7 friends+1 cute baby+1 turkey+1 Wal Mart= One Fun Thanksgiving!

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone and now it's time to report about that great holiday.

Thanksgiving this year was a little hard for me seeing as that it was the first Thanksgiving I spent away from my family (did I mention I hate work?) and that I was spending it was a nasty cold :(
Luckily, we had some good friends that invited us over for Thanksgiving dinner. After waiting some time for the turkey to cook and for Peter to come back after I sent him home to get the camera and some more stuff for our pies, we finally sat down and had our grand feast! We went around and said what we were thankful for. Of course, I said I was grateful for my wonderful husband and my great family and friends (and Peter said the same about me:) only I'm his wonderful wife. I don't think he has a wonderful husband...at least I hope not...) after filling up on turkey, rolls, soda, and potatoes, I crashed on the couch with Amy and her little baby Haydn, while the men played a serious game of Risk. And by serious I mean super long...

Ten o'clock rolled around and we all decided it would be fun to hit Wally World and see all the "fun" people that were up waiting for Black Friday. It was super crowded so after a while we finally left and headed for home. We then laid on the couch together and watch "Charlie Brown's Christmas" together (now that Thanksgiving was over, I didn't feel bad watching it anymore:).

All in all it was a great holiday. Had I wished I was with family in Utah? Of course! But would I change the fun Thanksgiving I had with some great friends? Absolutely not:)

My First... Post and Jeep :)

Well hello everyone, I like the whole idea of a Blog and love Jill for starting one but I never seem to know what to write about, and even on the rare occasion when the stars aline and something worth reporting in my life happens I am meet by my arch nemesis.... creative writing! So try to enjoy the post!

The stars did aline a yesterday and and was given the chance to buy a Jeep Cherokee. I don't know exactly why I love that car so much, but I do. Granted it is not perfect but I love it. It is a Jeep Cherokee with "personality". The key only works on the ignition, the windshield needs to be replaced (ASAP) and there are a few dings and scratches here and there. It has a 2" lift and it is only a 2 door, but all in all... I love it!


This week I also registered for classes, come January 2012 I will finally re-start school. Since starting school in August of 2007 I have only been able to go to 3 semesters of classes. This is due in part to the mission (which is way better than school in almost every aspect... I say almost because I didn't get to marry Jill during the mission!). I am excited to get back into school, and to start studying and move forward with life. The light at the end of the tunnel seems pretty far away right now and I want to start walking! I am going to be studying Financial Economics, my friends tell me I am business minded and I love learning about finance.

Well that is about all for now, I will try and put up some pictures in the near future.

Honeymoon, Winter, Charlie Brown, and Hot Oil

I finally have some pictures to go along with my latest blog updates! I apologize for my blog being boring due to the lack of photos. I promise I'll try and be better.

-Anyways, about a week ago we've had the pleasure of having our good friends, Brighton and Brett Brooksby over at our place for some cocoa and video games (the boys played video games, Brighton and I played in the snow). We love having them over and Peter loves having a Nazi Zombie buddy here.

-I told Peter that I wanted a Christmas tree and he knows of my love for Charlie Brown. He isn't that big of a fan but because he wanted to, he bought me the Charlie Brown Christmas movie and a Charlie Brown Christmas tree! A great start to our Christmas decor collection!
-I finally buckled down and uploaded our honeymoon pictures from Peter's computer. Not just to put them on the blog, but because I wanted them on my own computer so I can see them too. We went to North Carolina and Georgia for our honeymoon and it was AWESOME! We got to spend some time with Peter's brother Drew and his wife Jessica in North Carolina and Peter's family in Georgia and it was a lot of fun. I hope we can go back again soon!
-Recently, I've been trying to become a better cook so that Peter and I don't always have to resort to fast food and cereal almost every night. I decided to make chicken and pasta and I made the mistake of putting too much oil in the pan along with a little bit of water that was still on the chicken. One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to cooking is hot oil splattering everywhere and whenever it happens, I almost always ask Peter to deal with it. This time he told me to just be brave and try to do it myself so I got myself ready for it. Note...I really hate hot oil on me...
So there ya go! Hope you've enjoyed them and I promise I'll be better at updating. I know I keep saying that but I feel like if I keep saying it, it'll eventually happen...

Until then!

Blog Update for Lori cause she keeps telling me to update it...

Alright. Once again. I'm really really sorry it's taken this long to write a new post. Remember when I said life has been pretty busy? Well not much has changed there. Luckily, I have the pleasure of running into my sister-in-law, Lori, on campus and after every conversation we have, she tells me to update my blog. I finally found a little window of time and so now I will try my best to update you all as best as I can.
Halloween was just like any other day for us. We both had to work so we didn't really have time to celebrate the festive occasion (not like we wanted to. Halloween isn't one of our most favorite holidays). After work, we came home and just enjoyed each others company like we always do.
November First was a big day to celebrate. It was my little brother, Thomas' birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS!), my parent's wedding anniversary (HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!), and it was the day that our good friends, Amy and Hermes welcomed a new little baby boy into the world. Peter and I had fun going and visiting them at the hospital and getting to hold the cute little one in our arms. He also had that great baby smell that made you want to smell him for hours but you couldn't cause you would look like a serious creep if you did.
November Seventh I had the opportunity to go see some cadavers in our Anatomy lab for our science class. However, I missed it due to a bad cadaver dream I had the night before (I'm such a pansy) and that I just wanted to cuddle with my husband in our bed just a little longer:) Oh well. I'm sure I'll see a cadaver again at some point in my life...don't know how or why...but I'm sure I will!
Peter is starting to get ready for Winter semester as I'm trying to survive the remainder of this semester. He is a better student than I am so I know that he'll do great this next semester. He's such a little smarty pants!
Well, that's about it as far as updates go. There you go Lori! I promise I'll try to be better!

Until next time!