My husband is the BEST... and so is my Cricut!

Well, I just busted out my Cricut for the first time, and it is fabulous! Cam mentioned my acquisition of said Cricut on his blog, but he didn't really tell the whole story. My super cute sister Stacy called me the week before Thanksgiving to tell me about this killer sale that Robert's Crafts was having on something called a Cricut. I had never even heard of a Cricut, but started looking into it because of my sister's interest in it. I thought it looked pretty cool, and decided that I would brave the crowds on Black Friday so that I could get a Cricut. The plan was to meet at Robert's in Clinton (she lives in Clinton) at 4:30 a.m. on Friday so that we could be sure to get a good spot in line (they opened at 7:00 a.m.). Well, I ended up getting really sick the week of Thanksgiving. When we were driving home on Thursday night Cam told me that he really didn't want me to go and stand out in the cold for so long the next day. I was kind of bummed but agreed completely. Then, out of nowhere Cam said, "If you want me to, I could go tomorrow and get it for you." Isn't he great?! So he ended up getting to Robert's at 4:15 a.m., and was the first person in line! It's pretty obvious...I officially have the best husband in the entire world! So, I used the Cricut today to make some cards, and then I made a tile for a new family tradition that we will be starting in 2008. We're weird, but we decided that we want to have a lot of fun family traditions. We were talking about things that we would like to do, and Cam told me about something his family did once when he was younger. I guess that they wrote down funny things that people had said on slips of paper and then put those slips in a can. At the end of the year they opened the can and read through all the funny things. Cam said he doesn't remember it really well, but he remembers thinking that it was such a fun thing to do. Needless to say, I LOVED that idea. So, I bought a cute little pot to serve in place of the can, and then found a quote that I wanted to put next to it. I don't know if you can really see it well in the picture, but it is a quote by President Hinckley that says, "In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed; not just endured!" I used my Cricut to cut out the vinyl, and it was so easy! I am a huge fan!
Moving on, we have had an awesome holiday season! We did a lot of fun things, and thoroughly enjoyed our first Christmas without the stress of school! I don't think that it will ever get old to be done with school. We went to Temple Square to see the lights, slept in our family room under the Christmas tree, had a blast at the Wright family Christmas party, enjoyed "the bar" at the Nielsen's, got to visit Grandpa Fuhriman, and just hung out with our family on Christmas! I made a big Christmas Eve dinner this year, and we invited my parents over to enjoy it with us. I got home from work at about 3:00, and spent the rest of the day cooking. I never realized how much work was involved with that delicious Christmas Eve dinner that my Mom made every year. I thought it was really fun though, and I think it turned out pretty good for a first attempt!