Our 2012 Christmas Wish Lists

So a couple weeks ago B and I made our Christmas lists. So before I start writing them down I need to explain them, it just somehow became a tradition in our family to write down EVERYTHING you’ve ever wanted on this list. It’s pretty funny, I mean you’ll see as you read through our lists that there are obviously things we aren’t going to get, but it’s always awesome to dream! That’s the magic of Christmas!

B’s Christmas Wish List 2012

-          Jordan Shorts

-          New Socks

-          Dress Shirts for work

-          Ties

-          Pin-striped suit in Black

-          Mac-Book Laptop

-          Black Pea Coat

-          American Eagle Shirts

-          iPhone 4s Cover

-          Black Ops 2 video game

-          Red Sox Baseball Tickets

-          Golf Driver

-          Citizen Watch

-          Nice/Big picture of Rexburg Temple

-          Buckle Jeans “Seth”

-          Taylor Guitar

-          Garments

-          Temple Pants

-          Slippers

-          King size bed

-          Wife to be happy

-          Power Drill

-          Flannel Shirt

-          Wet Dry Shaver both for head & face

-          Black Dr. Martin’s (casual)

-          Sperry Shoes

-          Anything with Boston Red Sox

-          Jordan Sweats

-          Jordan jogging jacket

-          Teeth Whitening

-          Camera/Video Recorder

-          Dr. Dre Beat Box

-          To spend Christmas day with my children

-          iTunes gift card

-          Movie Tickets

-          Cuff links

-          Trip to Hawaii

-          Disneyland or Disney World Tickets

-          Head shaver from Sally’s

-          Cologne

Sav’s Christmas Wish List

-          Black Skinny Jeans

-          Tall Brown Dress Boots with a rounded toe

-          Tall black dress boots (like my mom’s)

-          Mint Green, Gray, or any other colored jeans

-          Jeggings

-          New white tennis shoes

-          Brown and or colored boyfriend jacket

-          Rose Gold Watch

-          Seasonal decorations or any decorations for our house

-          Church pictures

-          Wedding pictures printed 5x7 or 8x10’s

-          Perfume

-          Coach purse

-          Boot socks

-          Gift card to Dairy Queen

-          Razors

-          Jewelry

-          Old Navy men’s sweats

-          Men’s basketball shorts

-          Make-up – Urban Decay, make-up brushes

-          Hounds tooth Cardigan

-          Wireless FM Transmitter for iPhones/iPods

-          King Size down comforter

-          Rotating/Standing space heater

-          Big curling iron

-          Shelf for our wall

-          Black or colored end table

-          Plane Tickets

-          Better Homes & Garden Cookbook

-          Colored Pea Coat

-          Welcome Mat for outside

-          Leopard Flats

-          Table Cloth

-          iPad

-          Kitchen Table

-          Barnwood Sign

-          iPhone cover

-          Bread Maker

-          Food Storage

-          Go on a cruise

-          Diamond Earrings

-          Gift cards to Old Navy, Journeys, Amazon, Maurices, or anywhere else

Let the Holiday's Begin!

Holy cow I've got to hurry and update! It's almost December, jesh! We had a lot going on over here. B in head deep in homework as the semester is fast approaching its end. He's done amazing this semester having 18 credits, plus being a newlywed, and well just doing my bidding. Its been fun though!

Thanksgiving was awesome. We spent the weekend in Rigby. Well the day in Rigby. The rest of the time we just kicked it our house. It was a lot of fun, I missed my family, but it was great to spend time with the new family and share in their traditions. A lot of game playing and murder in the dark to finish off the evening. I even managed to get my tree on Black Friday (more on that later). Anyway, during the Thanksgiving break my little sister Mariah even got her mission call... she's going to the Atlanta, GA North Mission. I was so excited for her, she's going to do great and I know her life is going to change. So happy for her! I'm going to miss her up here though, she certainly add drama and excitement to our boring married life! Oh college!

This is what I did Thursday morning, watched B play in the Turkey Bowl, I shopped the Black Friday ads, and relaxed in my slippers!

For FHE on Monday we decided to put up our Christmas Tree and decorations. Since we are on a super tight budget these days we got all of our decorations for our tree at the dollar store. I was super impressed with what you can find there. We had to get our lights at Kmart, but other than that, everything else is from the Dollar Store or a hand me down (thanks mom)! I love Christmas, it's magical, and fantastic. I'm so excited that B and I can celebrate it together this year, and he can experience the magic my mom creates during Christmas!

Also today is Jenn's birthday! Quarter of a Century! I love her and I wish we still lived in the same town to celebrate. Oh the joys of growing up and moving away! Hopefully my present will suffice, all I can say is I'm thankful for her, I'm a better person because of Jenn! Happy Birthday!!

Most importantly I really didn't do my thankful list this year, I'm bad. I'm so thankful for so much, and it's made evident especially the last couple of days how much I am blessed. I have a wonderful husband who makes sure I am happy above all other things, an amazing family who loves me, friends who make sure I'm taken care of, a job so I can have a roof over my head and a place to sleep, and a Heavenly Father who knows exactly what I need! Let the Holiday's begin...

Worth It!

I used to be a lot better about my blog, you know every day sort of good. Sadly it’s just once a week these days and I hate that. I don’t know if it’s because I got married and my life isn’t as dramatic or just because I don’t have a lot of things going on?! Either way there is still a lot of great things that happen in my life that I should probably document. Mostly because I’m still a newlywed and I still spend a lot of time with that husband of mine.

This past week was a little rough, I mean B had a huge paper due, and I have been really stressed. Those two things mixed together created the perfect storm in our household. The kind where I am crying for no reason and B just doesn’t feel like talking (which is odd for him). So when I came into work on Friday was really sad and well just miserable. I even said to my co-worker (who has been married for 40 years) “you know being married is really hard sometimes”, and she just flat out laughed at me and said, “That’s the understatement of the year”. She’s like if marriage was easy don’t you think that the divorce rate in this country would be a lot lower? To which I replied well yeah! Just made me think of a quote that Jenn said to me once about love and how it isn’t easy but nothing worth having is easy.

I then thought back to a year ago this weekend, B wanted to break up, because he wasn’t ready to be serious. I just cried and cried, and just well drove home to Parma to wallow in my misery. I just didn’t know how I was going to go on living without him, because I knew he was it! I’m so dramatic I know. Anyway, I just remember having that feeling that it would work itself out and no matter the outcome and I would be happy. Here we are present day and we are married, pretty crazy! I’m just glad I listened to my heart. It wasn’t easy, and in fact it was downright hard, but it was so worth it!

Anyway, to bring this full circle having little fights here and there is nothing compared to what some people go through and B and I still have a long way to go! Also this weekend was the Boise Temple Dedication and one of the talks was about eternal marriage and how it’s SO important. My heart was just so grateful for it all. The ups and the downs, because quite frankly the downs make you appreciate the ups! Struggling right now helps you focus on what’s important! The dedication was beautiful and the spirit was strong, I guess because that temple holds a special place in my heart too, but the prophet was in my temple! My sister got to see him and preform for him and I’m so grateful she got that experience! Once in a lifetime for sure!

Also because I find this so funny I found B sneaking his 4^th or 5^th cup of hot chocolate last night and I thought it was so funny. He sure loves that Cocomotion!

Family Picture Time

This past weekend we made a fast trip down to Parma to take family pictures and go through the Boise Temple Open House. My parents were tour guides so it was the perfect opportunity to head on down to Parma. First of all, all of the babies are growing like weeds. Baby Reece and Baby Grace have now reached the chunky stages and are starting to grow into their personalities! Liam is crazy per usual and sure loves his Uncle B!

Seriously as soon as she said, one... two... three... Reece sneezed sending snot everywhere, we were all laughing so hard. I love it!

Here is my favorite photo of the weekend! It was freezing outside, and Liam wasn't very happy but we managed to get in a good photo. I love the colors of fall, and look at how our family has grown. We added three new people this last year!

We sure wished Tajia and Parker could have been there for our photo shoot, they were the only ones missing, hopefully soon though they will be here for the holidays and we can always have a photo shoot!

The adorable Gracie! Love her, she is such a doll!

Here is Baby Reece... honestly he's just so freaking cute!

We made our final stop at the temple. It was beautiful, and they changed it up quite a bit! It's awesome how many people were there to see it. Liam was the best when he kept saying, this is so pretty, look at all of the sparklies. I can't wait until I get to see the dedication this weekend, the Boise Temple holds a special place in my heart because it's always been my temple. So happy it's finally open!
We spent the rest of the weekend playing games and just relaxing, it was pretty great!
I'm so glad my family isn't too far away that we can see them for a weekend. We are spending Thanksgiving up here with B's family so we won't be back again until Christmas. It was so great to finally have B make the annual family photo, he was so excited that he'll officially be in the Christmas Card this year!

Halloweenie!

Halloween was pretty uneventful for us this year, well in the aspect that we didn't go to a party or anything. We did however hand out a TON of candy. B warned me there was a lot but I figured my 55 piece bag would be plenty. I should have gotten the 500 piece bag... holy cow! We had so many trick-or-treaters it was nuts. I loved seeing all the cute kids, they were so precious. My only complaint is that if you have a beard, no costume (one excuse was it was too hot, please), and you have a lower voice than my husband I really don't want to give you candy. We finally had to shut our light off at 8:00 because we ran out of candy (after our third trip to the store). It was so fun handing it out though! It was the warmest Halloween I can remember so that made it even better. I love Halloween!

Here are our kids and their costumes, Tajia is a princess and Parker is Mr. T. Parker is so funny. We sure wish we could have been there to see them:

Here are Grace, Liam, and Reece. A fairy, pirate, and skunk respectively

The pirate Trick-or-Treating

Look at that skunk! So cute!

Here is my costume I titled it "I love cats"... Bless!

At work we had our Halloween potluck, my friend Mindy brought these adorable owl cupcakes! They are too cute to eat!

Halloween has now come and gone! It's time for the holiday season to begin. Love it!