Lately I've been thinking about how lucky we are to live in such a great neighborhood, and we're especially lucky to have such a great apartment! I complain sometimes because our bathroom and kitchen is outdated and we have no dishwasher... But $575/month for a 2-bedroom in Holladay (not to mention we can have a dog)? I have NO reason to complain! Because I have quite a few friends who have never had the chance to come to our apartment, and probably never will, I'm going to give a "virtual tour" right now!

First... Our living/family/theater/piano teaching room:



Now for the kitchen/dining room:


The bathroom:


Aaaand the bedroom (complete with a lazy dog on the bed):


Oh right... the other bedroom. Actually, it's more like a library/gym/office/toy room/workshop. Brace yourselves, this could get ugly:

Ouch. Well there you have it! Our first apartment. Now who wants to come over for dinner and games? :) I promise not to make you go in the second bedroom.

Friday night was my first ever piano recital! Yes, I've probably taught 100 students in my life, but I've never had my own recital until now. I thought it would be fun to have a little Christmas recital to let the parents of all of my new students get to know me a little bit, and the kids were so excited about it! I think I may have been more excited than my students though. :) I made invitations for the kids, then I made programs, I made cookies and bought soda, and invited my mom's little student Eli to join in too. It was a great night! (even though the recital only lasted about 15 minutes...) Word must be out that I'm an ok teacher because I have 2 (maybe 3) new students starting in January!

My mom was lucky enough to score 4 tickets to the Tabernacle Choir/David Archuleta concert so we made it a girls night out! Despite the boy in front of us being sick and disgusting (showing off his clogged nostrils and using his sleeve as a tissue) and the girl next to us not being able to sit still, it was AMAZING! I've never been a very big David Archuleta fan (at all), but this was the perfect setting for him! After the concert, we enjoyed a midnight meal at iHop. Josh and I were joking about how "Utah" I've become - complaining about how tired I am because the night before I went to a Tabernacle Choir concert and Ihop with my mom. :)