Jake & Kassie Nielsen: December 2011

Well I always build up the excitement for Christmas, I think I forget how fast it comes and goes. It was mine and Jake's first Christmas together. It was so fun, I think it's safe to say we both got spoiled;) Not only did he spoil me, but his grandpararents and parents as well. Jake woke up about 6 o clock and would not go back to sleep, he was so anxious just like a little kid to see what else he had gotten. I would have been fine to sleep for another 2 hours or so. We both woke up though...AT SIX and had our own little Christmas. It was so fun!

After we were done, we headed out to his parents and exchanged with them. Hung out for a little while then headed over to my parents! It was such a fun day, I can't wait to have many more Christmas's with my Jake. He is so amazing!

So...A LOT has happened since I last wrote. I'll just start from where I remember haha. Well, for starters, November 12 was Jake's cousin Tyler's wedding. Was a good day..until..I got in my car wreck. I was on the highway from Wellsville to Mendon that goes by Willow Valley and a big van pulled out in front of me. Scarriest thing I have ever been through! I was driving, thank goodness Jake was with me. I'm sure he wishes everytime he drives that he was that day because now, I have HUGE driving anxiety. I am not exaggerating! I'm always telling him to slow down and watch out for that car. It drives him insane!

It looks worse in person! It did just over 6,000 dollars worth of damage, I thank my lucky stars that my airbags did NOT go out. It would have been a lot worse. On the bright side...I got me a Toyota 4-Runner! My new baby! I love this vehicle.

This is her! We got such an awesome deal on it and Jake is much happier because I'm "safer" and it's four wheel drive. That has probably been one of my biggest highlights this fall.

I just love this time of year. It's my favorite! For Thanksgiving we went to Jake's Grandma Nielsen's house. My parents and my mom's mom tagged along this year so they wouldn't be alone. It was really nice, although I just have to say I'm not a big fan of Thanksgiving. It's just not my favorite. I have yet to decide why, but I just don't care for it. Sorry, no pictures.

Christmas however is coming up. I am such a little kid when it comes to Christmas. I love buying gifts for people and seeing their face when they get to open it. The trouble is if I tell them what they're getting before they actually get it. I have a hard time keeping that kind of secret, I get too excited. I am also way excited for this year because it's me and Jake's first Christmas officially. I mean we had Christmas together last year, but he got me a snuggie....I mean come on! ;) I'm never gonna let him live that one down. I'm already past the point I think where I have already spoiled him...I still have about 20 days left! I came home one night and he was online looking at shoes, he asked me if I liked this one pair, I said yes. He then asked me what size I was and pulled out his wallet. He ordered them! So I have been checking the mail everyday for the past 10 days and they finally came. Of course I opened the box even though I probably wasn't supposed to, that's like telling Jake to clean the toilet, It's just not going to happen! So I tried them on, even picked out a cute outfit that would go with them, and like the responsible person I am, I wrapped them all pretty! Jake got home and asked where his gift was..I told him I wrapped it. He got mad because he didn't even get to see it and he bought them, so I unwrapped them and showed him and now I have to wrap them again. I had done such a good job wrapping. I was not that upset to try them on again though;) I have wrapped all our presents under our tree, just about done;)

Our first Christmas Tree! The color scheme is just based off of our wedding colors. We actually had Christmas ornamaments in our centerpieces!

So I've been trying to lose weight..eating better and all that! This time of year is not a good time for that, well it is, it's just ten times harder. I was going to the Logan Rec Center, decided I didn't like that and now I'm thinking I'm just going to go back to Planet Fitness. I liked that gym a lot! In the mean time, I've been doing these in home workouts, they actually really are a work out. I've been getting them off pinterest.com and I go to the fitness section, they have a lot of good recepies (that I have yet to try) and they also have lots of motivational pictures. If your not motivated go take a look because about twenty minutes later chances are you'll be on the floor working on something. I keep asking Jake, if this is as good as it gets for you will that be okay. Of course he says "Your beautiful the way you are." How sweet..haha but it's just more than that for me! Working out and eating healthy I just feel so much better! They say it takes about 4 weeks for you to notice, 8 weeks for your friends to notice and 12 weeks for everyone else! Bring it on!