Work

So today I went into work and got the news that they were laying me off. I have until the 16th of January to find a new job....Oh Joy!!!

Gingerbread Houses

So at Sam's Club I found these... I was so excited because for Halloween we had a little competition with carving pumpkins and I think that Marshall won hands down so now I felt like I might have a chance to redeem myself :) So yesterday when things calmed down a little bit here we opened them for a little bit of holiday fun.

Here are some pictures from yesterday...

It was a lot of fun doing something like this together. We had Harry Potter on the tv in the background. Just relaxing and having a great time doing something to get us both in the Christmas spirit :)

In these next photos I will show you house No. 1

Now here is house No. 2
Finally here are the houses together :)
Okay now that you have seen the houses together and seperatly it is now time to vote on your favorite :) Let us know which one you like the best. Although I will say that it doesn't really matter because either way we both had a lot of fun doing.

I think that we might make this a new tradition that gets done every year :)

Thanksgiving

Well this year was a little different for me because I live so far from my family so luckily Marshall had the time off so I got out of work early on Wednesday and as soon as I got home we got in the car to drive to Marshall's dads house. It is about 4 hours away.
Thanksgiving is the most traveled holiday of the year so ummm yeah we came up against some traffic. If any of you know Marshall you know how bad his road rage is...for those of you who don't know him that well lets just say that he wasn't a happy boy at all :)
We finally got there about an hour later then we thought. Not a big deal. As soon as we got there I started cooking. I volunteered to make the dinner rolls for Thanksgiving dinner. Marshall had to run to the grandparents house to pick up a couple of things that we needed. It took me a couple of hours but it wasn't a big deal at all. I knew what needed to be done and I knew that I didn't want to do it all on Thanksgiving morning :)
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun and my rolls were a hit...so they all told me :) As always there was a ton of food. Thankfully I ate just enough to make me satisfied but not too full. I don't like to get too full because then I get tired and just want to sleep. I didn't fall asleep though even though I wanted to :)
It was really great to be around family this time of year. It really meant a lot to me that Marshall's family made it just like it is at my house this time of year. I asked Marshall what he was thankful for on Thanksgiving and he said everything. I was hoping for a more personal answer and I tried to pry it out of him but obviously I didn't get anywhere. So had I been asked what I was Thankful for this year my answer would have been....
Marshall. I don't evevn know where I would be without him. He is such a great guy. He is always there when I need him. He takes care of me when I don't feel good and gets me everything I need. I need to stop before I get to emotional :) I want everyone including him to know how much I love him!
My extended family :) They are so great. They include me in everything and always make me feel welcome. It meant the world to me to have them make Thanksgiving extra special for me this year.
My own family even though we couldn't be together this year. I want them to know how great I think they are and how much I love them.

With all of that said please post comments about what you are Thankful for this year and why because I would love to hear what others are Thankful for :)

Halloween

So I know that I am a little late but I thought that I would still post about what we did for Halloween.

We were up in New York for our friends wedding. On Hallween day we were sitting around the house so I thought that I would go outside and look through the pumpkins on the front lawn to see which one I wanted to carve.

There were a lot to choose from. I was in heaven. I love pumpkins. I even got Marshall in on the fun which made it even more fun. Here we are carving our pumpkins...

We had a little competition between us to. I think that his is better but hello I haven't carved a pumpkin in who knows how long. Oh well I will do better next year. Oh yes next year we will be having the same competition and I will be kicking his little butt.

Here are our pumpkins after they are done...

This next picture is of our pumpkins plus his Grandpa carved a pumpkin but he cheated because he used power tools so his is better then both of ours because ours were done by hand.

I love handing out Halloween candy so we sat at his Granparents house and I got the candy bowl ready but as the night went on no one knocked on the door. I couldn't believe that not one person knocked on the door. Yea crazy huh. So I ate some :)

It was a lot of fun and hopefully next Halloween will be just as fun!!!

Halloween Decorations

So I blogged a little bit ago about not having any Halloween decorations...I don't have any for any other holiday as well :)

So my sister suggested a buotique. Easier said then done when it comes to where I live. I had the hardest time tracking anything down. When I asked people around here where I can find something like that they got so confused. It was weird because they were everywhere in Utah. I couldn't keep my mom away from them :) Anyways I found one but it was picked over and I couldn't really find anything that I liked that I didn't have to be to crafty for. I am not a very crafty person so I need things to already come together.

We did find a box and some cute filler stuff to put in the box. They were in the shape pumpkins. It is really cute. I put a couple of pumpkin candles in there so it look nice.

I also went to Michaels to look for a couple of things and decided to start collecting a halloween village. Yeah I know that it sounds a little weird because my mom collects a Christmas village as do a couple of other people that I know. But I thought that this was something different. So here is a picture of what it looks like now...

I know that right now it isn't much but hopefully as time goes by I can add to it and make it something really cool in the future.

My Little Sister

I don't know if I mentioned it but me and Marshall went to my home a couple of weeks ago. While we were there we got family pictures taken...Oh joy!!!

My little sister sent me a picture frame a couple of months ago when my mom sent pictures of my whole family. Me and my little sister didn't have any pictures taken the right way to put in the frames. So it has been sitting on my night stand waiting for me to put some pictures in it. Well while I was home I had Marshall take some photos of us so that I could print them and put them in my cute picture frame to hang up in the apartment.


Here are some of the pictures that were taken...

Aren't they cute??? Now I can print them out next time Marshall is home and put them in the frame and then hang the frame up in the apartment somewhere.

I hope that one time when we go and visit Marshall's family that we get a nice photo that we can put up in the apartment. I feel bad because I now have tons of photos of my family around the apartment and we only have a couple of his family around. The Ameele family better watch out :) I will trap them one time when we are there for a visit.

My Birthday

My birthday was last Monday...Woo Hoo
I was a little nervous being away from my family for my birthday because we have always been together. I love my birthday. I know that I probably make a bigger deal out of it then I do but who doesn't enjoy a whole day about them? That isn't even normal :)
I shouldn't have worried so much about being away from my family because even though we weren't together I had a great birthday. Marshall made it great.

Thanks honey for everything that you did!!!


I had to work that day but Marshall was there in the morning wishing me a happy birthday and asking me if I wanted him to make me something for breakfast. He even got out of bed to hang out for a little bit until I had to leave for work.
Once I got home I knew that something was up because the blinds were closed and Marshall was home. There was also a happy birthday balloon taped to the front of the door. It was really cute. I walked in and there were more ballons on the walls. I also saw these...


These beautiful flowers are from my mother. They were such a suprise. I had no idea I was getting them. I thanked Marshall for them and that was when he told me that they were from my mother. She arranged for Marshall to get them for me so that I would have them when I came home. I told my mother that he didn't even try to take any credit for them. It was cute! Here is the next thing that I saw...
I got my bookshelf that I haven't been able to afford. I love it!!! All those books have been sitting in a box since I moved here because we haven't had any place to put them. How nice does it look now that they are in my new bookshelf??? Again I was so suprised because I had no idea I was getting it. He had it all put together and everything. I just had to add the books because he wasn't sure where I would want to put everything. I love it so much. I don't think that I could say that enough. It is so nice to have one more thing done in the apartment. Now we don't have to worry about bugs hiding in between the books since they aren't on the floor anymore :) They now have a new home that looks great. It matches our entertainment stand. I can't get over how good it looks. He did such a good job :)

The rest of my gifts were wrapped. He did a good job wrapping them although he probably hated doing it. I know how he feels about wrapping :) Here is what I opened next...

If you can't tell that is the movie 'Transformers'. I love that movie!!! He got it for me on blue-ray so I can't watch it in the bedroom but I am sure that one day I will be able to do just that :) I made him watch it with me once. I don't think that I could get him to do that again...Oh well I can watch it by myself. I used to watch it everynight when I was going to bed. Yea I know that I am weird but I really like the movie. In fact tonight I am going to have myself a movie night. I am going to pop some popcorn and cuddle into the couch and watch my new movie. I don't have to worry about Marshall not enjoying himself because he isn't here right now :)
He also got me two different size cutting boards. I can't wait to use them. We have a big nice wood cutting board but it will be nice to have a couple different sizes for different things. I didn't take a picture of those but I really am excited to use them. I am sure that I will get a chance to this week.
My family was great as well. They all called me throughout the day to sing me happy birthday and wish me well. I was busy when they called so I spent my lunch hour calling all of them back to thank them for all singing to me. I kept them all saved on my phone so that I can listen to all of them again. They make me smile. All of them...they are all great. I also got a card and a lotto ticket from Grandma and Grandpa Ameele. It was very thoughtful for them to think of me on my birthday. I only won $2 on the ticket but that is just my luck :) Marshall's dad also called so say happy birthday which was great. Sheesh everyone was great!!! I really appreciate what everyone did. It was all a lot of fun and everyone made it so special. Thank you everyone for everything is was such a great day...I didn't want it to end. Oh well there is always next year :)