Let me sum up.

   We went to a hockey game with some of Bryce's family while they were up in SLC for Thanksgiving. Hockey is fun to watch, especially with all the intensity/fights in the arena. One of our favorite quotes from one of the other fans was, "Drop the puck, chubby!"  and the same guy called the referee Petey a few times, so we thought maybe he knows him haha. Also, during a break in the game, there was a kiss cam to find couples in the crowd for the big screens. The camera people zoomed in on Pete and Aeme and they kissed, but sitting right next to them was Tyler... making a funny almost disgusted face, probably showing off for the camera haha wish we had a picture of that moment.

^ Some of the family

Tyler left on his mission! To Mississippi. We were glad to spend time with the family and see him before he left for the MTC. We know he'll be a great missionary, and it sounds like he's enjoying his mission so far. 

We had fun seeing some of the Mills at the family adult Christmas party! The white elephant gift exchange was a bit lengthy and silly, but we came away with some cute decorations. The party planners (Frank and Lavon, I think) did a great job, simple and amazing. It was great to see everyone that was there :-)

We found Monopoly at Walmart for pretty cheap, so we decided to get it. I guess we started a new holiday tradition... play monopoly until unreasonable hours of the night while listening to Christmas music!

I thought that this Christmas present that Bryce got online was pretty funny... haha 

(Picture from one of our fun date nights, we got to see Frozen and eat some yummy In and Out Burgers!) Oh yeah, and it snows a lot. We're getting used to it, but it's definitely colder than we're used to. Yay for snow shovels and ice-melter salt stuff... And yay for heaters and warm clothes. Anyway... 

We were super excited and determined to try and find a bigger Christmas tree this year, because last year we just used a little bitty one. Bryce found an awesome one at Savers thrift store. Yay!  It had some lights out for a while, but Bryce found a light fixer thing and he made the tree all bright and lovely again!  

(Pajama present on Christmas eve tradition... with our lil' tree... we got some comfy pj's,woo!) Christmas was a fun day!

And a random picture of a food we just discovered. "Buckeyes"  ... incredibly rich delicious and a kind of easy recipe if you have a million powdered sugar. Here's a link to someone's recipe if you want to try these bad boys. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buckeyes-i/

Merry Christmas and happy holidays all you cool people!

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