Tis the Season!

The count down to Christmas has officially began and the day is soon to be here. I love this time of year. I love how the earth literally changes. Everything turns white and pure. I love how people are so busy going and doing and yet life seems to slow down and really mean something if you let it. I love how people DO for others. I love the Christmas spirit.

It has been a little while since I have updated the blog. So I will try to catch you up. Josh and I went to Tridell for Thanksgiving. I was excited to spend some time with the family. Marci and Andrew were planning on going to Idaho but because of the BIG storm they didn't go. Which I will be honest, secretly I was happy. I love spending time with them, especially those girls, they make me laugh so much. Here are a few pictures of the fun times we had together making silly faces.


This next picture is of Josh, Diana, and Craig. Sometimes I tease Josh too much. This is one of those times. Lets just say this position of Josh's arm is a regular thing he does ALL the time. The first time I thought it was super weird, but I have gotten use to it. I just think he doesn't know what to do with TWO arms so he puts one on his head, don't ask why....

It is pretty funny though!!!

Another adventure that Josh did was to attempt to eat a GIANT pizza. Sadly they were unsuccessful, but they came soooo close. Him and another guy from his work had to eat this whole pizza in one hour. If they did they would each get a free pizza every week for a year. I think they could have done it if they would have had more time. But lets just say the pizza made its mark...hehehe

Josh and I have had some fun times. We made a count down chain to Christmas right before Thanksgiving. For each day we wrote something on that day we could do together. One day was to play Jenga.

We think we are pretty much Jenga champions!!!

Another thing I wanted to do was to see Christmas lights. Last year we went down to Salt Lake to Temple Square, so we wanted to do something different. Well I remember a few years ago I went to the Christmas Village in Ogden with Marci and Andrew, so I thought that might be fun. We went down early and walked around Ogden had dinner with Melissa, Josh's sister, and then went to the Christmas Village. I think we were the only people there with out children, but it was still fun.

This is us at the Christmas Village.

We are excited for Christmas. We are going down to St. George to visit Josh's family. It will be a quick little trip, we are leaving Friday afternoon and coming back Sunday, but it will be fun. I am excited for a little warmer weather.

Mostly I am excited because this time of year is so amazing. I am so grateful for what this past year has brought to my life. I am so happy I was able to be married in the Temple to the most amazing man. I am so grateful for our Saviour and the gospel. I am thankful for a loving Heavenly Father and his patience he has with me. I am thankful for the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ.