Happy Thanksgiving!

Once again, I am way behind on the blogging. So here is a little story about 2 Thanksgivings... We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with both families. Since this year was my family's year to have us for Thanksgiving, we spent Thursday with my family and Saturday with Keith's. We were completely stuffed by the end of the weekend, but it was so worth it. At my family's we had my cute Grandma Z, I am so grateful to have her in our lives, she is such a sweetheart! My parents, Miss, Joel and the Kids, Ilene, and Dean and Lona. We had a great time visiting and eating. We truly have so much to be grateful for! AT Keith's we had his parent's, his sister Annie and her boyfriend and his fam and Sarah, Doug and Luke. The whole weekend was wonderful! I didn't get a whole lot of pics (oops) but we did decorate our own gingerbread people (thanks Ilene for always having a fun craft!) and Keith took a picture of them! Aww cute! And Miss took pictures of us for Christmas card and just some new pics, it has been a while since we had any. I will post more soon! A big thank you to both of our families for always making it so great! I am so excited for the holiday season! Lots of love!

Happy Birthday Keith!

This month has kinda just flown by. I can't believe it is almost December and Christmas is less than a month away. The month was pretty uneventful up until the week of Keith's Birthday. He had to have surgery, and decided he would schedule it 2 days before his birthday, which I was a little bummed about because I thought it would ruin his birthday for him. To my surprise, he did remarkably well and was really funny coming out of the anesthesia. My mom and dad were able to come up while Keith was in surgery and sit with me, while I worried. Thanks Mom and Dad for coming up so early in the morning to be with us. I was way more stressed than Keith, but I quickly found out I had nothing to worry about and it was over before we knew it. (especially Keith, he just wanted to go back to sleep)He was supposed to have an adult with him for 24 hrs and I was being honored at a luncheon that afternoon for work, so mom and dad sat with him at home while I ran there to make an appearance, and to get the prescriptions. Thanks again for babysitting! :)

Tiff's birthday is the day before Keith's so last year we started a Thanksgiving tradition of going out to breakfast really early. Thanks again Tiff and Whit! We are so thankful for wonderful friends.

Friday afternoon Keith's mom came up to visit for Keith's birthday. It is always nice to have company, I love having family up. We went to see Twilight!!! What a good husband I have!!!

Saturday the 22nd was his birthday and we just had kind of a relaxing day we went to lunch with Jordan and Heather and Annie and Scott came up and brought their Wii. I am a little rusty on the Mario Kart!

Later that night, we went to a friends wedding reception and then some of our friends came over for cake and ice cream. (homemade...can you believe it??)

I guess he knows how much I love to drag out birthdays,(they are supposed to be a week long event right??) so we are going to do the rest of the family birthday stuff over Thanksgiving.

I just wanted to thank everyone for making this weekend a great birthday for Keith, we are so lucky to have such great family and friends.

October Fun

Wow I can't believe it is November! Time is flying by! I thought I would post a couple pictures of fun things through the rest of October. We went to Lagoon for frightmares (with Annie and Scott) because I won some tickets at work. It was fun, but I think the best part was the dipn'dots! I quickly remembered why I haven't been there in years....it was so crowded and I always seem to go home sick. Oh well, we all had a great time, and Keith got to go on the wild animal train for the first time ever! Amazing how cool things seem when you are a little kid. We also went to a really cool pumpkin walk up in North Logan with Tiff and Whit after we made carmel apples. The apples were so yummy and we saw some really cool scenes made out of pumpkins and gourds. There were these really funny charatcter cutouts that we all took turns posing in, we were laughing so hard! Oh, and we went to our ward's costume party, dressed as a Ghostbuster and the Stay Puff marshmallow man....we won! Thanks Nate and Gina for letting us use the costumes! Tiff and Whit went as Biggest Loser trainers, Bob and Jillian.

We went down to North Ogden for Halloween night. It was really fun to see everyone all dressed up! Dad's costume was hilarious! I don't have the picture yet, but as soon as I get it I will put it on here. I wish I could've seen all the neices and nephews I bet they were all darling! I was so sad that I forgot my camera, so I am stealing the pics from Miss and Gina's websites. Thanks guys! Nate's Bday is on Halloween, so we were able to go see him and everybody at Nate and Gina's for a little bit, and then we went over to Keith's parents house to see friends and his family and Luke. It was really nice to be able to go out to dinner with Mom and Dad, I am so thankful for them and how well dad is feeling! We love you both! The weekend was crazy running from place to place, but we love to see everyone and spend as much time as we can. Just know that we love you all, and thank you for being patient with us while we try to share our time with everyone.

My Hubby!

1-What are some of his nicknames: His friends call him Keithford, his sisters Keithy, his mom KRB, my fam and neices and nephews Uncle Keef, and me...Honey
2- Where did you meet? We went high school together but didn't date, (I always wanted him to, but he never asked) We just had mutual friends and were often in the same classes and same places at the same times. We met again 4 years after graduation at Dr. Garner's office when I was working. I wasn't quite as shy then, and he asked me to go to Holly's wedding with him.
3- How long did you date before you were married? 6 months to the day from our first date.
4- How long have you been married for? just over 3 years
5- Who said I love you first? Keith did
6- When and where was your first kiss? On our second date in Heather Avner's Parents hot tub
7- Who kissed who first? Keith kissed me first
8- Who proposed? Keith, I was pretty oblivious as to what was going on
9-What's your favorite thing to do as a couple? Go on vacation anywhere
10-Do you have kids? How many? none yet
11- What does he do that surprises you? I don't know, he is always surprising me
12- What's your favorite feature about him? his eyes, I love how they light up when he smiles
13- What's your favorite quality about him? there are so many...a big one is his patience
14- Does he have a nickname for you? Daisy
15- What's his favorite color? Blue or gray
16- What's his favorite food? French fries and Ice cream, but not together
17-What is his favorite sport? probably baseball or ping pong ;)
18- What's a hidden talent that he has? He can cook pretty well
19- How old is he? 25 almost 26
20- What do you admire most about him? there are too many to choose from, probably his determination, he is such a hard worker and such a sweet and loving person and patient...see I told you there are too many!
21-What's his favorite past time? traveling or camping
22- Who eats more? If it is candy it is definitely him
23- Who is taller? Keith, just barely
24- Who sings better? who knows, we just try to get through the song
25- Who is smarter? We are both smart but about completely opposite things
26- Who does the laundry? Mostly me
27- Who pays the bills? Mostly Keith
28- Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
29- Who mows the lawn? We don't have to...isn't is great!
30- Who cooks dinner? Keith has for the last 6 or 7 months, but I do every once in a while
31- Who drives? Keith drives most of the time, but sometimes I do
32- Who is more stubborn? We are both very stubborn
33- Who has more friends? dunno.
35- Who controls the T.V. remote? Probably me, I am obsessed with the TiVo remote so I can go back and skip over things
36- Whose temper is worse? mine. I need to do better
37- Who does the dishes? I do them more than he does
38- Whose parents do you see more often? I think we see them about the same, or at least we try to.

I tag anyone who wants to be tagged

Easton's Baptism

I am about a week behind with my blogs, so last weekend, the weekend of the 10th and 11th we were able to drive over to Colorado with Miss and the kids for Easton's baptism and a big birthday party for all the October birthdays. We had so much fun. Friday was Maci's Birthday so we got to celebrate it with her by being in the car for 8 hours driving through a snow storm, but we still had fun. I had to work for part of the day on friday, so we didn't get to leave till later in the day. Typically we can make it in about 7 hours, but with the snow and crappy weather, it took us about 8 hours. Miss drove the entire way and did great, minus the scary ice spots on the bridges! :) I've added a few pics of us all getting a little stir crazy. When we all took a break to stretch, Brinsen and Maci got crowns from burger king and Korbin liked to sit in the steering wheel and pretend to drive! I was so impressed how well the kids did driving over to Colorado for the first time, I think they only asked if we were there like 50 or 60 times, they are a crack up! We got there just before 1 AM on Saturday morning.

Saturday was great! We got to play and hang out with the whole family, it is really great having everyone together! Later that afternoon, we drove to the stake center where Easton was getting baptized! He is the oldest and the first of the grandkids to be baptized, and is the such a sweet boy. I love seeing him grow up, he is so smart and such a great big brother! I am so proud of you Easton! It is amazing what you remember about your own baptizm and the feeling when you watch another. Those kids are so sweet and innocent and bring such a great spirit. I am so greatful for neices and nephews, they make me so happy when I get to be around them!

We did family pics after, which was great, because we haven't ever had a pic with everyone in it!
I wish I had pictures of the birthday party for all the October birthday's. Tiff had a cake for each person, so we ended up tasting about 7 or 8 cakes....I lost count! If anyone has a pic of it please send it to me and I will add it.

We drove home on Sunday afternoon and only hit a little snow. It was a quick trip, but it was totally worth it! I am so lucky to have such a great family! Thank you all for such a great weekend! Lots of love!

Here is the pic with the cakes I was talking about! Thanks for the picture Miss!

Our Anniversary!

Wow, I can't believe it has been 3 years. I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful husband! I don't know how it all fell into place 3 1/2 years ago, but I am thankful everyday that it did. As cliche' as it sounds, I am so happy to have married my best friend! Keith, I love you more every day! A big thanks to both our families and all our friends that have been such great examples on how great married life can be. We would not be where we are today with out all of you. Our anniversary, the 7th was on Tuesday this year, so we decided to celebrate it the weekend before. We wanted to do something fun and different, so we booked horseback riding up in Logan canyon. While were were looking around for someplace that did guided rides, we found the Beaver Creek Lodge that had a package deal with one nights stay, an hour horseback ride and breakfast. We were so excited.....until the crappy rain rolled in on Friday night and rained into Saturday and then it just kept raining. The plan was to go up Saturday afternoon for the horseback ride and then just check in after that. When the rain came that kinda put the kibosh on the ride, so we decided to go do some shopping for gifts and a new board game. We got a fun scrabble like game called Banana-grams. There was no table in the room, so we ended up playing on the floor....P.S. I won twice!! (Grandma Z would be proud!) We had so much fun and we saw some deer right by our cars that freaked me out! (I am secretly a little scared of deer and the dark, not a good mix in the woods!!) We woke up in the morning to snow on the tops of the mountains and clouds drooping down all over, it was really pretty, the pics don't quite do it justice. I am not ready for snow, but the fall colors are worth the cold. Next on the list is to try to find another occasion to go away for!
Us on the deck, right outside our room
This is Banana-grams!
This was the view off the deck of the lodge we stayed in

Tagged!

I have never done the tagging thing, but I was tagged by Vanessa for one tag and Morgan for another so here goes....

P. S. Morgan's was supposed to be eight of everything, but I am just not that exciting, so I'm gonna cut it in half!

Six of my Quirks:

1. I can never sit through more than an hour of anything, unless I am stuck in the movie theater. I'm not really sure why this is, but I just seem to need to find something to do after about an hour. The funny thing is that I never noticed it till Keith decided to start timing me.

2. We have two sets of lights in our bathroom, and later at night and early in the morning I can't stand to have both of the lights on.....it's a real rude awakening when Keith will flip them both on right when I walk in there. He thinks I am crazy, I don't really have a good argument for it.

3. I like to clean and organize the fridge when I am stressed or just because. I just can't stand when I can't see what is in there.

4. My nose gets cold really easily and I'm not exactly sure when I started doing this, but I will always nuzzle into Keith's warm ear to help it warm up.... He just laughs at me.

5. I keep every card I get. I love cards and have boxes of them that I just can't get rid of because I like to look at them every now and then.

6. Every morning I get up, get showered, and get back into my pj's to get ready in, and then when I am finished getting ready I will put on my clothes for the day....I'm a creature of habit :)

A list of 4's:

4 TV shows I love to watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Chuck
3. The Biggest Loser
4. Cash Cab ( I want to be on it someday!)

4 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Went to work
2. went to Seagull book
3. made spaghetti (that is about the only thing I make anymore, Yay for Keith's cooking!)
4. watched biggest loser

4 favorite places to eat:
1. Tepanyaki
2. Piccolo Bros
3. Costa Vida
4. The Athenian

4 things I am looking forward to:
1. Halloween and the Holidays (fun family time)
2. Vacation with my honey
3. Summer internship(Keith's)
4. Any time off work :)

4 things on my wish list
1. vacation to Hungary and Europe
2. Pedicure and massage
3. working part time
4. a house of our own (for new carpet!)

I tag: Adrian, Sarah, Ashlee, Julie, Holly