Six Months

Six months ago today, on June 30th, James and I were married!

The weather was suppose to be the hottest day of the year...

it wasn't.

It was PERFECT!

When we walked out of the Temple,

clouds rolled in and shaded us from the heat.

The reception was beautiful.

It was by far the funnest reception i've been to!

The live oldies band was amazing.

The food was divine.

The wedding cakes...

tasted wonderful, looked terrible.

(thanks to the car accident they got into on their way)

The family was looking their best in their black and white.

The flowers were gorgeous.

The dancing was outrageous.

The honeymoon was eventful.

Not like a typical honeymoon that's for sure...

Stomach flu.

The past six months have been wonderful.

There has been good times

Fun times

Hard times

Memorable times

Enjoyable times

Funny times

Sad times

and the best of times.

I cannot believe that it has already been 6 months! We have had some great time together and I cannot wait to continue our journey together!

I love you James!

Leading to Christmas

The Craven Christmas Party.

aka

The Nativity.

This is the big part of our Christmas Party.

 Even though we had amazing food and great company...

it's the Nativity that is the big highlight of the night.

Me and stuff 'lucked' out of being in it...we were

'taking pictures'

Here is the rest of the family and their amazing costumes.

PS..I think the costumes get better and better each year

Check out the Shepherd...

AND the Donkey! (the 2 best costumes!)

And the Sheep!

Samuel (dodging stones...or socks)

The Beautiful Star

She held up the star above her head the whole time!

(that never happens..usually the star gets in trouble)

 

 

 

 My cute Wiseman.

(he was so happy to participate...without me)

Jake should have been kicked out of the Choir of Angels.

iphones are NOT allowed!

 

 My cute Grandparents baring their testimonies

My absolute favorite part of the night!!

After the Nativity the family started to leave.

The boys went down stairs to watch their

ACTION PACKED MOVIE...

While the girls did what girls do best...

TALK!

I made some yummy hot cocoa and did this outside...

so much fun!

I love the babies!

And I love my husband!

(he's getting...better...at pictures

or at least we are getting there )

:)

 

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On Monday for Family Night, we got together with Thomas and Sydney.

We went to see the pretty lights at Temple Square!

It was....

FREEEEZING!

And the air was

NASTY!

But it was, oh, so much fun!

 

Lets Be Honest

LETS BE HONEST HERE...

I quit my job at Allyse's Bridal a few weeks ago.

Things just got crazy there and I didn't want to be apart of it anymore...

LETS BE HONEST...

I LOVE NOT WORKING!!!!

I've been working for my parents trying to get their house back together after their remodel.

...It's a mess.

And can you say

CHRISTMAS PARTY THERE TOMORROW...
Yikies!

I've also been doing odds and ends things our families and for my Grandpa.

I'm bringing in more money that I did at the bridal shop...

HECK YES!

LETS BE HONEST...

I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME!

I love waking up whenever I want...

(lets be honest..i did that anyway)

I love not studying...

(lets be honest..didn't really do that either)

I Love not going to class everyday...

(you can fill in the blank here)

BUT LETS DO BE HONEST...

I love all the Christmas Lights

I love looking at our Christmas Tree

I love the holiday spirit

I love being with Family

I love all the parties

(even if we have to pick and choose which ones we can go to)

I loved going to the Messiah

I'm excited for the Joseph Smith Party at the Wright's on Sunday

And Yes...LETS BE HONEST

I AM excited for the Craven Christmas party...

which INCLUDES the Nativity!!

Cuz..LETS BE HONEST

I WAS finally MARY LAST YEAR!!!!!

YEAH!!

I love the long nights of doing nothing

I love the snow that falls occasionally

Last but defiantly not least...

I love being with JAMES!!

And...
LETS BE HONEST

James passed his Serious 66 Test!!!

That means he isn't studying all day/night/morning.

We actually have time together..

And he has more he can do at work!!

Ya Ya YA!

LETS BE HONEST..

CHRISTMAS IS IN ONE WEEK!!!!

I'm super duper excited!!!

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Our Charlie Brown Christmas

While James was out chasing ducks with is shotgun last week, he decided he would pick up our first Christmas tree. He and his brother bought permits and James came home with a tree. Do you remember Charlie Browns Christmas tree? Well, let me refresh your memory...

Well, our tree, isn't THIS bad, it's just...unique! There are a ton of branches on the bottom of tree, pretty much zero branches in the middle and then the top. I decorated it today and did the best I could. We got our cute ball ornaments from All a Dollar of all places! woohoo for only spending 10 bucks on decor..oh and we got our stockings there. Hey! We are in a recession here!! I tried to take some pictures of our tree. I'm happy with it, James is proud of his tree...it's gonna be a Merry Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

Yay for Christmas Time!!!

Happy Holidays!!

I blame the Ducks

I've been sick the past two days, ya know, the sick where you can't get off the couch, everytime you move or breath it hurts kinda sick, the sick you just want to sleep all day.
 Well, James came home from school last night all bothered because of this 'Derek' kid who messed up his presentation and now they have to redo to. LAME!
 Well, there I was, sick, sick on the couch moaning and he came and sat by me and rubbed my leg. ah, cute eh?!
 He had mentioned he might be going duck hunting this weekend, but ne never told me the exact plan.
 Well, when ten o'clock rolled around, I rolled off the couch, grabbed my blankie and headed to bed.
 Well, when I woke up at 11:32, James was not in bed.
When I woke up at 1:51, He still wasn't in bed.
Then at some time, i'd say about 3 or so,
I heard a car...a car leaving my drive way.
I feel back asleep without worrying about it. I should have worried...
It was the Ducks.
Now, throughout the night I could have been a good wife and look and see where he was...but I couldn't... was sick!
When I finally woke up this morning and stumbled out of bed, James was nowhere to be found, nor was his hunting gear. Hummm

The ducks had called. Blasted Ducks!

List

My list of things to look forward to...

1. Being done with this semester!!!
2. Celebrating mine and James' 4th Christmas together. 1st one actually being married
3. Picking out our first Christmas tree and decorating it!
4. The first BIG SNOW STORM!
5. Putting outside lights on our first home!
6. Not having to wake up for school OR WORK! yay!
7. Staying up late and watching Christmas movies!
8. Having James all to myself!
9. Going to see the lights at Temple Square!
10. Going to see the Joseph Smith movie with Thomas and Sydney!
11. Ice Skating at the Galivan Center (I'm still trying to convince James with this one)
12. Staying in my PJ's all day just because I can.
13. Having Hot Chocolate for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
14. Family Christmas parties that we say we hate each year but LOVE going to because it's the holidays and we get to spend time with the family.
15. Snow tubing...
16. Any snow activities!
17. Spending time with Family and Friends!