our first fire!!!!!

we finally made a fire in our house! (when i say "we".. i mean "he")

It was so exciting.

I hadn't had a real crackling fire in a house for years. At my parents you just flip a switch...it's still pretty awesome but not as cool as a homemade one! Thank goodness for husbands. He made the fire and then we drank hot cocoa and played games. so much fun. I dont know how often we will be able to make them though :( The house smelled like it went on a camping trip afterwards.

oh yeah, I thought i'd post a photo of our tree too! yay for Christmas!

taste testing

you know those little buckets with every one's business cards in them?

they say if you want to win something then put your card in..but you usually never hear back.

My Mom put my Dad's card in the other day and they actually called!!! They won an All you can eat taste tester dinner for 8 people! so exciting! Noodles is one of my absolute favorite places to begin with! I go there VERY often and I introduced it to my whole family... SO i was thrilled. way to go mom. So, last night we went (they actually let 9 1/2 of us come :D). They brought us just about everything on the menu and as much of it as we could eat! They brought us random dishes and let us request whatever we wanted, we even got to take the extras home to eat later!

I must say, my favorite dish is still Pesto Cavatappi..nothing can top that craving for me.

By the end, ALL of us were stuffed the BRIM, even the babies!

Carlie even said, "I am so stuffed I might die...or explode...but then if i exploded i would probably die after." haha

I would recommend Noodles and Company to anyone!

I've never had a bad experience there, they are so good to their customers!

p.s. I got the photo off Google their website. Sorry no photos of us, we were all too busy eating!

confession

I can't drink with out a straw. literally, I can't.

there. now everyone knows.

a lot is new..

WE ARE HOME OWNERS!!!! woohoo!

(this is the only photo I have, it was the one advertized when it was for sale)

When we got back to Utah we decided to invest in duplex in the lovely town of Provo.

After a lot of looking, waiting for this approval and that approval and a lot of staying with wonderful family...we finally got the house in mid October.

We moved in the day we closed and signed the papers!

I love our little home. It was built in 1923 and has a lot of character.

I am proud to say I am living in my dream home, i have always wanted to live in a little old home with big "mature" trees. we live in the upstairs and rent out the basement. we have done a lot of painting and stuff in the inside and its finally starting to seam like ours! I'll post photos soon. believe it or not we still have a lot of unpacking and organizing to do but it will be done by christmas! yay!

meanwhile, I am going to massage school FULL time! I started in the middle of October and I will graduate in May! I cannot wait. I have been thinking about doing this for a few years now and finally the timing could not be more right. I have a very supportive family and husband, which makes a world of difference.

winter wonderland

it has been SOOOO COLD!!!! wow!

I am such a baby when it come to winter time in Utah. (or any cold place)

sun sun come out and STAY OUT!

i know, i know..I am in for a good treat because this is JUST the beginning! :|

brooklyn at the cabin this fall waiting for a ride in the COLD

my goal.

I made a goal to blog more! yay!!!?

its been awhile...AGAIN.

Life has been crazy busy. When this happens its hard not to eventually freak out. well..that happened. So, this past week- I made a decision. I am going to be very consciously positive and think about happy grateful thoughts all day, everyday. Chances are- I will need several remindings from my lovely husband and those around me ;) So there you have it. You're probably wondering how my Blog got pushed into this? To be honest, I dont know if i can make a connection. BUT this is my journal, and from now on I will use it more. To blog about the little happy things in life and maybe the not so happy things in life. its happens, lets me honest. so here goes!!! :D

to start out..these two people make so SO HAPPY!!

my mom and niece, "B"