Finals and Christmas

So I found this on a random search for a Christmas Tree picture that I was going to up on this post, but I thought this one was cooler. They are Mountain Dew cans.. How clever is that? Well, I just wanted to do an update for the week. I am starting my finals and I am pretty stressed, but I only have 2 1/2 more days of it left to go. I have a final tomorrow, on Wednseday I have a final and 2 small presentations, then Thursday I have a final at 8:45 in the morning and then it's goodbye Rexburg that afternoon! I can't wait to get out of here. It's cold and snowy and lacks my fiance.

Adam is actually on a Caribbean cruise right now. He sailed off yesterday with some of his friends. Lame I didn't get to go huh? But I don't get to talk to him for a full week so not until next Sunday the 20th. I think this will be the longest we will go without speaking since we first met last January. It's only Monday and it already feels really weird and lonely. But it's ok, because now I can just focus on my finals.

For Relief Society last Thursday we were able to sponsor a family for Christmas who lives in Rigby. We gathered money for them then we went shopping and bought presents for them all and bought them food for a nice meal. After we went shopping, we went back to the apartment lounge and wrapped everything up. We packed ourselves in cars and drove to their house where we dropped the presents off at their door. We all hid and someone knocked on their door. They unfortunately weren't home, so we waited around for almost an hour and hid in our cars so that we could watch this cute family find their gifts on their door step. It was such an amazing experience. They had an 8 year old girl and she just ran to the presents. It was seriously so cool. I hope that I can one day incorporate a tradition of giving like that into my own family.

I have been listening to Christmas music lately to get into the Christmas spirit but it makes it really hard when you don't have your family with you and you are pretty much alone. Christmas, to me, has to include family otherwise it's just not Christmas. But I am soooo excited to get home. Then Christmas can start! Well I just wanted to update everyone on what's going on with me. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!!

Yeehaw!! Merry Christmas!

Adam doesn't know I put this up, but I thought it was pretty hilarious. So Merry Christmas everyone! Here's a little dance for ya'll!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Set the Date!

I called the Sacramento temple and the date is set! It looks like we are getting married

Saturday
April 10, 2010

in

Sacramento, California

I was pretty excited because April 10th just seems like a really good day. It has always been an important day for me because it is my best friend Monica's birthday. So happy birthday Monica! I'm getting married! I researched some things about this day and it turns out that April 10th is the 100th day of the year! That has to be good luck right?! Then I of course had to look up for the average weather for that day in Sacramento and this is what I found:

April 10th

Sunrise: 6:35 AM

Sunset: 7:37 PM

Avg High: 70°F

Avg Low: 47°F

Mean: 58°F

Rec High: 90°F (1989)

Rec Low: 39°F (1975)

The month of April has an average rainfall of 1.82 inches. That's not too bad compared to March which is 4.3 inches.This doesn't sound too bad if you ask me. I wouldn't mind 70 degree weather. Now I just need to make sure it is sunny! I can't wait to see how it goes. I'm going to start praying early for nice weather.

The Zoo

November 25

One day we took Adam's nephews Karson and Kooper to the Zoo. It was fun to check out all the animals and chase after the boys as they went from animal to animal saying "You guys! Look! GUYS!" Haha... it was a lot of fun. It was like a shot of how maybe it will be with our own kids in the future.

Tennessee Aquarium

November 24

Adam's dad hooked us up with tickets to the aquarium in Chattanooga. It was amazing and so much fun! I am amazed at all the cool things there are under water. We saw penguins, crocodiles, jelly fish, lots of fish, frogs, snakes, sharks, and pretty much anything else you can think of! It was a fun activity to do the first whole day that we were engaged.

We even got to see butterflies! They had a butterfly room and it was so cool! There were butterflies everywhere and they would just land on you!! Adam had like 5 land on him though before any would land on me. And they favored his butt for some reason. The people around thought that that was pretty hilarious and I did too!

Silly Pictures :)

Here is an accumulation of some of our silly pictures that we took together. Adam and I always have a lot of fun together! That's one of the very many reasons why he is the man of my dreams!

Engagement Pictures Day 3

November 26
This was Thanksgiving day on Adam's grandparent's farm. We went on a hike with his family to a cave and it was a lot of fun. It just made me realize how out of shape I am though! I have to work out to get ready for April 10th! Woohoo!