His cute snowy shoes.
Kim took our family pictures again a few days before Thanksgiving. Check them out HERE
We LOOOOOVE them :)
Sorry this is so late everyone! I have just taken a test that I have been studying for for an entire month. It was devastatingly hard, but I passed. I am giving all the credit to my Heavenly Father on this one. Anyway! We went to Tate Farms on October 10th to get our pumpkins :) It was so much fun, I definitely want this to become a family tradition!
This was my favorite spot-the pumpkin house! The entire outside was lined with pumpkins. There were scarecrows on the front porch, and bales of hay all around. Very cute.
There's something about mums that I just love. MMMM Fall!
My little punkin' sitting on a pumpkin :) We had quite the adventure looking for the perfect pumpkin for Cole.
They had bunnies at Tate Farms! I really liked them but I don't think Cole was too impressed.
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We always take entirely too long carving our pumpkins, but it sure is fun :).JPG)
Favorite #2: Lemon Slushes
Last Saturday (Sept 26) was "National Museum Day" So Jared, Cole and I went with our new friends the Smith family to a children's museum called "The Little Works Museum". We were lucky to get in free because of the holiday! The boys (little and big) had so much fun! We spend a good hour and a half fishing, tumbling, riding cows, collecting eggs, picking vegetables and whatever else they could get their hands on :)
Riding the cow named Lily. I'm pretty sure the kids were supposed to try to milk her...LOL
I cleverly came up with the title of this post before the BYU game on Saturday. I was planning on bragging about the team, telling everyone how excited I am to see them play in the National Championship this year.
We couldn't actually watch the game because DirecTV dropped the VS channel the previous Monday, without any sort of notification. Needless to say, we were all a little perturbed. Then we had to have to follow the defeat of my dear Cougars on the internet, reading the play by play. It was just awful. I am utterly disappointed.
On another note, I dyed my hair red. I mean really really red. It was kind of on a whim, but I don't regret it. It'll definitely take some getting used to! Everyone can tell me and Mikenzie apart now!
Pictures to come :)
This is lunch with my buddies from nursing school for my birthday. They are such wonderful girls :) I don't think I could do it without them.
Jared has been on this kick lately...he calls the radio EVERY TIME there is a giveaway. He has actually won quite a few times: free lunch at Burger King, a couple of CDs, concert tickets to some country singer, and tickets to Nickelback. We just went to the Nickelback concert the week of my birthday and it was totally fun! It was raining cats and dogs and I brought an umbrella but they took it at the door. Jared gave me his coat and he was soaking wet the whole time. Lovely hubby :) Once again, these pics are backwards so bear with me.
Fall semester has begun and so has the chaos! Jared is working on the dental school application process (which takes just about 2 years!), and I am trying to keep up with yet another semester of Nursing school...9 more months, only 9 more months. Cole is wonderful and energetic. He's talking up a storm, even putting words together like "mama no no!" or "more drink please". He will show you his ears, eyes, mouth, nose, teeth, hair, belly button, toes and bum-bum :). He still loves wheels on the bus and is singing along to every song he hears (on the radio or TV or where ever). Every stuffed animal he sees is "Elmo" and his favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (come inside it's fun inside!). He knows all the music to that one too! Cole always wants to get his "oosh" (shoes) and go "buh-bye". He is such an adventurer! He knows all the farm animals sounds and will lead you around all day by your pinky finger. He has everyone in the house whipped. He is such a flirt and waves at everyone he sees. We love him to pieces and can't wait until we can have more little Coley's running around (don't be getting any ideas, still a long time before we're even considering it. But I do think about it all the time! :) ) Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. We miss you and love you all!!I'm sure ya'll were expecting me to talk about how wonderful my break has been, right? Well, sorry to disappoint!!! I am complaining this post. Since being off school we haven't done anything really fun worth mentioning. We've watched movies and hung out. I do however, have a few woe-is-me things to say. You have to understand that my wonderful husband Jared is not exactly what I would call sympathetic to the following situations. So I want to come out and say it, without having him try to solve/fix all these problems.
Right after we got married I had a filling come out, I have been meaning to go to the dentist but with no dental insurance, moving to Alabama, having a baby, and starting nursing school, going to the dentist has been a lesser priority. So I finally went on the day I took my last summer final. I had a root canal that day that cost me $1800 and still have another $2500 of work to do. I came home bawling, so upset at the cost. I knew it had to be done, but seriously?! That much?!
Fall semester tuition is due. Jared just happens to be going to one of the most expensive universities in the state, so we get to pay for half of his tuition because his pell grant can't cover it all. Luckily I have a scholarship at Calhoun, so that helps a little. Books are always crazy expensive, $500 between the two of us this semester. I can't even consider what our expenses will be next spring, when I graduate and take the NCLEX and Jared takes the DAT...ugh!
I bought a new phone a few months ago, after much dispute with Jared. I convinced him that this phone was worth the price, that I would be oober careful with it, and it would definitely last me more than the two years I would have to wait for another upgrade. Yesterday it broke. The screen cracked, who knows how. I took it to the AT&T store assuming it was covered under warranty, since I had just bought it. But because there was a "pressure point" on the screen where the crack began, they said it wasn't covered under warranty. I threw the phone out the window. Okay, not really, but I did throw it. Stupid phone. I can't believe I've gone through 3 phones in one year. None of which broke because of me!!! Well, maybe this was my fault, but it was completely an accident.
This always seems to happen right around my birthday (which, by the way, is Friday). Things happen in such sequence that by the time it's actually the day to celebrate, we've ran out of money. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that we are college students, but all the same. It seems as if this will a hard couple of weeks til school is back in session.
As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ two millennia ago, we offer our testimony of the reality of His matchless life and the infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice. None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth.
He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the Messiah of the New. Under the direction of His Father, He was the creator of the earth. “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:3). Though sinless, He was baptized to fulfill all righteousness. He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38), yet was despised for it. His gospel was a message of peace and goodwill. He entreated all to follow His example. He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead. He taught the truths of eternity, the reality of our premortal existence, the purpose of our life on earth, and the potential for the sons and daughters of God in the life to come.
He instituted the sacrament as a reminder of His great atoning sacrifice. He was arrested and condemned on spurious charges, convicted to satisfy a mob, and sentenced to die on Calvary’s cross. He gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind. His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth.
We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary. He was the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten Son in the flesh, the Redeemer of the world.
He rose from the grave to “become the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20). As Risen Lord, He visited among those He had loved in life. He also ministered among His “other sheep” (John 10:16) in ancient America. In the modern world, He and His Father appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, ushering in the long-promised “dispensation of the fulness of times” (Ephesians 1:10).
Of the Living Christ, the Prophet Joseph wrote: “His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:
“I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father” (D&C 110:3–4).
Of Him the Prophet also declared: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—
“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (D&C 76:22–24).
We declare in words of solemnity that His priesthood and His Church have been restored upon the earth—“built upon the foundation of … apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone” (Ephesians 2:20).
We testify that He will someday return to earth. “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” (Isaiah 40:5). He will rule as King of Kings and reign as Lord of Lords, and every knee shall bend and every tongue shall speak in worship before Him. Each of us will stand to be judged of Him according to our works and the desires of our hearts.
We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles—that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God. He is the great King Immanuel, who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son.
