December

Where do I begin..... December was a crazy month.
First we moved into our new house...(technically it was the end of November that we moved but whatever) This was after moving into Kate and Kyle's garage/basement. I hate moving.
On Dec 9th Randall and I were sealed to each in the temple, and Roman to us. It was very exciting and a little nerve racking because it almost didn't happen. Things worked out though and I'm very happy to have know I have my family forever. Just as a side note, Roman screamed the entire time that the temple workers were babysitting him (poor women) and as soon as he saw us, Randall put his finger in his mouth and he stopped. It was sad and cute all at the same time.
The next night, Dec 10th we had our Allred family sing along at Kates house. A tradition that we all figured we needed to start, and the men are all pushing through it like troopers. I think it will be fun when Ike gets home as well. I was definitely a party pooper at this one though, because I couldn't sing, not because I was sick or anything like that, its just that since Roman was born my voice simply won't cooperate. I have no control and my range is down to about 3 notes. I was miserable. Even the simple songs were too much for me. On the other hand its always fun being with family and i loved seeing everyone before our big road trip.
Which brings me to the next big event of Dec. Our trip to Utah.
Everthing went extremely well and Roman slept through the night twice while we were down there. I got to do a little Christmas shopping, and because Randall was back to normal activity we were able to have almost a mini vacation.
Andrea and Rod drove us down there( thank goodness for them and their minivan and for just being awesome and babysitting and being awesome) It was a really good time hanging out with them, its been a while and it was alot of fun. People say alot of things about Utah, but we loved it there. We loved the people and the climate (so much warmer then here) It was just a really great trip. I think we'll be going down to visit again soon.
Basically as soon as we got back....
CHRISTMAS!!!! WOO HOO!!
Randall and I got spoiled from both sides of the family this year, and Roman too. Thanks everybody! We had a lot of fun this Christmas, on the 24th we went to Cardston to Andrea's always amazing turkey and ham dinner, we played games and hung out, and all the girls took really stupid pictures.... Fun
That night we headed to Glenwood for some Allred festivities the following day. Presents, Dads famous breakfast on the new griddle, naptime, and then the best stuffing ever!! Also wonderful turkey sweet potatoes etc... We all just kind of chilled and played games, read the book of awesome etc...
Turns out though, allergic to the whole environment in general. the combination of dust, smoke, animal hair, aparently I can't handle it very well. Oh well it was a fun time despite my puffy face and stuffed up nose.
We had a day off and then back to Cardston for Randalls dads thing at the church, yummy food and then games in the gym, we played bump and volleyball for hours, it was awesome!!
That night we made the rounds and went to Matt and Nelette's then a brief stop at extra foods had us running into a bunch of high school friends. Beth and Brennen and Carley. Good times. then we were off to Dennis's house, then Andrea's then finally home.