Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas and got very spoiled! We are so lucky to have such amazing families, who did way too much for us! Christmas started on December 21 for me. Neal gave me an early Christmas present, which was tickets to see Secondhand Serenade. Last time I tried to see Secondhand Serenade, I didn't quite make it to the concert. It was down at Thanksgiving Point and I was going with my bestest friend, Melanie, we were on I-15 when somebody rear-ended us, sent us flying across three lanes of traffic, where then we hit into the cement barricade. I got knocked out and don't remember a thing, Melanie's head got cut open and had to get staples. We were taken to American Fork Hospital in an ambulance. No concert for us and I think we made a lot of people late...


Anyways, Neal surprised me with the tickets and I finally got to see Secondhand Serenade! I loved every minute of it and I didn't want it to end! He played most of his old stuff, which is my very favorite! It was awesome! Neal is such a trooper for taking me to all these girly bands.
Waiting for the show to start!
Mr. John Vesley. (One day I am going to play the piano just like him).
I am in heaven!
Sexy!
Thank you so much for taking me Neal!

CHRISTMAS EVE

We spent Christmas Eve with Neal's family. We started it off by seeing Tangled. It was super cute! I love all these new Disney movies. Then, later that night, we had a huge prime rib dinner! It was delicious! I didn't take any pictures on Christmas Eve. I need to remember to take some next year! After dinner, we headed down to Sandy to be with my family. We caught the end of their party and then spent the night at my parents house. We kicked Taylor out of his bed and made him sleep on the couch! We woke up on Christmas morning to lots and lost of presents! My parents always do way too much!
Our cute stockings! Santa even brought Gabby a stocking. Yes, it says Baby's First Christmas, it is her first Christmas after all.
Neal has wanted one of these goofy hats from American Eagle since before we were married. He always lets me know every time we go there around Christmas. This year I finally got him one!
I got some cute new boots!
Us, in our new jammy's on Christmas morning.
My favorite Christmas morning tradition is going to my grandparents house for breakfast!

Me and Neal at my grandparents house!

After breakfast, we headed over to my other Grandma's place and visited with her. Then we went back to my parents and we played a fun game called "What's Yours Like?"
It was a hilarious! I don't think that I have laughed that hard in a very long time. We then cleaned up and headed back up to Ogden and went to his parents house for dinner. We opened presents and played games! Neal's parents got us Jazz tickets on the 12th row! I am so excited!!!

Anniversary Weekend

Instead of buying each other gifts for our Anniversary we go out to eat and stay the night somewhere nice. Neal always does a good job thinking of something special for us to do. This year we went to the Prairie Schooner in Ogden for dinner. It is a pretty yummy place with a cool atmosphere. You sit in covered wagons next to a prairie open fire. They have it decorated with animals of all sorts. We both enjoyed ourselves some delicious steaks and we definitely ate way too much!
Here is a view from where we were sitting.

Us in the covered wagon.


After dinner, we headed up Ogden Canyon to the Alaskan Inn Bed and Breakfast. The Alaskan Inn blew Anniversary Inn out of the water. The Alaskan Inn is so much better! You stay in your own private cabin, you don't have hear the people around your, or have water drip from the ceiling of your bathroom (this happened to us at the Anniversary Inn). It was such a nice stay. Neal had ordered a special romance package, so when I walked in there was music playing, rose petals on the ground, and some divine chocolate covered strawberries. We had a great night!

Cute, quite cabins!

Candle Lit Bathtub

I love him!

Breakfast was delivered to us in the morning and it was so good! This really was such a fun place, especially with the snow falling!

Neal loves breakfast!


In front of our cabin! The Misty Fjords


Saturday night we went down to Temple Square to see the lights. It was fun to be there, it reminded me of what happened there two years earlier! The Salt Lake Temple still amazes me! I love it, it is so pretty!! We went down with Neal's parents and his brother and his wife and their cute little boy!




Cool tree at Gateway!

Happy Anniversary!

Two years ago I married my best friend! I can't believe it has already been 2 whole years! Neal is such a great husband and I love him so much!!!

November's Happening

Well November came and went so fast! We started off November in a pretty special way. Neal's brother and sister-in-law adopted the cutest little boy in April and he was sealed to them on the first Saturday in November. We had the opportunity to go and watch him be sealed to his parents for time and eternity. And oh my gosh! That was the neatest thing that I have ever seen. It was such a neat experience, I am so glad I got to be there to share that special day with them.



Then, my best friend from high school was pregnant and I went to two baby showers for her! I always love getting together with all my friends from high school. We laugh and have fun, it is like we are back in high school again!


She actually had her baby girl a couple of days ago on December 2nd and I went and saw her at the hospital and she seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen! Her name is Jordyn Julette Isaacc. She was 7 lbs 1oz. She is so tiny and so cute!!! Congrats Melanie and Danny!

So when there is a blizzard warning, what do the McGarry's decide to do? You might be thinking staying home, cuddling up, and watching a Christmas movie, but no that's not what the McGarry's do. The McGarry's drive up to Boise, Idaho in the middle of a blizzard! Luckily, it wasn't much of a storm and we made it there safely.


Neal needed to go up there to take a tour of the PA facilities in the Idaho State extension campus before he made his decision between Idaho and Virginia. I guess you could say the trip with worth it because we will be moving to Idaho in July! We are pretty excited and we feel like it is the right thing for us. I am so excited for this adventure, I hope July comes fast!

Next thing that happen was Thanksgiving! We had a great Thanksgiving. We were able to spend time with both families. I am glad that we get to do both, because I would hate it if I had to miss something with my family. So we had a Thanksgiving lunch with Neal's whole family. And then we ate Thanksgiving dinner with my family. They were both at churches and I was dreading that, but we played some basketball with my family and it was so fun! I haven't played forever and I really miss it! I hope everyone else had a good Thanksgiving!
(Too bad I didn't take any pictures)

The day after Thanksgiving, we went bowling with Neal's family. I kicked butt the first game, I beat everybody! But then the second game I stunk and got the lowest score! How does that work?


After bowling, we put up our Christmas tree! I love putting up our Christmas tree, it is full of so many memories! We have made it a tradition to buy a Christmas ornament when we go on vacation and then this year we also got a miniature pincher ornament representing Gabby!



Neal and I went to a Christmas parade in downtown Ogden! It was freeezing, but it was fun.





I can't ever blog without saying something about our cute Gabby, but you have to check her out in her cute little sweater! She is adorable!!!!

If you had to choose between Idaho and Virginia where would you choose?

This is the question of the week. And honestly I don't know.
Last week, Neal had more PA interviews. One which was in a small town called Winchester, Virginia. The other in Meridian, Idaho (just outside of Boise.) He got accepted to both and now we have two weeks to decided on where we will be moving this summer. And you know me, I am the most indecisive person you will ever meet.
So if you had to choose between Idaho and Virginia where would you choose?
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Or here....

What do I want people to remember about me?

Do I want people to think that I am that girl who is negative about everything, who is always a grump, or has nothing nice to say?
Or would I rather have them remember my smile, my kind words, my positive attitude, and would they want to be my friend?
Right now I am changing my attitude!
“Regardless of your present age, you are building your life; … it can be full of joy and happiness, or it can be full of misery. It all depends upon you and your attitudes, for your altitude, or the height you climb, is dependent upon your attitude or your response to situations” President Spencer W. Kimball.
I have so much to be thankful for so why shouldn’t I be happy? I have the best husband ever who puts up with my craziness and who loves me unconditionally. I have wonderful parents who are always there for me. I have three brothers who make me laugh. I have the opportunity to get an education and only have a semester left. I have a cute, old, falling apart house, which I can call home. I have an adorable little Gabby, who brings a smile to my face everyday. I have the opportunity to work with kids and I get to be an example for them and somebody they look up too. I have friends who are there when I need them most. I have a strong, healthy body. I have the gospel of Jesus Christ to help me guide my life. And most of all I am a daughter of Heavenly Father, who loves me!

Weekend in St. George

Neal and I went down to St. George for the weekend; it was a much-needed getaway! I don't know what my deal was last week but I was so grumpy and going down to St. George gave me time to just think and spend time with my hubby. I still wish I was there, I didn't want to come back home, especially now that it is freezing up here! It was a short and sweet, but we did some fun things!
On Friday night we went to the Tuacahn Amphitheater and saw Thriller. Neal wasn't very excited about going, but he is such a good husband he took me anyways. I think that he ended up liking it though! I really liked it! It was so fun and the amphitheater there has such a cool atmosphere. "


On Saturday we got to sleep in for the first time in a long time and it felt nice! Then we went shopping and found lots of cute stuff. Later that after noon we went to the St. George temple and did sealings. So a funny story about what happened to me while I was at the temple, I was wearing a pink bra and you could see right through my dress, so I had to leave it off as I did the sealings! I didn't know what else to do! Haha.

Anyways, I always love doing sealings, one because it doesn't take as long as a session and two because I love hearing the same blessings and covenants that I made with Neal on our wedding day. One of my goals is to go to every temple in Utah. I now have been to the Jordan River, Salt Lake, Logan, Ogden, Bountiful, and now the St. George; so I have been to six out of the fifteen. It is such blessing to have so many temples around us. It will be weird when we move out of state and the closest temple is 3 hours away. After the temple we went my cousins wedding, this was pretty much the reason why we went down. Every time I go to a wedding that is not in the temple, I just feel so grateful for the choices that I have made in my life so that I could be sealed to my best friend for all time and eternity. I wouldn’t have done it any other way!

PA update

Just a little update on what is going on with Neal and PA school. He has three more interviews coming up in November. One is in Nashville, Tennessee; the next day he has one in Winchester, Virginia; and the last one is in Pocatello, Idaho. He has heard back from all the schools now, expect the University of Utah. He should be hearing from them any day now. Hopefully, it will be good news! It would be so wonderful to move to Salt Lake. I will finally get to be closer to my family! But it would also be such a fun adventure to move away for two years!
Just a little update on school with me. I will be through sitting in a classroom at Weber State on October 20th for the rest of my college career! I will finish out this semester teaching in a 4th grade classroom then, STUDENT TEACHING in January!
Well besides that, nothing too exciting is happening. Gabby is keeping us on our toes, but we sure love having her around!

Here is our cute little family!

Loves to take naps!

And we love when she takes naps! Ha