Sunday, November 29, 2009

A Full Thanksgiving




We had so much fun this past week! We have barely been able to catch our breath as we have ran from one activity to another. This Thanksgiving we were blessed to be able to have two dinners- one at Phillip's grandparents on Thanksgiving day and another on Friday with my parents and siblings. Besides shoving our faces full of delicious food, here are some other things that we have been doing:

Last weekend I went up to Boise and spent a few days with my two sisters and brother. It was so much fun and I'm so happy I was able to go!

On Black Friday Phillip, my mom, my sister Becky, and I got up at 3:30 am (yes we are crazy- or at least we thought we were before we met many people who were up all night) and went shopping. We had SO much fun finding bargains and laughing at just how crazy the holidays can make people.



Yesterday we were surprised when our friends gave us free tickets to the BYU/Utah football game! (Thanks Joe and Felicia!) It was SO MUCH FUN! The weather was great and our tickets were amazing. We were on the third row right behind the BYU players. We had fun laughing at the crazy fans and cheering on our team. We were SO excited when we won in overtime!! It is definitely the best game I have ever been to.




Phillip is still doing great and loving law school. He recently just turned in a memo that is 80% of his grade in one of his classes. He has been so busy but really enjoys what he is doing. I'm so proud of him! Now he is taking a few deep breaths before plunging into finals
We just finished decorating our home for Christmas! It is so nice to be surrounded by reminders of the Holidays. We are looking forward to a lot of Holiday fun.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Learning to Create

I'm sure that everyone can agree- life does not always go as planned. If you would have asked me a year ago what I imagined my life to be like today, I definitely would not have predicted spending my days completely alone with "nothing" to do. However, I know that I am exactly where my Heavenly Father wants me to be right now- in Provo supporting the man that I love. I therefore can't imagine that Heavenly Father expects my life to be full of "nothing." I have thought and thought over the past month or so what to do with my endless free time. If I don't fill up my time, I find myself getting discouraged. So.... what is the answer? CREATE! Creating is something that everyone can do. As said in the following video, "it does not require money, position, or influence to create something of substance or beauty." It is instilled in me as a woman to be creative. How awesome is that! So, I am going to make it my new goal to create something every day. I will try to keep you posted on what I am creating!