We posted alot!!

Sorry we posted so much but we have done so much!! Enjoy!!

My Belated Birthday

So we celebrated my birthday today cuz Kevin was busy during the week with school!!! I woke up and he made me an ommelette and orange juice!!! Yummy.... then it was followed with shopping...

When we came home we grabbed bread and headed to one of my favorite places.... Isnt it gorgeous in the winter?

I'm almost positive the ducks dont get fed as much when its cold... They have never surrounded me soo much... They were squeezing through my legs and trying to eat my scarf... I dropped one of my gloves and a duck picked it up and started running... I had to chase after it.. Luckily it dropped it before it went back into the pond... HAHA.. I don't know why I love feeding them so much!! Im a nerd!!
They thought I still had food and followed me.
After we made sushi together.. well kind of sushi... it was cooked cuz im not a pro and I didnt want to get sick... Kevin made a rice bowl cuz he hates the seaweed taste:)
It's not as pretty as the pros but it tasted so yummy. I made too much and couldn't eat it all :)
My husband is the best husband ever and I am so grateful for him and how hard he works!!Thanks Kevin for the most fun Birthday!!

So I may have over decorated??

So Christmas is my favortie Holiday!! I love it!!! And so I decorated.... and alot!! (Well considering the size of the apt.) I even have more boxes full of stuff:)

Up close...

And our Kitchen...

I want to leave all this stuff up all year and keep the Christmas music playing!

The last one!!

So here was the last of our cups. Sadly we have destroyed them all... We now have a couple mugs and when we have people over for hot chocolate we ask them to bring their own mugs. HAHA Are we cheap or what? We have been trying to not buy any but I think the time has come!!

Feliz Cumpleanos a MI!!!

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(Us in our cool 3-d glasses)

Can you believe amber (on the right) is due any day??? She is soo small!! She's my inspiration when I get pregnant( not any time soon:)) So Kevin had to be at school from 6am-930 pm on my cumpleanos so that he could study and get projects done, sooooo.... My friends(gretchen and amber) and I ate pumkin pancakes that were soo yummy and then went to see Bolt . It was 3-D!! I strongly recomend it!! and soo much fun!!! I am soo gratefull for friends like them... They are soo nice soo gretchen treated me to the movie... soo nice and then amber's cousin, who is a professional massage therapist, brought the table over to my apt. and gave me such a nice massage... What great friends!! Dont you think?

PS. I get 2 bdays cuz Kevin has planned for us to do something together this weekend!! :)

Thanksgiving Break!!

So, I tend to get a little excited about this ice cream and i poked a hole through the cone!!! Kevin couldn't stop laughing The next day we went bowling and I soo lost!!

Thanksgiving day we went to my cousin's house and her husband took Kevin out on the Razor. It was nuts. There were times when the wheels were in the air!! lol.. Kevin admits it was a little scary!!

Then we went shopping on Black Friday. Kevin got this cool bike!! lol.. A lady was laughing at him cuz he was riding the bike around the store with all of this stuff on!!

He did not get this!! But he did see some Harley's he liked. Maybe later.. lol!

Then my little sister took our pictures... she wants to expand her portfolio!!

I love this Spider Man!!

Then I cut my little sister's hair!!!

Little Christmas Survey

Little Christmas Survey
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Missa- Eww! to egg nog! Definately hot cocoa with marshmellows; Kevin-Hot cocoa!

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? He usually does but this year Santa is just doing nice notes:)

3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? We don't have a tree but I love lights so our porch will definately be lit!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No- but maybe if we find some I will

5. When do you put up your decorations? Definately either Turkeyday or the next day!!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Missa- Robin's smoked turkey!! Yummy!! Kevin- All of it:)

7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child?Missa- waking up early and sneaking in the living room to see what Santa brought (we were supposed to wait until my parents woke up!) Kevin- playing with my new toys

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? Missa- I found the letters and pictures that I made for Santa in my mom's closet! Kevin- Christmas Eve my dad broke the news

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Missa- I always opened my Aunt Vickie's gift (character PJs); Kevin-Yes!! matching family PJs.

10. What's your fave stocking stuffer? Missa- Santa would always bring gum and I love gum!!!
Kevin- all I can remember my mom putting in them is after shave and deoderant.

11.How do you decorate your Christmas Tree? Candy canes; colorful bulbs and whatever matches- I hit disorganization, even on the tree!

12. Can you ice skate? Yes, we ice skated the first time we hung out and my pants ripped!!!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? Missa- Kevin "made" vases for me last X-Mas and they are gorgeous! Kevin- Tools!

14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Spending time with my family- Kevin!!!

15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? Missa- I don't think i have a favorite- growing up my mom cooked huge homemade meals all the time so Xmas and Turkeyday are just another meal but more fun cuz all the family would get together! Kevin-"What's a holiday dessert?"

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Missa- Getting together with my family every Christmas Eve, except for this one; Kevin- picking out a christmas tree

17. What tops your tree? Last year it was a snowflake that Kirsten and Torben picked!!! Well, with my help- I gave them things to choose from

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? Missa- Giving- I love shopping; Kevin- giving!

19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? Missa- Santa Baby; Kevin- I saw momma kissing Santa Claus

20. Candy Canes? Missa- YES!!! my fave are the old fashioned candy canes/ peppermint; Kevin- NOPE!

21. Do you feel Christmas is too commercialized? Missa- Umm, No! It just depends on how it is being taught!! I think it's a perfect time to teach young children!! Kevin- No. There is not enough gifts!

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God will win and His gospel will continue!

My heart goes out to the people who have hardened their hearts so much towards the gospel of Jesus Christ. They do not know what their actions are doing and it makes me so sad for them and for our dear prophet who is being presecuted the most. He is such a great man. I am so grateful to be apart of this church and will stand up for Heavenly Father's plan until forever! Please do not retaliate or even speak ill of the protestors to anyone. Be an example. Heavenly Father's plan will win!!! There is no doubt!!! I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I am proud of it!!!

What I did today...

This is what I did today!! Im trying to find cheap ways of doing baby gifts. So it being winter, I knitted a baby beanie, scarf, and little mittens. The mitten's were my sister, Amanda's, idea. :) But I haven't seen hers yet and am sure that hers look way cuter!!

It's fun to actually make things that can be used... lol!! And... I am in the middle of making a dress... It's not my first... I made dresses for school dances but have never used a pattern. My mom taught me how to use one and now Im going to actually put it to use. :) If it looks good I will post it!!

Wall-E

My cousin Brian and his wife Erin are up here going to school. They had extra tickets to a Theatre's Grand Opening and are so awesome to have invited us!!

We saw Wall-E. It was such a cute movie!! Let's all keep our Earth clean so we won't end up like the movie:) The movie was a little extreme but does make you think!! I loved it!

We woke up and....

It's SNOWING!!!!

I love it when it snows!!! You can't really see the actual snowflakes but I promise it really is!!! Guess the kids won't be playing on this today!

It's so pretty. I have been in snow. I'd go all the time with my family growing up but it's so different actually knowing that I live in the snow!! lol


Here's our car!! Kevin usually takes the blue car but one minute after he walked out the door he was back. The blue car won't start. It won't even attempt to turn over! I hope that it's just the cold. Poor car! It's freezing cold. lol But we took this car to school!! Luckily it's all snow and no ice.

Date Night!!!

So last Saturday we went on a date!! We don't get to do that very much because Kevin is very busy. So our first stop was Target. (my choice) We only bought windsheild ice scrapers! but, I looked at everything!! :)Kevin and I sat here for a while looking at a Where's Waldo book!!

He always has to take silly pictures!! Rarely does he take for real pictures!!

Then we went to Cabela's. This was Kevin's pick.

He loved it because they had guns that you could just pick up and touch! This gun was Kevin's favorite!!

And thay had all of these stuffed animals. Like alot of them!! A ton of them!!! I always wanted to see how big a moose is and this will probably be my only chance. I still hope to see one in real life ( but from a far distance away:))

This picture would make more sense if you were able to see the elk's massive antlers!!

Okay this may be sad but I thought this scene was really funny! Probably because I would have never thought to see stuff animals like that!! Right as we were coming up on it I was like "How sad that all of these animals were hunted to be stuffed! Then Kevin saw this scene and was like "Well, would you rather die like this or get shot and die fast?" I thought that was very true!! But still this scene!!

Then we ate here...

It was really fun!!!

Happy Halloween

The leaves are so pretty but they get all over the place! They stick to the bottom of your shoes and then track throughout everyone's homes!!!And they leave our car a mess!!! This picture had been taken just after the car had spent the night outside!!! The leaves are crazy!! But beautiful!

When I got home from work Kevin made me this yummy Holloween dinner!!! After some friends came over and we did Fondue and talked!!! It was fun!!

So cute!!!

So for all of you out there with kids, here is Santa's blogspot. It looks so fun!!! It talks about what the reindeer are doing to prepare for Christmas and what you have to do to make the Good list!!!
It's soo cute!!

www.thenorthpoledaily.blogspot.com

P.S.

I forgot to mention that Kevin and I are workers in the nursery now!!! It's fun!! We like it!

Our Fun Date Night

Kevin and I went out tonight to eat and we went to a sushi bar. Kevin hates sushi but he insisted we went anyways. Isn't he sooo great?!?! So we went to this great little place called Yopana Japanese Cuisine!!! I highly recomend it. I got the Flamingo Roll and the Spicey Scallop Roll. I loved trying something new!!! Kevin stayed safe and got the Teriyaki Chicken but he did try my raw sushi with me!!! I was so excited to eat that I forgot to take pictures of my pretty food.:) Kevin is doing great!!! Still going to physical therapy and that is going really well. His busy schedule is still very busy!!!! I have just withdrawled from my classes at BYU to be able to work full time.

We feel it better to put Kevin through school first; although, I will probably still take a class or two on the side. AND.... I quit my job as a waitress (Wasn't enjoying it much. I think I missed my old job, alot). Now, I will be teaching 2 and 3 year olds at a pre-school. I am so excited! I love love LOVE working with children! So I will now be teaching full time!! Have I told you how excited I am? LOL

Kevin is the best husband!! He lets me do whatever I want to him.

We actually watched this Friday night, not tonight!!

I liked it!! Now we have all of the Indiana Jones movies!!This is my extent to decorating this year. I decided to just go with scarecrows

and pumkins so that I can leave it up until I do Xmas!This is my only buy so far for Holloween/ Thanksgiving decorations. I am proud of myself. I love holidays and I usually spend alot on decorations. This year I am trying to be extra frugal!! :)
We love and miss you family and friends back home!!