Christmas...

Last week was ridiculously busy! We started it off by going to my parents' house for Christmas Eve. My sisters, Thomas, and I went to Wal-Mart for our annual Christmas shopping adventure to get each other presents. It was much better this year with Thomas there. We were able to divide and conquer rather than me try and keep track of my sisters among all the people. It was a super successful trip!

The rest of the day was spent making cinnamon rolls and getting ready for Christmas. 

That night we opened our pj's and read the Christmas story and another Christmas book. Christmas Eve to Christmas morning is my favorite 14 hours of the entire year! Thomas opened his presents that night as well because he had to work on Christmas morning. Lame!

On Christmas morning my sisters woke me up at 5:50 to open presents. I told them to wait 10 more minutes and they actually listened to me. It was super fun seeing them open their presents. After that we had to hurry and pack to go to Utah! We picked Thomas up in Boise on the way and away we went.

This year's trip was very different than past years. I found out that Brenna has fantastic music. She only wanted 6 songs put on her new Ipod but every single one of them was a dance song. We rocked out to "Hey Mickey" and she sang every word. YES! I found out my dad likes music! Who would have known? My mom and he were rocking out to old music on my zune. My dad requested a lot of music that I didn't have. I'm pretty sure the only reason why we stopped in Nephi that night instead of going all the way to St. George was so that I could load more music on my zune. 

That night in the hotel was so fun. My parents continued to request more music and I tried to convince Savanna of the amazingness of NSYNC. I showed her this video. 

She didn't really understand what the big deal was. She said that One Direction was much better. FALSE!

While we were in Utah we went to a trampoline place, snow tubing, played volleyball and basketball, and made sock puppets for my grandparents to take to Nauvoo with them next summer to give to visitors. Thomas and I made a pirate puppet family.

When we got home Thomas said that he had fun and that we should do it again. YES! I said that we would in two years! I'm already excited. Being with family is one of my favorite things. I'm super blessed to have the family that I have and to have grown up around such amazing people!

The Temple and other things....

This weekend was super fantastic! Thomas and I went to the temple on Friday. It was amazing! I'm so excited about having the temple back in Boise. I love it so much! I especially love that I can go with Thomas. After the temple we went to dinner at The Crepery with almost all the girls in my family and the girls in the Froerer family. Everyone told Thomas that he wasn't a girl...uh...duh? After dinner Thomas dropped me off at the Taco Bell Arena for Disney on Ice and he went to a hockey game. Disney on Ice was way better than I thought it would be. Brenna LOVED it! It was fun to watch her.

After Disney on Ice I finally got to hang out with Thomas again. We went to see some sweet awesome Christmas lights with my family. They were choreographed lights synchronized with music that was transmitted on the radio. 

Last night Thomas and I went to see Taken 2 with some friends. It's finally in the cheap theaters!!! After that we hung out at McDonald's and had an awesome conversation. My friends are the best! Thomas is definitely the best!

Today we went to Nyssa for a baby blessing. I was going 67 in a 55 and got pulled over. I didn't have my insurance card...not a current one anyway. Whoops! I could have gotten a ticket for $220 but he didn't give me one at all. I think it's because I said that we were going to church. Today at my grandparents' house everyone kept telling me that I need to have a baby as soon as I get married because I'm getting old. Bah! No way! I am not old!

In other news...97 days until Thomas and I get married!!!!!!

Thankful...

This is late but this was my thankful list compiled over a few days...

Thomas

New Crayons

Music

Choir

Gospel

Family

Church

Friends

Kids-especially the kids I work with

Internet

Electricity

Teeth cleaning accessories

Cookie Dough

Bowling

Hotchalugan day

Movies

Cuddling

Kissing

Perfect Days

Hot Tubs

Cell Phone

Cousins

Sisters

People that listen to me

Best friends

School

Work

FHE

Summer Nights

Snowball fights

Snowboarding

Wakeboarding

Boating

Water

Prayer

Rain, Rain, Rain...

We went to Nyssa on Saturday to shoot guns, ride 4-wheelers, and ride horses...too bad it was raining! We still had fun though!

The girls are ready to ride!

We all camped out under the shed until we were brave enough to go out in the rain.

He's trying to hit a pumpkin that's 481 yards away.

I would like to say I hit every target...

These pumpkins have been through a lot. First they were used as bowling pins for pumpkin bowling. Now they targets.

They didn't survive to have another adventure!

Correction...

I was told that my story with Thomas did not start in January this year. It started last July when I went to a church boating activity and met Kady. We bonded over our love of Utah State University and became friends. On New Year's Eve Kady invited me to go to a party with her. She also invited Emilie (who eventually introduced me to Thomas). So...according to Kady, if it weren't for her, I would have never met Thomas. That is a very sad thing to think about. Thank you Kady!

She even celebrates most Hotchalugan Days with me!

Voldemort...

Last weekend I went to my parents' house. While I was there this conversation happened.

Me: We call him Voldemort now.
Mom: Oh, is that Russian?
Aunt: No, it's from Twilight.

Later that night....
My cousin told her husband the story and he said, "Not everyone has seen Lord of the Rings."

A few days later...
My aunt told my uncle the story and he asked, "So, who's Voldemort anyway?"

Apparently no one in my family over the age of 26 knows anything about Harry Potter.

Beating the Friend Zone...

Once upon a time I had a friend named Thomas who I was never going to date because he was Thomas and we were friends. We met in January when he walked into my house for a party. I had no idea who he was and didn't really try to get to know him because I was being grumpy. Then he started to show up at more things that I was also at. I thought that he was dating my friend, Emilie, which he definitely wasn't. The first time I ever really talked to him I was venting to Emilie as we drove to a party. He was in the back seat and I needed to vent so bad that I didn't even care that a boy I didn't really know was actively listening and contributing to my conversation.

On March 9 I went to a birthday party and he was there. It was Hotchalugan Day, so all 8 of us crammed into Adam's car and went to Wendy's to get a Frosty. So fun!

The beginning of something AMAZING! Hotchalugan Day March 9!

After that a group of friends formed and we did tons of stuff together. Thomas became one of my best friends. When he wasn't at an activity that everyone was doing I missed him. 

This was after our great adventure to Thomas' cabin. We were so tired but we felt lame going home before midnight even though we were ridiculously tired.

Thomas said we should get married, so I said, "YES!" Too bad we weren't being serious that time.

At the beginning of July everyone started telling me that he liked me because we flirted a lot, but nothing more than friends. All my friends told me that he liked me, but I didn't really believe them. Then our friend, Krista, told him that it would make her extremely happy if he kissed me, so he tried. I half wanted to, but I was kinda dating someone else, so I thought that maybe I shouldn't. I told him, "No," but I kept inviting him back to my house though and he kept trying, so on the third time I just kissed him. He told me that my no did not mean no, it meant maybe. So when people say "No means no" it is false! Sometimes "no" means "maybe."

After that day I've spent everyday except for about a week with Thomas. We started going on super awesome dates and just spent a lot of time together. Best 3 months of my life!

50 years from now, I hope to look like this!

Hotchalugan Day!

After our 4-wheeler ride that I thought I was going to die on!

A few weeks ago his sister said that we should get married in July because that's when she would be in the United States again. He came downstairs and he said, "We aren't getting married in July." Were we getting married at all? I felt that we would, but I never said anything out loud because we had only been dating for 6 weeks! Oh wow! I was not going to be "that" girl. I didn't know if he meant that July was way too soon or not soon enough. Later he said, "We definitely aren't waiting that long." Over the next couple of days we decided that we were definitely getting married. It totally blew my mind! 

It's for real this time!!!!!!!! We always said that if we got engaged we would take a real picture at Red Robin!

We are getting married on March 9, 2013 at 10:15! 

That my friends, is the very short version of how we beat the friend zone!