I am thankful for...

I know I am two days late, but I still wanted to post this.

Our Thanksgiving was wonderful. We went up to Ogden to spend time with Bryan's family. There were 14 of us there, definitely a full house. We ate lots of good food, talked a lot, and helped set up the Christmas tree. I wish we could have stayed longer. I also want to say that the thing I am most grateful for this year is my husband. He is amazing and I fall more in love with him every day. I'm glad we have the rest of eternity to spend with each other. I will always be thankful for Bryan, but this year is our first Thanksgiving together and I have to say that getting married was the highlight of my year!

Friday was Liz's (my sister) birthday. So Bryan and I made dinner for her and we went with her, her husband, and her best friend to see Twilight. Overall I liked the move, with a few complaints that are not about comparing the book to the movie. I think one of my favorite scenes (if not my favorite) was then one of the Cullens in their kitchen making food for Bella. I just though it was great. I loved their amused expressions as they were making the food. I loved it when Rosalie asked if Bella even liked Italian and Emmett was like "Of course she does, her name is Bella!" I also liked the part when Emmett waves to Bella with his knife. Overall, I think it was one of the best scenes in the movie, though I have to see it again to give it a fair rating.

I'm so excited for Christmas! We got tickets from Bryan's dad to go see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert in a couple weeks! It will be so much fun to see it and to walk around Temple Square. Today, Bryan and I are going to set up our mini Christmas tree and decorate it. We are also going to put up lights around our window and go to the store to get some other things to make our apartment more Christmas-y. I am currently listening to my favorite Christmas CD--John Denver and the Muppets. I have to listen to it many many times during the Christmas season...yes, it's that amazing.

I love the Holidays!

Christmas Shopping....Already

I've been a baaaaaad girl. Two weeks. Surly something has happened in two weeks that I could write about...right?

So, Bryan and I already have about half our Christmas shopping done. I feel accomplished. I love the holiday season. It makes everything feel magical...except for finals. But I'm not thinking about that yet.

So, life. Things have been crazy since Prop 8 passed. Classes are hard. I wish I was doing better in them, but at least I'm passing all of them. Bryan is working hard in his classes. We are going to his parents house for Thanksgiving. Yes...free food! Don't worry, I'm excited to see his family too.

I can't wait until we put Christmas lights up.

So, this week...

Have you ever had one of those weeks when everything seems to happen at once? This week has been crazy for Bryan and I. I won't go into much detail...but here is a rough overview:

*Tons of school stuff (3 tests, 2 papers, a film report, and a class presentation)
*carpet cleaning (We were woken up at 9 am by the cleaners coming into our apartment, so we had to leave for almost 2 hours in our pajamas)
*Trying to get the last of my loan stuff figured out (Had to make a few trips to the bank so I could get the check deposited)
*My biology class was overflowing (My professor offered extra credit to anyone who came to multiple sections on presentations. 90% of the class before mine stayed in the room, so I had to sit on the ground. When I got up to do my presentation, someone moved into my spot and I had to leave because there was no where else to sit.)
*This morning at work, there were double bookings and unreserved rooms that were needed. So Bryan and I had to figure all that out.

Ugh. What a week. I'm glad its over. When I write down all the things that were difficult this week, I realize that it's not that much and things could be worse. On the brighter side of things, I'm still passing all of my classes and Bryan got into hi s major. We were so ecstatic when we got the letter. What else could we ask for this week?

But man, what a week!