Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Visting Oregon... AKA... The Funks! And a new car!

This year for our annual trip to Oregon to visit my sister was taken the weekend after Christmas. The trip was supposed to take place with Scott, Crystal, Jacob, Scotty and I. But because of a last minute purchase of a new car in New York, our plans changed a little because Scott needed to go pick up the new car that weekend. So Grandma came instead!

So I suppose now you are asking why we bought a car in New York. Well here it goes. Scott and I have been wanting to update our family car to a subaru outback. (Also I've always wanted to get one!) And in our research we discovered in the east you can buy them for about half the price that you can get them here because they aren't in as high of a demand in the east. So we started looking on ebay and when a good deal came around we bought it. Now we knew there was a risk in buying a car off ebay. Like not being able to see the car for yourself in person or test drive it. Let alone the possibility of getting scammed or ripped off. But we felt good about it and did a lot of research before hand. So Scott flew to New York to pick it up then drove it back to Idaho Falls. Everything went perfect and we are currently LOVING our new car!

Don't be jealous! :)



Ok, now back to my trip. We had a ton of fun hanging out the Funk's all weekend! We went swimming (which we didn't get any pics of) and...

 Jacob got to spend some quality time with his cousin Holland.



 Celebrating Crystal's birthday!


 Hiking/driving around and geo-caching




 Going to some waterfalls!






We had so much fun visiting! We only wish we could have stayed longer! Thanks Funk family! Until next year....

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas 2013

This year was a special year because it was our first Christmas with a kid. Although he isn't really old enough to have the slightest clue what's going on, it was still fun. Also for this reason we decided it would still be ok to spend the majority of Christmas with our own families. So we spent Christmas Eve with Scott's family, did our own thing Christmas morning, then headed up to Driggs to spend the rest of Christmas with my family.
I don't know what it was, but Christmas was just perfect this year. Everything about it. It was so fun to spend time with our families as well as doing our own thing with our little family. I'm so grateful for Jacob and the special spirit that he has. He is so positive and brings such happiness to our family. I'm grateful for Scott and the great husband and father he is. He exceeds my expectations all the time. I'm grateful for my savior and the sacrifices he made so my family can be together for all eternity. What a great blessing that is.

Christmas Morning!

Santa came!

 The loot!








 Cricket staying warm on Jacob heading to Driggs



 To Dad from kids: smoker
 To Mom from kids: nexus 7 tablet




 Ahhhh :)





 Jacob loves his new walker!

 Merry Christmas to all!