... that Matt bleeds blue?

There are three things that Matt loves the most in the world:

1. Me

2. Wild Cherry Pepsi

3. BYU

He and all of his friends got picked to participate in a free throw contest during a time out at the Marriot Center and they were all stoked! We got free tickets to the game, rode down the special "guarded" elevator to the court level, got to hang out under the stadium with Cosmo and the cheerleaders, and also ran into one of mom and dad's returned missionaries. Matt even let me come onto the court with him and be one of his rebounders hahahahahahaha

Oh, and I forgot to mention Matt's homemade Jimmer shirt that he wore underneath a regular shirt, so that he could take off his shirt on the court. Because pretending to strip is funny. Especially at BYU.

 Matt didn't win the contest, but at BYU, everyone's a winner, so it's okay.

We love BYU!

... that my little baby is not a little baby anymore??

My little baby has finally found her eternal companion!!!

These two. All the heart eyes.

Cait's soon-to-be mother in law threw her an adorable bridal shower with tons of great food and great presents! I was the only representative of the Blickensibs, and I was so proud of myself for contributing by bringing two dozen beautiful homemade sugar cookies! And then I walked into the kitchen and saw 1 million absolutely perfect Swig copycat sugar cookies... and wanted to die. 

Whatevs.

Jolynn was so sweet and wanted me to feel welcome as part of the family, so she introduced me to all her friends and had me sit right next to Cait while she opened all of her gifts and asked me to keep the gift list. I was so glad I could be there! Afterward, we laughed and laughed as Cait and Kade told everyone their meeting/dating/engagement story. Those two are so stinking cute.

I love my little baby!

... that it was Christmas time again!!!

Christmas is always so busy for the Harrisons! There is so much family tradition to uphold, like the huge extended family Christmas Eve Brunch

And the great cousin gift exchange!

Then Christmas Eve dinner together, wrapping all the presents and setting out the stockings, and finally Christmas morning! It was so nice to be home with everyone and just take it easy. Then later that night, we had dinner at our house with everyone and anyone who wanted to come! I was in charge of the sweet potatoes, which I managed to not destroy (still bitter about the Thanksgiving fiasco -___- ), and afterward we broke out the petting zoo for all the little girl cousins.

#favoriteaunt

Kaari was in town too, so I went down to Provo a couple of times to hang out with them while they were here. Although apparently she really just wanted to hang out with Matt.

I may be the favorite aunt, but I am still clearly second fiddle when it comes to real entertainment.

I love Christmas!

... that my nerdiness has limits?

I am a huge supernerd when it comes to LOTR.

I have accepted this. I am even proud of it.

But I have limits, and apparently that limit is Star Wars.

Matt's cousin Dal got tickets to a showing of the new Star Wars movie, and was nice enough to invite us to come along! Dal is a HUGE Star Wars supernerd, which is totally WAY more embarrassing than a LOTR supernerd. He had literally seen the movie twice before he went with us, and that was within a 12 hour period of time. I mean, seriously, which is more nerdy:

Okay, we're just going to move on.

The premier was awesome, and it was great to spend time with Dal and Shar because they are awesome too. And even though Dal is a supernerd, I was still the only one that "dressed up" for the occasion.

1 man costume contest over here, and I won.

I love being a supernerd!

... that we love friends?

This picture makes me so happy.

Two of my four "roommates" from my first apartment at BYU on Condo Row. I recently reconnected with Beck, and then Sterling let us know he was coming into town over Christmas, so we just had to get together for a little roommate dinner and catch up on life. Sterling introduced us to his ridiculously adorable family, we ate delicious food at Station 22, Matt told jokes, and everyone was happy.

I love my roommates!!!