Well, pucker up and kiss it, Whoville.

 Tis the season... and I'm loving it.

Yes, the Christmas spirit has hit me hard.

Probably because I don't have school or work to distract me... 

Jake and I went to Lowes and picked out our fresh cut Christmas tree. 

It's a bit fuller than I like but she's still a beauty. Much more work to be done.

Tomorrow I will make some Mason Jar Snow Globes!

Here are my Top Ten Christmas Movies:

1. Christmas Vacation.

2. Elf. 

3. White Christmas

3.5 Holiday Inn

4. Grumpy Old Men

5. How The Grinch Stole Christmas

6. The Santa Claus

7. Home Alone

8. A Christmas Story

9. Shop Around The Corner

9.5 It's A Wonderful Life

10. Miracle on 34th Street

A Kearns Thanksgiving

T'was a classic Kearns Thanksgiving.

The boys played their Turkey Bowl while the girls made their pies...

The babes were extra adorable.

The decor was planned to perfection, with fresh flowers arranged by yours truly!

The food was AMAZING and the pies... oh boy.

Black Friday was insane to say the least. 8 hours of shopping and my body completely gave out. (no seriously I vomited twice). It was a first. I couldn't even gather the energy to enjoy Ikea the next day...

The doggies Little Maizey and Boxer Tag became fast friends...

The crazy adults got together for authentic BBQ and crazy laser tag.

It was a splendid holiday. After being marooned in OK for months, it was amazing to 

be with our family again. Under one roof. For days. We definitely took it for granted before. 

Now I'm slowly recovering from it all... back to real life.

Both of us caught colds over the weekend, so I'm having a hard time not being extra lazy,

or even getting in the shower...

or getting off the couch...

Good thing it's Cyber Monday.
LET THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BEGIN!!!!

Gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Jake and I are having a fantastic time in Dallas eating smoked turkey and banana cream pie. More pictures to come:)

"The grateful man sees so much in the world to be thankful for, and with him the good outweighs the evil. Love overpowers jealousy, and light drives darkness out of his life." President Joseph F Smith

A Good Day

Starts with a Steakburger with cheese and a Pumpkin Pie Concrete

Isn't he a hunk?

Then I was super productive for the first time since we moved here

(p.s. remember that desk?)

It all ended with a gorgeous sleeping baby...  (seen below)

Sometimes I think I could do this whole momma thing :)

DALLAS TOMORROW!

Quiddler

What. A. Sunday.

It started at 12 AM with a mental breakdown.

Then I half slept my way through the night and woke up at 6:30.

Then I finished my talk.

Then I gave it.

It went really well! Surprisingly. I felt so unprepared. 

I talked slowly and took up my time! 

It was truly a miracle. 

We came home and collapsed on to the bed. 

A sacrament meeting and sunbeam lesson in one day was alot for Jakey and I...

Thank heavens for yummy pot roast and card games with the neighbors,

They helped us make a full recovery!

Pilot Boy starts his first day of school tomorrow. I am reeeally excited for him!

It'll be a whole new world here in Enid now...

We'll actually have to work for our money. Strange.

Then we're going south for a Texan Thanksgiving.

Ohh what a week!

Spoiler Alert

Ten Things I Hated About Breaking Dawn:

1. The continuous background music.
I can't hear what you're saying with all of the cheesy flutes going!

2. The makeup. So fake. So white.
You aren't the nasty Addams family, you're the sexy Cullens.
3. Bella's wedding dress fabric. It looks like my temple dress.
Which isn't really a bad thing, but I think Ivory would have been nice.
4. The blond cousins. I mean what the random...awkward...stupid.
Irina was looking rough.
5. The sex scene. I knew it would be awkward, you knew it would be awkward...and it was.
6. Wolf Telepathy. I know that has to be hard to translate on screen but
"I AM THE GRANDSON OF EPHRAIM. I WILL NOT BOW DOWN,"
left me bent over in uncontrollable laughter.
7. The birth. "Bella look at our adorable baby girl! Oh, you're dying?
Let me love on her for a little while longer, then we'll get to saving your decaying body."
8. The imprint. So... lame. As was Renesme's CGI face.
Nice try guys! Normal baby would have been better.
9. Bella's transformation. If the love of your existence just died would you
leave her body uncovered and alone in a pretty blue dress? Come on Edward...
10. Over all I thought Taylor's performance was dull and boring. Where was the rage?
Edward had more emotion than you. What the?!

Haha overall it was alright, it followed the movie pretty closely and the scenery was lovely.
I guess I'm just used to Vampire Diaries normal looking characters who know how to act.

Downton

Downton Abbey...

My latest period film obsession.

Watch it on Netflix instaplay today. yay.

Marriage

 

Paul Newman's letter to his wife on their wedding day: “ Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage, the little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ‘I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon; it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have the wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding rooms for things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner."

Tonight Jake surprised me and drove me out to the middle of no where Oklahoma.

I thought he was going out there to ditch my body in some field,

but instead he took me to a place called "A Little Bit of Seattle."

It was a lovely little Gelato shop with an adorable man who makes it fresh daily.

I am grateful for a husband who listens when I'm unhappy and tries to make our marriage better.
I'm a lucky girl :)

thumbs aloft gentlemen

Frustrating.

That is the word to describe my day...

First, The Sing Off sent home Vocal Point after this performance. Seriously stupid.

Then, Hobby Lobby stole my money and questioned my integrity.

Finally, we've been waiting on Samsung to fix our month old dryer for two weeks.

They've flaked on two different days and today's red neck repairman told us

that he wasn't coming because he doesn't like to come on base.

Oh, and his car insurance is expired.

So he rescheduled for Friday.

AHHH! ah. ahhhhhh. die.

I hate stupid people and how much I let them piss me off.

My doctor says I have some serious stress and anxiety issues. I agree.

On a hap hap happier note... Thanksgiving is next week!
I am so excited to see the Kearnsies. And to eat pie.

On a more stressful note... I speak in church on Sunday.
If anyone has some great input for a talk on gratitude, let me know!

 New table.

 

New Kennel. 

Almost done with the desk!

A Sunbeam

Excellent weekend folks.

We went to the Barbecue Joint in Pondcreek, OK

 (authentic and small town to say the least)

and taught our Sunbeams for the first time, they're hilarious.

I also got around to painting my desk, more on that tomorrow.

Hunger Games trailer comes out tomorrow... pretty excited!

Hope you had a good weekend :)