Over the Christmas holidays, my dear friend April got hitched.  She was beautiful, and it was a great time--even more so because my family came!  It went so fast, but many meaningful words were said, most of the meaningful things that you're supposed to do at weddings were done, and the time was well spent, even though we didn't have much of it.  I really enjoyed meeting Jared's family and hanging out with his sisters.  Spending time with Becca and Hudson was a blast!  And, of course, I loved being a part of their wedding, being the "honor attendant to the bride" and witnessing their sacred vows (they had a beautiful ceremony!).  What an honor, and what a joy.

Here are some pictures so that you can see how much fun we had.  :)



the beautiful bride


"Alli, stop poking me in the head!"


You can tell they're in love by the way that they dance...


There's a nice looking couple





Their picture together was way better than ours, haha


so silly!











what a nice family

Ok, so that might have been a lot, but I had fun.  What can I say, I got carried away.  Oh well!

I love Christmas trees!  On the day after Thanksgiving we got our first tree... yay!  It's a real tree, and I've never had a real tree of my very own before.  We didn't have many ornaments, so we bought a few and I made a bunch.  Here it is, and here we are.  :)




Looks a lot shorter when he's next to it!



It looks pretty bare, but we like it. 




This is one of the guys I made!