We wish you a Merry Christmas

This year we actually were very blessed and got to spend Christmas with both our families. Kevin's parents flew into Utah Tuesday and so Wednesday after I finished up my last day of school we got everything ready and Thursday morning we headed to Utah to spend some time with them.
 Thursday consisted of relaxing and hanging out and the Berg Family Christmas party. The party was fun and of course it was very enjoyable seeing all of the aunts, uncles, cousins, and of course Grandma Berg. At the end of the Christmas party Grandma Berg started a snowball fight (using big marshmallows), it turned into a huge snowball fight and was very fun. However my legs and arms were very sore for the next couple days.
Friday we went to a movie with all the family and then Kevin, Pat and I headed to Salt Lake where we met up with Craig and ate at PF Changs (mmmm) and then went to Temple Square to see the lights. Temple Square was very busy but also very pretty. So after an hour enjoying the beautiful scene and freezing cold we headed back to Grandma Bergs to play some games and have some laughs.

This is us 2 years ago (not engaged yet)

Two years later happily married.

Saturday we hung out and then in the afternoon headed back to Idaho to spend Christmas with the Dial side. We made it just in time to spend Christmas eve at my sister Becca's house. Here we enjoyed some yummy homemade pizza, a very entertaining nativity, and some of their family traditions.
Christmas day finally arrived and both Kevin and I were very excited to open the presents that had piled up under our tree.  I enjoyed my new shoes, boots, work out pants, popcorn popper, and much more. Kevin liked his duck shirt, sweats, model car kit, and much more as well. We then headed to church in Rigby, and then to Devin and Charms for a yummy yummy breakfast and some more present opening. Following breakfast we took a nap and then spent the night watching 17 Miracles and playing games. It was a very relaxed and fun Christmas.

Livia being cute like always

Hey cheezer :)

Everyone loving Kevin like always

Carson told me to leave everytime I walked into the room.
 I think he thought I was going to take Kevin away from him. 

Midwestern

Originally Kevin's interview at Midwestern was scheduled for February 14th. I had finally come to terms that I was going to have to spend Valentines day alone when I received a phone call Thursday December 8th from Kevin asking if he could buy a plane ticket to Phoenix for Sunday December 11th. The school had an interview open up for Monday. So sure enough Kevin bought his ticket and I had to quickly come to terms with the fact that I was going to have to spend my first night since we got married alone.  So Sunday morning I dropped Kevin off at the Idaho Falls airport where he flew to Phoenix. 

He spent most of Sunday at the airport waiting to rent a car. Yes his car was tiny and he barely fit. 

 He did however find a comfortable seat and found lots of friendly people willing to talk dental school with him. Monday he woke up and headed to his interview bright and early. They served them a small breakfast and gave them a quick over view of the school and then did the interviews. Kevin says he thought it went well and it was very relaxed. The rest of the day was spent touring the school and listening to more information about the school. He then headed back to the airport in which he landed in Salt lake at 8:30 and caught the 10:30 shuttle. He arrived home at 2 in the morning. I have never been so happy to wake up at 2 o'clock in the morning before. 

So we both survived our night and a half apart. Barely. Our heater of course broke so our apartment was freezing all night and without my personal space heater in bed (Kevin) I froze. I ended up on the floor by our little heater.  Lets just say I was very happy to have Kevin back when he got home Tuesday morning. Now we just wait to hear back from the school. 

O' Christmas Tree

This year I was able to convince Kevin to get a tree right after Thanksgiving. We picked out a real one from Broulims and put on our new Oregon ornaments. I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Viva Las Vegas

Well I was always told what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, however I think I will share our Vegas experience.

On Wednesday night we left after school and headed down to Grandma Bergs and get a head start. That night we heard on the news that there was going to be some strong wind the next day, we just said we were grateful that it was not snow. The next morning we woke up to no power. The wind had blown down all the power lines. We decided to just get ready and head out.  As we walked out into the wind we were a bit surprised at how strong it really was and how cold it was. Holding my two bags I had to grab on to Grandmas porch to keep myself from blowing over. I finally made it to the car and popped the trunk. I knew right away what happened. CRACK. Our trunk had been caught by  gust of wind and had shattered our back windshield. 3 hours later we finally were able to get an appointment in Salt Lake to get it fixed. Finally at 3 that day we were off to Vegas.

The first night that we got in we did a quick trip up the stratosphere tower (thats where we stayed). And went to bed so Kevin was well rested for his interview the next day. Kevin headed to his interview on Friday and I spent the day working on school work in our hotel room. When Kevin got back we walked down to Circus Circus and then made it back to the hotel for the Pac-12 championship game. GO DUCKS. Half time we went to get some dinner. Our dinner ended up taking the second half of the game (luckily they were playing it on the tvs there). 2 messed up orders later we left after receiving 2 pastas, 1 calzone, 2 salads, and 2 ice cream cones (we only ordered the two pastas). After the game we celebrated by going to the top of the stratosphere again and riding the blast off ride. It was a bit nerve racking and the picture they took of us was priceless. Okay it actually wasn't priceless it was $30 and we were not willing to buy it. We then headed down the strip and spent the rest of the night walking around and enjoying our time together and the beautiful lights.

The next day was more or less the same, we walked down the strip and enjoyed the sites. We then headed back up to St. George to spend the night. We headed home on Sunday with a quick pit stop in Salt Lake to see Mark Kevin's friend. The rest of our trip was very smooth compared to the beginning. We were happy to be home but not ready to head back to work the next day.

a quarter of a century old

Yes you read that correctly, my handsome husband turned 25! For his birthday this year Kevin said the only thing he wanted was for me to learn how to make my mom's homemade noodles. So we headed to Rigby early for the party and with my mothers assistance I made him some homemade noodle soup for dinner.

Then after dinner we of course kept the Berg tradition and did the face in the cake. We were happy to be joined by Carly to help out with the cake as well. The nieces and nephews love it. (Well except Carson who cries every time we do it).

Happy Birthday to the most incredible, smart, handsome, sweet, goofy, lovable, funny, did I mention sexy man I know! I love you and here is to the many many more years to come.