... 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!!!

... that we love Vegas!

Matt and I went to Vegas for the Vegas Bowl!

Actually, Matt went to Vegas for the Vegas Bowl. I went to Vegas to shop!!!

We headed down Friday and met up with Jake and Jacky at the Wynn for a little bit before I dropped Matt off with his friends

Then Jake and Jacky and I had a night out on the strip! We went to New York New York, Jake and Jacky played Clash of Clans, we had an AWESOME dinner at the Shake Shack

Then we walked through the Hershey Store, Jake and Jacky played Clash of Clans, the M&M Factory, Jake and Jacky played Clash of Clans, the Coke Store, and Jake and Jacky played Clash of Clans. NERDS.

It was so much fun! I love just being out and about in the city! We walked until my feet wanted to fall off and I thought I was going to die of exhaustion. Then I dropped them off back at the Wynn and headed to Kim's house for the night.

The next day, I slept in, Kim and I went to the mall and the outlets so I could pick up a few more Christmas presents, and then I just relaxed, so it was a pretty great day! Our Cougs ended up losing, but they put up a pretty good fight towards the end, so Matt wasn't too disappointed. I picked Matt up from his hotel and we drove straight home so that we could make it back in time to sing in our ward's Christmas program the next day. Yes, we really did that.

I love Vegas!

... that our ward loves us?

We decided to make up for not dressing up at the ward Halloween party.

We are awesome.

... that I am old?

Happy Birthday to me!!!

My birthday was pretty great this year! Matt got me several sweet gifts, including a heated seat cushion that plugs into my car (which is perfect for this frozen wasteland that we live in) and sending flowers to my work, which I LOVE! And when I got to work, the girls there had decorated my office, brought me more flowers, and ordered a big lunch for the whole office all in celebration of me! It was awesome!

After work, Matt and I went to The Melting Pot to celebrate with fondue and it was SO DELICIOUS.

30 was a hard year for me. And 31 is starting out a little hard as well. I wish I could say that I am handling it gracefully... but I am really really not. Let's just say that I am working on a lot of personal goals for this year, and patience is #1. But that's okay, cause that's something that we could all use a little more of, amiright?

I love my birthday!