Happy holidays

On the first day of christmas my true love gave to me
- 1 cute charlie brown christmas tree (that we cut down ourselves... with a permit :) )

on the second day of christmas
-2 purple nike shoes

on the third day of christmas
- 3 popcorn tins

on the fourth day of christmas
- 4 hours (so far) of watching my new gilmore girls movies

on the fifth day of christmas
- 5 cool lights on corbins new headlamp his wonderful wife gave him

on the sixth day of christmas
-6 surprised excited faces after opening gifts from my family

on the seventh day of christmas
-7 gifts under our tree

on the eighth day of christmas
- 8 candy canes

on the ninth day of christmas
-9 times i've wished i had a yard to lay on my new hammock

on the tenth day of christmas
-10 ( ok the high numbers get me so 1 cute brown sweater)

on the eleventh day of christmas
-11 plus 1 jerseys on corbins new quilt i made

on the twelth day of christmas
-12 days left of winter break

Fun Times

We have had a lot of fun this past week. After a very fun and yummy Thanksgiving with my family, we had a Christmas adventure with our good friends. 4-wheeling, spending time at the cabin, snow shoeing, and cutting down our very first Christmas tree! Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

The guys pulling each other on the 4-wheelers. We also jammed 3 people on the sled and pulled them around - yup! So much fun !

Us on the 4-wheeler

Our cute tree

Hubby and the Conner's

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year! I was a pirate and hubby was a prospector... but everyone at the party said he looked like bob the builder haha. It was a good time hanging with friends, eating munchies, and carving pumpkins. Ours was supposed to be a representation of Utah (hair is the mountains, nose is a tree, and mouth is a river). Aren't we creative? We even got 2 trick or treaters! I love holidays :)

Fall Break Fun

So let me explain this picture... it was on hubby's camera so i forgot to post in when i talked about our Virginia adventures but it is one of my favorites! It was taken in old town Williamsburg. Haha it makes me laugh

So on to my blog post...

We had a lot of fun this last week. Hanging with fun friends, relaxing, hitting up dollar movies, screaming our heads off at the Alpine Coaster, car rides to see the beautiful changing leaves, catching a fish on the provo river (and eating it), seeing my parents home remodel, and best of all spending time together! What a great way to welcome Fall.

33 days apart for an internship

Waking up at 6:30am every day for Skype

(or for one of us inparticular skyping right before he hit the hay at 6:30 am)

Emails twice or three times a day

No phone and limited internet time

Scripture reading and discussion emails

Love notes left / sent in bags

Learning a lot

Missing a lot

Loving growing fonder

This has been our life for the past 2 months. Hubby had the opportunity to go on a geology internship and gain a lot of experience. It was one of those bitter sweet moments for us. We are both glad to be together once again.

We thank thee oh God for a Prophet

I love general conference. I always feel direction and guidance after listening to the words of the Prophet and apostles. I remember when i was little, my favorite part of conference was playing cereal bingo with the names of the speakers (when a person spoke you got to put a cheerio on their name square). Now i find myself practically absorbing things being said and immediately trying to apply them to my life. I will be the first to admit that i am not perfect :) and i have a lot to work on. Even so, its nice to be reminded that we have a loving savior who has been through all the trials and tribulations that we go through. I always have a friend who "has been there".
It seems like our first year of marriage has been a bit chaotic. We have learned a lot of life lessons in the six months we have been married. Each has strengthened our relationship, but i used to wonder why we were having so many trials so fast. Conference was a great reminder that the Lord has a plan for us, and in these times of trial we must build our testimony and stay strong in the gospel. The Lord loves us and will not leave us comfortless. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and i love it!

Addicted

My mom introduced me to that pinterest site and i'm pretty sure i'm addicted. It has so many good ideas on it but with it changing all the time i find myself wanting to look at it non-stop! I have to have so much self control to turn the computer off and go to bed. I found this cute quote on it yesterday that said:

This is so true! I find myself working so hard at everything right now... school, work, laundry, everything. That i forget to stop and take a moment out of my day to just be happy and look at the beautiful mountains with the leaves changing colors. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year!

BE HAPPY