Just for you, Lisa!

Heehee! Lisa always kicks my ass into posting. I love it! Anyway, Christmas was amazing. It was hectic - it always is, but I wouldn't want it any other way. On Christmas Eve, after Josh and I got off work, we drove up to Camp Verde to his parents house. Their tradition is to do dinner and open presents from the family on Christmas Eve. It really works out amazing, since my family does it Christmas morning. So we got there about 6, and Josh's mom made the most amazing mexican food in the world. Seriously, omg, she should open a resturant. It's ridiculous. She made tacos, tamales, red chile sauce, and homemade beans and rice. YUM!
Then we opened presents, it was so fun! Josh's parents got me the most incredible Samsung digital camera ... HAHA! Yes, I went from having zero to two in less than a month. So, now Josh and I each have one (I kept the 10 megapixel tho - haha sucka!) I was very spoiled, I also got lots of clothes for work, jewelry, gift cards, and all sorts of goodies. His family is VERY good to me. :) I think his family enjoyed what we got them too, we got Alina a really nice robe and an Eternity gift set. His Dad the Dexter DVD set and the wine opener set he's been wanting. We got his sister Jordan one of those cute flat wallets and some pj's. His grandpa the Lonesome Dove set and his Grandma a monogrammed letter "F" (for Fant) to hang on the wall, it was really cool.

Then in the morning we went to my mom and her boyfriend's house and got to open more presents!! There I got the Top Chef cookbook I'd been wanting, the House Bunny DVD, (love me some Anna Farris) some Victoria's secret goodies, not to mention some cool things in my stocking like my RED SWINGLINE STAPLER! Yeah, bitches, don't try to take it or I'll set the building on fire! (LOL -if you don't get that, you don't know me at all!) We came back for dinner at my mom's that afternoon she made the best dinner EVER! Prime rib, ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn casserole, strawberry fields salad, hashbrown casserole, rolls, omg. The food was insanely good. (There's nothing like Mom's home cooking, right?) I got to see Steve's (my moms boyfriend) whole family and they are so sweet. Also my Gramma Luci who I haven't seen in a while so it was wonderful.Later than night, Josh's family had their Christmas dinner (I know, can you beleive this!?) and they made, guess what? PRIME RIB! The food being lavish is an understatement. We had leftovers for daaays. We headed back that night since I had to work the next day (booo!) and although we didn't get a white Christmas, we got a wet rainy Christmas. The drive back was awful between the rain and fog and piling in myself, Josh, our roomate Foreman, our giant Bullie, little Fritz and all the Christmas loot in the tangeRIO! (That's what I call our orange Kia Rio - haha). We got back safe though, and all in all Christmas was amazing, better than any year before. Only 12 more months til next time - and it will be out first Christmas and husband and wife! :)

Engagement photos

Yesterday we met with a wonderful photographer (www.maureenslens.com) who did some engagement shots for us! It's very exciting, because I think I also found my wedding photographer now without even trying to - her prices are very good, she takes good shots, and most importantly she's very easy to get along with and very interactive. So yay! Here's a few of my favorite shots from yesterday, or you can see all of them on my myspace. :)

Company Christmas party

Last night we had our work Christmas party at Gordon Biersch out in Tempe. We had alot of fun! Josh stayed at home with his guy friends to watch the De La Hoya fight, so I took my coworker Susan as my date. :) We had tons of fun! Food, drinks, and great scenery of Mill Ave! We all got watches as our Christmas present from the owners of the company and then had a raffle to win some other cool things we got through vendors throughout the year - anything from digital picture frames, to Amex gift cards, to Ipods. I won a Nikon Coolpix digital camera! Which (as most of you know) I've needed sooo bad! I've been taking all my blog pictures with my phone, that's why they haven't been very good quality. Now, I can be a blogging machine! Lol. :)