2015 ?!

Whoa, I cannot believe it's 2015 already! I apologize for the long post this will probably be as well as all the pictures. There's just so many!

The 10th annual cookie day was a huge success! We had an absolute blast and the cookies turned out amazing. Also, I have some of the best friends in the entire world. Kelsey got both Brittany and I these cute cookie tins which she decorated all fancy. Because, apparently on the 10 year anniversary of something, the traditional gift to give is tin! So adorable. Brittany got me "piggy bank". It's pretty much a tin that you can only open with a can opener so once your money goes in, there's no getting it out. But the best part is that she decorated the outside all London themed :)
I love these girls <3 

Christmas Eve was a great day as well. Ryan and I went to dinner at Olive Garden with his Dad's side of the family. It was really nice to see them and catch up. We then went back to my parents house and hungout and watched a Christmas movie and had some hot chocolate. Felt really weird not spending the night at home for the first time!

Christmas Day <3 It was a glorious one. I woke up super early and drove home as my family does Christmas morning very early in the am and Ryan likes to sleep in haha. So it worked out perfectly. My family and I opened all our presents and had a delicious breakfast. Then it was back to Fort Langley where Ryan and I opened our gifts together. He was so excited about the Keurig machine I got him that he put it together right away so that he could have a coffee haha. Now, I know Christmas "does not come from a store" but, Ryan did really good this year haha. He got me a painting of London that I hung up RIGHT away because it was so bloody beautiful and a cute London pillow case. Once we were done with the gifts, we sat down and cuddled until Ryan pretended to see a gift that was hidden under the chair beside the tree. It was a beautiful promise ring!! I didn't think he would get me one but he did. And I love it. I'm just in love with it. I've never had a boyfriend get me jewelry before. Sadly it was too small so I had to take it in to be re-sized and the lady told me it would take up to three weeks! THREE WEEKS! Geesh. Oh well, we are almost 2 weeks down so fingers crossed I get it back soon!
The rest of the afternoon was spent with Ryan's mom and having lunch with her. We took her back home and headed back to my parents for Christmas Dinner. The evening was full of laughs and just great times.

The next couple days were for relaxing. Ryan and I went for a hike/fishing day up in Harrison on Boxing Day. No fish but it was still nice to be out. The whole area we explored we only saw one other couple. At one point Ryan told me to stop walking and just listen. The silence was indescribable. 

 

  Later that afternoon on our way back we stopped at another area to fish and found these old buildings. They were super creepy! But the spot on the water looked like it would be a beautiful one on a sunny day! So...we decided to come back another time haha.

I had Shadow sleep over a couple nights over the holiday so that he and Kobe could have some play time. One morning when I took them out to pee the sun was just rising and down the road near the river looked just beautiful. So I put on some warmer clothes and took the dogs for a nice stroll. Everyone with their dog was out and about. It was so nice, the town shops and restaurants were still closed so the town was nice and quiet. Good lord I love this little town I live in.

 New Year's Eve was a fun day. Ryan and I had our parents over for dinner. We cooked them a delicious salmon dinner and drank wine. Chatted and watched a movie. It was the first time we had had my parents over for a dinner. It went very well. The rest of the night we cuddled and Ryan had to wake me up 10 minutes before midnight because I passed out haha.

 January 1st, Ryan and I spent the day outside. We said that we wanted to try to be outside more this year and so far we've been really good! I know it's only 5 days into the new year but 4 of those days we spent fishing and doing small hikes. We explored this one area on Saturday and found this beautiful waterfall and a creepy dark cave beside it! So cool. 

First day back to work today and it feels good in a way. Here's to 2015! I've decided I want to start scrapbooking again. I'm super excited! I plan to scrap book all the times I go somewhere new this year. Fishing or Hiking. Plus Christina and I found some wicked stickers for it while we were at the Dollar Store when we went to go see Wild. - Which was an awesome movie by the way. Book was far better but the movie is still something you should go see.