Thanksgiving

Since I had the whole week off of Thanksgiving from school, I got to go home!!!!! This year, everyone except Tyler and Mckenzie made it home. Curtis was able to come too! All of the extended family from Philly came up for Thanksgiving, so we had about 35 people at our house for dinner... including family and friends from the area too. It was so fun to see everyone and to get to spend time with the family.

 Here's a picture of Josiah and Jayden. They were best friends all week! We heard comments from one another like, "I love you Jayden" and "I love you Josiah."

Jayden was able to go to the store with Grandma and Aunt Mindy. He LOVED the attention and even got a little spoiled.

Here's a picture of Jennilyn just being cute.

The boys snuggling

We had Andrea take some pictures of Curtis and I. I look a little drugged up because at this point I probably was... I had a nasty cold all week

Here are some semi-serious pictures of us.

And some not so serious pictures...

 

 

 

 

 

I think we need to work on our serious faces... 

Good thing Christmas is just around the corner!!!!

 

 For Allie's birthday we went up to Kamas to dog sit at her parents house. We had a very calm, yet fun weekend just hanging out. We went shopping in Park City, watched movies, read, ate food, played piano, and just RELAXED. It was really nice to get to spend TONS of time with Allie. Since we're not roommates anymore, I feel like I barely see her! The picture below is the ice cream cake. For the past couple of years whenever we have a birthday we make my mom's Ice Cream Cake. Mmmmmm... We decided this year to only do it in a bread pan because there were only two of us.

Allie's parents left her birthday gifts on the counter the WHOLE weekend. This was TORTURE for her and she sneaked a few peeks when I wasn't looking.

This is the view from the kitchen window. This isn't the most colorful season up there, but it was a magnificent night sky and still very beautiful! Imagine it now with about 2 feet of snow or even with colored leaves on the trees!

Happy Birthday Allie! Thanks for being such an amazing friend!!

Last weekend I went to Ohio to visit Curtis! I flew out Wednesday night and then stayed through Sunday morning. 

It was such an awesome weekend! 

This was on our way home from the Dental Interviews on Saturday. We mingled with the applicants and their guests and then showed them around campus and the dental school. It was fun to just be with Curtis and to see more of campus. 

STUDYING. We did a lot of that...well...Curtis studied and I did school work...or took naps! haha 

The picture on the right is Curtis attempting to study.

Saturday night we made Jack-o-lanterns! Curtis's turned out awesome!

I had to leave early Sunday morning to head back to Utah. It was SO fun to see Columbus and spend time with Curtis. Thanks Brandi and Marie for letting me stay with you!!!

Fall...

Sept 24, 2010

THE CIRCUS WAS HERE!!!! I haven't gone to a circus since I was really little and I don't remember much about it. So when Allie called asking if I would go with her, I was secretly quite excited. I didn't get any real good pictures, but it was pretty cool! The elephants were definitely my favorite! So AWESOME! It made me feel like a little kid again!

Sept. 24, 2010
Naomi was in town for the weekend! She got me a ticket for the BYU game and we got to go cheer on our Cougars... (sadly, they lost) but to tell ya the truth, I was just so excited to be hanging out with Naomi I wasn't really even paying too much attention to the game. It was so fun to catch up with one of my favorite DC roommates! I miss living with this girl like CRAZY! I can't believe it's already been a year since I was in DC! Wow, how time flies!!!

Oct. 3, 2010
For General Conference weekend, I went down to Spanish Fork and spent it with Chris, Kristine, Jayden, and Jennilyn. I took a BUNCH of pictures of Jayden and Jennilyn so I've posted a few. They were just being silly. LOVE, LOVE these kids. Thanks Chris and Kristine for letting me come crash at your house!

A.d.O.r.A.b.L.e.

Watch out Ladies!

                                         

      Showing some personality

I asked him to try to keep his eyes open while he smiled.
Normally, he'll squint and then you can't see his eyes.
This was the result.... hahaha Those eyes are open!

Jennilyn eating a toy dinosaur.

Brotherly L.O.V.E.

LOVE those eyes!

Stuck Like Glue

Here are some pictures from Curtis visiting Utah. We got to spend a WHOLE week straight together! It was SOOO fun! We did all sorts of things. We went to a family reunion, made pizzas, watched Star Wars, made Star Wars cookies, went to Eliza's show and tell, climbed Mt. Olympus with the family, sang at the piano, swam in the pool and hot tub, went to the Salt Lake Temple and did baptisms, went clothes shopping (Curtis was such a good sport as I dragged him around the mall for hours), played with Jayden and Jennilyn, star gazed in the backyard, walked the dog, spent time with his grandparents, played some games with the family, hung out with a couple friends on campus, got Frizzles with Allie, went to a movie, and just spent quality time together. 

   

This was at the beginning of our hike of Mt. Olympus

We made it to the top!!!!

Being Goofy

This was in the JFSB building.

Friends we went with to the
JFSB Museum

Cute

We had such a good week together! Curtis is off camping with a friend for a few days, so there may be more pictures to come...

California

What do you say we leave for California

If we drive all night we can make it by the morning

And no one has to know if we decide to go

What do you say we leave for California

(California, Metro Station)

Pam and I decided to drive to San Fran for Scotty's wedding reception. We met Scotty in 2005, became instantly friends and have been for the past 5 years. Pam is heading to PA for a few months and then onto her next adventures in life, so a ROADTRIP was a necessity before we split. We stayed with Pam's grandparents in San Fran and they were SOO wonderful to us. I enjoyed getting to know them better and we had such an awesome time with them! 

We got to Danville Friday morning around 7am. We slept for a few hours and then chatted with Grandma. Eventually we had some lunch and then hit the pool for a bit. Later that night we went over to Walnut Creek and did some shopping at the stores and then hit up dinner. We went to a place called Tomatina! They make these delicious salads on flatbread. Here's a picture with Pam and our food! SOOOOO GOOD!

After dinner we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's. We decided to play a quick game of UNO. Well our first two games were really speedy (of course Pam won both times....is that a question?) So we decided to play another quick hand....our quick game turned into an HOUR of UNO. An HOUR!!!! At least Grandma won that time. :)

Oh and here's a picture of Grandma opening up her surprise gift from Grandpa. Too funny...

Pam and I

Saturday we woke up early and went to the Redwoods. 
We took a nice stroll through the park...

Pam standing in a Redwood

The trees were HUGE!

McKenna and Chad

At the reception Saturday night
Brandon, Pam, and I 

So for some strange reason, I don't have any pictures of us with the Bride and Groom or with any of our other friends who were there.... very sad!

Oakland Temple

We enjoyed our road trip and our time in Cali. It was a beautiful weekend and we had TONS of fun! Thanks Pam for coming with me! And Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!