Presents

John brought me back one of these from his last business trip:

An excellent choice. And then yesterday I ate the last one! Tragedy! So John hopped on the first plane to Idaho this morning to retrieve some more.

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Looking so handsome in his Christmas tie!

Three Little Girls

Our dreams came true when the Johnstons asked us to babysit tonight. It gave me something to look forward to all day at work.

John could entertain these girls for hours with facial expressions alone.

Watching kids when you don't have them is supposed to encourage waiting to have them, but these girls upped my baby hunger into starvation mode.
Seeing John with them was killing me! They're all so cute!

Giving Thanks

We hosted Thanksgiving dinner at Brian and Annie's, where we are house sitting this weekend. John made this Lego turkey for the occasion.

We were joined by Josh (who came later due to an excessive nap), my dad and sister. It was our first time making Thanksgiving dinner, made tricksy by a diabetic and vegetarian.

The children entertained themselves with compost art.Amanda made this little house. She is very creative.

Family picture 2010.

Everything turned out scrumptiously, as shown by John's food baby.

Sadly, we only made one pie this year. Quite a disappointment after the 14 John's family had last year. Happily, it was cherry cream pie and extremely delicious.
After dessert, I accidentally crashed on the couch until late at night. It was a very relaxing day and we have much to be grateful for.

Reunited and It Feels So Good!

John made it back tonight! It was only 3 days but it felt soooo much longer. To celebrate his return home we used our Outback giftcard.

And Downtown Ice Skating Groupon.

It was surprisingly cold out (though not compared to Idaho, I hear.)

John as the Nutcracker.

Lonely

I dropped my husband off at the airport today for his business trip to Idaho. Here he is all bundled up in his marshmallow jacket.
The new terminal is finished and looks quite fancy.
I may or may not have bawled the whole way home. This is the longest we'll be apart since we've been married and I'm a little addicted to him.

Shimmer and Sparkle

Annie asked us to host her ward dinner party. She dressed us to match the theme of the evening.

It put us in a cruising mood.

Alan helped with dinner and then we ate together. It was a beautiful and delicious time.

Midnight Deathly Hallows

We dressed as muggles for the 12:02 Harry Potter. It was John's first midnight release EVER!

Waiting in line. We brought our friend Stephen Summers and he gave us a recap of each chapter. He is so brilliant. He puts our fanship to shame.

We met up with my mom. It was an INTENSE movie. Especially around 2 in the morning.

Now we have to read them all again before July 15th! And try to stay awake at work today!

Nothing New

Apparently we haven't done anything interesting this week. Our camera is full of pictures like this:

It seems John's been using it at work again. Even my phone pictures are just things I've texted John. Like this "sale" on a book at Target. Originally $12 this week only $12.80

Or this baby outfit for 1st Thanksgiving, which goes to size 24 months. That's a big baby.

I caught John's cold and have been sick for two weeks (and counting) and working late and trying to work on Christmas presents. John's been doing Italy research and getting stoked for Thursday's midnight Harry release and started jogging with me. I asked John what we've been up to and he said we went to the temple and Five Guys. Fascinating!

In exchange for a boring post, here is a hilarious joke:

What did one snowman say to the other snowman?

Smells like carrots!

Shortbread

Heaven in a pan.

Red Toes

Karen took me to get pedicures today. Don't worry, we chose a classy establishment:

They didn't just paint our nails, though, it was like a spa day for our feet. Plus they had magazines and back massaging chairs.

All ready to bare our toes now in the warm November weather!