HOLI!

Ok, so I know its been well over a month since I last posted something. And well its has been well over a month since Josh and I have done anything remotely exciting. One of the reasons is because Josh (yes he is awesome) got a job with BYU broadcasting being an audio technician! So he pretty much goes to all these different sporting events and does stuff there (I have no idea really what he does, well at least not well enough to explain!). Its fun to watch lots of sports but it definitely takes away from our adventure time :) Oh well.

Anyways, this past weekend was a day where a local Hindu temple, celebrated the Hindu holiday, Holi. Holi is a spring holiday, well more like a festival, where on one of the days people just have tons of fun and throw colored powder at each other. Here in good ol' Utah at the temple we went to, it was called festival of colors. I would explain more of what it is, but seeing as you have internet, I will just let you look it up :)

I loved throwing colors at people! However, it wasn't Josh's favorite, but being the loving husband he is, he  got into the spirit of the festival, and threw colors at me :) So just so you can see what kind of craziness it is, here are some of our pictures.

Just Stuff

Well, unlike most people, I am terrible at blogging. Or perhaps I am like most people and most people are terrible at it? Anyways, I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything for a while. It seems as if Josh and I went through a boring spell, where we just didn't do anything that was really blog worthy.

So things that have happened, my grandpa died at the beginning of this month so I went home to Washington for the funeral while Josh stayed here in Utah, marking our first time apart since being married. Josh had his twenty-third birthday (yeah he's getting old!). We celebrated our first valentines together. We've made our own version of poutine. And we went snowshoeing for our first time! At night under the full moon!

I find that I am much better at taking pictures of things that have happened rather than writing about them :) 

So here are pictures of the different things we have been doing.

Josh's awesome birthday banner I made for him :)

So this was just a super cute picture of Josh I wanted to share...

And us on Valentines day

This is the start of our making poutine. Well kinda the start, we already had made the fries at this point...

Our deliciously golden fries, cooked in the deep fryer Josh got for his birthday

Cheddar cheese curds, usually you use white, but we couldn't find any...

The pouring of the gravy...

Ta da! Poutine! You might think it is disgusting, the combination of fries, cheese curds and gravy, but I like it. A lot. So the next time you are in Canada, look for some poutine. The best is from New York fries.

Oh and these are just a couple of flower pots I decided to paint :)

Oh and here is a picture that I forgot for a little bit, from our snowshoeing!

Christmas in Canada

Well. its been quite some time since I last posted and it seems like a lot has happened since then!

So for our Christmas break, we found ourselves in perhaps one of the coldest places on earth... Ok I'm exaggerating a little bit. But it was pretty darn cold. We spent our two weeks at Josh's parents house in Millarville Canada, which is about an hour southwest of Calgary (Or so I'm told). We spent our first week, well almost first week, in Banff at this really sweet looking castle hotel place. While there we looked at shops in the little town, Josh and I watched the lunar eclipse at 1:00 am, and we sat in the outdoor hot tub with our bodies warm and our hair turning into icicles. One of my favorite parts was probably the hot tub :)

Another adventure we were able to partake in, was riding the gondola up to the top of the mountain! There was an amazing view at the top and the somewhat scary ride up to the top was very much worth it.

Our last adventure for the year happened to be one of my favorites. Cross country skiing! I had never done it before so Josh, Ryan (Arians husband) and I decided that we would like to go. It was a really good workout like everyone says and I would like to get much better at it.

Here are some of the pictures.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

Well its actually been about two weeks since we've had our tree, so sorry for the delay in putting up pictures! Eventually we will have more ornaments to hang on it so by the time I'm like thirty, our tree won't look bare :)

This is our favorite ornament :)

Because it is the Christmas season, I have been thinking a lot about things and you might have already read this on facebook, but for those who haven't, I hope you enjoy.

My thoughts on Christmas,

Christmas is all about Christ. All about love. All about happiness. All about good overcoming evil. Christmas is God's way of letting the world know that He loves us.

It gives us a chance to look back on the year and reflect on all that has happened. And no matter how many terrible things have happened to us or to the world, we can know that with Christ, there is hope. And while hope may not seem like a lot sometimes, it is with hope and faith that miracles happen. There can always be a better next year.

I love Christmas. I love how the magic of the season lights up the world. More people have reason to smile and to love. With more love and smiles filling the air, a certain happiness and peace is created. It is this happiness and this peace that are only found at Christmas.

While hate and fear often take over our life, Christmas is our chance to put those things behind us. It is our chance to focus on the things that really matter. As I have thought of all the things that really matter in my life, I have found the list to be larger than I would have expected. I also have found that I should have spent more time and more effort in trying to hold tighter to the things that do matter and to just get over the silliness I have of hanging on even tighter to those things that don't matter. Thanks to the season, I have been able to come to this realization.

I hope that who ever reads this (not that I expect really anyone to...) will try to find those things that truly matter to them and to hold closer to them. Please let the spirit of Christ into your life as we celebrate the season of His birth.

Merry Christmas!

LAS VEGAS BABY!!!

Oh how I love the holidays! Thanksgiving is one of my favorites because it almost always means being able to spend lots of time with my wonderful family. This year Thanksgiving was at my Uncle Rob's house in Las Vegas. There was a point in time where I was worried that my family (my parents and brothers) might not make it due to the very inclement weather that decided it was going to show up on Thanksgiving weekend! But everyone made it and we all ate way more food than any human being should be allowed to consume.


On Friday we (Josh, my two brothers and I) decided that we were going to wander around the strip for a little bit. Here are some pictures from our adventure.

Inside the Bellagio is always amazing!

See that brown stuff? Thats chocolate flowing down! Yeah it looks pretty amazing.

These are from the cool mall we found.

The actual strip