate, hanging out with family..absolutely love it!!! We went to dinner with Shawn's family (minus 3, hope Kaleb gets feeling better Steph) after dinner we went to Christmas village. It was soooo cold outside, but it was fun to get out and check out all the lights! We got in to see Santa, and his house does not smell good...it smells very, very, very old! He wasn't as friendly as the ones in the past so we didn't sit on his lap, we just took pics of the kids and left.

Grandpa McCrary and the kids

Santa and the kids

Wheeler's

Everybody leaving Santa's house

Thanksgiving

This year was a little different than it has been in a while for Shawn and I. Unfortunately I had to work a full shift that day when everyone else got to work 4 hours, oh well, I barely survived. Anyway, Shawn went with his family to his aunts house for some lunch, it's always nice to get together and visit with that side of the family. So I got off work at 2, headed home and started on my part for dinner. I was lucky enough to do my fruit pizza (easiest thing ever!!) We didn't have a lot of people for dinner which was actually very nice! It was me and Shawn, my two sisters, their husbands and kids. All the food was done, so we sat down and enjoyed our bountiful feast!! It was the quietest Thanksgiving I have ever had, and I would have to say it was one of the best (sorry family, I just like peace & quiet sometimes.) Hope everyone enjoyed their day and ate as much as possible!!

Shawn did and awesome job on the turkey!!
The family...even Koda in!!
Me & Hallie

Us lookin at the ads for black friday

Movie Nights

The last couple weekends we have kept ourselves busy by going to the movie theatre to see the new shows that have come out. We went with Shawns family both times to see these movies, and it was actually pretty fun to go with them! When we saw the Christmas Carol the theatre was packed, mostly with little kids, but I can tell you if I were a kid I would have been freaked the whole time. Some parts were pretty scary and I could hear parents telling their kids that it's not real..it's just a movie.

Then we went to see 2012, and that was totally intense!! I didn't think I would like it, but it was really good. It's a go see kind of movie!!

I know this is a lame post, but I don't really have much to post about at this time....sorry.

Uh...

So i added my halloween post on the wrong blog...

you can check out that post on my pics blog, it's off to the right hand side. Check it out, I will be posting my pictures that I am trying to perfect!!

Dog Park

The other day we took our dogs to the dog park, and they absolutely loved it!! We thought Koda would've been the biggest dog there...boy we were wrong. There was this great dane there and it was twice the size of Koda, only in height. It was so fun to watch all the dogs play together and get along so well. I am kind of sad that we just barely found out about it cause it closes November 1st..ah man...

Anyway, I know this is a cheesy post, but we don't have kids to brag about yet so we just post about the kids we know...our dogs!!

Welcome babies!!

Welcome Will Austin McCrary

and

Hallie Kate Peterson

Baby #1

Will was born Sept 29 @ 5:00pm. His name was Firetruck the whole pregnancy, so when he was born the main question asked was "what's his name?" So we were all pretty excited to see him and put an actual name to him! I am stealing my sis-in-laws pic cause she was so good to have her camera (way to go steph!) He is a stud!!

Baby #2

FINALLY!!! Maddie's pregnancy took forever, I am sure longer for her than for us, but it was a very long wait. The results: beautiful baby Hallie,sShe was born Oct 8 at 9:05pm, 19in long and 6lbs 15 0z. She is such a gorgeous little girl!! I can't wait to play with her when she gets her personality, she will be so much fun!

Photography

So I am taking a few classes at Davis High on learning how to use my camera and take better pictures. I've already gone to a few classes and it's actually not too bad, we will be going over our cameras and find out all the settings on them, and learn what the shutter speed should be, and when to use the flash...so much to learn..so little time!! The funny thing is that when I go pick up my pictures at walmart I get questioned every single time.. "are these copyright?" HECK NO!!!! Of course they are all my pics, I would never take from someone else, especially when they work as hard as they do. So I had to sign a copyright form, so when I pick up my pics in the future, they can't ask.

Anyway, I took my little sisters maternity pics a while ago and thought I'd post a few. I am still trying to perfect this skill, so they may not look the best, but I think they turned out way cute! She is happy with them! Now I just have to wait for her little girl to get here so I can take pics of her too, only a couple more days and we will have a new baby!! I am so excited to see her, I love babies!!!