salt lake

our annual christmas trip to salt lake finally arrived. we started the day by attending the christmas carol at the hale center theater. such a good way to get into the christmas spirit. the ghost of marley was pretty terrifying so it was a good thing we didn't have any children with us. i'm sure one of them would have peed her pants.

back at the hotel we ate until our bellies were full then bundled up to see the lights at temple square.
we spent the rest of the night swimming. the pool at the hotel was not you're typical hotel pool. they had a water slide and water playground. everyone had a blast on the slide, doing tricks and flips. i decided to be on the safe side and just watched. sadly, my mom has all the pictures from the pool. :(

of course, no christmas is complete without our traditional pj's. we all got paul frank jammies... which i love.

happy, happy christmas!!!

chirstmas break has arrived!

school is out!!! school is out!!!! school is out!!!!!

well for two weeks at least. and brandon is done with finals! it's been a crazy-busy month. now it's time to play and really enjoy the christmas season! merry christmas!

trick-or-treat

halloween has come again! friday was a crazy day at school... as usual. but we had lots of fun and the students loved our costumes. that night my family celebrated my dad's birthday with our annual costume party.

{happy birthday papa}

we feasted on swamp monsters, fish egg swamp juice, and mummy dogs.

and of course, it's not halloween without pumpkin carving.

{happy halloween}

what a week

-out with the "old" patio.... in with the new
-practice wedding cake..... we decided to have a little fun with it.
-the real thing (my first and last)

-little wedding dj-ing...

-this was delivered friday morning...
-and now we have a yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-plus, 3 major school projects for brandon that were all due this week. to say the least, we had several late nights and feel like we need a vacation.

-and last, but certainly not least, we found out that we will be welcoming a baby girl.

feels like fall

so i have not had anything to post about for quite a while. mostly because i've had absolutely no energy to do anything but lay on the couch. gratefully, my energy is slowly returning and i'm feeling like myself again... so hopefully there will be more things to post.

the other night, brandon and i borrowed my sister's kids and visited a little pumpkin patch at the end of our street. not only were we able to pick our own pumpkins out of the field, we were also able to play in a giant corn-box, get "lost" in a hay maze, and spend some quality time with a wallaby, a llama, some pygmy goats, sheep, and donkeys.it was fun to get out of the house and enjoy some fall festivities. our front porch now looks a bit more festive, although it's nothing compared to our neighbor's porch. i think we'll always be a step behind. ;)

first comes love...

then comes marriage...

then comes...

you can probably finish the rest yourself.

the big day is

in march!

--POST UPDATE!!!--

Due to the pinkish nature of the carriage color, some may assume that the baby may definitely be a girl. So in the effort to avoid confusion and just representation, the following must be added to this post.
-B-don

happy, happy birthday!

although brandon had to work on his birthday this year, :( we still had a pretty good day. saturday night we went to my dad's school and watched avatar in his "theater" room, ate pizza, popcorn, and JCW's shakes. then on sunday, i made my very first strawberry pie topped with some sweet sparkler candles.

happy birthday b-don!!!