Thanksgiving

This year we went to Rupert for Thanksgiving! It was so much fun and so wonderful to be with our family.  We ate tons of good food...

Talked and laughed way too much with the cousins at the "kids table"...

  Waved at the adults across the room 

and chatted away with Grandpa and Grandma. 

After dinner all the boys fell asleep faster than you could say "tryptophan"

Meanwhile,  us girls looked through old yearbooks of Grandpa and Grandma's high school years. In Grandma's senior yearbook, each person had a word or phrase that described them underneath their picture. Grandma's was "nice to know" which is definitely true and way better than the guy who was labeled "girl hater". 

Isn't Grandpa a handsome high school sophomore? 

Then we headed back to our house to shoot some pumpkins and clay pigeons. 

Obviously, we played tons of games- hand & foot, dominos, crown five, and even a little poker.

On Friday, Dad, Josh and I headed to town to get our Dr Pepper fix (and forgot to get milk, the real purpose of our trip to town...whoops!)  We also made Josh's week complete with a visit to Jack in the Box. He loves those $1 tacos... (siiick!)

This year, we have so very much to be grateful for and its hard to list everything, but here's a somewhat narrowed down list.... We're grateful for our wonderful families and the love that they show us and the new precious members that have joined our family and are on the way, we're grateful for friends who make us feel cool, we're grateful for the opportunity we have to live in a wonderful warm house, for Josh's business being more successful this year, and we are so very grateful for our membership in the church, that we're sealed together for eternity, and for Jesus Christ. 

Hope ya'll had a Happy Thanksgiving! 

the last BYU home game

kickoff

On the 19th, the Cougs had their last home football game of the season. Josh's parents didn't go, so they lent us their tickets and we invited our friends Cris and Jason. We went out to dinner before then talked in the car for a while before bundling up and walking to the stadium. It was really fun and really chilly! And the Cougs pulled out a victory! 

we were excited!

Cris & Jason

trying to stay warm :) 

some days...

I wonder what I'm even doing in college.
When I can make healthy smoothies, soft delicious cookies,
and dreamy dinners.
and my husband compliments me for hours.
maybe I should just embrace my hidden talent
(of following recipes)
and stop studying and worrying about tests and projects.

But then some days....

I know for a fact that I'm a really big nerd.
when my professor makes a nerdy joke...
and I'm the only one who understands it
{and laughs out loud}
while my classmates look at me with confused looks on their faces,
and my professor nods and smiles with glee,
happy that he's funny to someone.

But then other days...
 I know I'm not a BIG nerd, just a little one.
Because without fail every single time one of my professors says,
"I will illustrate this concept with a cartoon"
I look up to see an actual cartoon, you know something like this...

But instead, its something like this. 

Which is not at all a cartoon. 

And is not at all funny. 

wiped out

only 7 days of school left before thanksgiving break... 

and it can't come soon enough!

weekend in Rupert

Last weekend we were able to go to Rupert to see these 2 cuties get married! 

Whitney looked SO beautiful and Colton was so handsome. The cutest thing ever was when Whit walked into the room and Colton started crying when he saw her. So sweet. Their reception was so beautiful and she had so many great decorations and ideas. It was fun to see all our family that was there as well. 

We were also lucky to have Linsy and the boys there as well. It was good to see Lins and fun playing with Tate and Beau all day Saturday. I miss Tate peeking in our bedroom in the morning to see if we're awake yet. :)

side note: how awkward to my arms look?

Dalton, Kevin's friend and Whitney's new brother-in-law, gave his farewell talk on Sunday as well. He talked about the Book of Mormon and his testimony of it. He is going to be a great missionary! It was a such a fun weekend seeing our family and hanging out at home.