Christmas of 2010

Our Christmas of 2010

It was our first Christmas married, and it was almost the best it could be. 

On Christmas eve we enjoyed a dinner, nativity, and family talent show with my in-laws

 and my adorable nieces and nephews. 

My nieces Ella, Ava, and Kate where adorable little angels with Rachel as their leader angel,

My niece Paige was Mary, and my nephew Zach was Joseph.

Jake was a sheep, Hunter, Lance and Eric where shepherds, and baby Faith kept trying to steel baby Jesus.

After the nativity we had our Tait grandchildren talent show, 

where my niece Paige was kind enough to play violin with me.
We also watched this video from the Church.

When we left, Jared and I enjoyed a nice quite evening at our new home.

On Christmas day, Jared and I had a nice Christmas morning at our new apartment.  

Jared loved the camera lens, Roku box, Xbox games, and computer ram I got him, 

and I absolutely love the new computer and computer accessories he got me.

After we opened our presents and had some lunch, we went to Prescott, to have a Christmas dinner with the only family I had left in the state. 

It was so great! We had a delicious turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, and delicious apple pie. 

I am so happy that I had my uncle Mike and his family in Arizona to spend Christmas evening with. 

My nephew Jordan was adorable, and I had fun taking pictures of him with our new camera lens. 

Then Jared lit some fireworks before we left. 

We made a little more noise with those fireworks then we should have ;)

(There is a definite difference between the  previous nativity pictures and of Jordan from Christmas day. I love our new camera lens!)

During Dinner with Mike and Natalie, Mike asked Jared and I what our new resolutions this year where going to be. Although we couldn't think of many at the time, Jared and I left for our 2 hour drive home and thought about it.

This next year is going big for Jared and I. A lot of choices that effect the rest of our lives are going to take place in this next year.  One of Jared's resolutions was to graduate this coming May and then get a job outside the retail world. As many of you know, Jared's dream is to work with Apple, and if that happens we will be living in California before the end of the year. 

Although this is exciting, it is a bit scary as well to think we could be

 leaving our families here in Arizona. 

I realized how hard this would be this Christmas when I had to spend it away from my family. 

Whether we stay in the state or not, we will also be looking for a house near the end of the year or beginning of next year. This almost seems surreal, because we will be looking for a home we will finally be in for long term. Another surreal thought, is that as we are looking for a home we will be planning

for our future family. 

Hopefully interest rates on homes will stay as low as they are now.

We also plan to get a Doberman when we find a home :) We have decided a gun in our home is not a good idea, so we want to get a doberman that can be a good family dog but also send him to have training in order to protect me and my family on command. 

These are exciting changes that I am both a little afraid of and very excited for!

After a Year of Marriage

January 9th, 2010

Jared & Katherine Tait

Well, it has almost been a year since my husband and I where married, and YES I am finished will all of the hundreds of thank you cards. FINALLY! Now I just need to address them and send them out! Good thing there is a one year grace period for these things, because I needed it. After finally finishing and looking at the huge stack of all the thank you cards it really made me realize how supportive my friends and family are. So thank you so much! I love you all. 

Whenever someone hears how long my husband and I have been married they always make some comment about how "oh... you're still in the honeymoon phase" or "Wait until you two get sick of each other"...or "Oh so you don't even know each other yet." I dislike these comments very much. First of all, I intend on making this "honeymoon" phase last a very very long time. I don't like the insinuation that after awhile my husband and I won't be as happy, and we will come to not like each other. So dear nay sayers.... CAN IT and let me enjoy my new marriage. 

I have learned so much about my husband in the past year. Like how he is ticklish EVERYWHERE! I have heard a lot of people say that before, but never have I experienced this level of ticklishness. He is even ticklish on top of his shoulders! How weird is that!?!? I have also learned that he can twirl a basketball on one finger, he cant go a day without asking me for a back rub, and he has a problem with using the same sponge for dishes and cleaning the sink/counters. =) I have also come to find that without me,  the cupboards would never be used (because he would rather leave the new groceries on the counter top for days), bathroom floors would never ever be cleaned, and his shoes would never make it to the closet! Although these things drive me crazy, but I love it all anyway. 

      This isn't all I have learned though, I have learned that my electric bill would be twice as high every month because I don't turn off lights when I leave a room, I would be injured far more often by the cabinets I am always leaving open, and I would hardly ever go grocery shopping because I don't like bringing in the food by myself. 

I am so happy to be married to my husband. He is such a hard worker, and en excellent provider, and after a year of marriage I still get excited for him to come home every day... and I intend to keep it that way. :) 

Happy coming soon Anniversary Jared!