A New Decade

On Tuesday I celebrated my Twentieth birthday. It was a very odd birthday being 8000 miles away from the only country I've known. I got to celebrate my first Indian birthday which entails a very odd happy birthday song, putting out the candles with your fingers- no blowing allowed, and of course cutting your cake, then being hand fed pieces of cake by multiple people- can you say awkward? It represents the feeder wishing the feedie a happy birthday. Mary (left), her birthday was the day before and Katarina (right) shares my birthday..which is awesome!! And loved celebrating with them! This is the first year I didn't share my birthday festivities with the superbowl. I actually don't even know who played in the superbowl this year. It's almost as if I live under a rock. Stoked to take on a new year of my life and make this one the best yet! 

adventures at petco

Happy Holidays Everybody

-Kevin G

what if money was no object?

A message I plan to live my life by.

Montana

I've officially been converted to a mountain woman! With only a short weekend visit to Montana I fell in love with the place (Bozeman area in particular). If you've never been to Montana here are some things you might find interesting; every single car is covered in dirt, there is no sales tax, no one dresses up- unless you count patagonia and north face coats as dressing up, sporting goods stores are everywhere, lots of Montana pride, 75% of cars there are Subaru's. Time went by so fast and we did so much it was hard to snap photos but here's a few to share :-) 

This may look like your average pool but Chico is a hot spring that has been turned into a full resort. It's like a giant hot tub- only so much cooler.

These beautiful horses were so friendly. This one's name is Ginger. We obviously have a lot in common.  

While we were playing with the horses we were surprised to see these dogs training for dog sledding run up. They were pulling a quad that we got to hop on. It was aweeeesome! 

 I was quite intrigued with this truck.

20 Reasons Why I Love My Best Friend

1. She was my walking buddy in middle school
2. I can get her hooked on a new show so easy
3. She never learned about a notebook in her American Foundations class
4. We have an unspoken competition to be the one who gets Mr. A.G. first
5. She has the same taste in blogs as me
6. She is not afraid to say "ARE YOU JOKING!?" when I show her a certain somebody who likes his running shoes
7. Because her family has adopted me & added me into the family portrait
8. We can't go a day without talking
9. She loves her fiber & pre-natals as much as I do
10. She has helped me to appreciate the dark chocolate
11. If I cry, she cries
12. She knows her NBA better than any male I have ever met
13. We are going to live on the same property when we have houses
14. Our husbands are going to be best friends. And they have no choice in the matter
15. She liked me better when I didn't have a smart phone
16. We get caught playing knock-knock-ditch in Havasu
17. She cheats at hand & foot with me
18. She can spend all night watching Supernat with me (as long as Casey is there to keep us awake)
19. She tells me what to "suggest" to her family for a birthday present
20. She leaves the lovely land of Rexburg to visit me:)

Coronado Beach

Yesterday we decided it was time to takes the doggies to the beach. So we loaded up and headed to San Diego. Of couse we chose Coronado Beach (and by we I mean me) - I have fallen in love with that whole Island. The dogs had the time of their life. We did too - Juanita and I even jumped in the water. It was a great day even with the mishaps of dogs throwing up in the car (post salt-water) and locking the keys in the car. PS I didn't get any pictures of this...but there is an outdoor mall in San Diego that is dog friendly. So you can take you pooch in the stores with you..even in the dressing room! New favorite mall by far. Plus they have a Francesca's (icing on the cake).

Giving Thanks

 Spent Thanksgiving at the brother's house with sister-in-law's family. We had a fun day of cooking, games, hair styling, and lots of comidaaaa! Hooray for egg nog. 

 Derek (Juanita's best friend) and Sonia (Juanita's sister)

 Juanita doin' her avocado thing

 Josh's friend Juan

And we got the Christmas tree up to. It's nice to be able to share Josh & Juanita's first Christmas in their house with them. 

Hope you all had a happy turkey day spent with loved ones. XO