holiday season!

thanksgiving break was so nice. I am sad that it is over already. we had a good visit in colorado and enjoyed some much needed rest and relaxation. thanksgiving dinner was delicious as always and we all ate way to much! we did a number of things while we were there...

like practicing our break dancing skills

jared got a couple of taekwondo lessons from a very cute 5 year old

ate cute turkey's made out of candy

put together a very hard 1000 piece snowman puzzle

and set up my parents christmas tree the morning before we left. we also went and saw the christmas carol movie which was pretty cute and ate at a fun japanese restaurant where they cooked right in front of you.

I remember last year writing about black friday shopping and how I would never do it again, so of course we got up at 4:30am to see what kind of deals we could find. my younger sisters had never been before so i told them all about how crazy it was and how long you had to stand in line and how many people push and shove. we went to walmart first and only waited in line for 5 minutes, then we made our way to kohls, were there was NO ONE in the store, it was crazy.

I love christmas time and yes, I am one of those people who set up my tree and decorate the day after thanksgiving.

I love willow tree's and I told jared each year for Christmas he can get me one piece of the willow tree nativity scene till I have the whole set. well my parents found this set on ebay for a really great deal and so they went in on it with jared and got it for me for my birthday in june. I have been so excited to set it up for christmas. I love it!

My younger sister gave us these stocking holders for christmas, and they work perfect! I love having our stockings hanging up. I cant wait to see what santa puts in them this year :)

and we cant forget the christmas tree. I bought this my first semester of college. Its little but fits perfectly in our tiny living room.

only 3 weeks left of school till christmas break!

colorado or bust!

saturday we are flying to colorado for thanksgiving to see my family and i absolutely cannot WAIT! im so excited to have a break from school and work and just relax. ill bring all my homework, but really who are we kidding, its not gonna get done.

While we are there we are going to go see this movie, im excited! has anyone seen it yet?

I love this time of year. and since thanksgiving is next week, i just want to write a few things i am thankful for

• JARED
• My family (both of them!)
• the gospel
• a warm place to live
• the draper family (cannot say thank you enough to them for the car they gave us)
• the chance to attend school here at BYU-Idaho, i complain a lot about it, but i am grateful for the chance i have to further my education, and i know i will never regret it!
• my health
• the men and women who serve our country (being an Air Force brat i have a soft place for them in my heart)
  

here's hoping you all enjoy your own turkey day and stop to think about those things you are thankful for!

37 days left till CHRISTMAS... are you ready?

rambling

holy hannah, hello novemeber! i am so excited october is over, and thanksgiving is fast approaching! we went down to utah this past weekend for my grandma's 80th birthday. i forgot my camera, so i have no pictures to show the fun we had. halloween night i passed out candy to a few kiddos, and then we played glow in the dark dodgeball. it was fun. we also got to stop and see our friends trae and candice and robby and zenna.

im also excited october is over, because that means the semester is almost over HALLELUJAH! this semester has been pretty rough for me. not because my classes are hard, and not because im stressed to the max... but i think maybe because i had to take 2 dumb classes im NOT enjoying, or maybe because if i was on track i SHOULD be done in april, but i wont be, or maybe because senioritis has set in and i just have no motivation, or maybe because im losing interest in school... its just been a bad semester. so im anxious for it to end and to start fresh next semester. poor jared has put up with all my whining and complaining all semester, and i think we are both hoping july gets here fast so i can be DONE!

seems like all i ever post on here is about school, but sadly thats all we seem to do now a days. graduation will come im sure, faster than we both think! there is one thing i am very grateful for right now, and that is no snow outside! maybe we will make it all winter with no snow? :)