December!

You know it's bad when I start titling my blog posts by month.  I need to get better at blogging more often.  Well, December was a nice month.  Pocatello had some snow before and around Christmas.  On the 23rd, Kyle had a test in Ogden, UT and a friend in his program offered to let us stay with them at his grandmother's apartment in Salt Lake. The apartment was literally across the street from the Conference Center, with a big window in the living room, we had a beautiful view of the Salt Lake Temple with all the lights.  It was chilly and drizzling, but Kyle and I decided to go walk around temple square.  So beautiful!

We had a fun time hanging with Angela and Ryan and their kids, the drive to Ogden was better than it would have been if we were in Pocatello, and then Kyle rocked his test.  I am so proud of him and all the hard work he has been putting into this program!

Kyle and I had a very nice quiet Christmas.  It was just the two of us.  We slept in as late as we wanted and took our time opening presents.  I made our stockings this year, and I'd like to keep the tradition going and crochet stockings for all our kids.  We also got a real Christmas tree this year, and I loved it!  So beautiful and it smelled so good!

I made a delicious but simple Christmas dinner.  We had a smoked ham, cheesy potatoes, fresh sauteed green beans, rhodes rolls and some bubbly. So yummy!

We also celebrated our 3rd Wedding Anniversary on December 30th.  We've accomplished a lot in 3 years and I'm excited for our future adventures.

November!

November was an exciting month to prepare for Thanksgiving!  We invited some friends from Rexburg and my sister and her family came from Utah for Thanksgiving dinner. Kyle and I conquered our very first turkey (by ourselves).  And it turned out amazing.  Everyone brought delicious food and the company was fantastic.

During Beth, Wade and James' visit, we did Lee Family pictures.  I like to pretend that I have a tiny bit of an eye for photography.  Very amateur, but I enjoy it.  Beth and I (early risers) took James' one year pictures pretty early before the men were up and about.  James is a morning person too, so those pictures were fun and James was an excellent model.  When we tried to take the family pictures later in the afternoon, James was no longer on his morning highs, so it was a little more difficult.  Luckily the weather wasn't too cold and we got some good shots. Here's a few pics from the photo shoot.

October!

Seeing Josh Groban in concert was definitely a major highlight of October, but I also had other fun things happen.  One of them was my good friend, Nicole's, baby shower.  I had the opportunity and privilege to help her get ready for it.  I did the refreshments and Nicole did the decorations and then we got together to make it beautiful.  Here are a few pics from her shower.

I have so much fun making diaper cakes, and I think they look so cute.  A friend here in Pocatello helped me put this one together.

Nicole has actually had her baby now!  I'm so excited to meet baby Allison!

It was so much fun to see friends from Rexburg.  I am enjoying Pocatello, but that's what I miss the most about Rexburg.  I had friends so close.  Literally in the apartment above me and in the buildings on either side.  It's been a struggle for me to find as good and as close friends as I had in Rexburg.

 Emily, Marilee, me and Kristin!  I love my Rexburg friends! (Nicole included, of course.)