The Tall and Short of US

Christmas time always makes me nostalgic! Saturday night, Thomas and I had a "Pizza, PJ, Popcorn, Peppermint Ice Cream and Movie" night. We invited my brother Jacob, Thomas' roommates, and a few friends over for the celebration. Growing up, every Christmas Eve-Eve, my parents would always layer our entire living room with blankets and pillows and set up the VCR with the Christmas classics; "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". All 8 of us would pile in front of the TV and devour the pizza and popcorn. We would then top off the night with the delicious peppermint ice cream. We made some good memories. (As we got older, one by one we would slip out and sneak off to Waffle House for some midnight waffles! Yum!) Now that I'm starting a little family of my own, I wanted to share some of my traditions with Thomas. He liked the party so much that we decided we would start doing it every year. I love Christmas! This year, we wo...

Friends and Family, This is the more detailed post of October. We hope you enjoy :) The month of October was a whirlwind of adventures and PLANNING! With the wedding coming up in just 14 days, we are still trying to get everything squared away. It is sneaking up on us fast! This is going to be a long one, but it has a lot of exciting news, so stay tuned... :) At the beginning of October, I took a short trip home to Georgia to help out a new friend. I'd met April at the beginning of the year after a series of blessings! April is actually my biological cousin that was adopted out of our family 27 years ago. I won't go into too much detail, but the first part of October was busy planning the trip that would help reunite April with my Aunt Marni. It was a beautiful experience that we will always remember. As we were finalizing plans, a show called "The Buried Life" asked if they could come along on the trip to help film the reuniting. April was very excited and ...

Friends, Forgive me for being so terrible at blogging! Life with Thomas is so full of fun and adventures that it's hard to sit down and write about it. I wanted to update you all on our recent happenings. (I have another post that is much more detailed, but I wanted to get one out sooner!) October was full of Halloween parties, birthdays, and FALL! Even though Utah doesn't believe in the wonderful Fall weather, we had a couple weeks of cool, crisp air. The leaves were absolutely gorgeous. I always love to drive up the canyon through Alpine Loop to see all of the beautiful Fall colors, but unfortunately life is just too busy. November was full of school, work, and finding our first home! Thomas and I had been anxiously searching for married housing for quite awhile and nothing was turning up. Advertisers were not responding to our inquiries and available spaces were quickly filled. We both knew something would work out eventually, but I was still ne...