It's about time!

Hey sorry that I haven't updated in forever! But nothing has too exciting has happened. We had so much fun over the Christmas break. I realize now more than ever how much I really love and appreciate all of my family!! Being away from home is way hard. People keep telling me that it is a good experience and that it pays off in the end and I sure hope that they are right! Man now my dream vacation is going home and spending time with family. It really made Christmas really special this year. Then we got back and started into the routine of things, work and school repeated fifty million times. Luckily my mom was able to fly out for the weekend to good old Spokane. We were able to go to the the temple together which was awesome. Our time flew by but it was nice and we were spoiled! And now I get to come home for a few days which is exciting, I can't wait!

Let it snow!!!

Holy Cow!!!! It started snowing yesterday around 7:00 in the morning and has not stopped since. There is about two feet of snow here. Crazy enough I was able to make it to work this morning, but the roads were terrible! I was there for only a couple of hours until we decided to cancel this afternoon appointments and go home before the roads got worse, cuz it's still snowing hard. So I thought I wasn't going to make it out of the parking lot at work but was finally able to. They don't plow the roads here very well. So I have never driven on roads that are this crazy!

Man they were so bad that even Blake's last final was canceled. I couldn't believe it cuz before finals started the school sent out an email that said that they were not going to cancel finals for bad weather so you needed to make the necessary arrangements to get there cuz there were no make-ups either. So he was happy that he is done for now. They said that they would make-up the final after Christmas break sometime. So he is FREE!!! yeah!! He has never been so relieved! I am suppose to work tomorrow morning but if it keeps snowing like this there is no way I will be able to make it. I just hope that it clears up before Saturday cuz that's the day we fly home.

Christmas

We don't have very many Christmas decorations but we decided that it was okay for now since we really won't be here for Christmas anyway. But we did put up the tree and I have to say that even though it is small I love that it is pre-lit and we were able to fit it back into its original box which was amazing. Our friend Rachel showed me how to make home made ornaments. It was so fun and easy to do. All it takes is two cups of flour and a cup of salt, add water and food coloring to make it like playdough and make whatever you want. Then bake it at 300 degree for about 25 mins. I made some mini stockings, a reindeer, and my favorite a little snowman. You should try it! It was way fun!

It's Freezing!!!

Man! These last couple of days have been the coldest I have ever experienced. I thought living in Utah I had felt cold weather, but man it seems to be even colder here. The high today was 3 degrees! And to make matters worse there is a wind chill that makes it seem like it is -20 degrees. The wind is blowing at 10-20 mph and it is the kind of wind that chills you to the bone!. I was watching the news last night and they were talking about warming centers for the homeless being over crowded and I can't even imagine living outside at these temperatures. They were saying that at night your skin could freeze in a matter of minutes! And those who know me know that I hate being cold. So everyday when I get home I throw on a warm sweatshirt and comfy pants and sit under my electric blanket all night. The heater is always going in our apartment. Funny story, there was some cold air leaking through our air conditioning system so Blake had the brilliant idea of using that Glad press n' seal stuff and he covered the whole thing! It is funny to see it but it seems to work. Now we are trying to figure out how to keep air from coming through the outside doors. So if you have any bright ideas like Blake did let us know!!

Happy Birthday to us!!

This year I have been so excited for the best birthday present ever! I get to come home! Since Lacey's birthday is only 4 days before mine we have always celebrated our birthdays together. I don't know if I loved this when we were young but now I do. It's something special that Lacey and I get to share every year! So Happy Birthday to us!

A Shared Birthday

I'm coming home!

Yes it is true! We are going home for Thanksgiving and we are so super excited!

Our crazy Halloween Pics

We decided to try to be creative and find something around the house to make a costume and Blake came up with the idea that we could dress up in each others PJs and be bed heads. So I did my hair crazy bad and we put zit cream on Blakes face. It turned out horrible but that was the main idea!

PUMPKIN CARVING

We wanted to carry on the tradition of pumpkin carving so after Blake got done with his homework for the night we broke out our carving tools and went to work. We have a Halloween party tomorrow and they are going to have a contest to see who has the best carved pumpkin. We are definitely going to win!

Halloween

Well I can't believe that Halloween is coming up. I am sad that we will miss Curt and Lexie's fabulous pumpkin carving night. That was definitely my favorite thing at Halloween time! Curt always chooses the hardest pumpkin design and takes forever carving it but it always turns out so cool. So good luck Curt and I want to see pictures.

Trisha and Jake are throwing a party on Halloween night and it is a costume party. I have no idea what we are going to do. I don't want to spend too much on a costume so I told Blake that we could just get toilet paper and be mummies but I could tell that was not what he wanted to do. So if anyone has a good idea on what we could be that would be very helpful.