Blogging Break

The blogging break is over, I hope that you are not disappointed that I skipped two days over Christmas. I honestly never thought about blogging during that time and since I had already put a disclaimer over those days I don't feel a bit guilty :)
Now for day 6
Pepper is my favorite pet, I assume that they wanted me to pick something that isn't typically a pet . . . lions, tigers and bears, Oh my kinda thing. But I'm sticking with her. She is such a sweet dog.

And she has grown up so so much. We got her about this time last year. So crazy. And to think at that time I was pretty skeptical about having a dog, I'm glad I am easily persuaded.

I had a great Christmas over here in Honeyville. I missed my usual traditions in Idaho with my amazing family, but it was great to have Dal and I's first Christmas together. He is the best. I can't wait for the family to come visit! I'm leaving my tree up and decorations until they get here! And we have presents . . . . so hurry hurry :)

Hope you had a great Christmas too

It's been 2 years?

What? I cannot believe that this picture was from 2 years ago . . . time flies. This was taken at a football game my first semester at Utah State. ha ha too funny.

I'll keep this post short because I need to tidy up the house, and get ready for the big day. Dalan's family has a tradition that they do on Christmas Eve, they go to dinner and then we all go bowling :) It should be a very fun time.

Merry Christmas :)

Easy easy

So. My favorite picture of my best friend. . . Easy. There are tons. We'll start here. I like the one above, which is obvious because I used it just the other day. . . sorry for a repeat.

This one is cool too. It was taken on our honeymoon.
I wasn't actually there for this picture. but it reminds me that we should go rock climbing soon.
This one is good too :) counting. counting. counting.
And lots of girls thought this was cute when he had it as his facebook page ;) I agree.
On our great wedding day.
The day Dalan proposed.

And this one too. . . there are more pictures I could use, and maybe I will share them another day. I am sure Dalan will love this post, full of pictures of him :) I haven't let him see it yet. I like it :)

Day 3

The perfect first date. I'm not sure what to do for this post because my first date days are happily over.

On our first date Dalan took me to Costa Vida, the local "zoo" and then for a scroll around the park. He obviously did something right and is therefore classified as a perfect first date :) It was a lot of fun. I remember when he called to ask me out and when he pretended that he hadn't planned our date and I wondered what he had been thinking about all day and the way we were able to talk and laugh.

Today Dalan took off work early and we went to the Logan Temple. It was so so nice. The last time we went was before we lived in Nebraska and it was very nice to be back. It reminded me of the day we were married, but not as cold :) It's been just about 11 months now . . . almost a year :) It has been such a good year. I am so grateful for Dalan and all that he does for me and I love him very very much. He is the best husband anyone could ask for, I am one very lucky girl.

Day 2

I may have cheated when I started to write this yesterday on day 1 . . . oops. I just get anxious.

For day 2 I am going to showing you something I ate today. Which is great because I just tried this amazing recipe for Burnt Sugar Almonds when we were invited to a couples Christmas Party and they turned out great. I have already taken a few pictures of my new treat and am ready to go. Dalan and I have been snacking on them way too much and now I should get on the ball and make some for various Christmas gifts. ( I know that I said I would do that yesterday . . . but I am easily distracted. I found these cute Christmas jokes, printed them out and stuck them on all of Dalan's presents with the answer inside. ) That was a lot for a parenthesis, sorry. I'm not going back.

Only 5 days til Christmas!! So exiting.

After we went grocery shopping last night and Dalan was beyond starving we decided that the fastest thing to make was Dominos. While we waited for them to make our dinner we drove around looking at Christmas lights. It was so fun and so pretty. It made it feel a little more like Christmas to the both of us.

Tell me your favorite Christmas traditions! I'd love to hear, maybe we'll even adopt yours as a new tradition for years to come :)

Merry Christmas!

Day 1

I thought that I would join in on the 30 day blog Challenge . . . so here goes an effort to Blog everyday . . . but please forgive me if I forget, take Christmas off or completely stop once school starts again :)

Day 1: Today I am supposed to post a picture of myself and tell you about my day.

This picture is from Nebraska. I should have posted a more recent one . . . especially since my hair turned out pretty cute today, but I haven't downloaded some things that I need to on my computer to do so. So you get to see this one . . . where my hair was less than cute and kinda everywhere ha ha. but I like it anyways.

Today has been pretty good. I can't believe that Christmas is Saturday. It is nice to not be getting ready for school, doing homework, getting up super early, driving. driving. and driving. And believe it or not I have loved being able to actually clean this house! It got a vacuumed the other day, the carpet literally thanked me afterwards. The dishes and the laundry aren't staring at me, dirty and scattered on the floor and the sink.
Today's to do list includes, make Burnt Sugar Almonds, clean and organize the extra bedroom for visitors and tour seekers, alternate between watching Regis and Kelly and The Daily Dish, buy beads and milk, wrapping paper and tape . . .that is what I have thought of this morning, we'll see what the day brings :)

Happy present wrapping :) one of my favorite things about Christmas

Searching for {specifically} Studying Motivation

The semester is coming to an end and I am trying hard (especially today) to remain focused and finish strong. But all of my motivation is screaming to be turned towards decorating, baking, shopping, blogging and organizing - I just can't wait until that day comes when I finish my last final and I can breathe in a big breath of Christmas spirit. I can't wait to share pictures of our pretty Christmas tree, a new decoration I bought for Christmas and the Burnt Sugar Almonds I made for a Christmas party. PS which are super delicious.

As for now I should be off my break and backing to studying. . .

Speaking of break, my Christmas break starts in 5 days 4 final exams 3 sleepless nights 2 tuition payments for Spring and 1 more meeting :)

I wish this would take longer. . . or that I didn't feel so guilty. . . or that I was a week ahead of the present . . . then I could buy more Christmas presents. . . and that I could wrap them in pretty paper . . . and decorate my house with pretty things . . . and buy us Christmas stockings . . . and new socks, ours have holes in them . . . when I buy new socks I might also buy a star for our tree. . . or some new string for our ornaments . . . oo and another present for Dalan . . . I could make some more Christmas treats for us too . . . look for more recipes . . . bake. bake. bake. . . play Christmas music . . . sing carols. Well, actually I am doing those last two things now. And if I don't stop acting like the Mouse with a Cookie and a Moose with a Muffin then I will never finish my studying until it's too late . . . and if I don't study until it's too late I will have to take these classes over . . . because the rest of the girls in my major are brilliant and they don't get B's or C's only A's, which does not include an A-, only A's with nothing to the right unless it's a big fat plus . . .which is actually not a plus for me at all. . . unless we are talking about my Phonetics class in which I do have an A+ . . .

Good News :)

I now have a lens cap!

I did have a slight heart attack when I turned my camera on and all I saw was black. But not to worry I took the lens cap off and I could see again :)

P.S. check out this amazing site to see what is new on my wish list . . . and slightly more expensive than my lens cap . . . ;)

so greatful for volunteers.

These are pictures I took a while ago of Dusty and Mandy's Family.
It was a lot of fun to take their family pictures. They were so nice
to let me practice with them :)





This is one of the calves I took close ups for. Dalan is involved in the
Animal Science Club and is getting ready for the Aggie Classic Club Calf
Sale (It's a pretty big deal). It was a good time taking pictures. One of
the kids even got drug around on the ground with the 2nd calf, so there
was a show too. Check out the three other pictures at http://aggieclassic.com/ :)
(*note. the last calf on this website, I didn't take the picture. Just an FYI )





I also was able to take Tressia and Hyrum's engagement pictures.
This is one of my favorites.

Just last week we snagged a good warmish day and took
Bridals. It was a lot of fun too.

I was glad that this spot in Logan had so many options and
fit Tressia's style so well.



Thanks everyone for helping me practice :) It's been so fun.