Fitch Family Tradition

Last year Mark and I started a new family tradition. We got a new puzzle for Christmas that represented our new farmhouse. This year we also got a puzzle for Christmas. When trying to come up with a theme to go with we thought back on our first attempt at gardening. This was not an easy topic to find so our puzzle this year was of a farmhouse with fresh produce for sale. We were not quite that fruitful, but it still works.

Christmas

Mark and I had such a fun Christmas. It was a little different this year because it was my first Christmas away from my family. Mark understood that I was missing my family, so he tried so hard to make everything special. He takes such good care of me. Here are some pictures of us on Christmas morning.

No more Spanish translations!

I made some cinnamon candies to keep him from trying to eat the cinnamon pine cones.

For some reason we didn't get any pictures of my presents. 

Just so you don't feel bad for me, that box was big!

Trip to SLC

The day after I finished the fall semester, Mark and I took a trip down to Salt Lake. It had been awhile since we saw Grandpa Ike and thought we could make a quick visit. While we were there he helped us make a few Christmas gifts. We had so much fun and learned a lot. I've already started planning a few belts for me.

The next night was the Christmas Concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. If you didn't already know, David Archueleta was the guest star. The lines were crazy. They always give out extra tickets for the concerts and never have a problem. Unfortunately they underestimated the popularity of the teenage pop star. People with tickets were turned away and the place was packed. Thankfully, because of Mark's parents, we were comfortably seated and ready for the show. It was so much fun. I love that Mark's family has made this one of their traditions. Nothing is better than live Christmas music from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Embracing My Roots

A couple weeks ago mark was in the mud room trying to check on Jack's wound that he got a while before. Jack was too hyper and wouldn't sit still. I heard a loud bang and Mark groaned. I asked him if he was alright and he said yes. Next thing I know he is in the bathroom yelling for my help. When I got to him he had already saturated about four cotton balls with blood. 

He had hit his head on the door to our breaker box. I inspected and thought that we should go and get stitches. The cut was clean, but deep. Seeing as how it was late at night Mark didn't think it was that bad. I jokingly said I could super glue it, but Mark didn't get the joke. He went and found the super glue and laid down.

It looked pretty bad for a couple of days (This picture is actually after I finished gluing it), like a clump of glued hair on his head, but now you can't even tell it was there. I am actually really proud at how well it healed.

I am happy to report that both of my boys are doing quite well.