Ask my husband, I am obsessed with snowboarding and I have only ever gone 3 times. I am looking forward to this season soooooo much. We are going to plan a few trips with winter to a few of the nearby resorts and I really hope that he enjoys it as much as I do! I love being out in God's raw creation interacting with in a way that people dream of.

We had  Christmas Part 1 with my parents and Grandma yesterday. It is so much fun to spread it out that way! It looks like I only have to work Christmas Eve and Brad and I get to spend the whole next day together!! It is fun to come up with ideas to start our own traditions.

Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. God bless us every one!

 Hello all! Mom and I had a great time making tasty sweets to send to friends and family. Yesterday we make four different kinds of Christmas candy and next week we are going to attempt 6 cookie recipes! I highly recommend this for a holiday activity with yourself and a few friends. Just follow the recipes exactly and make sure that you have good measuring cups and candy thermometer!

The ingredients. . . .

Rolling truffles

Dipping mocha truffles and coconut balls

The finished products!!!

All in all we made Chocolate Peanut Butter Brittle, English Toffee, Mound Coconut Balls, and Mocha Truffles! All of them turned out quite nicely!

I love the Holidays! This is the first Holiday season in several years I have been able to enjoy! I am quite excited!

I am really bad at this. I need to check back more often and rather than only commenting on other people's sites, I need to let you all know what is up in my world. Brad and I are doing pretty well. He is very busy with work at Best Buy since the holiday rush is on. We don't see each other much. We got to hang out with my parents and grandma on Thanksgiving, then Brad worked a nearly 12 hour shift the next day. I am scheduled to work on Christmas day so it will be a little strange. Brad already has my gift upstairs in two HUGE boxes. I truely have no idea what it is. I am impressed that he got mine before I got his. First time for everything! He is very proud of the fact too

We are hoping to get our tree on Wednesday when We will both be off. We can't wait since both set of parents have had the artificial ones for awhile. I can't wait to hang all the ornaments that I have collected. Our apartment door is the first in our little complex to have a wreath!
I love Christmas!!!!!


I really miss my friends and family scattered all over the place now. We are hoping to see Vanessa and her husband in January since we can't go to Portland for Christmas. I feel very empty and lonely without all these special people to build and share memories with. Please call me if you have time .

Shout outs!
Will and Kim~ Sooooooo happy for you and your new addition on the way. You guys will make great parents!

Michael and Ashely~ Congrats on your engangement. I had no idea that you were dating!! When is the special day?

Tuesdy and John Mark~ Congrats on your wedding next month! God bless!