Christmas and Farewell

As usual, we had a great Christmas, with lots of family time! It was kind of neat to have it on a Sunday this year, it made it feel more special. We opened a few gifts from each other before church and then headed down to Brigham City afterward.



We had a nice afternoon with Nate's family. Grandma Joy got a guitar, she and Hallie were very excited. :)

Nate was pretty excited about his air compressor! "thanks mob"


Last night my parents were set apart as full-time missionaries. All the family that lives in Utah came and we had some special family time with them. We're sure going to miss them! They are at the MTC this week and then fly out to Croatia next Monday!

Ruffle Wreath

I'm loving this felt ruffle wreath I made with my mom and sisters this weekend! I ran out of the gray when I was almost done, but I'm glad I did! My sister taught me how to make the cute felt flowers and I love it with a little yellow splash! It was a blast hanging out with the girls, I wish I had brought my camera. Thanks for the fun!

have a ssspooky halloween...

We had a fun Saturday night listening to the Halloween station on Pandora (mostly The Monster Mash and The Nightmare before Christmas songs) while Nate carved a mean pumpkin and I made a new wreath! Check it out...






Also, we're so excited for my parents! They got their mission call yesterday and will be leaving January 2nd to the Slovenia/Croatia Mission (oddly enough the name was changed as of yesterday to the Adriatic Mission and now includes Bosnia).

Go Katie!

Katie wrapped up her forth marathon(Top of Utah) yesterday. She and my sister, Malissa, both participated and had a great experience. Great job you two! -nate



OWL!

Came home this morning and Katie had spotted our new backyard guest. I think is is a Great horned owl. I compared with pictures of screech, Burrowing, and Barn owls but that was my conclusion. Any thoughts? He/she has been there all day. I think it is way cool! -nate

the progress

I thought I would share the progress of our little garden I posted about a while ago.


The garden today.

I'm so excited for all this tasty stuff!!! We have raspberries, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach and broccoli in this box. We also have another little garden area where we are growing some of the same stuff as well as rhubarb, peas, bell peppers and strawberries.
There is just something fun about making a sandwich and pulling a fresh lettuce leaf off the plant to put on it. As usual, I can't really take much credit for all this goodness... aside from being really good at choosing a husband. :) I love that guy!