Thanksgiving Week

I'm sorry that these are so late. I had to get pictures from Chris. This was Thanksgiving week. My brother's birthday was in October, but we had a cake for him the day we got there. My family was expecting us early Wednesday morning, but I ended up having no classes on Tuesday. So we left Monday night and got there Tuesday afternoon and surprised my family. My sister-in-law Britney, her baby Teaghan, Chris, and I drove 16 hours to Missouri.

Andrew

BriAnn

Emma

Ethan

Chris and his best friend, Teaghan. She absolutely loved him.

Britney and Teaghan

Aubre and Easton

My Grandparents

Easton. I met him for the first time this week.

BriAnn said that Emma was an animal.

The first night we were there, Britney, my mom, and I went to the store and left Chris with the baby. She fell asleep right away for him. He's a natural for sure.

My dad cleaning his chainsaw. He's a tree cutter so he does this quite often.

The first night there, Chris and I played Rock Band at Aubre's. I'm not quite sure what I was doing with my face.

The next morning, we were still so tired from driving all the night before. I slept in a bit and someone layed Teaghan next to me. I thought it was sweet.

THANKSGIVING DAY!

Teaghan's first Thanksgiving.

Ethan was trying to get toys out from under the entertainment center. I thought his tactic was cute.

My pie! My favorite thing to make on Thanksgiving is apple pie. I like to make use of the cookie cutters.

Thanksgiving was also Britney's birthday. So we had a cake with our pies.

My cat!! I have missed my baby so much at college. She is always at my side at home. At first, she would let me hold her unlike Chris, but seemed confused. I knew that she remembered me, but was unsure about what was going on. By the end of the week, she started following me around and looking for me more. The last night there, she waited for me in my bed and stayed while I layed down and fell asleep.

Friday night was Andrew's baptism :D I'm very proud of him. He has grown so much...he's becoming a little man.

Saturday morning, we went to lunch at the restaurant my brother-in-law Eran is a chef at. It was really good.

That afternoon, we headed home and drove through the night again. We got in Utah Sunday morning.

Here's a cute video of Chris talking to Emma. She's so adorable.

I loved being home! I have missed my family so much. I loved having 5 little kids around. It made me excited to have my own kids to have run around with their cousins. We missed my brother, Jeb a great deal this week. He is over seas in the Air Force. I am very happy that Britney and Chris came. It was wonderful to see everyone and be together. I won't be going home to Missouri for Christmas. I'm going home to Alaska. I will miss my family so much.

Rexburg, ID and more college

So I don't really have a whole lot to post right now. But since I'm going home next week for Thanksgiving, I thought I would get these posted so they aren't left out or mixed in with Thanksgiving. The last 3 weekends, I have gone up to Rexburg, ID to visit Chris. This video is of Chris buring paper with a lighter and hairspray. His friend Garret and his roommate Chase were there too.

Just hanging out at Chris's apartment. We spent a lot of time just sitting around, watching movies, playing nintendo, and attempting to do homework.

While waiting for Family Home Evening to start, we found these cupboards in the lobby. Lindie and Holly hid inside for a bit.

And finally, my lovely Christmas tree. My mom let me take it to college so they didn't have to move it to Missouri. I set it up about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving. I figured since we are leaving just 3 weeks after Thanksgiving, we needed to enjoy it as long as possible. :D The boot underneath is the only thing holding it up...it isn't supposed to be Santa Claus. But it looks like a good joke.

Halloween and Hanging Out

Halloween! Chris and I were Mario and Luigi. We won the costume contest at my stake's party.

We spent Halloween in Rexburg, ID at Chris's. We ordered Pizza Hut and watched Goosebumps. I haven't seen that show since probably 3rd grade. I never realized how cheesy it is :D. We dressed up and went to the store for our pumkin and Walmart. Then we watched Pink Panther since neither of us like scary movies. It was fantastic.

I thought a lot about what I normally do on Halloween. I thought of Jordan, Katie, Amy, Gabby, Nicole, and I trick-or-treating around Jordan's neighborhood for hours in the snow. Then we would go to Jordan's and exchange candy and look at what we got. This was high school, let me just say. I missed it this year, but I had fun with Chris.

The day after Halloween, we went to the African Children's Choir. It was amazing! I was in tears a couple of times. It is amazing that thousands of homeless, starving, and often parent less children in Africa are saved and given a chance through this program. It was really humbling.

Chris came to Provo the weekend before Halloween and we went to an Opera on campus. It was really fun, but it was going to be really long and we were starving. So we left after an hour and went to Applebees.

The day before, we went to see High School Musical 3 in Provo. It was really good :D. It is different than the others for sure. My roommate, Carrie, was an extra, but we couldn't find her.

A few weeks ago, we spent a Sunday night watching Ever After together. We have urges to watch movies all the time but rarely all sit down and watch one. It was fun.

Haha, this was so cute! At about 12:00 A.M. I went in the kitchen to talk to Chris on the phone. I came back in at about 12:40 and Holly was out. I got ready for bed. I had Carrie come in and see her too. I didn't know if I should throw a blanket on her and let her sleep, but she had contacts in and I thought she would want to get ready for bed. So I woke her. She sat up with big RED eyes and was so confused. She kept saying "Oh my gosh, it's 1:00 in the morning!" She then said "Did I die?!". She finally woke up all the way and we laughed about it.

We had Family Home Evening at our dorm last week. We carved pumkins and had hot choco. Once our guys saw the Nintendo 64, they started playing. They were there for awhile. Carrie and I played Mario Kart with Aaron and David and kicked their butts. They want to come back and redeem themselves. What's really funny is that the guy in the striped shirt isn't one of our FHE brothers. He just came in and joined them. He's friends with our brothers though.