Lights at Temple Square

Saturday night we took our annual Temple Square to see the lights trip. It was super cold because it finally decided to start to snow, now that it is the middle of December. But it was fun walking around with the snow falling down. Jeff and Kitani came with us, and we had a blast. I think that I might have embarressed everyone because I was dancing and leaping around. I was just trying to stay warm!!!

Dusty and I were posing like the statue of Joseph and Emma behind us.

I thought it would be a great idea, and Dusty was being a great sport!

Jeff and Kitani

My coat is so big and warm!
This is us at the Melting Pot. After looking at lights we went and had some cheese and chocolate fondue. It was delicious!!!!

Christmas Tag!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? wrapping paper if I take the time
2. Real tree or Artificial? Articial. I don't like the smell of real trees
3. When do you put up the tree? hopefully before Christmas!!
4. Do you like eggnog? only with ice cream and sprite in it
5. Favorite gift received as a child? Addy- my American Girl doll
6. Hardest person to buy for? Matt, my brother-in-law
7. Easiest person to buy for? Trae, Kira and Aiden (nieces and nephew)
8. Do you have a nativity scene? Nope! I probably need one of those
9. Mail or email Christmas cards? we don't have kids yet, so I haven't done them
10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? none that I can think of
11. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Santa Claus and How the Grinch Stole Christmas
12. When do you start shopping? October (I am already done)
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? not that I know of
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mom's sugar cookies and bacon wrapped water chestnuts
15. Lights on the tree? White
16. Favorite Christmas song? all of the ones from the Children Song Book
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? we have done both, we will be traveling this year though
18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? you better believe it
19. Angel on the tree top or a star? star
20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Both
21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Snow and crappy weather
22. Favorite ornament theme or color? our tree is silver and purple, mixed with the hallmark ornaments that I got every year growing up
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? as long as it isn't turkey I am good
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? to pay for all of Dusty's school (I know, not fun, but well worth it)
I tag: Kellie, Nicole, Amy and Megan

Husband Tag

So Nicole tagged me, and I like to talk about Dusty, so I figured I would do it.

Dustin Robert Batty

5 Things He Loves

• Me (what is there not to love?)
• His nieces and nephew
• Harley, our dog
• Traveling
• Anything that goes fast

5 Things on his To Do List

• Get out the Christmas decorations
• Finish his application for school
• Cook some dinner
• Play with his dog
• Watch Grey's Anatomy at our weekly Grey's Anatomy party

5 Foods He Enjoys

• A Good Steak
• Ice cream (with a warm brownie)
• Burger Supreme- hamburger (it's the fry sauce)
• Hawiian Haystacks
• Cream of Chicken
  

5 Things You May Not Know About Him

• He changed his degree, I think, 3 times before he decided on Radiography
• He flew too low when he was trying to get his pilot's license at 16, and got all of his hours taken away- Bummer!!
• He wanted to marry a girl who was graduated from college, had a good job, and was mature- and he got a 18 year old who had 1 year of college done, who let's be honest, wasn't super mature!!! He now is glad that he got what he has
• He sings along great to "I'm Too Sexy" in the car
• He really wants to sky dive (I'm not sure how I feel about it though)

5 Quirky Things

• He is constantly dancing around the house. I think he gets it from being around me so much
• The only kind of spaghetti he likes, is his mom's that she cans. It is a good thing that she taught him how to make it.
• He likes the dishwasher loaded a certain way, so sometimes he just asks me to stop and let him do it.
• He likes to be on time, and it drives him crazy when people run late.
• When he sleeps, he twitches. And it isn't just a slight twitch. If I am sitting by him, I can get moved around. He is pretty funny. That is how that I know that he really is going to sleep.

I tag Tia, Karly, Amy, Leah, and Jen and whoever thinks that it would be fun!

The Little Bowtique

So my sister is starting a new little blog of all of the bows that she makes. She does such a good job that I had to tell everyone to go and take a look. They are super cute, and she does a bunch of different ones. Go check it out!!!
http://thelittlebowtique.blogspot.com/

Arizona - part 3

We went 4 wheeling on Saturday before we headed out. It was tons of fun. It is so different than 4 wheeling in Utah. It was a really nice change.

Dusty and I on the 4 wheeler - my hair was out of control

Dusty - Look at how gorgeous!!!!
Doyle, Chandi and Kelly riding the rhino
Doyle got cactus stuck in his leg! OWWW!!!!!

Arizona - part 2

We were able to do some fun things while we were in Arizona.

We went on a boat ride on Thursday. It was so much fun! It is a 30 ft long boat, and we got it going pretty fast. Dusty told me that it has a Nascar racing engine in it. Intense!

The boat
Chandi, Me, and Dusty

Dusty got to drive the boat- good thing that Kelly was there helping him. It was going fast

Kelly and Janelle and Dusty's cousins on the boat

Chandi and I

Dusty and I on the boat

Dusty chilling before the boat took off

Thanksgiving in Arizona

This year we were able to go down to Arizona for Thanksgiving.

We stayed with Dusty's aunt and uncle Janelle and Kelly. We had so much fun!

The weather was fairly nice, but it could have been a little warmer. :)

We had lots of good food, plenty of time to rest and play, and good times with the family. This is Kelly getting the turkey to deep fry
Lowering it in - I don't like turkey, but everyone else said that it was really good

Dusty jumping into the poolIt was super cold!!! It had rained, and so the water in the pool was freezing!
Dusty took care of being cold by jumping into the hot tub

Grizzlies Hockey Game

Friday night Dusty and I went up to the Utah Grizzlies Hockey Game. We had so much fun. Over the past couple of years, I have come to realize how much I love hockey. It is so much fun to watch and gets super intense. Thanks for such a fun date night Dust! The bottom pic is a little kid league that got to play in between the quarters (i don't know what they are called). It was hilarious! They were sliding everywhere.

Twilight the Movie

Okay, so the movie Twilight came out last night. I really wanted to see it, but one I had to go to a movie theater that had reserved seating because I was not going to go stand in line, and two, I couldn't decide if I wanted to go the opening weekend since it would be super busy. But yesterday when I got home from work Dusty, being the amazing husband he is, asked me how bad I wanted to go to Twilight. I was honest and said "well pretty bad. I really want to see it." So he said that there were tickets (at a theater with reserved seating) at 2:30am with good seats. I said "let's do it!" So last night Dusty and I braved the crowds and went and saw Twilight. We got home at 5:30, and I had to be to work at 9 this morning. Good times!

Review of the Movie: I went into this movie with NO expectations. I knew it wasn't going to be as good as the book, and I knew that who they cast was completely different than what I had pictured. So I was pleasantly surprised. I really liked the movie! Although it was different from the book, it had the same overall feel. The cast was great and I really hope that they make the others movies because I think that they will also be really good. Dusty even said that he liked the movie. Bonus! I think that even if you haven't read the books, you should check out the movie and just watch it as a movie and don't worry about what the book was like. Let me know what you think!

This is what time we arrived at the movie theater
Dusty and I sitting in our seats. We were both pretty tired, but had just drank a Mt Dew.
Good thing!

America's Next Top Model

pictured (left to right): Annaleigh, McKey, Sam

Last night it was the finale of America's Next Top Model. I love this show, but this season it was really hard because I wasn't LOVING any of the girls. My favs were Elina and Annaleigh. Annaleigh made it in to the top 3 with McKey, who is a boxer and as some of the judges say "looks like Lurch when she walks", and Sam who drives me nuts!!!! Last night I was just hoping that Annaleigh would be the one to win, but she did really bad on her Covergirl commercial, and was kicked off. And that left McKey and Sam. I didn't even care who won at that point, but I still had to watch for who did. It was McKey, who is not cute and as Dusty would say "was she the ugly one?" when I told him who won. So this season of ANTM was very frustrating and I just wanted to see if anyone else was as frustrated as I was with the results?

Aiden Turns 1 and has a Birthday Party!

Our niece Aiden has her 1st birthday this Saturday on the 15th.

Here she is with her cake. She wasn't so sure about it at first, but she got into later.
Uncle Dusty and Aiden in her Princess Crown

Auntie Ali and Aiden

Aiden opening her presents

We had so much fun, and were so excited that we got to be at her party. She is walking and is starting to talk. She is so much fun and we love her. Happy Birthday Aiden!

Trae's Birthday Party

This weekend Dusty and I went to Idaho for our nephew Trae's birthday party. This was the first one that we had been able to go to so we were pretty excited. It was a busy weekend, with getting everything ready for the party and keeping the kids entertained. But we got a few moments for the adults. We played a lot of Wii (mario kart, bowling, tennis) and Guitar Hero. Come to find out I am pretty bad at everything. I just don't have the coordination for it.

Here is Tia rocking out. She kicked our butts!
Dusty wasn't too bad himself. He actually got REALLY good!
The Mickey Party! They did a pinata. The kids loved it.

This is Kira's crazy face. She does it every time you pull the camera out. She is hilarious!

Kira sharing the candy with Grammy. She was shoving it in her mouth

Trae blowing out his candles. I wonder if he was wishing for something? (as Tia would say, "probably a cousin.")

Trae opening up Mr Potato Head from YaYa and Dusty. He got lots of cool presents, and was so thankful. He is such a sweet and funny boy, so we were excited to be able to go to his party!

Trae Turns 3!!!!

Our sweet nephew Trae turns the big 3 today! He is such a funny boy, and is always making everyone laugh. He is a great big brother and an amazing dancer. He has got the beat! We love you and happy birthday day. Love YaYa and Uncle Dust!

Halloween Party- Part 2

Here are some photos from the party. Sorry there are a lot.

Dusty and I. He dressed up as a firefighter (check out the pic on the side) and I was a witch



The Girls: Ali, Kitani and Shayla (Princess Peach)

Lyndi: Winner of Funniest Costume

Carlos and Karly (Priest and Catholic School Girl)
Winners of Most Original Costume


Jeff and Kitani- He was a Wal Mart Worker. Classic.
Kitani also particiated. She wore Halloween colors.

The Trees: Winners of Best Costume. It was great.

Dusty bought Harley a costume as well. It was super cute, but it was for an Extra Small dog. So pretty much it didn't fit, but she would have look awesome. Next year.