Cousins (once removed ones too)

Believe it or not that gorgeous girl is my cousin. She is a sweet heart. Jared and I were able to meet up with Karen, Jace and little McRae.
This is their precious baby girl McRae. Doesnt get cuter than this folks. We figured out that my relation to my first cousin's baby is first cousins once removed..... haha whatever the heck that means.
I just wanted to eat her up. She was so freaking adorable!! I was tickling her neck and she was just laughing. Priceless.

Cant wait for one of my own!

My other first cousin, Karens younger sister, Kelsey was there too. Shes a hoot. not liking Utah right now cause of the cold, cant say I blame her!

Also...

These are the Stanleys, two of me and jared's favorite people! We always have such a wonderful time with these crazy guys, we even met up with them TWICE on our trip. Cali and Geoff and such fun great people. I met Cali working in Utah and thank goodness all four of us hit it off so well cause I really adore these people. They are the greatest!
Geoff and Jared and into hot sauce. This is Geoff showing off his supply.

We went to the Christmas Tree Festival. These tree was pretty cool. Its a Harley Davidson tree. haha so all the presents and stuff under it was REALLY expensive.... Cant imagine how much someone paid for it, but my dad would have loved it!

Even the ornaments were Harley! haha

And.....

I was able to meet up with one of the greatest friends ever, Rachel. She is such a doll. We met for lunch and talked for hours. I adore her so much and am so glad I got to see her. We were roommates back in college.
These two pictures are insane if you know what youre looking at. This is an In and Out burger joint. Just a burger joint and these crazy people were waiting in a 3 hour car line to get up there. CRAZY!!!!! Ive had these burgers and they are OK but not anywhere near worth a 3 hour wait.... one of the reasons I hated Provo; the people are SO WEIRD!!!
This line went all the way around a strip mall.
This is my awesome friend Misty. We used to work together for this very strange lady... hahaha we immediately hit it off and I think she is awesome. She actually twisted her ankle the day before and was in alot of pain but still came out for ice cream with me. What a pal!
Can you see those two little red marks on my hand? haha well that was from hanging out with Josh and Denise. We went shooting at a range and I was reloading my gun clip and when I slamped the clip up my hand was in the way. OUCH! It hurt pretty dang bad. That happened on a Tuesday. Its been over a week and those dots are still there! haha

Thanksgiving Continued.

After our Thanksgiving in AZ (did I mentioned Jared and I got put at the kids table.... haha whats up with that?) we had a dinner with the other side of the family. They are so sweet. This is Gwen, Jareds other sister, Tyler, Jareds stepgrandmother and grandpa and Chris.
In clockwise order here is cousin Joseph, Aunt Becky(sitting), Uncle Dennis, Aunt Jill, Uncle John.
Here is Grandpa and Grandma Arlene again. They are so cute!
Cousins....
Chris and Cindy and Jared back there giving the bunny ears..... mature huh!? haha it was fun though..... more to come later. Im sleepy

Thanksgiving Day

I love pie.... haha what can I say....
this is Jareds sister Lisa. Shes great.
Our yummy feast for Thanksgiving. I missed my southern food, but everything was very delicious. I will never understand why people choose stuffing over dressing though.... no contest.
Jared and his brother Chris. So good to be able to see him this trip. He lives in Rexburg right now going to college.
Jareds Nana and Papa. They are so cute. Glad we got to see them as well. Since they live in Arizona, we dont get to see them very much.

Ect...

This was a sight seeing place that Jareds parents insisted we see. It was pretty cool. Its the corner of Winslow Arizona from the Eagles song. "Standin on a corner in Winslow Arizona, such a fine sight to see. Its a girl, my Lord, in a flat bed ford...." Ect. These were the pics from that.

Thanksgiving in Utah

I know I have so much to catch up on. We went to Utah for 2 weeks to visit Jareds family for Thanksgiving. We had a ton of fun visiting them and our friends. And it didnt even snow on us, well only once! So thank goodness for that.

I have tons of pics so Im going to do this in shifts. haha well posts really. I will do some at a time cause my computer is slow loading them for some reason. These pictures are of Jared and his nephews. Tyler is such a smart kid. He reads so well. And Ethan.... well he is just a wild man.

The other pictures are of me and Kimberly, one of my really great friends. I drove up to Logan to see her so that we could see New Moon together. We had so much fun chatting and laughin it up. Luckily New Moon was a little bit better than Twilight so even that turned out ok.

The Basics

Im not pregnant and we arent going to Houston this summer.

Provo, Chicago, D.C. Houston... OH MY!

For our friends and family who dont know our plans (up until September or October that is) we are moving to Houston in March. I cant remember if I posted that already or not. Im so excited to FINALLY get back to Texas, even if for just a little while. Although I certainly wouldnt complain if it were extended.

Jared finally told me how tired of selling he is and that he is ready to do something else. So this is officially our last summer to sell. Its kinda hard for me to believe that right now but it sure has a beautiful ring to it. We are just weighing all of our options and seeing what will be best for us.

With Christmas coming up Ive trying to come up with presents for our families. I think we might do another Christmas card this year. Maybe not a picture though, I dont know. Im just kinda rambling on right now huh? haha Reminds me of my friend's, Cali, blog. I love reading her blogs cause she writes just to talk and I like that. You dont always need a specific reason to blog. Well until next time....

We're a comin' round the mountain!

Thats right friends and family. We are officially coming to Utah for Thanksgiving! We will leave Alabama on the 21st of November and stay in Utah until December the 5th. We are both so excited to see our friends and family! I heard it already started snowing up there, but lets just not linger on that...

We are driving down to Arizona for the actual day of Thanksgiving and staying there a couple of days. But the rest of the time we will be in Utah. Thats right Cali, Kimberly, Karen, Josh, Troy, Geoff, Bryce, ect.... So you guys better make time for us!!

Kimberly, we saw Twilight together last year.... want to make it a tradition?? haha

This past Halloween weekend was really fun for us. We drove up with my parents to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, just outside of Knoxville. It was so unbelievably beautiful there. The trees were gold and yellow and orange and red. I mean it was breath-taking! It was a 5 hour drive haha but worth it. Its a MUST see for anyone who visits Tennessee. We went to this huge Christmas store called The Christmas Place. Its so awesome. This enormous mall sized store that sells all types of Christmas Decor. Beautiful. We visited the Old Mill, ate, visited, just so much fun! Thanks mom and dad for taking us!!!