Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving this year was held at one of Fran's brother's and I was in charge of bringing the famous green bean casserole dish which turned out wonderful. many complements on using Costco's frozen green beans over the canned green beans.
I miss my family and I always have a hard time not being with them over the holidays since this is two years in a row that I could not make it home but having Chris' family really helps me out a ton. they are just as caring and loving as my own so I do not get home sick so easily. I have many many things to be thankful for and family is one of them along with my wonderful marriage and the gospel that allows us to be together for eternity. Heavenly Father has blessed both Chris and I so so much over the last couple years we have been together. I can't tell you in words the blessings and miracles that have been in place for our relationship and throughout my life.
We had a great time mingling with relatives and filling our tummy's with great food and my favorite stuffing ever was made by Diana! After we ate, we all went to attend a movie at the theatres before going home and eating the pie's Fran had! It was a long fun filled day with family and most of all, my oh so wonderful husband!

Chris' 1st Haircut~

Some still say that I am one brave wife and other's may think I am crazy but I can honestly say that teaching Chris and having him help cut my hair was so fun! I was not nervous at all and I loved the memory this event brings into my life!
I did not have time to set an appointment to have my hair done before Thanksgiving so I asked Chris to help me cut my hair!!! I will always remember this because it made me really chuckle at our communication or lack there of... I asked Chris if he could cut a straight line and cut a inch off the bottom all along and he said sure all confident! As I was watching in the mirror and saw that he was most definitely cutting the straight line I calmly reminded that the hair did get longer in towards the front (because it was an A-line cut). Chris thought to himself "well that is because I haven't cut up front yet" meaning of course it's longer! Ha, well when Chris did not let the front be longer and reminded him again and he said "Oh I thought you meant it was longer because I had not made it to the front yet lol! Well, I was proud to say that it did not bother me in the least bit and we both had fun just shopping off 3-4 inch. instead of 1 inch! I love him to death and this is a prime example of how well we communicate/understand each other!!!
In the end, the haircut turned out fabulous and many many people were so impressed that Chris cut my hair both family and coworkers! I love you so much Chris and again, you continue to impress me with your skills of all kinds ;)

Christmas Decorations~

It's that time of year again! The time that I wait all year for :) Okay, so I may not have been very good at waiting which may be why people are thinking that it is a bit early to pull out the Christmas decorations and on any given normal year, Chris would agree but this year I talked it into him for the reason that we will not be home for half of December to enjoy the Christmas decorations. We will be in Florida this year and Chris and I are super excited but it will also not be the same. To help fix that, we are celebrating early with the Whitchurch family and then Chris and I will do our Christmas when we return from Florida after Christmas.
So we pulled out our decorations and went to town once we pulled out the music and baked some cookies that ended burning since I apparently cant do both at the same time :-/ I was so excited to expand our decorations! We were able to buy a Nativity set from Costco that is absolutely beautiful!!! Chris took on that job and displayed it perfectly on our dinning room table after he set up our tree in the front room. It was pleasant and the music adds to the evening and to my surprise, Chris had already completed my shopping so there were wrapped presents under the tree! He is truly the best Santa I know! Two years in a row he has not failed me :)
I am really excited for this time of year and the peace and joy it brings into my heart! I love having a Nativity scene that reminds me of the true purpose of Christmas!