Goodbye 2010... Hello 2011!

2010 was a very busy year for us! I worked and started school back up after taking a few semesters off. Garrett stayed busy working hard... and i mean hard. We bought our first house and remodeled the whole thing! Between Garrett having to go to work and working on the house we couldn't find a lot of extra time. We did get to go to lake powell and camping this year! 2010 was a very productive year for us, therefore i am so ready for the new year. I am hoping this year will be a little more relaxing for us and we can have some fun! We get to start out the new year by going on a cruise, possibly go back East to Washington DC in April and get our yard in shape. Here are a few pics of 2010 and some before and after pics of our house... the before pictures have the new doors though and windows though.

expanding the closet

laundry room

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Love, The Elfors

DONE!

I couldn't be more relieved to say that I AM DONE WITH MY FINALS! This semester has been really hard for me and i am so relieved that i will have a few weeks off!

UPDATE

WOW! We have been so busy, like usual. I am going CRAZY this week with work, finals and trying to get ready for christmas. I have to say that i am glad we picked this year not to do presents because i have had no time to even think about it! However, Santa did come early this year and brought us new cell phones! They are the LG Vortex 3G smartphones. Garrett has been wanting a smartphone for a while now, but i was not convinced that we needed them. Let me tell you they are awesome! I love mine and i am glad he finally talked me into it. They have everything you could ever want on a phone! Last weekend we had a date night! I can't even remember when Garrett and I had time to go on a date! SAD! We went to Olive Garden, Cabelas and the mall. It was so nice to have a weekend together where we didn't have to work on the house! Speaking of the house i took a bunch of pictures to post and i cannot find my USB cable! We still have a few boxes to grab at our old house so i'm sure i will find it soon! My last final is on Friday and i am so excited to have a couple weeks off from school! One month and we will be on a big boat in the warm sun! I can't wait! Garrett works Christmas eve and Christmas so it is not going to be very much fun this year :(  I hope evryone has a Merry Christmas!

Home Sweet Home, Christmas and MEXICO!!!

Wow! We have been super busy the last few weeks. We finally moved into our house and we LOVE it! We love our ward, we love our neighbors and i love driving to work in 1 minute! We still don't have everything in order but things are coming together. I even got our christmas decorations up. I was so excited to put christmas lights on our house! I will post pictures soon (when i find my camera!) Garrett has been doing some hunting and i am glad! It is such a relief that the house is done! Come spring we will start working on the yard. I am excited for christmas. Things are always crazy this time of year with work, christmas and finals! i am nervous for my math final this semester. i am starting to get a little burnt out on school but i know i need to keep going! We had a great thanksgiving spending time with family and of course SHOPPING! It wasn't as fun this year though because we aren't doing christmas presents this year because... WE BOOKED A CRUISE TO MEXICO... AND WE LEAVE JANUARY 17TH!!! ahhh i cannot wait to have a vacation in the warm sun! We are going with Garretts family and we are super excited!

MEDICINE

Today, i am thankful for medicine!!! i have had a cold and the worst sore throat all week and without my medicine i would be dead! i hate colds they are seriously the worst! i am really hoping i start feeling better by this weekend since we are moving. i will be miserable if i am still sick!

HOUSE

Today, i am very grateful for our new house. I am grateful for the one we live in now but we have poured our heart and soul into our new house! Doing EVERYHTHING ourselves has made me that much more grateful for our little place. It looks so good and we are moving in NEXT WEEKEND! I love it even more because i know it is the house we will be raising our kids in. I am excited for the years to come in our cute little house! Pictures coming soon!