It's the most wonderful time of the year!!

Wow, we have sure been busy! I'll fill ya in with a little recap.

Preston had a 2 week break from school in November. The first week, we hung out and didn't do a whole lot, went on some hikes, and to the zoo (now that it's finally cooling down here we can do outdoor things!)
We saw a lot of indian Petroglyphs
The second week, Preston's parents came into town for Thanksgiving. It was great fun!

The mountains here are nothing like UT, but it was cool to see a lot of different cacti and get out and enjoy some nature and climb some boulders. I had to feel like I was doing an extreme hike so I found lots of boulders to climb on!

Here is the zoo pics. We went with Preston's cousin Ashley and her husband James and their cute baby Emily. We live about 20 minutes from these guys and get to see them often. They're really fun to hang out with and it's been fun to get to know them better :)
The Phoenix ZooThis monkey was sitting by the glass to take pictures with everybody. I made Preston take this picture. hehe.



While Preston's parents were here for Thanksgiving we took them up North about 100 miles to Montezumas castle. We've been there once before, but it is still so amazing that the indians built this 20 room home on the side of a mountain in the 1400's. My favorite part about going up there was that it was COLD! And, the leaves were soo pretty and the air just felt so crisp. It felt like real fall! It was fantastic. (Today, we were at 77 degrees for our high).
See what I mean about a cool fall day? It was soo pretty!



We also took them on a hike (more like walk) in the White Tank mountains. Good times!
THANKSGIVING TIME!!!

We also had Ashley, James and baby Emily join us for Thanksgiving. It was our first time hosting Thanksgiving at our place. It turned out great. The food was fantastic. We had all the traditional dishes.
Bet ya can't guess what they're watching... Did you guess Football?
Gettin cozy in the kitchen!
Baby Emily with great aunt Charlotte!
I mastered the old family recipe (my great oma's recipe) of stuffing! I ate leftovers of that stuff for a week. I LOVE that stuff, probably even more than the turkey itself!
Concentrating on carving the turkey!

All of us at Thanksgiving dinner. It was such a great day and even better that we had family to share the day with!
We played a lot of dominoes! We love that game!

We also got to go do a session at the Mesa temple while mom and dad were here. It was great! We grabbed Applebees after and went back to the temple grounds to see alllll the lights that have been put it. It was beautiful. Of course, I didn't take my camera because I didn't know we'd be seeing the lights. But it was really fun.

It was definitely great to have mom and dad here for a visit! They went home to a blizzard and cold, cold weather!

It is Christmas time in our house. Even though it may not feel like it outside, it's nice and cozy and cute in our place.
You better believe I have this up in my house here in AZ! One can hope.
Our two nativity decorations!
Table decorations
Oh Tannenbaum!

Preston went to his first NFL game with a friend from school, a guy in our ward and a friend of the guy he goes to school with! He had a fun guys night out watching what he loves most! Thanks go Kendall for inviting him! While the boys were at football, us girls had a chickflick/ice cream party! Lots of fun!

Sidenote: I also got a job!! Horray!! It's at an Attorney's office. The lady who hired me (who is the manager there) is in my ward. It worked out great. I'm really liking it so far. Great people to work with!

Mr. and Mrs. Theron Lee

Preston's sister, Jessica got married on October 23rd to Theron. They are so cute together and we are so happy for them! They got married at the Salt Lake temple and had their reception up in Layton. It was such a great day/weekend and Preston and I are so glad we were able to fly in (thanks mom and dad) for the weekend to attend all the wedding bliss!

I'm posting a lot of these pictures specifically for my mother in law since we can't get our emails to work out to where I can send them to her. So here you go, mom!

I thought this picture turned out soo pretty. I'm thinking of making a big print of it and framing it and putting it in our house. Preston and I were able to walk around Temple Square for about 45 minutes before the ceremony started. It was so nice to feel the crisp cool fall weather (I've really missed that here in AZ). It started raining like crazy so I didn't get too many pictures outside after the ceremony.

I am definitely married to the most handsome man in the world!

Preston and sweet grandma!

Can't forget the boots!

Grandma and Bill dancing away!
Mom, don't disown me please!! This picture is too cute. It was the end of the night.. we all took off the heels!

I love him...

So.. we didn't get a chance to decorate their car during the reception since it was raining the whole time so after the reception, us girls got changed into warmer and more comfortable clothes and got towels to dry the car and went to the hotel they stayed at and got their car! You can only see the outside but inside there was confetti and balloons everywhere.
My whole family was able to come. It was so good to see them. I miss them so much every day!

The two most precious babies in my life. (Until Preston and I have our own, of course!) Look at that smile Stockton has! I love these two!
Look at what Christ caught!
Poor Stockton, he's not a fan of big crowds and lots of loudness. Opa was the only one who could seem to calm him down!
Lili and myself.
Cadence and daddy dancing!
My cute mom and dad dancing away!


We wish Jess and Theron a happy, loving, successful marriage! We love you guys!

Activity Days

In our ward, one of my callings is an Activity Day's leader. These girls are so cute and so fun. For our Halloween activity, we did a costume fashion show.

Aren't they so fun? This isn't even half of them, unfortunately I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. It was too fun and too crazy to keep taking pictures. We even learned the "Thriller" dance. Good times!