Jess and I, dressed to impress.......uh.....Edward?.....Nope, not so much.

My sister-in-law, Amanda, and I anxiously awaiting the time we get to go into the theater.

Catching up...

Since my last entry Rafe and I took a trip to Utah in November. For my Birthday this year, my La (aka Mom) bought me a VIP ticket to the Red Carpet Premier of "TWILIGHT"!! We went to the Preshow party at 9:00pm on Nov. 20th. It was a formal event and it was a BLAST!! They had a live DJ, dancing, drawings for prizes, a buffet, and a red choc. fountain and treats. At 11:00pm we lined up and got our gift bags and headed down to our theater where we walked through a mob of fellow Twilight fans waiting to get into their theater. They gave us free refreshments and once we were seated they open our theater up to the general public. We had so much fun and the movie was FANTASTIC!! Ryan joined us in Utah for Thanksgiving on the Tuesday before and we were so happy to be with him. We had a great time with family and friends.

Dec. 7th.....Today is my birthday and it was a good day. We went to church and then Ryan had his Military Symposium from 1-5 and then a dinner at 6pm, which I went to with him. Dr. Lt. Andy Baldwin of the US. Navy was a guest speaker and a guest at the dinner. Now for those of you that don't know, he was a Bachelor a few years ago on the Reality show, "The Bachelor". I was excited to meet him because I watched his journey to find love. He is a very genuin down to earth guy and has great passion for the humanitarian work that he does. Ryan got to meet him and talk to him for a little bit and we were able to get a picture with him. He is a very nice guy. So that's all for now. Oh and there's a picture of our new condo family room all decorated for Christmas. Will post more pictures of our condo soon.

Halloween Fun!!

Rafe and I had a blast in Utah. We went to the Corn Belly Corn Maze and had so much fun. We also went and picked a pumpkin with Grama and Grama J. I had my annual Witches Night Out with the Girls!! I was able to see a lot of my dear friends and loved to be able to be with them. Grama played dress-up with Rafe and dressed him up in all sorts of Halloween costumes. And, of course, Rafe's trip wouldn't have been complete without a ride on Grandpa's tractor. We had a great time with our family! On Halloween Day we went to Nick's Garden and Farm Market and picked pumpkins to carve together. Once we had the pumpkins we wanted, they had bathtubs for you to wash your pumpkin in. It was so much fun there. They had mazes, tractor rides, blow-up toys to play on and lots of other fun things. Rafe had so much fun carving his pumpkin and did a wonderful job. Later that night we went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat and then met up with some of our friends and went Trick-or-Treating with them and their kids.

The Cheesecake Factory!!!

Jed, TomiLee, and Little Sawyer Man came to visit Colorado to go to a Bronco's game and we were able to meet up with them at my all time favorite restaurant, The Cheesecake Factory. We had a great time and loved being with them! We miss our family!

Rafe 1 and a half now!!

We had a little get together with my cousin, Alice, on Rafe's one and a half birthday. I love Halloween and cake so I made a Halloween cake. Go figure. Any excuse I can get to make cake, I'll take. The next day, I came home from a meeting to find Rafe had built his first fort with Dad. It was so neat and fun to watch them play in it. It was just Rafe's size......Ryan on the other hand...Not So Much!! But kids of all sizes are welcome in the fort.

Catching up

So it's been awhile since I've been able to post on my blog. During that time we have found a condo we love, that Ryan hasn't seen the inside of yet, put an offer down that was accepted and now are waiting to close. We are so excited! It is located in Parker, Colorado and is about 2 miles away from Ryan's school which is what we were wanting. Save money on gas, WAHOO! We can't wait to start working on fixing it up. We'll keep you posted.