so scurrrrrred

what scurs you?
this past hollows holiday we all had the opportunity to stop and think about the things in this world that scare us, embrace them, and even face those deep fears by dressing up as them. it's a stick it to the man kind of thing. maybe?

last weekend we were invited to a mystery dinner party, we all got characters to learn and take on as our own identity for the evening. dennis was Manny something, a disco singer extraordinaire. me? I was Polly Esther Stuffincup. who is that you ask? well since your wondering, she is a slut. the whore of Babylon even, her costume suggestion was "a skirt that is way too short, and a low cut tight shirt".....ya that sounds like something i could whip up, no problem. she is only 19 years old so i hope that is why they chose to give me the part, and not for anyother reason.....

thankfully, the party was cancelled. i was having a dreadful time trying to come up with a outfit to properly portray miss polly.

the next night, we made our way down to my parents house for a party my little (younger maybe more appropriate) sister was hosting. she totally decked out the place, it looked aaaaaawesome.

here are some snappy snaps i took.

oh, dennis and i decided to go a bronx people, since he was familiar with the dress code, and brought home some fitting pieces from his mission.

i decided to go with a pregger belly, because well... it seemed fitting. apparently it looked pretty real, i even stumped my own mother for a moment.

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 but that's not scary you're saying to your self, and yes i agree with you. but you know what it scary?

packing.

packing is scarey. atleast it is if you are me, or in any proximity to me while the packing is taking place, it's like your worst hair day on crack.

                                                             to me, this is a daunting sight. 

                                                             it can stop me dead in my tracks.

                                                             and paralyze me for hours.

     

this is the current state that it is in

maybe tomorrow it will be better

i've been....

day dreaming of being here

and taking long walks down this beach



to say that i am excited to leave on saturday at 8:20 am, is totally an understatement

i am almost jumping out of my skin

i have spend the majority of my day (not working) looking at the resort's website

just kidding about the not working thing, i have been swamped almost all day, i just take mental holidays every now and then.

4 days!

now i just need to pack.....

little things that make a big difference

today something wonderful happened.
we got a new dishwasher.
see, isn't that wonderful?
well it is to us, and by us i mean me.

just take a look at this thing of beauty

i'm in love

it even has that "new appliance smell", it's kind of like the new car smell, but since we dont have one of those, yet, this one is better.

after it was installed, i started thinking how lucky we are to have one. how easy this one appliance makes our life, and to be honest how much it helps keep our little kitchen clean.

then my mind went to our washer and dryer, that one is a true life saver. i couldn't imagine having to take extra time, and money, to do our laundry. it is so nice to just be able to throw a load in, carry on with loading the dishwasher, then what.... i dont even know, i suddenly have so much time on my hands.

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and now for another little precious thing...

that would be little baby lincoln tucked into dennis' sweatshirt.

drawing a blank

do you ever have a one of those days... weeks.... months... (you get where i'm going with this) where it seems like there wasn't a minute to rest, but when looking back you cant think of a single thing that happened? well this past week was kind of like that.

so, let's recap some of the highlights shall we?

on saturday thanksgiving weekend, dennis and i celebrated our first wedding anniversary by going to dinner at ruth's chris steakhouse. there literally are no words to describe how delicious our meal was. and if you are ever thinking of going to dinner there for a special occasion, make sure to mention what that occasion is, birthday, anniversary blah blah blah and your dessert is on the house.

sunday, our actually anniversary date, we went to church in the morning then stayed home,enjoyed the day together, and went on a walk around our community.

at the end of this pathway, it opens up to a beautiful park complete with large trees, piles of yellow leaves everywhere, and a swing set, dennis loved the swing set.

 monday, we had thanksgiving dinner at my parents house, it was deeeeeelicious, complete with homemade apple crumble, moooooouth wateriiiiiiiiiing.

tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday.
oh friday!

we went on a double date with cassie and ryan to peter's drive in, so yummy! i love their milkshakes (i always order strawberry, rasberry, blackberry) they have so many flavors, the combinations are almost endless it seems.



cass dropped her milkshake, but don't worry becauuuuuuuuse....

happy tuesday everybody

in one month....

we will be here....

with these guys...

playing in these...

eating this every morning for breakfast...

drinking as much of this as possible...

and we can't wait!









this past week...

to be quite honest has been fairly uneventful. we had a few meetings throughout the week, and i had activity days. we made cute little scripture bags, maybe i will post how we did it some other time. seriously, they were adorable.

but other then that the scene around our home has mostly consisted of...

studying, and working on this....

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on thursday cassie came to visit us, she had recently cut her bangs, and we actually look like we might be related now.

she brought dinner with her, we were supposed to have chicken wings AND mozza sticks, but we will just say that we only ended up eating chicken wings, good job dennis...

on friday we got dressed up and spent a night out on the town, first we went to a party that was hosted by some people den knows from school, it was awful, so i wont elablorate anymore. but then, we went to one of my all time favorite places to eat, mcdonalds, judge all you want, tell me all the grose facts that you can find (but i have probably already heard them anyway) but it wont change my mind, i love my mickys. and as an added bonus it's monopoly time, how fun is that?

this next photo is a father and son, we were there for like 20 mins and i kid you not the only thing these two talked about was hdmi cables, and the next generation iphone to be released.

saturday den reffed basketball, i stayed home and clean so much my mother would really be proud of me, and watched conference. can i just say how awesome is urchtdorf? he always has the best analogies, and stories.

we werent able to watch all of the sessions, so we will be watching them online over the next few days here, and most likely downloading them on itune to listen to.

sunday cass, dennis, and i made our way up to lester b. pearson to the jessica thiedman (i think that's how you spell her last name) basketball tournament, its a training tournament put on by cmba to train their reffs. dennis has been reffing for about ten years now, so he wasn't there for training, but he did however receive a bursary to go towards post secondary education, i am so proud of him, and i like him in his little striped uniform.

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how was your weekend?

what were some of your favorite highlights of conference?