A day for eating (and thanksgiving!)

Lori hosted Thanksgiving at her house this year and we had a great time. Believe it or not, this was mine and Jeff's FIRST Thanksgiving together! In years past, Jeff or myself have always been stuck at work. So we were thankful for having the time off this year to spend with eachother. I made a cheeseball shaped like a turkey...isn't he cute?Can you believe all of this food fit into my stomach? And it was good.... Kara's family has a tradition of always making a holiday craft at Thanksgiving. This year we made Christmas ornaments! I made a little bride and groom for our wedding this year :) After eating, Kara's family had everyone over for a bunko tournament. Jeff and I had never played bunko before but luckily it was easy to figure out. Happy Thanksgiving!!! 34 more days!

Giant dogs

Living with a giant dog... she thinks she is a lap dog and can squeeze herself into the tiniest of spaces...
But give her about 10 minutes and some how she manages to take over your entire space... We love our giant dog though, they make for great cuddle bugs and space heaters! I had my final dress fitting on Saturday, here is a little teaser until the big day. Friday we are meeting with our musicians to go over music... yay! Things are really starting to come together, now the time is zooming by.

They say it's your birthday!

I can't believe I am a quarter of a century old! (Not a half century like I had before Aunt Terri caught that big one!) I hadn't had that 'starting to feel old' feeling yet until today when someone asked how old I was and I couldn't say 24. Okay, okay 25 is still young but it's just one of those ages that seems to hit you more. It has been a great birthday weekend though so I'll take another birthday next year! Yesterday Jeff and I went to Pappadeaux for some Cajun seafood dinner. As far as seafood goes in a land locked state, it was great! We even tried the oysters being the daring food junkies that we are.

After dinner we went to see "A Christmas Carol" in 3-D at our Imax theater. It was really cool! I only had to nudge Jeff a few times when he was snoring, and I only fell asleep for about 5 minutes myself half way through. (Apparently we can't go to movies past 9 o'clock without falling asleep, talk about embarassing.)

Today was also a special day because I was welcomed into our church officially as a member. I have been doing the RCIA process at St. Thomas More to continue my Catholic faith (I was baptised as a baby but did not complete the rest of my sacraments.) Only 25-30 more weeks to go until I graduate from this 'class' and can start taking Eucharist with everyone. Jeff is my sponsor so it was really cool to have him there to give me a blessing. We had to walk down the aisle together so it felt like a mini wedding practice! Father Andrew was there who is also the one who will be performing our ceremony. I almost cried several times thinking about it, so everyone better be ready for some major water works on the big day. By the way, the best part of this picture is the old man up in the left. Jeff was in love with his teal sweater and told me that is exactly what he wants to wear when he gets to be an old man.

In other birthday news, Jeff surprised me and took me to the cowboy store today. I got to pick out a pair of boots for my present! Now I officially feel like a real Coloradoan. Aren't they great? So Terri this means I have to come visit you in Washington so I can run around your barn to get them dirtied up.

Hockey Time

Jeff has been working down in the office the last few weeks. Last night we got to go to an Avalanche game with some of his co-workers and sit in the Ensign Suite. It was awesome! I had never been to an Avalanche game before, so now I will be quite spoiled next time that I go.

Ghost Hunters!

Lori, Kara, Brigitte and I went on a real ghost hunt! The mansion of Highlands Ranch apparently has been taken over by some spirits and we were on a mission to find them.

Could that be a ghost in the window.... What's that behind the vines.... a spirit?? No! It's Lori!

Brigitte was in charge of the EMF detector, a device that measures electromagnetic fields. She worked very hard at measuring each and every nook and cranny of each separate room, but didn't find any fluctuations. Boo! We must have scared away all the supernatural spirits with our laughing and goofing off!