christmas twenty*twelve

*advanced apologies for half the photos looking pretty awful here.

bullet points of our crazy christmas.

*we left for arizona the friday before christmas
*i hadn't been feeling well {twenty sneezy first graders + baby taking my immunity = fuzzy head}
*i threw up in the middle of a temple session on saturday night {steven's sister, lauren's, first time}
*i stayed in bed all day sunday {hello crazy back pains. but lots of kicking from the baby!}
*wedding prep
*santa visited steven's uncle's family at our christmas eve gathering

*christmas morning was wonderful. steven's youngest sister, andi, specifically requested no one mention the word "wedding" {because christmas had been RUINED by the wedding}
*i gradually got got back to "normal" {if you ever feel normal when pregnant...no}
*more wedding prep

*wedding! lauren and andrew were married in the mesa temple on thursday. it was a beautiful day.
*i shot my first shotgun on friday.  and apparently i am horrible.  but wait, i'm actually really good {fluke.}
*andi and i shopped til we dropped on saturday
*we visited my cousins family on sunday {and i am writing this. then we need to pack up the car. and get to bed. we are leaving early.}

steven's shot with a pistol. right through it. {and this was some random can we found.}

it's been a fantastic week!  it went by so quickly because of the wedding, but it was fun spending time with steven's family. i loved them the first time i met them and i love them more and more each time we see them. hoppers are pretty cool, you know.