Thanksgiving Weekend

For Thanksgiving, Shane and I went to his sister's house in Brady, MT. We stayed there wednesday night and had a WONDERFUL dinner Thursday afternoon. Then, Shane came back to Whitefish-he had to work Friday, and I stayed in Great Falls with my mom and family. Finally, my mom and Clint brought me back to Whitefish on Saturday and stayed with us for the night. I have included some pictures of the entire fun-filled weekend...including Shane's deer that he got Wednesday evening!!!

P.S. The black lab in the pictures is my brother's puppy Oscar...he's sooooo...sweet!

New Post...Same Day:)

Today was a pretty fun day. Shane and I went and did some shopping in Kalispell and found ourselves lots of goodies! Then we came home, ran the Gus, decorated the tree and decided we would take ourselves out to a nice dinner. When we got home, I got on the computer and soon found Kwee Kway in one of his feisty moods. Gus had lots of running time today so he was very tired but Kitty was ready to attack...If you listen closely, you can hear him talking the way he does when he is ready to pounce!

Happy Holidays

Well I have a couple things to write about tonight. Today is the 2nd anniversary of my grandpa's death. It was kind of a rough day considering I am so far away from all my family...mainly grandma. My entire family (the one's still living in GF) took grandma out to dinner and hopefully had a good night celebrating his life. I miss him and and will keep praying for my grandma to be happy and strong!

On a happier note...Shane, the animals and I decorated our Christmas tree today. (Mostly the animals and I...Shane was watching football, but he helped a little bit) It turned out wonderfully...a glittering tower of red and silver! So far Kweeks has stayed away from the dangling lights and ornaments...we will hope for the best. I included some pictures of our decorating adventure. P.S. This is our first Christmas as a married couple so we are pretty excited!!!

Home for Lunch

I got home for lunch today and found Kweeks having a great old time on the counter while Shane was on the computer. Check it out...

Loving Right Now...

I got this idea from Tiffany who got it from one of her friends and I am really excited about it! I am going to share 5 things that I am loving in my life right now. Of course there are lots of things that I am loving right now...but I tried my best to narrow it down to 5. It's going to be hard!

1. Putting up the christmas tree with my family!

I know it's a little early but we decided to splurge and get a tree tonight. Of course since we got the tree...we had to set it up! We won't decorate it until after Thanksgiving, but it sure was fun setting it up. Shane did a great job and the animals were good helpers too!

2. Candy Cane Tootsie Pops (mmm...)

These are so yummy. They are like candy cane suckers with tootsie rolls in the middle!

3. Working with kids every single day!

I have, by far, one of the best jobs in the world! I get to work with kids 5 days a week! Not only do I get to teach them, which has been my dream job since I was little, but they teach me things on a daily basis...patience and laughter being 2 of the main things. I love what I do and I can't imagine anything that would make me happier!

4. Living in a beautiful place with my wonderful husband!

Shane and I live in Whitefish, which, in my opinion, just happens to be one of the most beautiful places in Montana. We are so lucky and so blessed!!!

5. Winter wear!

It's been getting colder and colder every day and while we haven't really had any snow yet, I am still loving all my warm winter wear. Hats, mittens, scarves and coats...I would FREEZE without them!

Wedding Day

Ok so I had a request to post some more wedding pictures, which I am more than happy to do! Our wedding day was sooooo wonderful! We haven't gotten our professional pictures back yet but when we do I will post some of those. The ceremony was supposed to be outside; however, we happened to get rained out so we had to have it at the reception site which turned out to be a blessing in disguise! The whole day was perfect...from waking up and seeing it pouring rain outside:( to getting our hair done (and the beautiful diamond earrings Shane had my brother deliver to me as a wedding gift) to seeing Shane for the first time and becoming husband and wife. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful families and friends. It was an absolutely amazing day, as were the days leading up to it with the final planning and stuff...anyways, I could go on and on and on! But here are some pictures!

Our Family

Well, Shane and I do not yet have kids...as in human kids. We do; however, have our pets, which at this stage in our lives, is pretty much all we can handle. We do want to have kids in a couple of years, but for now it's just the 4 of us. I have posted some pictures so you can meet the members of our immediate family! Gus is our black lab, Winston is our kitty (although we never call him Winston, he has a handful of nicknames) then there is Shane and myself. Most of the videos I post will probably be of the animals so if you get sick of them let me know. I don't want to be the person who thinks that everyone thinks my animals are as funny and cute as I do!

Finally Friday!

Shane is working this weekend:( So I am sitting at home thinking of ways to keep myself entertained. I did think of one way and that was to take videos and pictures of me, the dog and the cat. Good times!!! I posted them so have a look.

We also just bought ourselves a new mattress...YAY!! Well I was excited until I started sleeping in it and realized that it makes me sweat profusely:( It's a tempur-pedic and apparently I am one of the rare people who sweat when they sleep on it. So I am on my way tomorrow to exchange it for a different one. It's very comfortable though so I am kind of bummed. Oh well...I can't be waking up in a puddle of my own sweat every morning...YUCK!