Holiday Cheer

Well, it is now the Christmas Season (even though I have been hearing Christmas music on the radio since Halloween). Krista and I are trying to finish up with school and get onto the fun part...the bowl game!

Because the bowl game will most likely by played on December 20, we will have to take our finals a week in advance, which is really causing some stress for us right now. But in a couple of weeks we will be really enjoying having an extra week tacked onto the front end of the Christmas holiday.

For now we are expecting (hoping) to go to the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. Because of some interesting turns in events, it looks like we may be making a fourth appearance in four years. Whatever happens, it is my opinion that the better the team we play, the more redemption we can get by spanking them. Then Krista and I can head to Colorado for Christa with tranquil minds :)

We are going to go to Colorado for Christmas this year. We spent a very enjoyable five days in Sacramento with the Carpenter family over Thanksgiving break. Some of the highlights were:

1. Going to Santa Cruz and watching the surfers
2. Watching the new movie "Twilight" (Krista and I have read the first two books together)
3. Eating a GREAT Thanksgiving-day feast! Beverly and Kevin have a great way of cooking the turkey--they cook it inside of a plastic bag and upside-down so the juices run down into the meaty part. It was SOOOOO GOOOOD!!!!
4. Beating Kevin in Wii Tennis. It was a close match, but I think I was the over-all winner :) If you ask him I think he may disagree, but this is the Alletto family blog!

We really enjoyed going to California and spending time with Krista's parents and siblings. They are a great family and we love them!

For Christmas we are planning on going to Colorado (as stated before). My brother, Dan, is returning from Calgary, Canada after serving a very honorable full-time mission. Interesting to note, this will be the first time in about three years that all of the Alletto's will be on the same country. In January of 2006 I was off to Argentina. Shortly thereafter Jean was off to Honduras. Before Jean finished her mission, in January 2007 Dan took off for Canada. I believe we are planning on getting an Alletto family picture when we are in Parker since the reunion will be somewhat short lived. Amy is heading out on her mission to Kiev, Ukraine on January 24! We are all so happy about her choice to serve!