Christmas Break 2009

This Christmas Break was very eventful! Here is what happened;

-We registered for Netflix and have been watching old, new, funny, sad, insightful, and foreign movies!
-We got library cards from the Provo Public Library.
-Alex worked over the break. He works in the Dean's Office for the College of Life Sciences at BYU.
-For Christmas Festivities we were able to be with Alex's family. Two of his sisters live in Utah, and his parents flew out for the holiday. We spent Christmas Eve at the Cannon Home and on Christmas Day we had lunch at Jamestown, which is where Grandma Jacobs lives. In the evening we were able to go over to the Cardon home and see a home video of the Aggen family in 1992. Alex was such a cute 5 year old (and is still a cute 22 year old)--in the video we got to see him "Russian Dance"!!! It was so funny!
-We had a "24"-a-thon with our friends up in Alpine. They watched the whole season of "24" in one day. We joined in on the marathon about a quarter of the way through but it was still a long day. Definitely something to cross of the "Bucket List" and NEVER do again!
-I have been finishing off Permanent Residency paperwork and only have a couple more things to do before I submit the giant heap of paperwork! YAY!
-Alex and I got our grades back for Fall 2009 semester and were both pleased. We have purchased all our textbooks (3 of my Nursing ones cost $250--yikes) and are starting Winter semester on Monday. Oh the joys of going back into a routine!
-For New Year's we went over to the Millet's house in Orem and played Bunko. It is a fast paced dice game and is an absolute blast! We rung in 2010 to the sound of chimes, pots, and pans, and then headed off to a second party where we played Mofia and Things in a Box. It was a great way to start off the year!
-Yesterday and today we had snow adventures. We hiked up to Bridal Veil Falls which was really pretty! (pictures below) To make it more eventful, Alex lost his wallet on the way down the hill! We finally found it (much to our relief!) and then celebrated by buying Subway (Thanks Mom and Dad Sheen for the gift certificate) Today we went skiing at Sundance. It was really fun although we are a bit tired right now!!!

Hope you enjoy the pictures and Happy 2010 everyone!


Our Christmas Tree


Alex found his wallet! YEA!


Bridal Veil Falls


The slopes

Having Fun...

Thankful for Turbaconducken!

This Thanksgiving season we have much to be thankful for. Alex and I made a list last night of some of the things that we are thankful for. We are thankful for;

• LOVE
  
• Our health
• 
  
• The Scriptures
  
• Sunshine
  
• Parents
• Future Children
• Nephews/Niece
• Vehicle and Bicycles
• Music
• Nature
• Technology
• Rainbows
• Peace
• Ability
• Clothes
• Central Heating/Air Conditioning
• Chocolate
• Emanadas
• Steak
• Bread
• Food in General :)
• All the "Little Things in Life"

What are you thankful for? Hope you enjoyed the video we posted and we wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

What Matters Most

11 Pictures, 1 Video. Good thing we didn't add a thirteenth, some readers may be triskaidekaphobic!

The view from outside the house.


The backyard.


Yeah cupcakes!


Great new couches we got from KSL. An adventure to get it downstairs and around corners, but now I don't have to sit on the piano bench when friends come over!


We'll make her an American yet!


My current view - our living room.


Happy Late Halloween!


We went camping almost a month ago...Tabi froze. Think Encino Man.


We went to an Ingrid Michaelson concert - the first concert ever for Tabitha. So we took a picture once we squashed inside up in Salt Lake.





A great concert! But...the best news of all......





Tabitha got into the nursing program!


-The Aggen Family

A Hiking We Will Go!

A couple of weeks back we went hiking to Stuart Falls with the Cannon Family and Adrienne. Provo Canyon is beautiful in the Autumn and it was a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

The whole gang in front of Stuart Falls.

The colors of all the trees in Provo Canyon are incredible!

Two Studs! Alex with our nephew Johnny. They have so much fun together. While we were hiking Alex would sing to Johnny and replace the name in the song with "Johnny." Anyone ever heard of "Johnny Boy?"

Tommy was such a hoot on the hike. His current favorite movie is Star Wars and he related various aspects of our hike to Star Wars. For example, the Aspen trees were Storm Troopers and any tree that had a dark spot on it was Darth Vader.

We found this leaf on our way back to the car. Loved how all the dew was perfectly formed on the leaf!

Start spreading the news....

In a word- schpadoinkle. Our honeymoon in Manhattan was in fact so good, that words found in the dictionary will not suffice to describe it. Photos to follow.




All that glitters is...creepy.


Our hotel was a few blocks from Times Square...we discovered it almost accidentally after checking in at the hotel and heading out in search of grub.




Tabitha encountered her dream home....a life size Barbie house and immediately told me to leave her there for the night - she was "home."




Venus has nothing on this girl.










We went for a stroll through Central Park...which turned into a journey, because it is amazingly huge considering it is tucked away in some of the most valuable land on earth.




The weirdest two people I have ever met besides Jamie and Spencer.






Auuuurrrrruuuurrrr!


We had some candy at FAO Schwartz. We did play on the giant piano, but have it on video only right now. The flavor of the candy was great, but the texture was a little Chewie....hahahahaha. (See above. Yes Dad and Jared, I know, I'm ridiculously cheesy, but I think Mama Joc would approve.)



First Broadway show we saw was Mary Poppins which was in fact practically perfect in every way.


Went to Long Beach. Great weather, great waves. Perfect.


Found a mermaid that had washed ashore. And if you're wondering, yes, she was a magical mermaid, the wish-granting kind.








Wicked truthfully was one of the highlights of the trip. Lucky to get tickets, but well worth it.


This is a representation of our emotional state as soon as the play ended.


Cheese. Cake. Ecstasy.




This guy was the stunt double for Cheech Marin during all of the action sequences in "Nash Bridges."





Ahem. Mrs.






Lady Liberty meets Queen Aggen.






There was absolutely no wind at all that day. None. None on the river, none on the boat. None anywhere. You calling me a liar?


A fantastic trip, perfect honeymoon with two perfectly happy newlyweds.


They found out we were newlyweds on the plane because I had to sing "You're just too good to be true" to convince the flight crew to get us seats together. So as we were flying through DC we were called up front and given a fat bottle of champagne. We're considering listing it on e-bay. Or washing the bugs off the hood of the car.


Our flight home....with M&M's marking the path thanks to the most used gift from Tommy!



The week flew by, but was hands down the best ever. We may not have pictures of everything because mainly we just enjoyed all of the little moments, hand in hand with our one true love.