Snow and Fun

Jake and I were able to attend the marriage and sealing of one of his great friends. It happened to be on the Friday with ALL the snow! It was SO COLD! But it was so peaceful in the the temple. Everytime we get to attend a sealing I can't help but tear up when I remember the day Jake and I knelt over the alter for the first time. So many amazing promises. JJ married the sweetest girl, Susan. She was so gorgeous! And tall...like 6 feet! Such a wonderful couple.

Saturday we were given tickets to the Bar J Wranglers! They are such a fun group to watch. They have amazing voices and funny stories. They even threw in a little Christmas theme. And with songs about roundn' up cattle and riding horses, Jake was on the end of his chair laughing and listening with his mouth open the whole time! He was so excited to buy one of their CDs. You know Jake...Yee Haw! I was entertained by the yodeling! (Is that how you spell that?) Click play on the video to listen to this guy.

Now it's time for Family and a break! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Young Women in Excellence

My calling in our ward is the Young Women Personal Progress Advisor. It's a great calling. I get to be with the youth... even though I've only been out of high school for 3 1/2 years, and have all sorts of fun @ mutual every Tuesday night! Plus Jake is the Young Men President so we get so see each other even more! Recently we had Young Women in Excellence. A night where the girls get to display some accomplishments from their personal progress. They all had beautiful quilts that the girls designed. I was in charge of refreshments!

I decided to make my mom's Cheese Cake. It's like no other cheese cake you've ever had. WAY BETTER!

These are my compadres. They do so much for the girls. Definately the "coolest" bunch of leaders. I thought the night turned out great. We had some wonderful speakers and a great theme. "Make Your Life a Masterpiece." We focused on the Savior and his life as a masterpiece. It was a spiritual experience that I wouldn't have missed for anything. I'm so blessed to have such inspiring people in my life.

Jake and I are getting ready to go to Burley, Idaho to spend Christmas with my family. What a busy time. I hope everyone has a nice holiday.

Tree Hunting

Jake and I had a blast this Saturday. We went tree hunting.. excuse me... "huntin." It's so nice to just spend the whole day with your best friend. Jake can make me laugh like no one else. Plus he always thinks I'm beautiful. So sorry if I scare anyone with my roll-out-of-bed appearance.

Good moring Cache Valley!

Sippn' some hot cocoa.

We were driving north to Cub River, and look what we spotted. "HONDA LIMO!" We couldn't believe it either.

We found some wild turkeys. You should have heard Jake's turkey impression.

Jake's the eagle eye that spotted the perfect tree.

It had an old bird nest in it! Sweet decoration.

Tickets? To the gun show!

Here's the moment of glory! The THRILL, the EXCITEMENT.... the DANGER!

okay... not so dangerous.


I'm happy with my tree.

Ha I love this picture. Little chicken legs.

Whoa... that's definately mine!

Check out our sweet truck. Good ol' yoda

I got to use my new bulbs I got on sale @ Tai Pan after Christmas last year.

Finished product!