Thanksgiving and Black Friday

This Thanksgiving we went to spend it with Jason's side of the family in Virginia.  It was a nice time with family.  We drove the nine hours there and had a fun ride.  We went to eat with Jason's dad's side of the family for Thanksgiving dinner.  It was a new experience, they did not serve your traditional food. We ate ham, short ribs, and salmon along with carrot casserole (kinda tastes like sweet potatoes).  I don't like sweet potatoes so I enjoyed the carrot casserole.  We had some yummy pies and watched football.  Later that night Jason and I went to Walmart to stand in line for a laptop that was on sale for black Friday.  I have never stood in line for anything but it was an experience.

Unfortunately, a few days before we went to Virgina, Jason's laptop crashed on him.  Luckily, everything was saved onto flash drives or the Icloud.  It was basically perfect timing since we were going to ask for laptops for Christmas anyway.  Now, we will just buy it and he will use it early.  So, anyways, when going to Walmart on Black Friday, make sure you ask people when there standing in line by a pharmacy what there in line for.  We were standing by the balloon that says stand here but there was a line that had formed by the pharmacy for the laptops.  It was a bit tense for awhile but we were numbers 9 and 10.  This meant we were guaranteed a laptop, but they made you stay in line.  If you had to leave to go to the bathroom you needed a pass, which was only for fifteen minutes.

At 10pm they began selling toys but some people began taking the shrink wrap off early.  There was a huge fight that broke out in the garden center over Powerwheels Car's Car.  People were punching each other and the police came in to arrest people.  Who knew power wheels were so deadly.  LOL.  To make a story short, we got the laptops at midnight and went to sleep at 2am. Before we went to bed at 1am we drove by Target and the line was still completely out the door, it opened at midnight.   We woke up at 8am and went to Target to get other things for family and friends. 

Power wheels Car that caused all the drama

The next afternoon we had a traditional dinner with Jason's mom and siblings. It was yummy. It was a good time had by all.  Now on to Utah for Christmas. 

My 26th Birthday and News

I apologize for not updating this recently.  As we all know life gets busy and hectic.   Jason had the opportunity to apply for a potential job in Washington D.C. for upcoming master's degree graduates.  He took a weird test and they told us the results last night. Unfortunately, they were not the results we wanted but we know the Lord has plans for us elsewhere.  We are both scheduled to graduate in May 2012 and we are pretty excited to see what life has planned for us.

I turned 26 on October 19th.  It was a great day, I went to school and had to take a test but I did well on it.  I also had to go to work with my preschoolers.  They all sang Happy Birthday and kept saying it all day.  The night before Jason had decorated the apartment and bought me roses. He is such a great sweet husband.  We  went to eat dinner at Olive Garden and played mini gold in the mall.  It is a glow in the dark mini golf course.  It was fun.  Jason also made me cake and bought me a GPS.  My mom got me a massage and a Kohl's gift card.  My sister gave me some money and Rafa got me a gift card to Olive Garden.  My mother in law got me some new shoes and so it was a great day.  Then my awesome visiting teacher and dear friend brought me some cute little desserts. Here is a picture of them, they were cute and yummy.

Predators Preseason Hockey Game

If you know us you know we love sports.  Jason found a coupon for free tickets, minus the five dollar processing fee to a preseason Nashville predators hockey game.  We were so excited.  I never liked hockey till I meet Jason but it is so fun.  Our tickets were in the lower level behind the goal and it was a fun game.  We of course won.  The Nashville Predators seem to be doing very good in preseason.  We always have fun times at these games.  If your in Nashville you should come during hockey season, it is always so fun. At the end of the game we took pictures by the ice.

The Flood of September 15

I woke up this morning to water on the floor in the bathroom vanity.  Apparently, we had a leak in our apartment.  Jason and I cleaned it up and then found out it was also in the kitchen.  We called the apartment office and they said they would send someone over. I stepped outside and found out the apartment kiddie corner of us on the top floor had their water heater burst last night and the water had seeped through the walls and floors.  

Our kitchen walls

Our light bulb and fan in our bathroom, copper was coming into it

Luckily, we were lucky.  It was just funny watching water come from the ceilings and walls.  It was a big mess, the neighbors had to have fans in their apartments to dry it out and then we had to spray it to kill the mold that would be forming.  Here are some pictures to show ya the damage to our apartment. 

Labor Day Trip 2011

School started this past week and we are both happy with classes and teachers.  It should be a good semester. Jason's dad is getting remarried this weekend so we are taking a trip to Atlanta.  We arrived late Thursday night and had an early Friday morning.  They got married in the Atlanta Temple and it was nice re hear the blessings the temple gives us as married couples.  It was very hot.  We went to this very nice place for lunch called the Canoe.  We both had a gourmet burger and fries and a brownie with real mint ice cream. The ice cream was green, it was pretty cool.  If you got up from the table in any way the waiter folded our napkins.  It was very cool. That night went well, the reception was pretty and was in a very small music hall.'s

Coca Cola Musuem

Georgia Aquarium

The view in the tunnel at the aquarium

Saturday morning we went to breakfast at Ihop with Jason's aunts and uncles and drove up to downtown Atlanta.  We went to the Coca Cola Museum and the Aquarium there.  It was a pretty cool tour. We got to see how Coke was bottled, made and a cool 4D movie about the missing ingredient for Coke to taste good. Then there is a room that you get to taste all the different coke products from countries.  You get to take a 12oz home with you too.  Also, the aquarium was very cool.  I got to see sharks get fed, huge tanks overhead as you walk through.  The animals were very fun to look at see.  We then went to varsity to eat dinner, it is a famous burger joint.   It was a fun weekend and a good time to be with family.

Titans Game

On August 27th, 2011 we went to the Tennessee Titans preseason game. We found some tickets for a pretty good price and had a great time.  They played the Chicago Bears and we won by one point. It was such a fun date night.  We were excited to go since we have never been to an NFL game before.  Luckily, we have the Tennessee Titans for that.  Unfortunately, this is the only game we could go to since the rest are on Sundays. :(  

We had this little girl that shouted the whole time sit next to us, she cheered "Go Titans Go."  It was cute.  We have this mascot T-Rac, he is a raccoon.  It was a good game and we had a blast

Trials and Blessings

Lately, I feel like I have been in a rut of trials.  I have been trying to figure out for a few weeks what I was doing with my life education wise.  I found out that my Early Childhood Education major was going to take me an extra semester to finish.  I am getting sick of school and just ready to be done.  I have been in school for awhile and just want to start a new chapter in my life.  

Luckily for me Jason found the Liberal Studies Major with an emphasis in teaching and learning.  It is a shorter route to what I want to do, and when I graduate I can take a few classes while I work to get my teaching license. It works out perfectly because he and I will now graduate in May 2012 and when he gets a real job we will probably move closer to where his job is.  I have an awesome counselor who it made possible. Thanks to many prayers from family members I am feeling extremely blessed.  

On top of that, I got asked to speak in the Spanish and our ward about the Lord's covenant people.  I think the Lord needed to remind me of the blessings we receive when we strive to live up to our covenants. I am glad the trial is over but glad for the lessons learned.