Just to add, the very first picture is from Halloween. I know it is way past Halloween, but I jsut figured that since I'm playing catch up I might as well add another one. In the picture are a couple from Canada named Denise and Russ. She's in my program and Russ and Phil go out and play golf every once in a while.

Better late then never...

I'm back! I haven't been very good at posting. We had the opportunity to go down to Arizona for a whole month for Christmas break! We don't know why the break was so long but we were not complaining. We finished up our finals on Dec. 16 and made the 16 hour drive from Texas back home, and if you can believe it we left at 5pm and drove through the night relying on Diet Coke and Rockstars. We were so happy to stay with my sister and her family in their guest home, they are so nice for letting us crash and stink up their room (our neighbors underneath us here smoke). I brought my camera and was planning on taking tons of picture but only took like 6 or 7. Christmas Eve was so fun, we ate our "homemade" pizzas, my moms homemade green chili and Serranos bean dip. Phil and I were in charge of the Christmas program this year and it was a great experience, but are excited for someone else to do it this year. Everyone did their little part and we finished up with watching the Nativity movie. This was Phils first year celebrating Christmas with our family so he got his first pair of pajama pants (which are soooo warm and he wears them every chance he gets), and we got a buck knife! Watch out Beeville! For New Years we hung out and watched the ball drop, by the time it was midnight it was just me, Phil and my dad upstairs...my mom was outside with Jess and her friend banging the pots in the middle of the street. Go mom! It was so fun seeing our friends again and just hanging out with our family! We were so sad to leave and can't wait to come back again after this semester! We're going to be there so often, everyone is going to be wishing we would just stay in Texas! Here are the only pictures I have. They were taken after we went and watched some singing at the Temple, if you're wondering why Taylor hair is drenched its because it was pouring rain and freezing while at the temple.

Family Pictures

Here are some Family Pictures we took the day after Thanksgiving. My parents had a lady in their ward do them and I think they turned out pretty good. And if these pictures look familiar it's because I stole them from Dana's blog...

Crazy Eights!

8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1. The Office
2. America's Next Top Model
3. So you think you can dance
4. That 70's Show
5. Man vs. Wild
6. Scrubs
7. Blush
8. What Not to Wear
8 Movies I Love
1.Twilight
2. Australia
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Tommy Boy
5 . Batman Begins
6. The Notebook
7. How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
8. Sweet Home Alabama
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Tucanos
2. Costa Vida
3. Cheesecake Factory
4. Benihana's
5. Moki's
6. Texas Road House
7. Tia Rosa's
8. Ruths Chris
8 Things that Happened to me Yesterday
1. Went to my last day of Clinic for the semester
2. Had the WORST headache
3. Found out Shawneen is pregnant!!
4. Watched my wedding video
5. Made some chili with corn bread
6. Realized again how excited I am to come home for Christmas!
7. Talked to some family
8. Thought about cleaning the car, but it was too hot outside (yes everyone it was like 82 degrees yesterday...my kind of winter)
8 Things I look forward to
1.Getting through the week of finals
2. Being totally done with school (i have a couple years...)
3. Coming home for Christmas!!
4. All the yummy snacks that people from the ward send my parents
5. Going to an ugly christmas sweater party (this will be my first)
6. Finding out where all these bugs are coming from...
7. Phil doing the dishes...its his turn
8. the next Harry Potter movie to come out
8 Things I love about Winter
1. The slight change in the weather and the cute jackets that go with it
2. how everyone has the Christmas Spirit!
3. Christmas decorations at WalMart
4. Temple Christmas Lights
5. Hot Apple Cider
6. How "Elf" and "Polar Express" is always on tv
7. everyone getting together for the Holidays
8. All the delicious food that I prep myself for all year!
8 Things on my Wishlist
1. New pair of jeans
2. Eye Lash curler
3. Cute decorations to hang on my blank wall
4. new wedges
5. A bookcase to go in the living room
6. To keep passing my classes in school
7. is to keep gas at $1.50 (go Beeville)
8. to have my sisters keep having babies so I can live vicariously through them for a couple years.
8 Friends I Tag
1. Alexis
2. Breanna
3. Jill
4. Mom
5. Lauren
6. Allysa
7. Michelle
8. Kirsten

So I know its been a while since I posted and I wish I had some totally exciting thing to blog about, but I don't. So I just figured I would write a little something since it's been a while. We're still living in Beeville living up the whole college experience. Its been fun getting to know new friends and we really enjoy going out with the missionaries to visit with some young families. We have an eventful couple weeks comin up with finals and branch parties. The branch comes up with any excuse to get together. But its good cause the food is always yummy. We had the chance to go home for Thanksgiving and we had a blast!! There is nothin like goin home for the holidays. We went hiking and it was Phil's first experience to the wind caves and he really enjoyed it. It was so relaxing just hanging out with the fam. I wish I would have brought my camera but you'll just have to take my word for it. We come home Dec. 17ish til the middle of Jan. for winter break and I can't wait!!! Its times like these I really hope Phil gets into dental school in Arizona so I can see my family and buddies all the time!

Tagged

So I can't believe how good I've been at blogging lately I hope I can keep this up. Alexis tagged me to do this thing and I hope Phil doesn't get embarrassed or anything... Oh well.

1. Where did you meet your husband? In good 'ol Rexburg...Alexis and BJ were dating and we felt a little left out so we though we'd give it a try.
2. How long did you date before you married? If you count our engagement, then a little over a year. Our first kiss was the Sunday after Thanksgiving and then we got engaged a year later the day after Thanksgiving. Then married (barely) Feb 16 2008.
3. How long have you been married? 8 months
4. What does he do that surprises you? He lets me sleep real close to him except when I have my back to him and I have my butt up by his ribs.
5. What is his favorite feature? haha well I bet everyone thinks this of their husband, but he has the cutest butt. I hope our kids have that feature.
6. What is his favorite quality? He is the nicest guy. Whenever I want to talk crap about someone or something he never does (Which is exactly why I have 5 sisters)
7. Does he have a nickname for you?A friend of ours started calling me Smithers at Ricks, so thats what he calls me now. Yes in front of anyone...it sparks a lot of fun conversations.
8. What is his favorite food? He is in love with Chipotle anything spicy!
9. What is his favorite sport? College Football...he is currently watching the Missouri vs. Texas game.
10. When & where was your first kiss? It was Nov. 26, 2006, the night I got back from AZ, in a park right after he sang me a song on his guitar. hah hes so cute huh?
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Probably seeing new movies and getting ice cream!
12. Do you have any children? Not yet but in a year or 2 for sure!
13. Does he have any hidden talents? He is really smart with computer stuff. If you have any questions about Apple, ask him!
14. How old is he? 25
15. Who said I love you first? He did! Im kinda a pansy
16. What is his favorite music? He loves Coldplay, OneRepublic, and unfortunately Mason Jennings.
17. What do you admire most about him? How compassionate he is, he cares so much about others. And he is always in the best mood, regardless if he has had a hard day at school. He makes me want to be a better person...and Im not just saying that to be cheesy.
18. What is his favorite color? Blue I think
19. Will he read this? Usually not, but since I told him Im doing it, ya he probably will.
20. Who do you tag? Shawneen and Dana

OH CANADA!

So this weekend we had the honor of participating in the infamous Canadian Thanksgiving with some girls in our ward and other couples. Not only did we participate we were asked to make the turkey! So Phil and I were kinda freaking out since we had so much pressure weighing in on us. I didn't want to be the American who ruined Canadian Thanksgiving. We worked as a team and got all the gizzerds out and Phil buttered it right up while I made aka added water to the stuffing. I was checking it like every hour and it was nerve racking because we didn't even have a thermometer to see if it was officially done. But 5 hours later we packed our turkey up and met our friends at their apartment. It was so funny, there was Canadian flags everywhere and everyone was wearing red and white. We all sat and said what we were thankful for. (I said I was thankful for Phil and Phil said he was thankful for college football but me first) It was so good with homemade rolls and pumpkin squares. The turkey turned out fabulous and everyone loved it! It was fun learning and cooking the turkey for the first time and it was great getting 2 Thanksgiving this year!

So my mom gave a good comment. For those who don't know who Camilla something is she is the girl off the scary babysitting movie "When A Stranger Calls". I did it to Phil but I didn't know who the guy he morphed into was and it didn't work very well but its pretty cool huh?

I did this thing where it shows me what celebrity I look like the most.

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities

Fun Weekend

So last week was so much fun. Aimee came into town Tuesday night from San Antonio and it was so fun seeing and hanging out with her. I picked her up and on the way home I got pulled over by this freakin mean cop who was not messing around. And No I was not speeding, I'm definately going to fight this one. The first couple days were kinda slow unfortunately because I was in school but when Friday rolled around it was time to start having fun. On the drive there, I was super cautious about cops because I was scared. And guess what...I get pulled over for going over the line for like a second. I automatically started crying because I'm a baby and he had mercy on me. He actaully asked me if "I was always this emotional?" Awesome. He said that since my plates are from Arizona they pull people over for the stupidest things because of the drugs going through all the time. When we finally made it to San Antonio we went to this super nice outside mall that was right next to 6 Flags and we were able to see the roller coasters and stuff from the mall. It was so relaxing to just walk around and chat while not spending too much money...We came back kinda early and went to see Eagle Eye with Phil and unfortunately it broke so we had to see the Women :) poor Phil. On Saturday we slept in for a bit and headed off to Mustang Island right next to the Padre Islands. That was so much fun the water was perfect, except I didnt go that far out because I'm afraid of sharks and there was no one to protect me. I got a little burned while studying for a test on Monday but it was still way fun. We didn't get too lost on the way back and watched The Love Guru while eating homemade pizza when we got home. We dropped Aimee at the airport after church on Sunday and had a nice relaxing night watching Extreme Home Makeover. It was so fun to have company and are always open for whoever wants to come on out!