Hales Family Christmas Party

December 13th was a very snowy Saturday in Salt Lake City but we all managed to brave the storm and travel to the Hales Family Christmas Party. We had a great time, the food was really good and we had a blast taking pictures (as you can tell). Here is a picture of the boys:


And two of the girls (the other one was dressed up as an angel for the nativity scene and was running around somewhere):


This is a picture of us with Nicole's Great-Grandma. She is still with it and she throws a great party!


This is Nicole in her "eskimo" vest. Isn't she the cutest thing ever! I am such a lucky guy!

Christmas Tree (And Cookie) Decorating!

Nicole and I are spending our first Christmas together this year! We got a tree and I literally smothered it in lights, over 1500 in all! Nicole's Grandma helped us out with decorations and they looked great!

We also decided to make some Christmas cookies to take to some of our neighbors. Nicole made some great looking cookies and everybody loved them! Needless to say that the cookies I decorated were left home for our own consumption...

Thanksgiving Break

We spent Thanksgiving at my house and we had a great time! Nicole and I were apparently exhausted after making dinner and had to have a little snooze on the sofa. We were eventually found out and someone managed to get a picture.

That weekend we took a trip to the south and cut down the family Christmas tree! As we were driving there (through a complete desert) my little brother, Slater, texted me and asked if I knew whether or not pine trees grew on the moon. We finally found one after a huge search and triumphantly carried it back to the truck.

Nicole's Birthday

Today was Nicole's Birthday! We went to the Dodo Restaurant and had our favorites (smoked turkey and honey ham) with a nice big slice of Tollhouse pie! We didn't take many good pictures but Nicole got some great new workout clothes and we had a great time together!

National Chemistry Week

Today was National Chemistry Week at the Salt Lake City Library. The American Chemical Society at Westminster volunteers every year to go to the library for a Saturday and do demonstrations for kids. Nicole and I spent the day there and we had a blast! (we also sharpened a lot of pencils!)

Regional Conference/One Month Anniversary

Today was a beautiful September day and we were having regional conference at the conference center! It was awesome and we got to hear from President Monson and Elder Uchtdorf as well as many others. We then took a few photo opportunities at Temple Square.

We then celebrated our one month anniversary by eating (some of) the top tier of our wedding cake! The lady who made our cake includes a fresh tier one year later so we ate the original while it was still somewhat fresh. I still owe Nicole for the whole "shove-the-cake-in-your-face" thing!

August 23, 2008 The Reception

We had the reception the weekend after the wedding. It was great to have only one reception and timing was perfect. I was amazed when we walked into the UBET building at how it had been transformed. Our colors were pink and brown and I loved it! Thanks to everyone who did so much to help! Colb and I both have brothers on missions (Brian and Braxton) so we really missed them, but we are happy they are there. As you can see below, the girls are a little out numbered!

Our Girls

Our Boys