Christmas Tree!

I decided to put up my little Christmas tree tonight =) It's its 3rd Christmas.. I can't believe it. 3 Christmases... I bought it at Target when I first moved to Utah. I didn't even have any furniture in my apartment, but I had my little tree =) I've added on ornaments/decorations throughout the years. I think I'll buy something for it for this year.. =) Tim gave me a nice heart ornament last Christmas from Bronner's. Very sweet.

Post Wisdom Teeth Surgery

I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday morning. My friend Melanie took care of me throughout the day and was my "responsible adult." =) She was great. The surgery went well. I didn't feel/see/hear a thing, which I am very grateful for. The last thing the doctor said was "Ok, time for sleep." And placed a mask over my nose. I look up to the lights and that was it. I'm glad the last thing I saw was that and not the doctor looking down at me. That would have freaked me out. Anyway, an hour later, I was done and they woke me up. Took off the IV and such, and the lady helped me walk to another area to wait for Melanie. =) And from there, my recovery has been great. I ate mashed potatoes & gravy from KFC and pudding yesterday. Today, I even drove to KFC again and bought some more mashed potatoes & gravy. heh. It's a really nice day today too - sunny and not cold, just the nice brisk feeling (which I secretly love). I'm trying to keep my recovery well and not slurping anything or eating anything bad for my mouth. =P

I just finished watching When Harry Met Sally. Good movie. I've always watched parts of it, but never the whole thing. It was nice to finish it finally. Yesterday, Melanie & I watched Get Smart. That was actually a pretty funny movie. I didn't think I would really like it, but it had a lot of good lines throughout the movie.

And today.. I've just been thinking of the wedding. Just random planning stuff. Flowers, center pieces, etc. Fun stuff. I need to buy my shoes that I'll wear.. I can't believe it's mid-November already. 2008 is almost over, and pretty soon, I'll be married. Woww.. So exciting =)

On a different topic.. Oprah is giving everyone a Snapfish photobook. Pretty cool Here's the link Free Photo Book. The site gets bogged down because of everyone trying to get one. So, be patient.

The ski lodges are all open here in Utah. Pretty exciting. I want to go snowboarding again this winter. =) Who knew I would actually like winter. hah

Full Week

This week was full of events.. from the elections to the layoffs at work. The atmosphere at work the past couple of weeks have been tense. When I first started working at American Express in 2006, they had some layoffs - but because I was so new (to work in general), I didn't think too much of it. I definitely felt these layoffs. I now know my coworkers and people in other departments. They're my friends. It's such a depressing situation. The economy is in such a rut right now and it's so sad to think that so many people have lost their jobs recently. I am extremely grateful that I wasn't impacted. Truly truly grateful.

Different topic... the elections. This was my very first time voting in the US Presidential Election. I became a US Citizen this year and I was very proud to vote on November 4th. It was a very exciting experience. I used the new electronic ballots. It would have been neat to use the old one, but that's ok. It's such a neat feeling to be a part of something so huge for the country and for the world. The US is a great country and I'm glad I was a part of its history. (Wow, I'm so patriotic, heh). Cheesiness. =P

Another topic... The parents and Timmy came out to SLC this past weekend. My parents arrived Wednesday night, Tim and his parents arrived Thursday night. I drove back and forth to the airport sooo many times last week. heh The parents met for the first time and I think it was pretty fun. Tim & I had a lot of things planned for all of us to do. I think they all had a nice time =) At least, I hope so. Hah

Friday - We first drove to Snowbird but we realized that the Tram (that we wanted to ride) is not in operation during the weekdays. Ug. So we just walked around and took pictures. heh

Just hanging out at Snowbird

(so cute)

Afterward, we drove around downtown Salt Lake.. I showed everyone one of the reception venue choices. =) Tim & I have our top two. (It's so hard to decide! We love both of 'em!) I think everyone liked mine & Tim's Top 2 choices. heh It was fun to just look around both of them.

Friday was my tatay's (dad's) 60th birthday. We all went out for a nice dinner at Tuscany. It was a very pretty Italian restaurant that looked like a really cute cottage. After dinner, we drove downtown to Abravanel Hall to enjoy a symphony, Bruckner's 4th.

Our dinner table by the fireplace at Tuscany

The Birthday Boy with his chocolate cake! Sweet 60! haha

Saturday - we drove to Park City and hung out there. I showed everyone another reception venue possibility. Again, I love this one as well and it's really hard to pick which one =)

Park City is lovely. I swear, I love the air over there. We walked around downtown Park City and ate lunch at The Eating Establishment. I definitely recommend this restaurant. Yummy, nice atmosphere, and not too expensive. After Park City, we drove out to Snowbird Ski Resort. About a 50 minute drive from Park City. We really wanted to ride the Tram this weekend so that's why we went back. Good times good times. On Sunday, the parents left out in the morning and Tim left a little after. Definitely a full and busy weekend. I was pretty tired after all of it, heh. =P

Here are some more pictures of the weekend:

Main Street Park City, UT

At a cute little boutique in Park City

Riding the Tram - Tim's mom was pretty scared =) She was holding on tight!

11,000 feet above Sea Level

Me + Timmy

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

I want to post some more pictures from my California trip before posting some pictures from this weekend. The parents came to Salt Lake City this weekend and I got a cd full of pictures from the California trip a couple of weeks ago. I want to print these out before I have too many to print, that it'll be too overwhelming =P

At our Hotel, we even rode those bikes beside us.. fun stuff.

Lily is surprisingly shy... she's so cute & funny.

Here's me, Samara, and my sister in law, Ate Carla.

Here's Lily discussing how to fix our economy crisis in Disneyland, heh.

I miss Ian.

Hilarious! They hated those hats!!

Samara is adorable.