Christmas

Christmas this year was so busy. Stu had to work the night before and got done with a 12 hour shift at 7:30AM. We hurried to my parents house to open gifts (we did it in 1 1/2 hours that included breakfast) and then I took him to his parents to sleep for a few hours. We did Christmas at the Reeder's later that night and then we still had to go home and do our Christmas. WHEW. It was a long day, but joyful.

Sarah got her "U" black shirt and sweatshirt she wanted
This is how Stu looked most the day..in a daze

Santa Paws brought Blue a new Utes collar and leash. He was super excited.

The Holy War

The big rival game came on a cold clear Saturday. After layering up and making sure I had my hand warmers and some lunch from Moochies, Stu and I headed to the game. Man was security tight, it took 15 min just to get inside the gates. Once we arrived we grabbed our seats and started watching the game. The Utes didn't score any points in the first half but they made up for it in the 2nd half. They evened out the playing field 17-16 and the Utes made that awesome field goal block with 4 seconds left to win the game! How did that happen?? It was amazing to see the stadium explode with excitement!

Stu, Sarah and Josh at the game
Stu, Vaughn and Sarah. One of my best friends (who is a Cougar fan) scored a ticket to the game. I told him I could not protect him if he was wearing the color "blue", but overall he said the Ute fans were not too mean to him. That made me happy since the last home game I attended I watched the Ute fans treat the BYU fan terribly.

The Ute fans storming the field when the Utes won 17-16

Final score!

When Stu and I were leaving the game we discovered these guys holding up this sign. Classic!

Thanksgiving

This year Thanksgiving was spent with my family. We kept the yearly tradition of seeing a movie on Thanksgiving. This year was "Harry Potter". I must admit I have only seen the movie, never read the book. And I never saw the last movie, so I was totally lost. But I still had a good time with the family. The only one missing was my sister who spent the day wiht her boyfriends family.

Cannon, Dad, Sarah, Stu, Coleman and Mom

Birthday Boy

Stu's 28th Birthday was a big party. I was able to stay home from work to spend the morning with Stu before we hit up a new burger place and a couple massage. Later that night both family's came over for some pizza and cupcakes before we headed to Fast Kart for some much needed 'speed'. Overall Stu had a great day. Next year he told me he just wants a "Relaxing" day. :)

Karly, Mike and Stu with their gear on
You can't see the snowflakes, but it snowed on Stu's birthday. I told him it was a present from Blue.

Mom and Dad Reeder, Stu and Sarah, Karly and Mike and Cannon getting ready to hit the tracks.

Haunted Village

Saturday night after the Undead Race, Stu and I joined forces with Liz and her boyfriend Mike and hit up Texas Roadhouse before taking our chances with the ghouls at The Haunted Village.
If you have not had a chance to visit "Haunted Brigham" you should go. It is super fun, just wear a coat!

Stu, Sarah, Liz & Mike
Sarah and Stu trying to stay warm

Liz and Mike in the waiting line.

Race of the "undead"

Saturday marked the 1st ever "Night of the Running Dead" up at This is the Place Heritage Park. It was a 5K and my friend Michelle said she was interested in running it and so I jumped at the chance. Upon registering for the race you could choose if you wanted to be a "Survivor" or "Infected". The survivors got a 1 minute head start before the infected AKA zombies started. We of course were zombies. The race was quite fun. We ran around the village and had fun zombies to watch along the way.

Stu didn't dress up so I decided to eat him :)

Michelle (runner zombie) and Sarah

If you have seen the movie "Zombieland" you will recognize the rules of staying away from zombies.

Michelle and Sarah eating "brains" (aka oranges) at the finish line

Life Flight

Stu recently got a promotion at work. He is now on the balloon team. Balloon pumps are placed in people that are critically ill and would be flown to the hospital to allow for care wouldn't not be available at their current facility.
If Stu gets called in and Life Flight has to be flown to the location, Stu gets to go along with Life Flight to monitor the balloon that is inside the patient.
Today Stu had an yearly training on how to: carry his equipment to Life Flight, how Life Flight works and his role on a Life Flight Balloon call.

Stu and the Life Flight helicopter

The Life Flight airplane

Stu is pretty excited about his promotion and the extra $$ isn't all to bad either!