Before Thanksgiving...

Before Thanksgiving this year I made a decision, which I asked Joe to support me in. I decided I didn't want to gain weight this holiday season (which is the same decision I make every year I think) so I have less weight to try and lose with my New Year's resolution. However, just after I made this decision Joe seemed determined to make me break it. He took me to Walmart and bought a bag of M&M's and a sewing machine (early Christmas present!) so he obviously doesn't want me to be active ;) So I'll just sit around and eat chocolate and sew something as I get bigger and wider. However, I am very excited about my sewing machine! It will be fun to actually be able to do the projects that I keep thinking of. Now I can't say "Oh yeah, that would be fun...if I had a sewing machine" so hopefully I'll be a little more motivated to do a bit of crafty things. Maybe that will be another New Year's resolution...

Otherwise, things are going well. We leave for Indiana on Tuesday morning after Joe gets out of class. We're not sure if we'll come back on Saturday or Sunday because the BYU-Utah game is Saturday and there may be some small chance that we could see it in Indiana. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Everyone be sure to travel safely for the holiday, and beware the sleepy turkey syndrome while driving! ;) Once this holiday is over we'll get our Christmas-time travel plans figured out more clearly. Happy Turkey Day!!!

This week

This week has been pretty slow. However, we have gotten more information on our travel plans. We'll be staying in Midvale with my grandparents unless something crazy happens, but thanks everyone for the invites! We may have to take you up on them sometime, but probably not on this trip. We also know that we'll be flying to Portland on the morning of Friday the 22nd. We would love to get together in the day on the 20th or 21st, whichever is better for everyone who has work and other things at that time.

Also this week we came to the realization that we really just need to buy a new computer. The one we have is dying one part at a time, and at this point it would be cheaper to buy a notebook computer than replace the remaining parts. So, we're going to go looking tonight and hopefully in the next week or so we'll have a computer that I can use for pictures again. As a result of the computer issues, we have no Karen pics this week since the computer doesn't want to turn on.

The last points of interest for the week are...1. I had my first Achievement Night with the girls in the ward. It was fun except that I had to take care of Karen at the same time since Joe was at scouts too. 2. Cameron and Sarah, some people that Joe goes to school with, came to dinner last night. It was nice but a little different since they aren't members of our church and so we had less in common and fewer things to talk about that weren't school-related. It was still good to have people over though.

TTFN!

Holiday Plans...

Sorry about the post last week. It was having issues when I originally wrote it, and I told Joe to post it later but he never did...So it's up now, and here's more for this week...

The last week has been crazy at our house trying figure out our holiday travel plans. Originally we were staying home for Thanksgiving and going to Oregon for Christmas, but it has since become much more complicated. Joe's brother Danny started dating a girl at the beginning of the semester and got engaged on Sunday. So, we're going to Indiana for thanksgiving and to Utah for the wedding in December. Yes, that's right, December! We bought plane tickets and everything. So, now we're flying into SLC on the 19th of December for a wedding on the 20th. From there we will rent a car and drive to Portland before Christmas along with Calista, my sister at BYU. That's as far as our plans have gone, so we don't know where we're staying, how long exactly we'll be in Utah, or any of that precise information, but we're coming and we want to introduce Karen to everyone! I don't know how many people will be around or busy with family or any of that, but we'd love to see everyone out there while we're there.

Otherwise, this week has been good. Halloween was all right. I made donuts like my mom always does, and we had some people over to help us eat them. However, I made way too many and we had tons left over, and most of them are now in the trash. They tasted good, but were way too greasy to eat all day every day. Karen was cute in her Halloween costume at the Trunk-or-Treat and we have pictures today! Also this week Karen grew out of her little-baby car seat that clicks into the base in the car. She loves the new car seat that she gets to ride in (thanks to Grandma Allen!) but it makes it somewhat difficult for me and Joe. For example, we went grocery shopping at Walmart, and she didn't have her car seat to ride in, but she's too small to sit up in the cart. So we had to bring the front-carrying thinger and Joe carried her all around the store. She thought it was great but Joe was really tired by the end of it all. Well, that's all for now, hope everyone's enjoying the first week in November! Remember to vote on Tuesday!