concerning hobbits, an ugly Christmas sweater partay, and sickness

brett and i hosted our first ugly Christmas sweater party!

we invited our dear friends, mitch and jenny and the brand spankin new newlyweds, adam and charlene.  well technically we're all still newlyweds because we haven't been married for more than 10 years (according to our bish back in rexburg.)  whatever it takes for me to feel like brett and i aren't the oldies of the group...

we had every intention of building gingerbread houses but we never got around to it.  we were having too much fun chatting and junking out.

everton being the grinch of the party. 

 and don't you love brett's sweater?  it makes me tickled seeing brett in other items of clothing other than a suit or gym shorts, especially if those other items of clothing have reindeer and fat snowmen on 'em.

mitch and jenny! 

 i think jenny's sweater won.  she borrowed it from their 90 yr old landords and it had bells and lights.  and her cute pregnant belly showed off that tacky Christmas tree with pride.

and adam and charlene!

they're really adorable.

the gang (yes brett is wearing shorts)

with these people living in utah, this state has become even more wonderful.

also, check out what i got at this month's Christmas white elephant bunco.  this may be useful in the future.

and after bunco i hurried on up to slc to catch the midnight premiere of The Hobbit in IMAX 3D!  i saw it with my sis erin and the movie was freakin sweet!  and they gave us these sick posters, which you better believe i'm hanging the gollum poster in everton's room.  jkjk i don't need him waking up any earlier due to nightmares.  i'm a nerd for the LOTR trilogy and now that they're creating The Hobbit trilogy, it gives me a lot to look forward to for the next 2 years!  peter jackson, just take my money.

our Christmas card, for once we sent out Christmas cards this year and we used cardstore.com.  they have amazing discounts!  just a little sumthin sumthin for ya.

my poor everton, we realized why he was being grinchy saturday night when he developed a fever the next day.  then come to find out at a sick visit to the doc on monday that he also had strep throat, bronchitis, and an ear infection (his first one.)  and i used to boast that everton hasn't had ear infections yet.  it was bound to happen.  geez everton when are you getting leprosy?  so my days right now are filled with loads of meds, waking up early, and some weeping and wailing going on.  some of that is coming from me.

farting around

hey hey hey blogger buddies.

not much has been goin on since charlene's fantastic wedding.

just fartin around watching mary poppins and the like.

gettin pumped for THE HOBBIT

studying up on the map of middle earth

just busy being plain awesome

but seriously just farting around, waiting for Christmas to come!

my best friend's wedding

my bestest friend charlene is married!!

but first things first.  let's talk about thanksgiving.  

how amazing was thanksgiving this year??  we had it at our house this year and my mom and sis erin was able to be with us. 

i made the tender turkey and my mom pretty much made everything else.

turkey, steak, lumpia (filipino eggrolls,) sushi, shrimp, 6 layer dip, corn, and mashed potatoes.

and bottles and bottles of sparkling cider.

anywhos, like i said earlier, my best girl charlene got married on black friday and it was a blessed event. it was a pretty beautiful and not too cold day, esp for being in utah in november.

my mom, brett, and i got to attend adam and charlene's sealing in the salt lake temple while erin watched our little dude.

then we waited for the newly married couple to make their appearance.

everton, suit up!

everton was a sad sack of potatoes throughout the day.  i guess skipping out on his usual 3hr nap does that to him.

charlene was so GORGEOUS (as usual) and adam was very dapper in his marines uniform.  everton was quite dapper too.

charlene and i on each others' wedding days.  i am so lucky i was able to attend her wedding.  charlene and i have shared so many awesome memories and i'm glad we could add these memories to our list.

then it was time to boogie down.  seriously, their reception was like prom, but better than our own high school's.  and they even had a photo booth!  

cousin hazel and everton having a splendid time.

us sistahs.  it was so fun dancing with them again.

cuttin the cake.

 what a memorable day and night. i think everton's still recovering.  and we're still eating leftovers that sis decato gave us.  i honestly cried and cried and cried some more that entire day.  charlene even said she thinks that i've cried more than she did that day.  shut it off alyssa!  but i still can't believe charlene is married!!!  i'm so thrilled for her and can't wait to have married group dates.  love you so much charlene and congrats again!

hooray for marriage!

a Tiffany blue bridal shower

my best friend charlene is getting married!

on black friday in fact.

and i get to be a bridesmaid for the first time!

so i wanted to throw my BFF an awesome bridal shower, cuz she did the same for me when i got married.

charlene loves the movie breakfast at tiffany's and i thought it would be a fitting theme for her bridal shower.

well, the theme is really tiffany blue.

and it was a classy party.

i had won a customized card giveaway from 281 Fourth Street a little while ago and it was perfect timing for the shower.  She designed it beautifully and exactly what i wanted.

my 4th-ish time attempting cake pops minus the pops part this time.  and i found them to be a heck of a lot easier to dip in the chocolate.  and the cake pops maker from babycakes that my mom gave me helped out too.

i think these sweet little "tiffany" blue boxes were my favorite to put together.  

seriously, oriental trading, zurchers, and hobby lobby are my fav party supply places.

charlene's future sisters in laws helped out with the rest of the appetizers and i'm so grateful they did.  

and these blingin diamonds filled with reese's pieces are inside those sweet little blue boxes.

the gorgeous bride to be and i

the bride's loot.

we interviewed the bride.

she stole a kiss from the groom, adam, when he stopped by.

see those blingin rings they're wearing?  it was for a game where each lady gets 1 ring, but there was a buzzword where you couldn't say the word ADAM.  if you hear someone/someone hears you saying adam you get their ring or they get yours.  charlene's mom won that game.

and we also played a fav game of mine where you're blindfolded and you have to dig through rice to find as many tiny safety pins as you can.  charlene's mom won that game too, what the heck.

then it was the bride's turn to open presents!  even adam got to join in for a present.

and i got her these and then some.  no, i can't show you what i got her silly!  but she was indeed a blushing bride.

we look like we're attending a sexy funeral.

but it was a sexy bridal shower and it was over.

now it's wedding (and turkey) time!!!