Omniture Christmas Party Catch-Up

So over a month ago Omniture had their huge Christmas party. It's always at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake. There always seems to be a snowstorm the night of the party too. We forgot our camera so our friend snapped these pictures of us. Omniture paid for James' tuxedo rental and I found my dress half-off at a sale Allyse's Bridal was having in September. We had a blast and lived it up in style. They had gourmet appetizers, main dishes, and desserts all with a Latin Theme. Our entertainment this year was a professional dance group that performs in lots of movies all the time as back-up dancers. They were pretty good, but a little scandalous since they were scantily clad. ;) Because of the snow we were late and didn't get to have professional pictures done there, so I'm glad our friend had her camera to snap a few shots after the party. I also had a hair appointment to get my hair done, but again because of the snow I canceled my appointment so I wouldn't have to get out in the snow before that night.

Welcome to Spanish Fork

A few weeks ago when we were driving home from the Festival of Lights we passed this gas station and we had to stop to take a picture of this sign.

We thought it was funny. Welcome to Southern Utah Valley for us!

Happy New Years!

So for New Years James and I went to his parent's new house and hung out with his family and the Beuker's from his family's ward. We had a ton of fun. We played the Wii and watched Stardust and ate lots of yummy food. We also played Apples to Apples which is a tradition when we hang out with the Beukers.

Yummy Food

James' Apples to Apples Cards

Meagan's Apples to Apples Cards

Christmas

Christmas was really fun this year. James and I got to stay in Utah with his family this year which was really nice to stay here while we were still trying to get our new home in order. James' mom got his Dad a parakeet for Christmas. It's actually a really cute present, because that was their first pet when they first got married. We got to babysit the parakeet for 2 nights before Christmas so that James' Dad wouldn't know that his mom had gotten it for him. He was a lot of fun! Eric, James' brother spent the night at our house for Christmas Eve and we watched the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol. I made Raspberry Cream Cheese French Toast for Breakfast and then we went to James' parents new house to open presents. It's really funny, because James' parents just got into a house about a week after we got into ours. James and I didn't get each other presents this year, because of the house and the car(see post below). We did get a lot of nice things for our new house though, including gift cards to help us to get things that we need. We also got some fun movies and yummy treats.

The Christmas Tree

The Hidden Parakeet

James Pouting

James and Eric

All of the Presents

The Cute Parakeet that James' Dad named "Spud"

The rug we got as a present

New Car

So we were totally not expecting to get a new used car right around Christmas when we just had put a huge down-payment on a house, but our car decided that it was going to die on us. We both took a day off work and went car shopping and found this great steal! It blue-booked for $2000-4000 more than what we got it for. So we love our new car even though it came at the worst time.

Christmas Eve Breakfast

So my boss and I decided to make pancakes for all of our employees this morning. I made green and red pancakes for Christmas. The only ones left by the time I got my camera out were green ones. It was a huge success!

Meagan's Birthday

So I know it's been over a month since my birthday, but we've been really busy(see 2 posts below), so I'm just posting about it now. James was out of town on business on my actual birthday, so he took me out to dinner at the Melting Pot (my all time favorite and most expensive restaurant). We had been planning the trip all year so when it came time and we were also buying a house we were nervous, but James decided to do it anyways. We were totally blessed though, my parents sent me a $40 gift card to the Melting Pot for my birthday and then my student employees at my office did something I never expected: they all pitched in and got me a $50 gift card to the Melting Pot. We only had to pay 12 for the meal and that included the tip! It's so much food we thought we were gonna burst afterward. You have a huge cheese fondue, big salads, then the main course with TONS of meats, and then a chocolate fondue with everything you can think of to dip in it. We really feel like God was looking out for us. I can never thank all my awesome employees enough. Here are some pics from our trip.