Utah!!

This is where we will be for the next two weeks relaxing and spending time with our family and friends....and of course eating at Cafe Rio!

Temple lights anyone??

Last night for young women we went to the DC temple(which is actually in Maryland) to see the lights. I loved it! The lights were fabulous and we also got to hear the best violin concert. Jenny Oaks Baker was performing at the visitors center and it was amazing! Almost all the young women came and we had a great time.
My ward growing up went to temple square to see the lights in Salt Lake each Christmas and I am glad that I get to continue the tradition all the way out here.

This picture is unfortunately not very clear but these are tulips. Lights that look like tulips, they were adorable!

Neil Diamond+sweaters+mugs=FUN

Matt and Eliza hosted a Neil Diamond Christmas party last night and it was a lot of fun. You HAD to wear a sweater(the grosser the better) and you HAD to bring a mug.
Sterling's high school buddies started this tradition and have kept it going. Lots of hot chocolate and wassail was brewing all night...it was delicious!
I love Christmas parties! I have been to 5 other the last 7 days.
My sweater was from 1997, some of your might recognize it, and since it was from the Gap, more of you probably owned it. I wore it to the Christmas dinner dance my senior year...10 YEAR ago!! Sterling's sweater is one he got for his mission...we clearly hold on to everything!

Edward Cullen anyone???

You are looking at the new face of Edward Cullen! He has just been cast in the Twilight movie as Edward. Stephenie Meyer is "ecstatic" with their choice and after doing some research on him...I am thrilled with him!(as if they care...)
His name is Robert Pattinson and he is best known for his role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter. I love it! Harry Potter and Twilight using the same actor!
I am very excited for the movie to come out and even happier that they are making such great progress.
*And just as a side note...if you are reading this and have not read the Twilight series..get with it!

An answer to prayer...

...Since I have been married, I have served in the primary and nursery. I love the primary and especially have loved my calling in our ward out here. I have been teaching the valiant 11 class which is awesome.
Probably the hardest thing for me right now is that I have a lot of time on my hands. I have been sort of down lately and looking for ways to serve more. I tried going out with the sister missionaries more and that helped a little but I still felt like I needed something else...and then it came..I got called into young women. I am so excited! I served in young women when I first got home from my mission and loved it. This calling is such an answer to prayer for me. I get to serve with fabulous women and work with the girls, which is always a blast! I will miss my primary class but look forward to a calling that gives me a lot to do during the week...

SNOW!!!

That's right we got 2 whole inches of snow and more is falling now! It may not sound like a lot to most of you but this is a huge deal out here! Schools have been canceled, people are leaving work early, and I am sitting at home enjoying my day off! Happy Holidays!!!

August Rush!!!

So I finally saw August Rush and I absolutely loved it! I went with my friends Ann and Eliza. I read numerous reviews and was worried that I was going to be disappointed...but no...the movie was all I thought it would be and more.
Keri Russell was of course one of the main reasons I loved the movie...she was awesome. I have loved everything she has been in(except The Waitress which was awful, she was good, but the movie was not). Jonathan Rhys Meyers was another reason I loved it....(why hasn't he been in more movies???) Robin Williams was of course over the top, I have a hard time taking him serious in anything!! Freddie Highmore is adorable!!
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I LOVED it!!

P.S.-Keri Russell learned how to play the cello for the movie...another reason I think she is fabulous!!