Sweet Caroline...Ba Ba Ba!

"Neil Diamond....the greatest song writer of this or ANY generation" is pretty much how we feel about this guy in our house. I used to not think this, but Jedd has since converted me since we have been married. Even though that is a movie line from ....(I can't remember which movie!), we still think it is hilarious and Jedd says it every chance he gets.

SO, for Christmas, I bought Jedd tickets to the Neil Diamond concert on Friday night. And let me just say, IT WAS AWESOME! I thought it would just be really fun to go to, and it would provide laughs for the two of us for the night. Well, after all was said and done, that was a COMPLETE UNDERSTATEMENT! I'm telling you, there was the biggest variety of fans there and it was so fun to see all the people. They ranged in age from being grandparents to young kids and EVERYTHING in between. Every one was up and dancing and it provided great "people watching" as Jedd and I put it.

The best part of the entire night was when the music of "Sweet Caroline" started. I'm not kidding, I have NEVER seen a group of people go absolutely insane in a matter of split seconds. Everybody sang along and it was "so good, so good, so good!" (quote from the song) Not only was it insane in the Delta Center for those minutes, Neil actually had to sing the last 2 verses of the song again because everybody was cheering and going crazy. Jedd and I of COURSE joined in, but mostly laughed the whole entire song. I've never had so much fun singing along at a concert in my life!

Neil left stage (to only come back of course), to sing "We're Coming to America", the second highlight of the entire night. Again, every one up and singing and even dancing. I perfected my "today" pose and Jedd has perfected his complete Neil Diamond impression. I have to admit, it is right on q. It is so funny!

Jedd is such a good guy and follows every rule so we were not allowed to take pictures with my camera in the stadium (even though I had my camera with me! BOO! he he) We still took pictures of what we could. Sorry for the same pose, it's pretty dumb to have the same picture, but oh well. Who cares! The one on the top was on the FrontRunner on the way down, and the one on the bottom is of us after the concert in front of the Delta Center waiting for the Trax Train. I'm not going to lie, it was FREEZING!

I had more fun than I ever thought I would and have since been converted to Neil Diamond. What a fun night!! Thanks honey for letting me spend a night with you laughing every single minute and having so much fun! Merry Christmas babe!

P.S. Also, thanks for taking me to the yummy Texas Roadhouse!

Baby Natilee Is Here!

First off, no we did not have a baby! Jedd's niece arrived Friday December 12th at 4:14 am. She was 6 lbs 1 oz. I decided to take a few pictures when Jedd and I went to go see her. Sorry if they are a little blurry, my camera is not working too well. Here is Natilee. She has got such dark hair, it is adorable! This is me, Hailee (the very proud big sister) and Natilee. Hailee would not let ANYONE just hold baby Natilee by themselves, she always had to be right there. She is so protective already, it is adorable. This is Jedd and I together with Natilee. Aimee (the mom and my sister-in-law) kept trying to give us a "sales pitch" about having a baby of our own. It made us laugh pretty hard, but after tending the 2 older girls that night for a couple hours, we thought that maybe we could wait a little while! We love you baby Natilee and are so excited for the Cherry family!

Date Night...

Jedd and I decided that before the Christmas season was over, we wanted to go to Temple Square to see the lights. So we made a date night of it all. We first went down to California Pizza Kitchen (one of our favorites!! and the place where Jedd and I had our first date!! AWE!!) While there, we were laughing pretty hard at a couple who were on a first date and it was not going well. Poor guy, you could just see that it wasn't going well for either of them. Jedd and I quickly laughed and thought how we were SO GLAD that wasn't us...however, we both remembered not too long ago how that awkward date was for us. Oh how glad I am those days are over. Anyway, that was a side story. The pizza was amazing. I love getting the tomato and basil pizza and Jedd loves the Santa Fe Chicken. (which is pretty good too!) After our adventures to the Gateway (yes fighting the busyness of the Jazz game attenders) we headed over to Temple Square. And yes as stupid as I am, I completely forgot my camera. However, it was as fun as could be! Jedd happened to tell me that this was his first time ever really walking around temple square with the lights (AND I FORGOT MY CAMERA! Obviously I'm still upset about it.) But is was extremely fun, and cold! It was so fun to be able to experience that with him for the first time. Jedd and I both misjudged how cold it would be, so we were freezing our tootsies off but it was still a blast! I LOVE this time of year, and how grateful I am that we live so close to Temple Square that we can go down and enjoy the atmosphere of the temple and Christmas.

It's Beginning To Look....

.....a lot like Christmas....at our house at least. This weekend between everything else, I managed to put up my Christmas Decorations. Jedd was quite glad (from hearing horror stories about putting up trees from friends) that my tree was not only pre-lit but only had 3 pieces to put together. Thank goodness for both of us! Yes, I have colors for my decorations; they are a soft lime green and a bright red . So everything I buy, I try and revolve around those 2 colors. I decided to just take a few pictures of the decorations around my house. Here is our living room.

Our apartment is not small, but there is not a whole lot of places to decorate. So I decided to put a few things on our entertainment center. It turned out pretty cute, I think at least!

The rest of the pictures are just around the house, places I found to put things on.

I would love to see pictures of everyone else's houses. It is so fun to see how everyone else decorates!

4 Months Already??!!??

December 1st, yes, that is 4 months since we got married! Holy cow! Time sure flies! I can't believe that it has been that long already. I was just talking to Jedd the other day thinking how fast these past few months have gone, and how fun they have been. Things are so different than they used to be, but I wouldn't change them for ANYTHING! Happy 4-Month Anniversary, honey!

Well, to let you all know of what a great guy Jedd is...here is my Thanksgiving weekend story (since I am reading about everyone else's.) Because I am school teacher, I got off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for my break. And you would think that it would be the best thing ever, and it usually is, unless you are sick. Wednesday I woke up with a horrible head cold and thought ok, I'll quickly get over this. By about 3 in the afternoon I was running a fever and just wanted to be in bed cuddled up with a blanket. So that's where I ended up for the rest of the day. Thanksgiving was not better. I spent all morning in bed, hoping that my fever would break, so that I could head down to my mom's for Thanksgiving dinner. Well it didn't and I ended up taking a nap at my mom's while everyone else was having fun, and the fever didn't break until about 3 that afternoon. Yes this means that I didn't really have a Thanksgiving dinner. I ate about a spoonful of potatoes, maybe a half a piece of turkey, a tiny roll, and a couple deviled eggs (which seemed to be the only thing even yummy to me). After that, Jedd and I went to his Aunt's house to catch up on the other side of the family to only find that I should really have gone home instead. We left not to much long after we got there and I went right to my pajamas.

As most of you know me, the day after Thanksgiving is spent shopping the ENTIRE day. My mom and I are usually gone from about 4-2 shopping. Yes that is 4am to 2 pm. Well this year, this was all different. I spent all day Friday laying in bed watching chick flick Christmas movies on the tv while my cute husband took care of me ALL day. I drank liquids and tried to keep chicken noodle soup down which was the only thing I wanted to eat all weekend. Depressing huh? Most people would LOVE to have that kind of day after Thanksgiving, but for me, it was PURE TORTURE!

The rest of the weekend was spent pretty much in pajamas in bed or laying on the couch. And now that it is Monday, I'm wondering when my fun Thanksgiving vacation is going to start.

SO...you might ask....how does this tie into how great my husband is? Well, as much as he probably didn't want to stay at home and take care of his sick wife, Jedd did. He was so great and got me anything I wanted. Cooked me soup on the stove, got me medication when I needed it, got me drinks when I was thirsty, got me a wash cloth soaked in cold water to help my fever, and took care of me the whole entire time. What a great guy! Happy 4-Month Anniversary sweetie! And to all of you who went Black Friday shopping.....I hope you had fun for both of us!