Happy Thanksgiving from sunny Arizona!

This year for Thanksgiving no family came into town, nor did we travel anywhere exciting. It was home sweet home in sunny AZ for us! And we had a blast! We made dinner plans with Kylee and Brody and some new friends, Melissa and Robert. Robert is from the Netherlands and this was his FIRST Thanksgiving dinner. It was so funny...after dinner Robert was like, "so what do we do next?!" We were all like, "now we take a nap and eat again later." HA! Classic American Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving morning, Daniel woke up and played in the ward Turkey Bowl while I started baking. He got home and was pooped out so fell asleep and woke up with a splitting migraine. Soooo, while I was slaving away in the kitchen, he was in the bedroom with no light and sound to disturb him and throwing up in the bathroom. Poor guy. Magically when dinner was ready he felt much better ;)

Kylee made the turkey, corn, jello and saurkraut. Yes, saurkraut lol. It's a Thanksgiving tradition in her family! Melissa brought green bean casserole, rolls and TWO pies. And I brought the mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, candied yams and a pecan pie...which if I might add was DELICIOUS! Actually, all the food was fantastic! 

Later that night we did something I am not proud of...we opened an early Christmas present! Dan bought Beatles's Rock Band about a month ago as a Christmas surprise but spilled the beans almost immediately. So it has been sitting in our back bedroom taunting us, well...taunting Dan. He wanted to open it back in October and I wanted to wait and open it on Christmas. As I have learned in my 2 1/2 years of marriage, compromise is the only way to go. We agreed on opening our present on Thanksgiving!  

We had a christening of Beatles's Rock Band by having a rock band party! And by party I mean Kylee and Brody came over and we played it all night long! We anticipate many more rock band parties in our future. 

We had so much fun and it was the perfect way to end a spectacular Thanksgiving!

HARRY POTTER PREMIER!

OK, so we are fairly new Harry Potter converts. We watched all the Harry Potter movies only about a year ago! Then this past summer we started reading all the books. Dan read all seven since he was out of commission with his surgery. I only made it through book 4 lol. NONETHELESS, we were super stoked for the 7th movie! We weren't planning on going to the midnight premier but our friends Kylee and Brody are probably the biggest Harry Potter fans I know so they talked us into it! SO WORTH IT!

We bought our tickets in advance but on my way home from work on Thursday I stopped by the theater to see if a line had formed yet (I hear Harry Potter brings out a wicked crowd). The line was out the door and curving around the building...at 5pm!!! So I just got in line and waited for Dan, Ky and Brody to come to me lol. The line moved inside around 7pm and we got into the theater around 8pm. We all took turns switching off and on saving seats.

We loaded up on lots of yummy snacks and candy. We brought cards but we were all too excited to play. We really just sat and talked lol. Since I'm usually in asleep by 10pm I decided to try out a 5-hour energy! Me and Ky downed them in one chug! The verdict is in....it works!

I won't ruin the movie for anyone but it...was...AMAZING!!! Now I haven't read book 7, so PLEASE, please, please no one ruin part 2 for me :) We have already decided to go again Thanksgiving after dinner. So excited!

We are officially Harry Potter geeks :)

A life I never want to have...

Daniel has been out of town this week visiting companies in San Francisco with his school. Just a few things I've learned while living alone these few days...

• As a 24 year old woman I have to sleep with the light on
• I cannot sleep without a warm body to snuggle with
• I have zero motivation to get up and work out in the morning without someone dragging me out of bed, pathetic I know
• Why make dinner for one person when you can order take out?
• Carrying on a conversation with the TV isn't quite the same...
• Cell phones suck, give me the real thing!

We've stayed apart before for a few nights here and there. And it's never great staying away from each other but things come up...no big deal. Fortunately Dan being gone is only a temporary, three night, dilemma. But it has definitely got me thinking (oh no, she's thinking). Dan is starting to interview with lots of companies. How will we handle a new career? Business trips? Long hours? Late nights? My opinion...what's the point? Honestly. Where does it all get you if you have no one to come home to at the end of the day? 

I am very excited for the potential opportunities opening up for Dan. We have no idea where we might end up. In the next six months we could be moving across town, across the country or across the world! The point is, we'll be together. I can live in an unfamiliar city with unfamiliar people, possibly with an unfamiliar language...but only as long as we're experiencing the adventure together!

We will not have a relationship with each other's answering machine. We will not live separate lives joint by quick emails and texting. That said, bring on life's new adventure! We will take it on together!