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CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE!

it is officially time to start wearing your Christmas swag and sing Christmas carols and start....
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!

but I'm getting ahead of myself... i need to go in chronological order.

My Thanksgiving started on Wednesday... I woke up Wednesday morning feeling horrible. I had been getting migraines like no ones business and they were BAD. I was late to my first shift at Sunshine and missed both of my classes that day. I rested a bit and felt kinda better for my closing shift at Sunshine. I had to be there... it was the annual Sunshine Thanksgiving Feast where the whole site gets together in one room and we all feast and are thankful together. It was really great...minus the light sensitivity, nausea, and pounding head. I made it through the shift, went home and Casey took me strait to the doctor. A little over one hour later, my migraine was going away... with one down side... my sore rear end... Casey convinced me to take the option of getting a shot of medicine in the rear to make the migraine go away...and I'm thankful i did...because it was the first relief i had gotten in a long time. As we drove home, Casey and i talked about the things we were thankful for right then and there...

-My husband : supporting me the whole time, knowing how much i HATE doctors
-Having health insurance so we could actually get me the help i needed. and most importantly, not having to sit in First Care for 4 hours.

We stopped at the grocery store on the way home for some supplies to make the dessert i volunteered to bring to the Evans' Thanksgiving. Without the shot, there's no way i could have contributed that. What did i contribute u ask? Chocolate dipped pretzel sticks... it was an experiment...that turned out really well...if i say so myself. i will have to make more ... u know... so i can post pictures of them... eating them is just a bonus :)

The next morning i woke up and i felt another migraine coming on. The doctor prescribed this dissolving medication to take at the start of an episode...and i did... and YET AGAIN another reason to be thankful for.

After Round 1, we headed to The Shepherd's house for another feast. Then i got to see Madison, Garrett, Julie, My cousins, Aunt, Uncle, Grandparents and more... oh yah..and My Dad! (another reason to be thankful). I enjoyed being there with everyone.

After Round 2, we headed back to the Casey's parents house for Round 3...and the dipped pretzel sticks. We chatted, ate more, and watched Home Alone.

This was such a great thanksgiving. On top of all the things that make me grateful every day...most importantly, i am thankful for my large family... and their company, support and love!

Yesterday (Black Friday) I went to the Americana with my dad and Madison and got some shopping in, sat on Santa's Lap and had a great day. The crowds weren't bad at all and we found some good deals. Good Daddy/Daughter Day :)

On a different note... The Twilight Saga: New Moon came out...and of course, i saw it opening night. Casey earned HUGE bonus points for diving to Universal Studios after his class (and even though i know he REALLY didn't want to) to stand in line with myself and some of my friends and then stay there till about 3 30 am (that's when we got out of the movie). But it was So worth it :) [Below is a picture of all the girls who saw New Moon opening night.]

Oh. also, last weekend I got invited to see Beethoven's 1st and 3rd Symphonies in Long Beach with my friend Christina. I was weary at first but I'm so glad i went. Classical music is NOT so boring and is Really good! I enjoyed dressing up and getting cultured. I meant to take more pictures but the only one i ended up with is one from the place we had dinner before the show.

I have a busy month ahead so more pictures and posts to come! Stay Tuned and Happy Holidays :)

Thats My Man!

So quick story of the day

This morning Casey and I had a bunch of plans, get breakfast, go to the temple, come home, and spend some time together... and then... the story starts:

I got up a little bit late... but still with enough time to do everything planned for the day. It's freezing in our house, especially in the mornings. (comes in very useful in the summer and its so nice and cool in here) so i have a space heater on while i get ready. I was blow-drying my hair when all of a sudden the blow dryer stopped and my feet suddenly got very cold... i blew a fuse! dang-it!

Thank goodness my super helpful hubby went strait to the back yard to flip the switch back on. He was outside for probably 2, maybe 3, minutes. Then he came back in and we both continued getting ready. We were RIGHT on time for the day when i realized, i haven't seen my dear kitty, Lucy in a while. I go wandering around the house to see where shes at. Then i check under the bed, in the garage, and in all of her usual hiding places... PANIC... shes not in the house! My kitty is missing! I run out to the front yard calling her name...nothing... i look out the back door, nothing... double, triple check all the usual spot... nothing. I return outside and walk further into the back yard. I call her name for like... 5 minutes with nothing... she HAS to be outside. Finally i hear something... its definitely her cry (she has a very distinctive "voice") but its far away. I keep calling her... a few minutes later, another MEOW but i don't see her... I yell for Casey... He comes outside and i say, shes outside!

Hes out there for maybe 30 seconds and he quickly spots her... way up high, in the big tree in our backyard!

For the next forty-five minutes we scramble to get her out. I try coaxing her... tempting her with food... she's enjoying herself in the tree. Finally Casey gets a broom and gets her down with that. By that time it was too late to do certain things for the day so we regrouped and went to Lunch (no breakfast...thanks Lucy). And ran some errands.

Thank You to my Hubby who, though she was being really annoying and i know he was tempted to let her stay out there, got my crazy cat Lucy out of the tree! :)

THE END

Spook-Tacular!

Hey everyone! I cannot believe its November already! I always seem to get caught off guard by the start of yet another month. Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! I guess its time for some updates from October:

JUSTIN AND ANDREA ARE MARRIED!

The wedding was beautiful and two weeks later was the reception! I really enjoyed being a bridesmaid for the first time. I'm so glad they are finally married. now we can hang out as married couples. its awesome... except for the fact that in January they are going back to Idaho and leaving us here in Cali... we will have to enjoy their company while we still can...
Here are some pictures from the wedding. Casey got caught holding the flowers for me while i fixed my shoes or something.

Halloween was really fun. At sunshine, i ended up dressing up as "Bambi the Builder" (or Bob the Builder..but my work name is Bambi.. you get the idea". The Fall Festival was a blast. I was a greeter so i got to see all the students in their costumes walking in. The night of Halloween we passed out candy, went out to dinner with Justin and Andrea and watched the movie 1408. (FREAKY!).

Everything is business as usual. Casey and I are still in school, still working away...nothing has really changed.

The only "new" thing is for a while, i will be the subbing as the singing time person in primary. For those that know me well.. Ive always loved to sing... but never could. I am not the most musically inclined person. So far i have done two singing times...and they weren't horrific. The first one went really well ...the second one... was not a failure. Of course, there's a story:

Last Sunday was my cousin's baby's blessing in my mother in laws ward. It starts at the same time our ward does so we planned on running over for the blessing.. leaving shortly after sacrament and making it back in time for singing time. easy enough.

So we get to church during the opening song and go to the back to sit with Casey's mom. She looks at me and says "I didn't know your dad was here". I look towards the front of the chapel to see my dad standing in the middle of the middle row staring back at me. The next minute went by really quickly. I'm pretty sure i babbled something to Casey before running to where my dad was, tripping over half of the people in the row, hugging him and crying. (I have missed my dad a lot lately...) I ended staying for pretty much all of sacrament and was still pretty emotional when i got to singing time. I did my bit and left right after to go to the open house and spend some more time with my dad. Sooo i was a bit distracted during singing time to say the least.

Hopefully ill get some pictures back soon.

Tonight was my friend Danica's bachelorette party. We went to BJ's for dinner and pazookies and then to the bowling ally for some good "Clean" bachelorette fun. Some girls got naughty accessories to liven things up a bit... i think that was the most entertaining Wednesday night the bowling alley has had in a while! haha.

This weekend is Danica's Wedding and I'm cooking a nice dinner one of the nights. Its been a while since Ive been able to cook a nice dinner for my husband. I'm really looking forward to it.

I will have a lot of updates soon with the Holidays quickly approaching and many of my friends getting engaged and married and stuff. Coming up is My mom's birthday, New Moon, Thanksgiving, the end of my first full semester of college, Christmas, New years and some more people getting married!

Until next time :)

---more pictures to come soon----

Happy 24th Hubby!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASEY!

Sunday, the man of my dreams turned 24! Last year for his birthday, I was not able to do what i wanted because i got laid off from my job. So this year, i really wanted to make up for last year and throw him a surprise party and then go to San Diego to the Mirimar Air Show.

Unfortunately, i caught the flu the Sunday before his birthday. I spend Monday at the doctors, Tuesday and Wednesday recovering and highly medicated, and then Thursday and Friday working and trying to catch up from being out all week. Needless to say the surprise party didn't happen.

Casey's and his mom were so helpful, she even offered to help me try to pull of the party even though i was pretty much beat up but it just wasn't possible.

I told Casey about it and he was so cute...just excited about the idea. maybe next year i could pull it off.

Friday night we left for San Diego (a few hours behind schedule, but that's okay...) We spend a good half hour lost in Sylmar...which was fun because i had never seen Sylmar and (I'm easily amused) i loved seeing something i never had before.

When we got to my Grandparents house it was like 10pm and they had cake and ice cream ready for us. We sang to Casey and hit the sack.

Early the next morning we drove another 45 min to the air show. it was SO much fun. Casey loved it. It was my second time there but Casey's first... we decided this will be a yearly thing. Casey and i loved watching the military planes doing amazing stunts in the sky. We left a bit early though, because we totally spaced it and forgot about sunscreen. We got pretty burnt! [Picture of our sunburns and then of the cool things we saw while we baked :) ]

After the air show, we went back to my grandparent's house, took a nap and then went out to dinner at Chili's where they sung happy birthday to him and then we went and saw the Toy Story Double Feature in 3d.

AND THEN... we went back to my Grandparents house, went to sleep, woke up the next morning and drove home for birthday dinner at Casey's parents' house.

All in all the weekend was a success and i am feeling much better, but now I'm sunburned. It was worth it to see how much my husband enjoyed it. I'm so lucky to have a husband who can do all he does for me and on top of it, go to school and work and take care of a sick wife... I'm just so glad we could do something nice for his birthday.

This weekend is Justin and Andrea's wedding so we get to escape again to San Diego to my Grandparents house. I'm so excited... to see my grandparents and to see two of my friends become an eternal family. I'm so happy for them!

all that is left to do now is get ready for our fist Holiday season together.. starting with Halloween! yay!

Quick Thought

So today was a weird Sunday... After a long babysitting job last night, and Casey fixing up some cars last night, it was more than impossible (whatever that means) to get him out of bed this morning. So needless to say, we did not go to church today - sad :(.

We did, however, go to lunch with Casey's family which is always fun. It was nice to see Lauren and the boys...they'd been in Australia. I'm having fun getting ready for the upcoming events (as mentioned in my last blog).

Casey decided that tonight, he was going to work on the house as i worked on my homework. He has installed our medicine cabinet, finished up some painting, installed a porch light and some landscape lights. he's still going!

But about fifteen minutes ago, a there was a knock at the door. I was very surprised to see some ladies from the ward! It made my night that they were in the neighborhood and wanted to say, "hi". It meant SO much to me. Sometimes i feel so out of place in a ward full of moms and dads and stuff... but their visit really made me feel good about my place in the ward. I'm so grateful to be a member of such a loving church (and such a true church)

and of course very lucky to have a husband so capable of making our house a home.

All i have to say is, i am blessed!

Its that time of year!

Hey again!

it just hit me that its that time of year where everything goes in fast motion.
upcoming is a bunch of school stufff, casey's birthday, a trip to san diego to see my grandparents and go to the Mirimar air show, Andrea and Justin getting married, some family birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, the year 2010, valentines day, followed by casey and my one year anniversary.... wow how time goes fast. i am sort of overwhelmed by it all. im trying to focus on one day at a time. first things first...decorate for fall and prepare for Casey's birthday!

my husband will be turning 24 on Oct 4 this year. i am SO excited because (like i mentioned) we are going to San Diego to the Mirimar air show. i love going on little weekend trips with my husband. with all the hustle and bustle that goes into our every day, taking two days to escape just the two of us really brings us closer.

This past weekend was really fun! i spend Saturday with Casey's mom and we started working on some crafts for Halloween. I am going to make some Terra Cotta Pot Pumpkins. i also want to make a wreath and some other cute things to make our house more homey. i will (for sure) post some pictures once they are finished.

OH and yesterday marked Casey and i being married for 6 months. Time really has moved quickly...

that's all there is to report for now. until then... :)

Oy My achin' Back!

So these past two weeks have been really odd.

The Tuesday after the three day weekend, I hurt my back at work and was unable to go to work for two days. So that has been the focus of my life lately. They gave me some medication which proved that i am quite the medical light weight. (me + muscle relaxers=me as a vegetable).
But now I am back at work and doing my best to recover quickly. Yesterday i went for a follow up with the doctor and they decided to do an XRay. Everything is fine, however my muscle is still spasm-ing and i am still in pain at random intervals in the day.
They recommended physical therapy... i don't know if i want to do it. I would rather just slowly recover and work out at the gym or something. I don't know. Maybe I'm being stubborn.
OH and in other people news:

Justin and Andrea (friends of casey and myself) got engaged on Sept 11 and are getting married October 10th...of this year! i am SO excited for them!

My mother is currently in Israel to celebrate the Jewish Holidays with her friends that live in Israel and spend time with their families.

Tuesday the 15th was my big brother Garrett's birthday... big 25!

Today is my neices Makenna and Reagan's Birthdays. They are now 6 & 5! They are getting so big!

On Monday, Casey and I will have been married for 6 months! time is flying so fast. I feel like we Just got married. I feel like August is just beginning and in no time at all we will be doing our first Christmas as a married couple! But right now i need to focus in on Halloween and Fall decorations. Casey's mom and i are going to try to do some crafts this year and hopefully make our house look more homey and festive for the holidays. YAY! so much to be excited about!

ps: small (sad) note... this year marks the tenth year of my grandpa passing away. I just wanted to post something about him. He has been on my mind a whole lot this year. Especially since i got married. He was such a good grandfather... a great example to myself and my siblings. I will always look up to him and am so happy his health struggles are over. I am so greatful that families are together forever. I love you Grandpa Boyd!
*I wish i had a picture of him on the computer. Any family members that do, please send it to me*
UPDATE: I FOUND PICTURES OF MY AMAZING GRANDPA BOYD.