Christmas in the Mini Apple

I can't believe how fast this Christmas Season is going by!! I wish I could freeze time and savor it all. Ryan and I had such a great time on Saturday. I finally had a Saturday off, so we went to Downtown Minneapolis. We found ourselves at Macys (its one of those cool old Macys that's 12 stories tall) and saw the Santaland Display on the 8th floor. Its been a Minneapolis holiday tradition since the '60's and this year it was "A Day in the Life of an Elf" it was really cool and at the end of it, we got to sit on Santas Lap!! After Macys we watched the Annual Holidazzle Parade, and then went to dinner at Hells Kitchen. What a great day in the City with my Husband!! I loved it. Merry Christmas!

So it's not quite Rockefeller Center....

I LOVE T & Co.

Who doesn't love the little blue box? Especially at Christmas time, with the exclusive RED ribbon? My story is not about a recent gift ... its about why we should all have a little more love for Tiffany.

My story begins 4 years ago, when my parents gave me a birthday present. They gave me the Tiffany Elsa Peretti "K" key chain. I love the gift and every time I saw it on my keys I thought of how sweet my parents are to give me such a gift. Recently, after moving to Minnesota, I realized that the "K" on my key chain had disappeared!! I was devastated as I knew I would not be able to afford to replace it. I decided I would go into T&Co here in Minnesota and see if anything could be done. There's no hurt in asking, right? So, I walked into T&Co, go straight to Customer Service and plead my case. Their response? "You know, that key chain is discontinued, we don't have one here in our store, but let me find one for you and we'll send you a new one". Wow!! I knew I loved Tiffany! Where else do you find such excellent customer service?!

Oh Tiffany, I knew I loved you for a reason. You are just so classy.

Thanksgiving in Utah

It started with a 4am wake up call. By 5:30am we were parking the car and by 6:00am we were walking through Security at the MSP Airport. Luckily they lost our seat reservation, so we got booked to the back of the plane ... perfect, right? At least there was one seat next to me that wasn't taken, so I got to take a little nap on the way over.

We went straight to Grandma and Grandpa Pixton's house for Thanksgiving Day. It was so much fun to spend the day with Ryan's family, I loved it. Great food + Great company = a great time.

In an effort not to bore anyone with the complete details of the weekend, I'll just post some pictures. All in all we had a fantastic time. We got to see friends and family and spend some time back in the familiar community of Provo, Utah. Its weird that I only lived in Provo for 2 years, but when I go back, it feels so comfortable and familiar, its always great to go back (never thought I would say that!).

Turkey Day








Our Lil Dessert Party
Ryan's Mom, Jeralyn, spent the day with me in the kitchen baking up a storm for our Party. Trifle, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin Bread, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cake Bites and Buckeyes---YUM!! Thanks Jeralyn!

My Parents surprised me and drove into town. They crashed our party with the Jacksons.











GAME DAY
Kelsie and Malcolm have been my besties since we were in diapers --- pretty classic, right? The big game day is in reference to the BYU vs. Utah game. Quite the rivalry. OT made it a nail-biter, luckily we pulled it out. Good Job Cougs.

We met Kelsie, Cameron and Malcolm for lunch.






We got to hang out with the Boys.


Ashley rocking out with the Band






Storming the Field.






Happy Birthday Ashley!!!