Virginia is for lovers and lots of other things....

We spent two weeks in Virginia for our Christmas break. We're grateful to have both our families living in the same state....and same town! It makes things so much easier =)

We loved every minute being in Virginia. We visited with friends and family, went to the DC Temple, played lots of games, watched movies, celebrated Christmas, ate so much food and candy, went to a few weddings, and last but not least...we were there for the VA snow storm (almost 2 feet of snow)!

Enjoy all the pictures; there are lots of them (sorry they are not in the correct order---I am too lazy to fix it)!

We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and wish all of you a happy new year!

me with my family's puppy (Lexi)

my younger but taller brother (Tommy) & me in our matching Northface jackets we got for Christmas (Logan got one too, he's just not in this picture for some reason)! Thanks Mom & Dad Sangbouasy!

at the DC Temple Visitor's Center with some of the Corbett's

Sangbouasy siblings on Christmas Day....Tommy, me, Amanda, & Logan

Sangbouasy cousins on Christmas Day (but we were missing a few)

here we are in our pjs we got for Christmas this year! Thanks Mom & Dad Corbett!

Christmas morning at the Corbett's

VA snow storm (about 2 feet of snow)

us in front of the DC Temple--this is the temple we were married in!

our good friends, Erin & Kyle Field, married in the DC Temple. Congrats you two!

Logan's Birthday

My sweet husband turned 23 years old on December 7th. We had a nice party for him a few days before his actual birthday. It was fun to see so many of our friends and family (mainly Carson). Thanks for coming everyone!

On his actual birthday (December 7th), I was sick and ended up staying home from work but that didn't stop me from celebrating my husband's birthday. I made him breakfast in bed, we went to watch a movie at the dollar theatre, we made dinner together (pad thai with shrimp) and then went ice skating (we had not been ice skating since our first "pretend" date together). It was a very fun day.

Read more about Logan in this GREAT post by this mother: http://crazycorbettcorner.blogspot.com/. It describes Logan so well. I'm lucky to have such great in-laws to have raised such a great person! Thank you!

Here are some of the pictures:

Here is the birthday boy with all his presents! Yay!

Logan opening presents from his family.

Logan LOVES shrimp!

Dinner...yummy!

Logan with his new gloves that he got from me!

Logan had to find his present in the balloons. He finally found something inside one of the balloons and popped it. Inside, he found a note that said "we're going ice skating for your birthday."

breakfast in bed

Logan wanted fun-fetti cake with cream cheese frosting. Yummy!

This was from Logan's birthday party. We played a game called "Celebrity" and it was so fun!

Thanksgiving Break!

It was our first Thanksgiving as a married couple and we flew down to Arizona to spend time with the Whitfields' (my aunt and her family). It was so much fun. It was so great to see family. The weather was beautiful--mid 70's. We did so much while we were there (Wed-Sat). We had to come home early Saturday morning because Logan had to work later that day.

We spent the three days: spending time with the Whitfields', visiting with Ryan and his family (Logan's friend from high school), eating so much food (Thanksgiving Dinner, Mexican food, pizza, etc), going to see the Zoo Lights, shopping, watching movies (Blind Side & New Moon), playing video games (Wii), and going to my cousin Dallin's soccer games. SO MUCH FUN! We can't wait to go back to visit again!

Dallin's soccer game
We all cheered for him so loud; he was pretty embarrassed =)

at the Zoo Lights
(Logan, Uncle Derek, Abby, Macey, Aunt Martha, & Dallin)


my cousins (Macey & Dallin)

Macey the Cheerleader
She showed us a few of her routines; she is really good!

boys playing games

me & Aunt Martha with her nephew, Brody

Logan's old house in AZ

Saturday Date Night!!!

I love Saturdays and yesterday was just one of those Saturdays you wish you could have every week....everyday, even.

We slept in until about 11am, watched the BYU game (and they won!!!!), went to Target with Carson (Logan's brother), went to the Provo Temple with our friends--Adam & Britni Wing, made a delicious dinner together, and last but not least......we made a FORT in our bedroom, watched Sleepless in Seattle, and made yummy milkshakes!

Seriously, who could ask for a better Saturday? It was perfect.

Halloween

I love Halloween! It is after all, the best "engaged" day of the whole year (we got engaged exactly one year ago on Halloween!!) Pretty neat, huh?

For Halloween this year, we were running around like mad nerds!! We cleaned the house, did laundry, made home-made root beer/chili/cornbread, and organized our ward's Halloween Party. And, wow, it went off without a hitch! It turned out great! Logan and I were really happy with how everything went, and even happier with how much fun everyone had. It was a great activity complete with a chili cook-off, trick-or-treating, donut-eating contest, pumpkin contest, and costume contest. So fun! We really enjoy our calling as the Activities Committee Chairs. It's been overwhelming at times, but nothing we can't handle.

After our ward activity, we went over to our friends--Maddison & Adrian's---for another Halloween Party! My cute husband made some dirt pudding....with gummy worms & graveyards (a.k.a. Milano cookies). It looked weird, but totally delicious! We played so many fun games and had a great time hanging out with our married friends.


And, last but not least.....my family's puppy (Lexi) turned 1 years-old on Halloween! She is the cutest, sweetest puppy in the whole world! I miss her so much and I tell Logan how much I miss her all the time (to the extent that Logan has repeatedly looked on the internet for dogs on sale)!! I see a puppy in our future.....or kids....or snakes.....well technically, we already have a snake (don't worry, it's a fake)!!

Maddison & Adrian gave out prizes at their Halloween Party, and Logan got this fake snake that grows in water. So, we now have a snake in our bathtub that is slowly growing! I will take a picture of it once it reaches its maximum growth which should be in the next couple days. Logan loves it which is good because I told him that it would be as close as he is going to get to the real thing. Oh, I am such a good wife---don't you think? Don't answer that.