Thorpe Family Christmas Dinner!!!

On Sunday we celebrated Christmas with Christian's family! This is always our best party! It is so fun to get together with everybody! We draw names earlier in the year and the adults exchange with each other and the children exchange with each other. It is so fun to see the gifts that everybody gets. This year it was held by the newest family, The Child's- Natalie, John, Rickle, Reagen, Kortney, Katie, and Emerson (so sorry if I butchered the spellings!) This year we kept the "Fondue Tradition" alive, just did it a little differently. Normally it is meat that we cook, this year we had broccoli, chips, and pretzels to dip in a cheese fondue for an appetizer. And for dessert we had milk chocolate, white chocolate, and mint chocolate fondue dips for pretzels, marshmallows, and bananas. It was so yummy!!! For the main course we enjoyed WAY too much food! Ham, rolls, chips, veggies, cookies, cakes, candy, and an amazing Egg Nogg made by the newest addition John. (Nat, I guess we can keep him!)

Mom and Dad

Bridger

It was a very fun night and it was great to spend time with the family! We wrapped up the evening with the "Puppet Song" Which Bridget and I agree we should do EVERY year!!!

Yes, they are paper bag puppets!!!

Natalie ended the evening perfectly by showing a presentation she had made about the nativity with songs from Josh Groban singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was an amazing presentation Nat, way to go! Thanks for Hosting Johnalie!! Thanks for the gifts Family!

Hope Everybody has a Merry Christmas!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!

We also celebrated earlier that week!!! Christian had his 24th birthday on December 12th!!! That day we did have to work, but I embarrassed him over the P.A. and brought him donuts to work. That night our bestest friends Mandy, Troy, Marie, and Lukas joined us for dinner at JCW's and games back at our place. He had a great birthday and walked away with some great gifts! "Thanks for all who gave gifts, and sent birthday wishes" - Love Christian!

****Happy Holidays!!!****

Hope everybody has a wonderful Holiday Season!!! We have picked up at the store so I definitely won't have time to update again until after Christmas, possibly after New Years!

I hope everybody is doing well!!! Christian and I are doing very well! Just working, and playing a little in between! We are both VERY excited for Christmas.

Remember the reason for the Season when you celebrate this year!

Set aside some time for our Savior dear!

Love you all! God bless!!! Love, The Thorpes

3 years!!! Let's get to 53!!!!

Happy Annivi-vegas-ry!!! Happy Plane-aversary!!!

Christian and I celebrated 3 years on December 1st!!!! I can't believe it! No, not that we lasted this long, but how fast it went by!!! It has been nothing but fun too!!! What an adventure we have had! In three years we have accomplished more than I could have ever dreamed!!! 6 months after we got married, I received a promotion! We moved to Federal Way, Washington where we met some amazing people, and had an amazing time! We lived there for a year. While we lived there we were able to accomplish the #1 priority on both of our lists~ Getting Sealed in the Salt Lake Temple for Time and ALL Eternity! Best accomplish by far! After Washington, we moved back to Utah to be with our Family. Here we purchased our first home! A dream home at that! Soon after that Christian received a promotion. In March of this year we completed the #3 priority on my list (#2 is kids, nope not yet) go out of the Country. We went on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. BEST VACATION EVER!!!!! We have been able to do so much, and I am so glad we were able to be together for it all! I wouldn't trade Christian for anybody! (well, maybe somebody who ate more, but I can live with that I suppose) I am so glad I was able to find somebody who can make me do my two favorite things~Smile and Laugh! And I think he does a darn good job! Even at work when he paged, "At the risk of getting in trouble I would like to announce that it is our anniversary! Thanks for 3 years, hopefully we can make it to 53!!!"
Luv ya hun! And we better!!!