An Arizona Christmas

After our fun trip to NYC for Thanksgiving we realized that it was already December and time to get ready for Christmas! I was being practical and didn't think we needed a tree for only a couple weeks before we left for Arizona. This was the result of the lack of tree...

Chandelier ornaments!

We had a lot of goodies and music playing... as well as some decorations, thanks to Nana!

After a hard last week for Ben we finally headed to Arizona to spend Christmas with BOTH of our families. How nice it is to have our families live 15 minutes apart so we could share the holidays with everyone!

My sister Rachel, Tyler, and baby Jackson came for the week before Christmas so we got to spend time with them. Some of the highlights were bowling, golfing, movies, dance parties, dinners, and so much more!

We had a nice Christmas Eve dinner with everyone.

We got to see the Arizona temple Christmas lights and other fun activities.

After opening presents on Christmas morning at my house we headed to Ben's house for the next week.

We had all sorts of fun with the Lewises... sibling rivalries, the twins arm wrestling, and brother sports

We got to have fireworks on New Years Eve...

and got to participate in the Lewis annual pot&pan/instrument banging to the neighbors

We played a lot of games at both houses and had a very fun warm holiday season!

We celebrated our first anniversary and went to the Mesa temple to remember our special day

We're excited for the new year and can't wait for new adventures and memories to come!