Thanksgiving in North Carolina

So like I said, I am spending Thanksgiving at Rachel and Jeremy's in North Carolina! I love it here!! My favorite part, aside from seeing my sweeties, Brooklyn and Jace, is the AMAZING weather! It was been in like the 70's all week; much better than the blizzards going on back in the west!! And the scenery here is so pretty!! Trees everywhere!!! aww I love it! Anywho, I flew in on Friday (thank goodness everything was on time and good conditions). On Saturday, mom, dad, Rachel and the kiddos and I headed out to Lazy 5 Farm, where you drive through and get to feed animals out of your car windows. It was insane!! There were buffalos, llamas, pigs, deer, zebras, camels, hippos, giraffes, birds, and of course KANGAROOS!! It was a lot of fun. We also got to watch Brooklyn in her Primary Program at church (however, she got a bit of stage fright and Rachel ended up sitting on stage with her the whole time), and her preschool Thanksgiving program. Other than that, we have just been eating out and hanging out in Rachel and Jeremy's beautiful new house! It has been lots of fun so far, and we still have 3 more days!! Unfortunately, poor Jace caught a bug and has been throwing up all day today :( Hopefully he will start feeling better soon!! Here are some pictures so far!! More to come....

Of course, I took advantage of my mom being out in NC at the same time and had her do my hair. I chopped off
about 4 inches and got a completely new hair-do which I absolutely LOVE!! I also dyed it a little darker!


Here is a picture of one of the kangaroos at the farm. It was sleeping in this position and we were all dying laughing!!
Who knew animals, kangaroos especially, slept in a position that looked like they were porn stars?? hehe


Me and 'Blue Sky.' Brooklyn was an Indian for preschool and they got to pick out their own names and she chose blue
sky!!

Lately..

I know, I am a horrible blogger! While at school, I only blog like three times, so I already have so much to catch up on! Basically, the last month I have just spent doing homework and hanging out. At the beginning of October, Carly and I headed down to SLC to go to general conference. We stayed at my Grandma's and drove down on Saturday to attend conference. It was the first time I had ever actually gone to conference at the conference center and it was amazing!! I loved every minute of it and Temple Square was packed! There were people from all over there!! After going, I have made it my goal to go to a session every time since I am so close to SLC.
For Halloween, my roomies and I dressed up as Greek Goddesses and went to our ward Halloween party. Only about 20 people showed up, so it was sparse, but we had a lot of fun at it.
Last week, I headed down to Blackfoot for the day. My cousin Shawn was blessing his little baby boy Tayven and I got to take part in that experience. It was so much fun to get to meet that beautiful baby and hang out with my family. I really wanted to bring Tayven back to school with me, but I don't think Shawn and Destiny would have liked that haha! I fell in love with that little boy.
Other than that, I am just trying to finish off the semester. I am definitely ready for a vacation though!! In two weeks, I will head out to North Carolina to spend 8 days with Rachel and the kids and I am really excited for that!


Me, Carly and Brandi at Guitars Unplugged


Carly and I ready for our Halloween party!


Part of our Family Home Evening group at the party

Me with Mario and Luigi (aka Matt and Shaun)