The Ugliest blog post ever

Nov 16-My friends got me these sweet presents to cheer me up at the hospital. It was nice to have a sweet piggy to sleep next to.

Oct 22-Bugg on his perch :)

Oct 24-Homemade pumpkin pie cheesecake

Oct 25-I love my monster shirt

Oct 30-Our beloved silly redhead Caleb got married to the beautiful and spunky Jenna. It was a fun wedding and I loved spending it with two of my favorite girls Christie and Dani. Plus Brand and I finally got to do the "how long have you been married dance" Thanks for a beautiful night Mr. and Mrs. Stanton

Oct 30 part 2-After the wedding the rest of us had an awesome costume party and we went as Forrest and Jenny Gump. It was a blast and I laughed SO hard that night.

Oct 31-The end of our Halloween supply

Nov 2-A little tortilla on top of a regular tortilla...that would be a tiny quesadilla

Nov 3-We're silly

Nov 10-A broken glass :(

Nov 13-Doggy sitting Maebe..this picture is hilarious and she is adorable.

Nov 14-In the ER..sadsies

Nov 15-A really cool statue at Gonzaga. Mom needed pics of it and Brand went and took pics as I rested at home out of the hospital.

Nov 18-Pretty snow!

Nov 19-Midnight showing of HP! We spelled out Mollie with our hands to honor our fellow Harry Pothead who is in Ireland

Nov 21-A candy dish I made my grandma

Nov 20-Dexter with his new harness

Nov 20 part 2!-Our Operation Christmas Child box we sent to a girl in Peru.

Nov 22-Dexter loves the snow and these are his happy paws.

Nov 25-Tryptophan will make anyone take a nap...even Brand! A happy Thanksgiving :)

Nov 26-Ollie as the Festival of Trees

Nov 30-Nov 29 was a horrible day that involved a busted water pipe and then a busted car. Nov 30 I got to see Brand in his manliness and here is the grease on his face to prove it.

Dec. 7-The result of the work cookie exchange

Dec. 5-144 sugar cookies dipped in chocolate and peppermint candies

Happy Christmas!

Merry Christmas all you fellow bloggers!
I have some thoughts about this Christmas. It's been a little weird this year and I have not been able to get into the swing of things. Getting a Christmas tree helped but unfortunately things keep getting in the way which are preventing me from enjoying this joyous time of year. I was supposed to see my family the weekend before Christmas to celebrate the birth of Ollie and then to celebrate the birth of our Lord. But a broken down car shot down all those hopes. I was pretty grumpy for awhile. Not knowing when I'll see my family next breaks my heart. I knew that being away from them for the actual day would be hard. Missing out on traditions, missing out on seeing their faces as they open their gifts, and just plain missing my family. The thought of being with them the week before was comforting...now I feel like Christmas is just not happening.
I'm getting more into the Christmas mood. We have lights up and stockings hung. Christmas presents fill the space under the tree. And I am excited to work in some Adams family traditions and to start one of our own. But I know come Christmas morning I'll miss waking up early, opening up stockings, sitting in our assigned seating, opening presents up one by one, seeing the faces of my family who works hard all year long to relax and receive gifts that they'd never get themselves (save for Stephen who we have to tell NOT to buy certain things before Christmas). It won't be the same. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I won't be bummed. I love my in-laws and I know that being with his family is important to Brand, but I just can't quite get there....

Also, just to let you know, I am currently working on my next picture of the day blog. I have SO many pictures in one blog that it's hard to organize them in order on my teeny computer screen so once I've stolen Brand's I'll finally publish it.

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I'm not the best at sticking to things. I've never been good at New Year's Resolutions. And if I ever find myself overweight...I will probably never stick to a diet.
I have the BEST intentions. However, those Intentions are usually beaten to a bloody pulp by Laziness. Despite it's name, Laziness is actually quite active in my life. For example, instead of writing this blog I could be uploading pictures and writing cute quirky captions and actually be doing what this little blog was set up to do...but I choose to not look for my camera cord. Even if I could find it, I do not have many pictures to post. I have not taken a picture every day, not even every other day. My life is boring. I can't capture Brand's silly voices or my awesome jokes. I can't capture the feeling he gives me when he looks at me. I can't capture how light my heart feels as I come home to my sweet dog and my hilarious cat. I'm not an artist and although some people may be able to capture feelings in pictures, I just can't seem to do it. It's hard to take a picture of something that can't be seen. I really credit photographers (shout out to Rheanne!).
I think a lot of people think they can be photographers (evidenced by many "My Photography" albums on facebook that look well...not so great.) but not everyone can really capture these feelings. So a big shout out to you Rheanne and your sister and all the wonderful photographers out there..I'm so impressed by your creativity, insight, and of course your eye. Even though I never try to make the pictures look artistic, I'm impressed that photographers can find such beauty in everything when all I can see are these white walls....