Fall Pictures

Our Friend Lisa was testing out her new studio and took some pictures for us!  Take a look!!

I felt like an elephant sitting on Bryan!  :)

Thanksgiving Break

So the start of our thanksgiving break started out well... frustrating.  I got the last few hours off of work so we could drive to Idaho Falls and catch our flight sunday evening.  We were supposed to leave at 6:00 so we had to be there about 4:30.  I rushed home and threw clothes in our suitcase and tried to get things ready to go.  Meanwhile, outside was a blizzard!  I was afraid we wouldn't be able to fly in it... sure enough as soon as we get to the airport we get a call that says our flight was canceled.  NNOOOOO!  They rescheduled us for 6:00 the next morning.

3:30 Monday morning we are up and ready to go.  We go our to the car, wait.. where's the car?!  It was buried under 2-3' of snow!  We each grab a snow shovel and dig a runway for the car.  45 minutes later we have pretty much shoveled the whole parking lot.  Bryan gets in and tries to drive out of the parking lot.  I am following behind him, and he starts to get stuck.  In my head I was thinking, "Heck no! I want to go home!  We are NOT getting stuck."  So I start pushing the car, and with my huge muscles (not) I pushed us out of the parking lot!!  We got to Oregon that morning and had a blast all week.  Here are a few pictures I had but Mom has more too.

Chris took me and Bryan on the MAX (train system in portland) to go shopping downtown.  We had a blast, and even got 1$ ice cream cones for Ben and Jerry's Birthday.  Mind you the high temperature for that day was only 24 degrees, but it was fun!

Checking out Portland from the bridge

Viking Bryan

They made a good team! 

Highlight of my trip, not only seeing family, but on Thanksgiving morning we were cooking and getting things ready.  A voice behind me and mom says, "hi Mom."  I knew in a second it was Doug but it scared mom half to death!  Doug suprised us and flew across the country to be with us for thanksgiving! He got leave from his ARMY base in Georgia and made it home!!!

Thanksgiving!!


I have never been so excited for thanksgiving!  Bryan and I get to go home for 5 days to spend it in Oregon.  It will be like my mini Christmas, since we are still not sure where we're doing, or even where we'll be for Christmas.  


My plans:
1. Eat
2. Laugh
3. Eat again
4. Cook (only to eat more)
5. Shop
6. Listen to Christmas music
7. Do a Christmas puzzle
8. Have great family and friends over for Thanksgiving day!


Can't wait!!!  See you Sunday Mom!!

Deck The Halls:

Because it snowed I feel entitled to start decorating for Christmas! And I might have started listening to Christmas music last week.  Some people think i'm a little silly, but really- why is it wrong to dance around the house in your jammies celebrating the birth of Christ!  We would be nothing without Jesus Christ, so why do people think we can only celebrate his birth in the month of December?  Thats my vote...

Anyway!  My mom sent some fabric and a pattern so I could make stockings for me and Bryan. We are not sure yet where we'll be for Christmas, so we have our stockings to take with us wherever we go!  

Our Two stockings! I need a fireplace with a mantel so I can hang them up! For now they are homeless stockings...

My stocking (More girly fabric at least)

Bryan's stocking!

Christmas is here!

Christmas is here!


We got 3 inches of snow two days ago and it was beautiful!  It was the first snow of the season and it was gorgeous to see it fall so gracefully.  I should have taken pictures, but i didn't even think about it. Bryan and I went for a walk when he got home from work, and we got to bundle up in our coats and boots and tromp through the fresh snow.  I love that new snow 'crunch' when you are the first to step in that particular area of snow...


Don't you love snow?