A little Christmas fun for Twilight fans...

Happy Thanksgiving

So, I've been a bit busy for the past...well...long time, and haven't taken the time to post anything. With Thanksgiving today, and since I've had the day off, I thought I should try to catch up a bit. (Hence the pictures but no writing...that part takes too long).

I've also tried to think and write all the things I'm grateful for, but I can't express all the gratitude I feel. God has truly blessed me. And I hope that today you all feel how blessed you are, too. Happy Thanksgiving!

Canyonlands

Picture highlights from Canyonlands in June

Arches

Picture highlights from my trip to Arches with Heather in May

Florida and New Orleans

Picture highlights from my trip to Florida and New Orleans back in April
visiting Em with Heather and Christine

Is this me? Hmmm....

You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

My little trip to paradise...

That's where this is. Okay...it's really Miner Creek on the Oregon coast. It was paradise to me! Absolutely beautiful! Heather, Erin and I roadtripped to Oregon for Tommy and Doris' wedding a couple of weeks ago. Luckily for us, Doris comes from paradise, aka Brookings, and the weather was gorgeous!

Heather was having fun collecting shells for her kids at school.

We also stopped at Stout Grove in the Redwoods. It happened to be just a short detour off the road to/from Brookings. We passed through it on Saturday morning and were the only ones there. That made it all the more peaceful and amazing...




As for the wedding and reception, they both were great! We helped Doris' family decorate the church for the reception and were put in charge of the arch. Talk about a project! All we had was several yards of organza, some white icicle lights and a few large tubs of fake flowers. Add to that some tape and twistie-ties and voila! Our masterpiece! We're thinking of starting our own business ... (this was when we were cleaning up...the original backdrop was a little better than in the picture)

Tommy's brothers and brothers-in-law did a number on his car after the reception. Doesn't he look excited to clean it up?

The sealing was on Saturday the 12th at the Medford temple. Again, a beautiful day!

With a 14-hour drive each way, Heather, Erin and I had quite a bit of time in the car together. We broke up the drive on the way back, though, by spending the night in Winnemucca. Heather loves it there! She especially liked getting check out by a trucker, shopping with the WT at Walmart and being kept awake in the middle of the night by some guy talking loudly outside our window at Motel 6. We're thinking of making another weekend trip to Winnemucca soon...as long as we're passing through!