Busy!

Busy. Busy. Is what describes this last weekend. I started my 10 hr day's again, so I was able to have Friday off. Which is GREAT because I have a 3 day weekend instead of two.

The only downfall though is that I keep getting headaches. Every single day for a week, and to end the weekend I got a migraine. I NEVER get migraines. So, that would be my second migraine that I've ever had. I think the 10 hr day's may be the reason for them, but I'm still not sure..because Friday and Saturday I wasn't on the computer once, and I still got one. Maybe my eyesight is changing? I don't know.

Steve and I were super busy though for the weekend. We got all the housework done, my Maggie truck registered, and grocery shopping. I was even able to finish my apron project! My landlord, and her daughters and I started making aprons on Monday night and we were able to finish them on Saturday. I think they turned out super cute! I get on these project kicks where I'm always wanting to be making something, and I don't always have time for them...I just barely finished my last project last week (Christmas advent calendar).

Not a fan really of just the pic of myself, but this way it shows how the ruffles are on the apron. That is my FAVORITE on these!

I also taught the Beehives for the first time, and I think it turned out really well. I was stressing like crazy! I just didn't know how I could teach 15 girls. I think the lesson turned out well, and I think the girls really liked it. They kept telling me thank you, so that made me happy! :)
I'm really excited about this calling, and I know this is a great growing experience for me.

We also hung out this weekend with Tim, Marie and Deni . And also with Todd and Larissa! It was fun hanging out with them. Steve and I are really lucky to have such good friends.

Jason and Shannon also came to visit this weekend, so we were able to hang out with them for awhile too. We miss them! We wish they lived a little closer.

I'm glad we were able to get a lot done. Now for another busy week! Steve has 6 finals this week. I can't believe he has so many. I'm so very grateful for him and his hard work. Luckily, after this week he has a two week break! YAY!! I hope we can go snowboarding... :)
Oh and I still can't believe Christmas is already next week?! AH! The older I get (I'm not even old) but, it sure seems like time goes by quicker. Especially the Holidays.

The greatest Christmas Decoration EVER!

This is SOO funny! I'm at work, and I got this in an email, I just had to post this!

Before you decide to do this, read this.....

"Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever.Great stories. But two things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard."

The Festival of Trees

Saturday Steve and I were able to go to THE FESTIVAL OF TREES with Tim, Marie and Deni! It was a lot of fun seeing all the pretty trees. We couldn't believe how many trees there were. The last time I went they didn't have nearly as much. We couldn't even finish going through all of them, it just kept going and going.

It's amazing how creative people get, and I love that it's all for a great cause.

This tree was mine and Marie's favorite:

After the festival, we headed over to training table and had some dinner

Then to end the night, we went over to Tim and Marie's and watched "Christmas Vacation!"

oh and I also finished my Advent Christmas Calendar! I'm soo happy about it!

an up close pic of it....(for you mom)

Temple Square

Steve and I went to Temple Square last night with all the YW and YM. I'm SOO excited to be in the young women's! I can't get over how cute the beehives are. I'm still sweating bullets to give my first lesson...in 2 weeks! ah! It's just so different compared to the nursery lessons that I was giving...but, I know I'm freaking out over nothing.

Anyway, I loved going to Temple Square and seeing all the pretty Christmas lights! That is seriously one of my very favorite things about Christmas. The lights are so much fun to look at, and the temple is so pretty. I'm very grateful that Steve and I live so close to so many temples. :)



It was a really fun night out, and a great way to start off the Christmas Season!

Thanksgiving Week Recap

MONDAY: On Monday I was able to have the day off. At my job they offer VTO (Volunteer time off) each year. You get the entire day off to go and do volunteer work. How awesome is that? Get work off, and I get to go help the community.
My friend at work does a food drive every year, and she asked me if I wanted to help her. So, I was able to drive up to Park City and go door to door picking up food. It was a really fun day, and I'm happy that I was able to do volunteer work. I really want to make a goal to do something each month, instead of doing it just around Thanksgiving and Christmas time.

TUESDAY: was a regular work day. After work our good friends, Dan and Carrie invited us over for dinner and to hang out. The dinner was DELISH! I just kept eating and eating. :) And then we were all able to just hang out and talk. Carrie just had her new little guy Nixon a couple weeks ago. So, it was SOO much fun to hold the new little baby. And they also have the cutest little 3 year old. He is such a crack up! :) We loved getting together with this lil' fam, we always have such a good time.

WEDNESDAY: We celebrated STEVE's 26th Birthday! (which is in the previous post)

THURSDAY: Thanksgiving Day!!! Steve and I put up all of Christmas Decorations! I seriously couldn't wait to put up our Christmas Tree! My mom gave us a cute little village this year, and I absolutely love it! After decorating, and doing some relaxing. Steve and I went over to my parents house for our Thanksgiving dinner. Not only was all of my immediate family there, but also grandma Anderson, my aunt pam and my cousins. We all had a great time eating, talking, and relaxing. Then towards the evening we were all able to go see 2012. Ah, not a favorite. It was a good movie, but I don't care to see it again. After the movie, Steve and I headed home. What a great Thanksgiving! We loved spending time with the fam.

FRIDAY: The Original plan was to wake up early and go to Manilla to meet Steve's fam at the cabin. Steve and I didn't get up until 8:00am and decided it just wasn't worth the drive for only one night. We felt bad, and we missed seeing them over the Thanksgiving break, but luckily the live really close. So, instead of the cabin get-away, we decided we would attempt the mall and the stores on "Black Friday". We first went to the mall, and there was a Christmas concert. Steve and Lisa James were actually the ones who performed (they are in my parents ward, and Steve helped me with my Pageant in 2006) they are both extremely talented. We loved listening to their music and then we went shopping!
Steve and I had a fun day shopping, and spending time with one another!

SATURDAY: Steve and I decided to do a surprise visit to Grandpa and Grandma Ford's house! It had been way too long since we last visited, so we wanted to go see them. Steve called grandma Ford in the morning to see what her plans were for the rest of the day. Steve did a great job at finding out her plans without letting her know we were coming up.
We loved surprising both of them! We had so much fun just talking with them, and grandma of course made us her famous homemade shakes! We also watched the BYU/UTAH game in between our conversations. Grandpa wanted to take us out to dinner, so during half time, we all went to Robintinos and had a very good dinner. After dinner, we decided we should head back home. Steve and I are very lucky to have such awesome grandparents! We sure love you guys!

SUNDAY: I still can't believe the holiday week is already over. It's a bummer that the Thanksgiving holiday has already come and gone, and our long break from school and work is about to end.
We went to church, and then Sherrie Behunin (our family/friend/landlord) came over and had lunch with us. I seriously LOVE Sherrie! She's not really family, but she practically is. Steve and I have lived with Sherrie and Blake now for over 3 years, and we absolutely love these guys. Blake was at the firehouse, so we wanted to keep Sherrie company. After lunch, we ran to my mom and dad's. My mom and I are making these super cute Christmas Advent Calendar's, so we worked on those and Steve hung out with my daddy-o.
We had to run back home around 4ish so I could start cooking dinner. Our good friends Tim, Marie and Deni came over. We always have such a blast when we hang out with them! We all just relaxed, talked and were entertained by cute lil' Deni. Deni is only 1 1/2 and she is so smart! Marie pointed to me and said Deni "who's that?" she then says Keira. Loud and clear. It seriously made my day! ha ha. Steve and I love when our friends kids say our names. I can only imagine how ecstatic Steve and I will be when our own kids say our name. We had so much fun with Tim, Marie and Deni! We are SOOOO happy that they moved closer.

Steve and I are definitely blessed to have such AWESOME Family and Friends!

Happy THANKSGIVING!

HaPpY 26th BiRtHdAy!

Steve turned 26 today!! I'm so grateful for him and that I get to spend the eternities with my best friend. I wanted to write 26 things that I love about him....

1. His Big Blue Eyes

2. His love for the gospel

3. The way he gets super excited to dance when music comes on

4. How when he wakes up and his hair is all muffed (it looks like "wolverine")

5. He is such a hard worker
6. The love that he shows me every day
7. Every morning he kisses me and says "Good morning Beautiful"

8. The love he shows to our families

9. How supportive he is

10. He is SO funny! He makes me laugh everyday

11. How he will watch chick flicks with me, and he doesn't complain

12. He helps with housework :)
13. I LOVE his smile

14. He holds my hand everywhere

15. He makes me want to be a better person
16. He's a great listener

17. He'll drop what he's doing for anyone

18. He's super smart

19. He's a great basketball player

20. He has a great laugh

21. I love how he gets dressed up, and has 30 Polo shirts! maybe more...

22. He's my best friend

23. We can do everything and anything and have a great time

24. He has the best MJ moon walk ever

25. Always brings me up

26. I love everything about Steve! He makes me so happy!

I really am so grateful for Steve!

This morning I woke up Steve early before I had to go into work. I had a banner hung and his birthday present with his card. I get so excited about birthdays/holidays! I wanted to see Steve's face when he saw everything.

I gave Steve the new "This is It" soundtrack by Michael Jackson, and then in the card it shows that we are going to a surprise concert tonight. Steve was SO excited! He hasn't gone to many concerts, and so he was thrilled to know we would be going to one tonight.

After I got home from work Steve and I went to the Gateway and looked at the shops, and went to Hansen Planetarium.

We looked around at everything, and then after we went to the surprise concert...

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA

The concert was AMAZING!! We got hooked up with the tickets and with awesome seats in the All-Star suite.

Steve and I loved the show! Then once the concert was over we went to Archibalds for dinner. Oh, and something really awesome, if you go on your birthday or the month of your birthday you can eat there for free. :)

We didn't get home until around 9:30ish, and Steve wanted to see the new movie "Star Trek". So, we went to redbox and picked that up, than watched the movie. I don't remember much of the movie, the last thing I remember is that at 1:30am we woke up on the couch and headed to bed. Steve said he thought the movie was pretty awesome.

I'm sure lucky to have such an amazing hubby! I love you Steve!

"NEW" Weekend

Can I just say how AMAZING the movie New Moon is? Seriously. Steve and I went to New Moon on Friday with our good friends Tim and Marie. New Moon is SO much better than the first movie Twilight. I LOVED Twilight, but New Moon is by far better.

Steve and I loved it so much, we took my sister in law, Whit to the night showing. She LOVED it too. It's crazy how tired Steve and I got though by the end of the day. Steve fell asleep, and I was having the hardest time staying awake. (No matter how much I loved the show) Lesson learned, we aren't going to a late night movie ever again.

Bob and Ellen came home from Australia on Saturday. I still can't believe how fast the 2 weeks went. Steve, Whit and I picked them up from the airport and then came back to the house and visited with them for awhile. Steve and I went home and got some grocery shopping in, and then we met up with the Fords again, at Chili's. We all had a great dinner and was able to catch up some more. I'm really happy that Bob and Ellen are home! We all missed them while they were gone!

Sunday, I got a new calling.I was sustained to be a Beehive Advisor. To be completely honest, I was very shocked. I felt a little inadequate. I've been in primary and nursery for the last 3 years, and so being in the Young Women's is out of my "comfort zone" or what I'm used to. I'm REALLY excited to be in the Young Women's though, I think this calling will be a great growing opportunity for me. I met some of the girls on Sunday, and they are all super cute. I'm really excited to get to know each of them. I wasn't able to stay in YW's though for very long because I still had to teach Nursery. While I was in the Nursery, I loved being with the kids, but I got this feeling that I don't belong in there anymore. It was a really neat feeling. Because it was really hard for me last Sunday, when I had to say goodbye to all the kids...

Also, on Sunday Steve and I went over to my parents house and had a deli sh dinner that my mom made. It was great because all of us kids were able to be there. Oh and some REALLY EXCITING NEWS....Steve and I are going to have a new neice or nephew! My sister Kartier is Prego!! I'm so excited for her, and I can't wait until she finds out what she's having so we can go baby shopping. :)

Well that sums up our "New" weekend!