Thanksgiving weekend

Well, a couple pounds later, and I'd say this year was  a success. We got to spend Thanksgiving with just my family this year. In the past we have usually separated the day by attending both my family and Caleb's family. It wouldn't work this year so the day was spent with my family. So much food, fun, chit chattin, games, and sleep.

Here's a list of what I'm most thankful for. No particular order.

My husband and an absolute amazing marriage. 

Both of our families and how close we all are.

Libbie our pup. As obnoxious as she can be sometimes, I still love her to pieces.

Our health.

The roof over our head that can provide protection.

Food on our table.

Our jobs and education.

The clothes on our backs.

The gospel.

The cars we have. 

There is so much more I am thankful for but I will spare you pages of reading. Those are really what it comes down too though. 

All in all, I loved Thanksgiving!

On Friday, Caleb had to work. Booo! Thumbs down. So I ended up at my parents house to hang out. We pretty much had a chill day. There was a lot of baby holdin which is totally ok with me. Later that night, some of us went shooting up on the hill. 

I really haven't been shooting a whole lot in my life. I remember going a bunch more when I was a kid with my dad and brother. But since then I have maybe done it a handful of times. And to be honest, shooting a 22 is my favorite. The big guns are fun, but I like the smaller guns. :) I'm not too shabby for not shooting a whole lot in my life. 

That was pretty much Thanksgiving weekend. Here are a few pictures of the last week.

After work one day, me and Caleb were talking. Long story short and a few jokes later, I ended up giving him a pedicure. I wanted to practice my painting skills. And this is what we got. An attempted Olaf and snowflakes. Haha he is such a good sport. 

I love waking up to texts like this from Caleb. He finds the funniest things to send. 

And just because I freaking love this guy. I am a blessed girl to be married to someone so so great. He makes living life such a hoot. 

FINALLY!

First off, I saw that my sister put up her Christmas tree, so I just couldn't wait another second. I got all our winter/christmas decorations out and put up our tree. I don't care if people say "you have to wait till after Thanksgiving!" yada yada....For me, having my tree up before puts me in that holiday spirit and gets me MORE excited for Thanksgiving. So, no worries haters!..I am still feeling grateful! ;)

Also, I FINALLY got my dental assisting diploma in the mail! Wahoo!! I finished school back in July, but they won't send your diploma till you have all the school paid off. So me and Caleb finally paid that off a couple weeks ago and today I finally received that fancy piece of paper :) One thing...they freakin spelled my last name wrong. Guh. I swear, NO ONE spells my name right. And this time I can't change it. Whatevs. It feels official now. 

Go me!

The start of a someday family

I always debate on posting personal things, but this process isn't a small thing, and it's something that we deal with everyday. It's something huge, its the start of our someday family. Since my last post about infertility, I mentioned that the next step was a doctors appointment to start the process. And today was the day. I'm not going to go into detail until we get more test results and know more. As of now, we both have to have some tests done. Then from there we will know more of what we will be doing. As of now, it looks like we are leaning towards IUI. But, won't know much until the results are in.

Even though today was mainly a consultation, I feel SO much more hope than I have felt in a very, very long time. Probably since month 1 to be honest. After so much disappointment month after month, I am ready for something good to happen. I hope and pray this isn't going to break the bank seeing that pretty much everything isn't covered by insurance and that SOMETHING works. I am trying to stay positive and hope for the best. But also am trying to be real that there is that chance that maybe nothing will work. Overall, I'm excited to be taking the next step into hopefully getting that family I've always dreamed of having. I am definitely grateful for such a great husband. It's been nice to lean on each other through something so big and so hard. Glad I have him by my side through it all. Love him to pieces.

Day one of our fertility process. Smiling faces and staying hopeful! We got this! :)

Also, this is a song I listen to often. I absolutely love it. I'm sure this is how our future kids are and describes our situation well. Enjoy :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6K6VDD05yQ

Pictures and snow

Yesterday I got to tend my sweet nephew for just a little bit. While I babysat I was finally able to take some pictures of him where he wasn't upset. I have found that I have really progressed in pictures and am happy with how a lot of them are turning out anymore. I still need a nice camera but it has definitely become a hobby of mine.

Probably my favorite one! Absolutely precious.

I just love him! So cute. It's weird how I see so much of my dad in him and sometimes even my grandpa Luthy. 

Last night me and Caleb were up late. I kept seeing all these posts on Facebook that it was snowing. Since we live in a basement apartment, we can't really see outside. So I opened the door and sure enough, snow! And for the first time ever, I was excited to see it! I had to show Caleb because he LOVES the snow. I told him to look outside. We opened our door and it was seriously so pretty! I love how it lights up the earth a bit with everything white. There is something peaceful about snow falling. We had to go outside and stand in it. It was freeing cold, but so pretty.

Although this picture is kinda blurry, It still means a lot to me. Pictures capture moments. And I love to capture all the moments I can so I can forever have those memories to look back on. Sometimes Caleb grumbles about how many pictures I take, but even to this day, I will look back at silly, sad, great, and fun memories that I sometimes forget about until I look at the picture. And I will forever be grateful for the pictures I take. Like this moment. I'm sure it's one I would maybe forget about, but because I have it, I will now always remember that me and Caleb had a great day and it ended with a midnight kiss in the first snowfall of 2014. 

Happy birthday babe!

Caleb turned 25 today! A quarter of a century old. It has been a lot of fun being with him for the past 5 birthdays. I can't believe we've done 5 of them together! It's crazy to me! I swear just yesterday I was in high school. I guess that's what happens when you are in love and havin fun--time flies! Anyways, I kept asking Caleb for weeks what he wanted to do for his birthday. His response every time was "stay home". I guess it's kinda true, when you work all the time and you get a day off, you pretty much don't want to do anything. Or at least anything that lasts all day. So that left me in a pickle. I wanted to at least do something fun for him. We kept it simple, but still had a great day! Last night or I guess early this morning around 2 a.m. we were up. I hung up a happy birthday banner in the kitchen so Caleb could see it all day today. We finally went to sleep around 4 in the morning..:/.. don't judge. We slept in late and took our time getting ready. After we were ready, I had Caleb open his presents. He is going to buy himself some technology something for his computer, but I still wanted to get him something.

I didn't get a picture of what he got. But I gave him some new sweats, a couple of new shirts, and his favorite treats. Rice krispies, peanut m&ms, and wafer cookies. 

After opening his gifts, we loaded up, dropped Libbie off at his parents house, and then headed to Idaho Falls to hang out. We didn't stay long and the MAIN reason we went down was so he could get Panda Express. Something we never get because, #1. It's discusting. #2. We live a half hour away from it. and #3. It's discusting. haha So he loaded up enough for a couple of meals and home we came. 

We have now just been hanging out. He has been playing the new Call of Duty game and loves it. 

Happy birthday babe. I love you with all my heart. 

Catching up

Here's a small random post of what has been going on with us...

I have been feelin a little crafty lately. Although I am getting a little frustrated. I have a pile of home decor and crafts to hang up or put out but have seriously no more room left in our little apartment. Right here in front of the picture frames was the last spot. Another reason buying a house could not come soon enough! 

I got to babysit my sweet nephew. Love his guts.

Love me some snuggle time where we watch you tube, or a show, movie, whatever, 

Ready to go to Kash's baby blessing.

My sister blessed her boy this last Sunday. 

Last week at work, I went back to check my phone. When I opened it I realized I had a text from my dad. For years, us kids tried to get him to text and he always said it was easier to pick up the phone and call ya. He never knew how to text, and had zero interest. So when I saw this text from my dad, it nearly made me cry happy tears. So thoughtful, and so sweet. Apparently, he now knows how to text! haha

This was how festive we got for halloween this year! hahaaha I was dying!

Libbie HATED  life with her witch costume. And she totally was ticked at me for putting it on her. haha I can't help it that I'm a tease! Don't worry, it only stayed on long enough for a picture. ;)

And that's all of the random happenings!