First Snow

We finally get home at 1 in the morning from a weekend in Provo after getting lost because we took a wrong turn- it was hard to see with it snowing.

We step out of the car onto our driveway and the snow is perfect. The moon is shining, the snow is glowing and the world is quiet. It was one of those moments where you feel like you are the only ones on the planet, it was so peaceful.

Jay suggested we should build a snowman. We threw caution to the wind and bundled up and built a snow...woman. (The whole man thing just wasn't working out with the huge behind so we added some things and put twig hair on her head and she was perfect. )

I realized something that night. I realized that sometimes it may not be the most ideal time and it may be a little irresponsible (we had church at nine the next morning) but it's so worth it. To do something crazy and unplanned and spontaneous. I loved it!

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The Jensens are awesome!
They had a surprise dinner for me with chicken alfredo pasta. Then Nancy and Mandi made up a song for me to the tune of Pretty Woman. The title was Tooele Woman. It was pretty good actually.


Mandi got me some hot coco mug and some cds-I love it. And Nancy but together all these recipes! I am so excited to get cookin'.

Then I got the famous birthday banner that is used for everyone's b-days!
And I got a famous Garrett random card that said

happy birthday cereal.

with a little stick figure apparently eating the birthday cereal....
I was confused but apparently that's what he does all the time for everyone's b-days - so I'm pretty much part of the family now.

Then I bought some new cds- one of which is taylor swift's amazingness. Then I got a new chain to go with my necklace pieces!

And I felt so loved because all these people wrote on my facebook wall, which might sound funny but I just loved that all these people remembered me on my day!!!

Later that week I was able to go down and see my family for another spectacular celebration- My dad bought us tickets to see HP7P1 (Harry Potter) which I was so stoked about! We took pictures by Harry with some straws- even my dad got into it. ha ha ha!



Then we went shopping!!!


Then my sister-in-law who lives in Montana sent me a present which was the cutest thing ever. She found out what colors my kitchen and bathroom were and made some red magnents for my fridge and some yellow light-socket-covers with turquoise buttons for the light switches in the bathroom. They are adorable.

Thanks everyone for an amazing b-day week!

Me? A Junkie?

I have a confession. I am a sweepstakes junkie.
I know, I know. I would have told you but it's
one of those things you hear about other people
being. It's never you, right?
And maybe I'm actually not.
Maybe it's just a phase....


It all started with the McDonald's monopoly thing.
Jay got the one piece for the million dollar Parkway.
I laughed thinking, "How ridiculous!" But later found
myself talking to people about it, making plans to
split the money if they ended up with the second
piece.

Then came The Office with a special code word that
comes up during the commercial break. You then
enter it on the website. Balla-bing balla-boong.
I could win 10,000 buckaroos.

Then Wally world told me that I could win 1,000 greens
to complete a survey. So guess what I found myself
doing this morning? Pathetic.

I'm not becoming one of those crazy people who thinks
I'm going to win big. Really....

But what is that smell?

A new car perhaps?

Am I the only one who does this?
Please tell me you....
Ha wait! If I am the only one, the more chances
I will win!
I hope you all think it's crazy to enter! ha ha!
You all think I'm crazy right?!
Good.

Best Halloween Ever

For those of you who just want a little glimpse
at our fantabulous weekend, here is the summary
of events:

1. Caramel Apples
2. Carving Pumpkins
3. The Drowsy Chaperone
4. Lagoon's Frightmare

Fun Yay!

And now for the long-winded awesome version:

1.Caramel Apples.

First attempt at making soft chewy caramel apples= disaster.
Fun disaster.
It was so messy and caramel became so hard that
our teeth were afraid of becoming dust.
Yum it was good.


Garr was so excited to have sugar. You can't beat that face.



2.Carving Pumpkins.

Garrett did the guy with dreadlocks-It looked way awesome in real life-I just couldn't capture the essence of it- you will just have to take my word for it.

Jay did the man fishing on the moon -he totally made
up his pattern- very impressive eh?

And I did the lovely eyes with the lips and curls- I know it's
a bit girlie.



Don't worry, next year my pumpkin will scare you
so bad you will beg for girlie.



3.The Drowsy Chaperone!



This is one of those broadway plays you probably haven't heard of.

It's different than other musicals you have probably seen.
It was AMAZING.
I even cried (big surprise)because the one of the actors was
so convincing in his melancholy.
And not one soul didn't have tears from laughing so hard.

I wish we could go to one every month!

4.Frightmare at Lagoon.

Jay got some free tickets from his work and we debated
using them on saturday because the the rainy weather.
I told Jay to decide and the crazy man whipped me off
to Ogden.



I didn't bring my good camera inside but I wish I would have.
Everyone was dressed up and there were those painted
boards where you stick your head in and become the
character on the board. What are those things called?
(There is Jay in one of them above.)

We hit the haunted houses and the haunted roller coaster
rides. Of course we went on Wicked and the Colossous which
we figured out makes us old people a little woozy.

So we took a break and ended the night at the hypnotist show.

It was hilarious- one guy jumped off the stage and landed smack on his belly. He was told that we was a gibberish rap star and was performing for us when he tried to stage dive...yah, there was nobody there to catch him. It was pretty funny (he was okay guys- I wouldn't have said it was so funny if he had gotten hurt).



Awesome Halloween.

Crappy day

I don't know why but I woke up and felt good.
I felt really really good. I even thought to myself
what a marvelous day it was going to be.

I even cranked up the tunes and danced my
heart out before I went to work. I felt so good.

Everyone was nice, the day was beautiful.

Then....nothing. Nothing even happened.
I just feel really crappy.

Why does that happen?

Park City

Finally a weekend AWAY!


Jay and I were invited to go with my family up to Park City for the weekend and we got to stay in this cute roomy condominium.


It was amazingly beautiful and well equipped to fit your every need and want.
The upstairs portion even had a private hot tub which we enjoyed until the wee hours of the night.



We went window shopping on Main, there are so many places to find beautiful and unique art. You need quite a few greens to even think about owning any of them. It was very cool to see though.

I finally got to try some pistachio flavored gelato, which lived up to everything I've ever heard of gelato: amazingly delish.

After shopping at the less expensive outlet stores we played this new game we just discovered called Word on The Street (fun game) and watched Rear Window and Sixth Sense and got no sleep at all.

It was a fun little vaca!

Fall

I love fall because:

1. It's hot chocolate time again.
I could stop right there...

2. There are clouds in the sky!

3. Pumpkins.

4. Getting close with my long lost
friend sweater and jacket again.

5. Cuddling to stay warm.

6. Using the oven and not worrying
that it's going to make the house
too hot.

7. It reminds me when I first
started falling for Jay.

8. Walks in the afternoon.

9. Vibrant hues in the changing
leaves.

10. Energy that seems to be filling
the air all around me.

I LOVE IT!!!!