Turkey Day & Christmas 2013

{Happy Turkey Day from the Renfros}

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. I love spending time with family and I love eating turkey. This year we stayed in Arizona with Matthew's family. We had a great feast and enjoyed the family time.

{Mini Apple Pies I made for Thanksgiving}

{Gifts for our adopt-a-family}

We were also fortunate enough to participate in an adopt-a-family program for Christmas this year. We shopped and bought presents for a family of four whose son is currently receiving cancer treatment at Phoenix Children's Hospital.

{Merry Kissmas}

We were lucky enough to stay in Arizona for Christmas this year. My parents decided to make the trek from Utah and spent almost a whole week with us. It was nice to see them and enjoy the beautiful weather while they were here. 

On Christmas Eve, we went over to Matthew's aunt and uncle's house for dinner. His aunt Lisa cooked some delicious Italian food. We also did a white elephant ornament exchange. After opening presents, we watched A Christmas Story.

Christmas morning we woke up and opened the few presents under the tree. I got a Fitbit Force, a sweater (which still hasn't been delivered....but it's worth the wait), make up brushes, a cookbook, and a picture my dad drew. Matthew was spoiled this year, he got a Fitbit Force, socks, shirts, a Microsoft gift card, a picture my dad drew, and..................an XBOX ONE! 

He had no idea that I was surprising him with a new xbox. He thought my clever wrapping contained socks or underwear. I wrapped the controller in several different boxes. When he finally made it to the controller box he said "Now that is just mean." Looked at it for a minute or two, then looked at me with a huge smile and said "No S#!t?!! Where is it?!" I had a feeling it would take him a minute or two to put it all together. I was so worth keeping it a secret. 

The rest of Christmas day was spent lounging around. It was nice to take sometime off of work to unplug and enjoy family time. I always enjoy spending time with our families and making memories. Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve.

Christmas...

For Christmas, we went over to Matthew's Mom's house in the morning. By the time I was able to hobble out of bed and get into the car, they had already opened most of the presents. When we got there, we had a couple of gifts to open. I got a new purse (yayy!) and Matthew got a Flip camera. Oh and we got kinect for Xbox!!! Wahoo! I'm excited to try it out when I can walk again. I've just been watching Matthew play all weekend long. Matthew's youngest brother also got kinect and dance central.

Around 2 o'clock, we made our way over to Matthew's Aunt & Uncle's house for dinner. His Aunt Lisa prepared an awesome Christmas dinner. We had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, and rolls. After we stuffed ourselves, we all sat around talking. Well actually everyone else was talking and I was drifting in and out because of the pain killers. Once we had digested some of our food, we opened more presents. Matthew and I received a tent and first aid kit. We are pretty excited about that since we both enjoy camping.

Day 2, 3 & 4 of Surgery

The second day was horrible! I woke up at 4 am in so much pain I was shaking. I have never felt that much pain in my life. I wanted to cut my whole leg off!! After taking some medication, I was able to fall asleep but didn't sleep that long. Day 3 wasn't as bad, but I still feel a lot of pain. The pain killers help but there is still a throbbing, dull pain in my ankle area. Also laying on the couch all day has started to cause my back to ache. I've been keeping it elevated as much as possible, even when I sleep. Day 4 is going pretty well so far. I've been able to go a little longer with out pain medication. Sleeping through the night is pretty hard though.

xoxo

Megs

Christmas!!

This year for Christmas, I went to my parents house. Me and Marty made the journey up there Christmas Eve Morning. I got out to my parents just in time for dinner. My mom made chicken, veggies, and baked potatoes! It was delicious. We followed the usually tradition of opening one present on Christmas Eve. After the present opening, I decided to go to sleep since it had been a long day.

On Christmas, we woke up around 9 and opened presents. My dad was the one who got spoiled this year...I'm pretty sure he got everything on his list. I got a cook book and a couple of other things. I was really excited about the cook book since I like to cook! My mom got some delicious chocolates, a jacket and rice cooker/steamer thing.

That afternoon, we went down to St. George for our family Christmas Dinner. I got to see my newest cousin and we watched some old Christmas videos from when I was 14! Haha! They were pretty entertaining. After eating, we headed back to my parents house to watch my two nephews open their presents. They got A LOT of clothes and some cool toys.

All in all it was a good trip. I wish I could've stayed longer to visit more people but I couldn't take work off. Hopefully next year I will be able to. I was just glad to spend the time with my family.

xoxo
Megs

Ugly Sweater Work Party

For work, we had an ugly sweater party. Since I was unable to find any, me and Sharon decided we would make our own! Let me tell you...they were amazing!!!! Haha!

Felicia, Me, Matt, Sharon

Felicia, Me, Sharon

On another note, I am so ready to go home and see my family for Christmas. I wish I would be able to stay longer but I've pretty much used all of my paid time off haha!

xoxo

Megs

Very Merry Christmas

On Sunday we had a family Christmas party at my Aunt's house. It was crazy! Haha!! All of my family was there! My sister came down from Orem with her husband and kids, John came down from Cedar with his girlfriend and their two kids, and best of all....my brother Chris came up from California with his wife and little girl! Anyways after a night of running around, chasing kids, and eating until I was stuffed, it was time for me to get a good nights sleep! Anyways...I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
xoxo
Megs