My grown up christmas list...

Just thought I should share for those last minute shoppers that still need ideas...

*coughmomcough*

An assortment of DVD's for Zach and I. We love watching movies at home on our date nights but are running low on whats left to watch. We enjoy everything from comedy to drama. So you can never go wrong with getting us a movie.

I need WARM winter clothes for the first REAL winter of my life. Again, not picky just needs to be warm. :)

Yes, I know .. this one is but a dream. But a girl can dream right?

Most of all this is my number one on my list. I want my very own nativity for my new home. I love that every year my mom opened up her different nativity and placed them around our house. It didn't feel like Christmas until they were proudly displayed in our home. I especially loved the Nativity my Aunt made for each of her sisters. so it isn't something that can be bought in the store, its just something I get to steal when my mom old and loosing her memory. (love you mom) Of course that is a while off and a few years ago I fell in love with this one from Willow Tree and of course it is expensive so the only thing I can afford is the stars and the goat.

Novem-burrrr..

Well the weather is getting colder as the holiday season begins. It has not "officially" snowed yet but I know the white stuff is soon to come. I have been slacking quite a big on the blog updates because of course, life got in the way. We are both working a lot now which is nice, but never had to much time to do the fun stuff. Here are some of the big things in our life that happened in November....

* We finished Christmas shopping... We are all done with the shopping and almost done with the wrapping. Its really nice to just be over and done with it so you can spend the month of December enjoying your time with family and not running around the malls like a crazy person.

*We bought a new car... That's right everyone. My "egg" is gone. We found a great deal on a Jeep Liberty Limited and with a few Stern words to a bratty car sales men, it was mine! We decided it was the safer way to go, considering that I had never driven in the snow before. Its a beautiful black gas guzzling machine. I'm sorry environment but my safety is just as important as your global warming. This isn't a very good picture but you get the idea.

* We were called to be on the activities committee.. with a party only a couple weeks away.
Brother and Sister Lyman are now an active part of the activities committee. I think as soon as we were called there was a meeting 3 days later. We are having our ward Christmas party on the 5 and we had tons to go over. I guess they liked us lots because they put me in charge of the decorations and Zach in charge of picking up the food. We're kind of a big deal. :)

* Had a few game nights with friends...I have made friends at work and we've decided to invite them over for "Lyman game nights". We have been working on our game closet waiting for this moment. I am now proud to say that we have officially cracked into every game in that closet and are really enjoying the time we spend with friends and each other.

* I got a promotion at work...After THREE weeks on the job! I got promoted to Front End Supervisor. I can't really explain all that we do without boring you, so in short, more money, more power! *evil laugh*

* We spent Thanksgiving with the Lyman family... Which was wonderful! We actually had thanksgiving for lunch because Lance and I had to work that evening. It was so nice being with our family and we always have a blast when we are with them. After lunch everyone got ready to go see the movie Planet 51. I went back home and grabbed another snack with my side of the family and then got ready for work. It was a zoo there! People were actually lined up outside the door waiting for us to open! How lame! ugh! Then I worked black Friday, the following day and then cyber Monday. Thank goodness that I am already finished shopping so it wasn't a huge deal.

And with the spirit of giving thanks in the air it would be wrong to close this entry without sharing all that we are thankful for...

Our health aside from the occasional sniffle. We have been so blessed to be happy and healthy this cold and flu season. We have so many friends and family members going through such tough times with their health currently. We continue to pray for them every night and know that they will be watched over through their trials.

Our families (of course) for the love and support they have given us as we start our new life together. They too have been a huge blessing in so many ways to us. We love and appreciate everything that they do for us. I am also thankful for my husband and the wonderful example he is to me.

Our Jobs. We were so lucky to get jobs right away once we got married. I know that was with a little divine intervention and I am so thankful for it! We both enjoy where we work and what we do.

We are thankful for the gospel and the direction it gives us in our lives. The safety net it provides and the comfort and warmth that surrounds us because we know the truthfulness of it.

I am thankful for the weather as of now. It looks like we will make it till December without any snow! The longer we can go without it the happier I will be.

Octo-buuurrrrrrrrr

Happy Halloween!

This year on halloween day I went to my very first auction with my in laws. It was actually really fun! We looked at several horses and watched the bidding for a while. It made me really want a horse though, and if I had $300 I would have bid on one in a heartbeat!

This is a fun little creation I made with my Mother in law. It was so much fun! We decorated pumpkin cookies and made spiders and these creatures.

This year Zach and I decided to carve two sides of our pumpkins to practice out carving skills.

This is the pumpkin that Zach carved.

He created a pirate and of course, the pirate ship.

Mine was a little more random. Wolves howling at the moon on one side....

The Mr and Mrs LYMAN pumpkin. I know its a bit cheesy but definitely necessary for your first Halloween as a married couple!



Hope everyone had a spooktacular Halloween!

The wisdom of a 5 year old.

Yesterday I decided to hang out with my five year old cousin Samantha. She is a doll and so much fun to be around. I surprised her when she came home from school and took her out to lunch with me. She loved every minute of it. Typically on our "girl dates" we have fun and random conversations about life and how fast she is trying to grow up. I've already been informed that she would like to start shaving her legs now because she is getting married when she is ten. After lunch she told me that she wanted to be a mother and asked how to become one. I told her that first she needed to grow up a little bit, find a boy that you love very much and then after a while you can have a baby and become a mother. Then I asked Sam when I should be a mother. She quickly responded with "Don't worry Jesus will tell you when its time." What a smarty pants.

We're employed!

Zach now works for UFRA and loves his job! He gets to blow stuff up, practice welding, and now can paint like a pro. haha. UFRA has taught him several different skills since he has been there. I'm glad he likes what he does.

I got a job working at Michaels craft store, so far so good. I love scrap booking and all that fun stuff so I know I will really enjoy this job.

So that's it for now. We are employed and happy. Life is good, marriage is great and we are still madly in love, of course.

Our amazing wedding! :)

Here is a little look at our reception, more pictures to follow!

Sorry Ladies, I won.

So this is the start of week three as a happily married couple. I will fill you in on the adventures of the past few weeks as soon as I find my camera cable so I can upload some pictures. We are finally starting to figure out the routine of how things work with each other and around our house. From the silly habits to the pet peeves we have. I need to give my mom some serious credit for putting up with me all these years and pray for Zach because he has NO idea the amount of crazy he just married.

I can honestly say that I married the BEST man in the ENTIRE world. Now I know that may sound a bit drastic considering how many men are actually on the planet, but Zach is amazing and I have no idea how I got him to fall for me. Let me give you a couple examples of just how wonderful my husband is... The other night we were having our "before bed snack" of Oreo cookies and milk and I mentioned that we needed to get double stuff Oreos next time because these single stuff ones just aren't doing it for me. Then without skipping a beat Zach grabbed all the cookies, pulled them apart and make them "double stuff" just for me. He kept the plain cookies for himself.

Another example of his wonderfulness was a couple nights after my family went home to California. The wedding stuff was finally over and we were starting to settle in. I tried to fall asleep one night but my mind was racing with the thoughts of family being so far away, missing my friends, my dog and anything else that popped into my mind. I decided to sit in the other room and try to clear my head so I could go to sleep. Honestly, I was an emotional mess, but in comes Zachary and without a word just held me on the couch and let me cry in his arms. It is the little things he does that lets me know how much he loves me. I love his selflessness and how caring he is. He makes me laugh every day, even when I am being a pill. He always knows the right thing to say when I am homesick or in a bad mood. In fact, it is currently a little after 1 in the morning and I can't sleep again. Zach is laying in bed and instead of bugging me to go play on the computer in the other room he is being a good sport and trying to sleep through it. I am so thankful for such a wonderful husband and I hope he knows just how much I love him. For now, I will get off the computer and let him sleep. :)