Okay, so we live in Idaho...

In the last couple of weeks we have gone from having weather below zero for four days, to three solid days of snow, to two solid days of rain, and finally, the last twelve hours we have had very thick fog.

Yeah.

Whatever.

Book Review: The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

NOTE: ALL couples should read this book. If you're not a couple STILL read this book. It will help you in the future AND with current relationships....with whoever! Seriously, it is that good.

Stephen and I received this book as a wedding gift two years ago. It has taken us two years to finally sit down and read it together. I LOVE THIS BOOK AND I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE!!! Males included.

The book begins by talking about how every person has a love tank that needs to filled. The book proceeds to teach how different people have different types of love languages that fill their love tanks. It is very interesting. It has made me look at my relationship with, not only my husband, but with the many different people I have in my life. It helps me realize why people do the things they do. Definitely a good read.

The MAN of the Hour

Stephen played AWESOME tonight at his basketball game AND he got an 82.5% on his Economics test. By the way his teacher is the most difficult teacher in the entire world. I think that she's disappointed that she got rejected from an Ivy League School.

I LOVE YOU HONEY!

Christmas Lights

Stephen and I bought our first set if Christmas lights for the outside of the house. It'a been so much fun to decorate! We started putting up our Christmas lights the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It took us four hours to get three quarters of the lights up. It wasn't until the next Saturday we were able to finish the last of it in an hour and half. Stephen takes such good care of our house! Doesn't it look great!

Never go to Walmart on Black Friday...

We were in Pocatello with my parents this year for Black Friday. We didn't have anything really big that we wanted to get, but I HAD to go to Fred Meyer for the half off sock sale. I need new tights!

The first store we had on our list was Walmart...I know, I know, I'm not a huge fan, but...ok no excuses. We were at Walmart. THAT PLACE WAS INSANE!!!!!! I really cannot put enough question marks on that thing. We arrived at Walmart at 4:50 and were there when they did the countdown and unwrapped the deals. Within 10 minutes the entire from of the store was crammed with people. We couldn't even get out of the store! I hate Walmart...grrrr.

Honestly, I can't even remember all the stores that we went to. Except for Home Depot. Because of the pictures. We were really tired and bored. We woke up at 4:00am.

After Home Depot we went to breakfast at Perkins. I had the best Eggs Benedict. Black Friday was so worth it after I had that breakfast. Wahoo!!

Thanksgiving Football, Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Games

I LOVE Thanksgiving! We began the morning by making a great breakfast together. Just before breakfast Dad sat us down and read us the story of how the pilgrims came to America. He told us of all the hard times that they had coming to a new land and trying to start everything new. He told us of how the Indians helped the pilgrims and of their first Thanksgiving.

The thing I remembered most was the reason that the pilgrims left. They left to be able to have religious freedom! The pilgrims first left England and traveled to Holland. There they were able to practice their religion, but their children began to practice Dutch traditions. The Dutch at that time were very frivolous and focused on worldly things. The pilgrims were worried that their children would forget their religious traditions, therefore they left Holland and traveled to America. This made me think of how we, as Americans have forgotten that part of the story.

As I listened to my dad tell that story, I was overwhelmed with gratitude. I LIVE IN AMERICA AND I HAVE MY FREEDOM!!! I am also especially grateful for the opportunity to practice my belief. I know that we have a prophet on the earth today, President Thomas S. Monson. I know Joseph Smith was called to be a prophet and was given the power to translate the Book of Mormon. I know that the Book of Mormon is a second witness of Jesus Christ of the people in the Americas. I know the Bible is also the word of God. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's church restored on the earth. IT IS TRUE!!!

I have been so grateful to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday!

After the story of Thanksgiving and breakfast, we played football. According to Stephen, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without football. Aunt Kelley and Uncle Evan's family came up to join us. We split up the teams pretty evenly and had a pretty good game. I just thought it was hilarious when my team would huddle us and come up with a game plan. I had no idea what they were talking. With all of their football jargon, they might as well have been speaking in Chinese. I do have to brag about one thing...I TACKLED MY DAD!!! It was supposedly touch football, but I figure that they wouldn't yell at a five foot one hundred pound girl...Here are the pictures of our wonderful event.

Here's a picture of the whole clan. Don't we look awesome!! I was freezing...I'm the one in the hoodie and the huge Denver Broncos coat...it was my dads.

Of course, you can't talk about Thanksgiving without mentioning the amazing Thanksgiving Dinner. My favorite Thanksgiving food is the marshmallow covered sweet potatoes. I LOVE THEM!!! There is so much butter and brown sugar in that dish...These pictures are all a little odd, so take them for what they are. Pictures taken around the dinner table are just that.

After dinner, we had game time. If anyone has any desire to learn what chicken foot is, just come on over. The game that is pictured emimated from the minds in the pictures. I'm guessing that it was some sort of cowboys and indians. They used rubberbands to knock over each others little action figures. They also had dominos to be little forts to protect the action figures. First you had to knock over the dominos and then the action figures. There is a wonderful video of the game below.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!