Snow!

Welcome world of white. This is more of what Scott and I expected to have in Alaska :) 

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

More Christmas Break Pictures

I finally got more pictures from Christmas break...(the pictures off my old camera since I got a new one for Christmas :) 

Enjoy!

 Neeley, Richard, Scott and I hanging out in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building waiting for Mike and Kate's luncheon. The gorgeous Christmas tree in the background and quartet playing music.

Ryan, Simon, Scott and I at the Gateway waiting for the reception to start. 

Simon and Ryan thought they could blow out the fire that ran by gas.

 The cast of Santa's Elves. Aren't they just adorable?

Go Aggies!! 

The Gossner Classic...it was actually a pretty boring game and we left during the 4th quarter since they were up by 40ish. But I was there, supporting my Alma Mater and doing the Scotsman!

Thanksgiving and More

For Thanksgiving this year Scott and I had a fun filled week. First off, school was cancelled due to freezing rain Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. That gave us more time to spend together and able to make all our pies for our two pie nights! This was the first time we had made these pies on our own. We had a night of pie with some friends from church and another night with Kesa and Paul and some of their friends. Both nights were fun and filled with lots of pies :)

Us with our pies: Chocolate pudding, Grasshopper, Pecan, Caramel Apple Pecan and Butterscotch

For actual Thanksgiving Day, we went with Kesa, Paul and Kyran to one of their friend's home and had a great meal with some great people. After dinner and some football we took off and drove to Kenai. Scott gets to go there all the time because of work but this time I got to go too. Scott did some work and I chilled in the hotel room and drove around the town. I got Scott to finally come down to the water with me since he had never went

We also went to a libretto (play told in song) called King Island Christmas. It's about the small village on King Island (up in the Northwestern part of Alaska) and how they depended on a ship to bring their priest and supplies to survive until spring. It was a really fun :) Scott wasn't too keen about the singing the whole but he didn't know that when he said that he'd go with me and three co-workers.

One other thing that we've done was a quick drive out to Talkeetna (about 2 hours away). Its just a back country town that doesn't have much but if you're going to climb Mt. McKinley you have to go through there. There was a Wilderness Woman contest where women would carry pail of water, shoot guns, chop firewood and other stuff. We were there before it all started but it was fun to hear about it. Also they do a Bachelor Auction... all the money goes to charities up there and all that is required from the auction is a drink and a dance but we were told that there have been marriages and babies from the auction. It'd be a funny thought to have a kid say "Ya, my mom bought my dad at an auction." ha ha. It was a good day trip with some pretty scenery.

 I told Scott to "pet" the husky since I kissed the moose and this is what he did. Lame-o but I still love him.

Christmas Break!

Scott and I just got back from a great vacation. I sent a couple of mini-blogs from my phone while we were on it but now for a complete update :)

 

First, we flew into Boise, picked up my dad's truck and drove to Boise after hanging out with Kayla and CJ for a night. Saturday we went to Mike and Katie's wedding. It was a great day! Luckily for them it was too cold, just kind of chilly. We are so excited our two friends and the journey they are starting!

 

After the wedding, Scott and I had a week in Cache Valley to hang out with the family and catch up with friends. We went to Santa's Elves (what an adorable show!), ate out at some places we missed, Fredrico's and Pounders being at the top of the list, and just hung out. Oh, and Scott had fun playing with his remote controlled 4-wheeler that he's had since he was like 14. The boys that his mom tends LOVED it! Scott built jumps and everything!

 

Christmas was a great day! We started out the morning in Trenton. After a good morning with all of Scott's family and talking to Todd on the phone (he's on a mission in Jacksonville, Florida) we headed to Oregon. We got there and had Christmas when my family. Then we headed to Aunt Duie's for Christmas with my mom's side of the family. I love being around family for the holidays! I'm really glad that even though it's kind of far, we're able to be with both families on Christmas day.

 

Then we had another week in Ontario. It was pretty low key. Lots of family time and some friends mixed in there. Ontario Fire Station #2 had its ribbon cutting ceremony.  Mom had surgery to get her gall bladder removed on the Wednesday so that wasn't fun for her but everything went well and she's back to normal :) We also had family pictures taken and I love pictures! I'm excited to be able to see them in a few days. New Year's Eve we just stayed low key and watched a couple of movies and chilled. Then the Sunday before I had school we flew back to Alaska.

 

It was a great trip. It was so nice to be back among family and friends. Hurray for a refreshing and fun vacation! :)

 

Some pictures are on my other camera so I'll add more later...