cristmas 2008

Alright. December 31^st...tomorrow is January. A lot has happened for us this year, we turned 23, we got married, we had a lot of 1^st including a 1^st CRISTMAS!!! we pretty much had 4 Christmases [like the movie] but in the span of 2 days. We went to my dad's family on the eve and had lots of fun there. My brother David cooked all of the food and it was so good!

Here we are with my dad. he's such a crazy guy. we then went home and waited for cristmas!! we woke up about 9-10 am and opened our gifts.

then went out to fremont to be with brandon's family.

from there we went to my mom's and did it all over again.

from there we went to the Rohner's [my best friends family.] for celebrations there. it was really exhausting!!!

Now for some pictures...here we are cristmas morning...ignore the messy hair and paleness that we are.

not too shabby for a 1st cristmas!!!!!

you can all thank diana for her lovely posing...and brandon for his enthusiasm! these two should never be aloud to hang out together.


all in all it was a great cristmas with lots of family and lots of love!!!!

a little late...but who cares?

Dear Family and Friends,

Tis the season to get flooded with Christmas letters — often an overload of long-winded bragging disguised as holiday cheer. So to add to that…we just wanted to wish you all a Merry Cristmas [yes, we know we spelled it “wrong”, but to us it’s right].

We’ve been married for about 9 months now, [we know, we know…”if you’d have gotten pregnant the day of your wedding, you’d be having a baby now…”trust us, you’re not the first person to think it ;)] and things are great.

It didn’t take long to get adjusted to this new way of life for us. Our first Sunday at church we both were given callings. Brandon teaches Sunday school and Cristina serves on the primary board. Soon after, we were given additional responsibilities: Brandon in the Elder’s Quorum Presidency and Cristina an Activity Days Leader. Brandon recently got called as the Elder’s Quorum President, so busy definitely runs in the family.

Cristina started a new job a few months ago, working at a body shop. She’s really enjoying it and looks forward to waking up super early everyday! She like the people she works with and using those good ‘ole customer service skills we all know she’s been blessed with!

Brandon still works for Cinemark Theatres as a Concessions Representative…in other words, a popcorn scooper. He loves it though, and was recently given additional responsibilities along with a raise. Don’t get us wrong, we’re still “newly-wed” poor…but we don’t pay a cent when we go to the movies!

We hope this finds you all well. We wish you the happiest of holidays and a glorious new year!

MERRY CRISTMAS!!!!!

Love,

Brandon & Cristina

PS:

We just wanted to share some things with you that we’ve learned, so here it is. Enjoy:

We're a little bit country

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