Woah, woah, woah! Where did last month go?

We had a couple of busy weeks to finish off 2012. Seriously where did December go? And where did 2012 go? But enough questions, here's what happened the last couple of weeks.

Dave and I celebrated our 5 Year Anniversary. We actually had our big celebration back in September. We went to a Pentatonix concert. Click HERE to see the post. So on our actual anniversary, we headed up to Dave's dad's house to begin our Christmas vacation. We all went out to dinner to Chili's and then Dave and I went and saw the movie Skyfall.

 

I thought we should take a couple of pictures to document our actual anniversary.

 

Next came Christmas Eve. Oh but first here's a picture of Jocelyn's dress she wore the Sunday before (and for Jake and Alissa's wedding). What a cutie!  And Sunday night we went to the Harrison's (Ricks family friends) for goodies and games. Fun was had by all.
 

 

Now back to Christmas Eve. Jocelyn and I got to open a present with our Christmas pjs inside and Jocelyn also got a Christmas book, "The Night Before Christmas." We had a delicious dinner at the McCaffree's. Then we acted out the Nativity story. Jocey got to be baby Jesus. After that we headed back to dad's and we watched "It's a Wonderful Life." I don't think Dave or I had seen the movie all the way through from start to finish. We liked it.

 

 

 

On Christmas day Jocelyn let us all sleep in until 8:30. Then we opened all our presents and then played with said presents. Jocelyn got lots of toys and clothes. Dave and I got clothes, games, pictures, money, movies, and more. We all got spoiled.

 

 

Next up, Jacob (Dave's brother) and Alissa's wedding. We left a couple days after Christmas to head down to southern California. The day before the wedding we visited some of mom Ricks' old stomping grounds like her house and high school. We went bowling at the coolest place I have ever seen. We stayed up way too late multiple nights playing games with family (we stayed with Dave's uncle and aunt).

Jake and Alissa got married in the Newport Beach Temple. It was a beautiful wedding though it decided to rain that day. Luckily, the reception was easily moved inside. We left a couple of days later and got home just in time for New Year's Eve.



Jocelyn got lots of attention from her uncles.

 

For New Year's Eve, we had our traditional party at Grandpa Ricks' house. The McCaffrees were there too. We ate pizza, played lots of games, and then rang in the new year by watching the ball drop in Time Square. Then we went to bed because we were all pooped. We must be getting old.

 

So that's what's been going on with the Ricks. We have been busy but have enjoyed every minute of. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!