Thankful for Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year we had the opportunity to go to Nick's parent's house in Nevada, and it was so wonderful. This was the first time I had been to Nick's house, so it was so great to see where Little Nick grew up. He gave me a tour of Fallon, and it actually reminded me a lot of Saline. It was so fun to see all the little places I had heard about and see where his childhood took place.

I am really bad at taking pictures, and even worse at knowing what to even take them of, so unfortunately I do not have as many pictures of the trip as I would like. Nick's family is absolutely wonderful, I love them so much. I am so grateful and blessed to have two such amazing families! They took such good care of us, and we ate a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner and had so much fun the whole time we were there. We went shopping, to the movies, ate A LOT at various delicious places (including at home), played games, and hiked. Here are a few pictures of one of our hikes (which is unfortunately the only thing I took pictures of).



This is Conliegh and her fiance, John. It was really fun to meet him and so good to see Conliegh so happy. Overall it was a fabulous trip, and I'm so glad that we were able to go, and so sad that we had to leave.

P.S. Nick and I really don't wear those two sweatshirts everyday, we just put them on when it is cold outside, which happens to be when most of these pictures are taken. Total coincidence, I promise.

October

October was pretty fun. We went to a pumpkin patch, carved pumpkins, and I found a donut that I was extremely excited about. It was delicious. Too bad Nick isn't a donut fan, he totally missed out on that bit of holiday cheer.

For the ward Halloween Party cakewalk I made some pumpkin cupcakes. They didn't quite turn out the way I wanted them to, but it was fun and a good learning experience!

Journey to San Antonio

Ok, so this was a while ago, but I've finally just got around to posting it. Nick had a free weekend, so we went up to check out San Antonio. It was way fun, and the Riverwalk was beautiful. It is built along a few miles of the river, with shops, restaurants, points of interest, and beautiful architecture and landscaping down both sides. Here are a few pictures:


We went to the Rainforest Cafe for the first time while on the Riverwalk, so that was fun. Nick found a new friend there.


We also got to see the Alamo, which was pretty cool too. There were also some tourist-trap places around the Alamo, so we allowed ourselves to get sucked in. There was this ride thing that you get inside the car with guns and put on 3D glasses, and then ride through this building and shoot stuff. We were pretty tough. And it was awesome.

Journey to Texas

Well, we're finally here in Texas, and are finally getting settled in. Nick just started his primary flight training this week, so he'll be pretty busy for awhile. Our apartment is right on the bay and we have a beautiful view of it from every window. Corpus Christi is a pretty cool place, but we just wish we had more time to explore it before Nick started his training.

On the journey from Florida to Texas, however, we had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures:


We stopped in New Orleans to check it out, and a woman pulled us aside and wrote us a ticket for looking too decent, for being party poopers, and for Nick not shaving. Then she asked us to buy a hat for a charity, so I got a new hat and Nick got off with a warning.


Then one night we were looking for a place to stay, and we saw these signs for a casino and thought, "hey, food", so we followed the signs for what seemed forever, which led us into the middle of scary nowhere, and then the casino suddenly loomed out of the darkness at us. We went inside to check it out, and found that there wasn't a hotel attached, but we did find Nick's happy place: FREE COKE. I swear I could hear "Dream Weaver" playing when he saw it. So we got some free coke and left.

We also stopped at this really cool plantation, which had the most beautiful grounds I've ever seen. We were able to walk around them for quite awhile, which was really nice. We didn't go on the house tour to see the inside, but the grounds were more than enough to keep me happy.

When we finally made it to Texas, we were going to stop in a few places along the way that looked promising. Stopping in one town that was supposed to have museums, art galleries, and a lot of things to see ended up being a ghost town. Downtown, all the shops were boarded up and out of business, the skyscrapers empty, and there wasn't a soul in sight. Really kinda sad and creepy. But, we did find the World's Largest Fire Hydrant there, so I guess it wasn't a total loss.

Well, that's it for now, hopefully we'll have some more pictures to post soon!