Christmas pics plus a small tour

A few pictures of our house and Christmas stuff. We are mostly done moving in. At this point it is all about little projects that we can do over time. But the house was in really good condition when we bought it, so most things are things I want to do for aesthetics. And just a few pics of me playing with my camera, thought you might like them :)

We got a tree from a lot this year...we just didn't have time to hike and cut one down. But I bought the permit so we will try next year.

Getting bigger! Not exactly excited about that, but excited the due date is coming soon.

Playing around with settings.

Christmas slippers for our baby (next year).

It took a few tries to get this right...all about practice :)

I had to do it. How many times are you pregnant during Christmas?

Our tree!

It snowed last Sunday morning. It was so peaceful and Jamir's first meeting got cancelled so we didn't have to leave until 7:30 woo hoo!

Our view from the back yard...which is all foggy.

It melted by the end of the day...but still pretty. There were kids out playing early in the morning.

And some of our house...I haven't gotten around to fixing/hanging pics, but you get the idea.

Our room. complete with master bath, walk in closet and door to back deck. I really like it :)

Living room/kitchen. I love how we can cook and sit in the same room.

Kitchen...I'm thinking of painting the cabinets white..with silver pulls. Suggestions? The rest of the house has the same color scheme. 

Formal living room/music room. I think you are supposed to put the couches here, but we wanted the other space for it. And Jamir is working to finish putting the piano together. He had to reinforce some things.

And....my early Christmas present! Jamir wanted to wait until Christmas to get me one, but you would be surprised how fast kittens go on craigslist! His name is Manolo and he is very sweet. He is probably the most social cat I've ever had and he purrs constantly (to the point of waking us up at night). He follows me around the house and we are working on getting him to not sleep on our faces at night. I think he and our baby will be best friends.

Proof how much my husband loves me.

Checking out the view from our bedroom window.

Thanksgiving 2015

I am just getting around the posting this! This month has been crazy! And it's not over yet. But things are starting to slow down and we can start to enjoy our Christmas holiday. With moving to a new house, Jamir's school, church callings (and performances), and getting ready for a baby, I am so tired! Today is my first day of relaxing. Sooo...on to our Thanksgiving. Pics of the house to come soon.

We ventured to Elko for Thanksgiving. It was quite the voyage. It had snowed a lot the night before and so the roads were icy and packed. It took us two hours longer than usual. At one point we had to stop and clear the ice from around our wheels. But we made it. We were able to see the Hubbard's for a bit, cut the trees on Friday, play at the rest home, eat our own family dinner, and do the turkey trot Sat morning (I walked). And then another drive to Pocatello for Lucy's baby blessing (Jamir's niece). It was nice to have some relaxing time before heading back to packing and moving.

It was a beautiful drive nonetheless.

Jamir cutting the tree

Dad "helping"

The snow made for a pretty landscape.

In front of the tree for the house.

Always so tall

Grandma looking cute in the snow.

Some friends from Australia came with us. It was fun hearing their accents.

Cam and his tree (bush) for his apt.

Playing at the rest home. Sorry its so blurry. It's a phone pic with someone who didn't hold it steady.

Daniel's band.

Cam's arrangement for his floral design class...I may have taken over a bit.

Thanksgiving dinner with the missionaries.

Me waddling to the end of the turkey trot. Jamir came back and walked with me.

Cam got second place.

And Dad first in his category.

Jamir got first in his too.

Cold, but beautiful landscape for a run.

Fall Maternity Pictures...kinda

For Halloween I really wanted to explore the Historic Jacksonville Graveyard. We have stopped there before for a quick look, but I thought it would be fun to walk around a little more. It has several gravestones that say, "killed by Indians" and pretty old historic stuff. And since next year we may be doing the whole dress up and trick-or-treat bit, I wanted to enjoy this last one with just us.

Unfortunately, I didn't get as many pictures as I would like. Basically I have to set the camera on the tripod, focus on Jamir, run to get in the frame and strike a pose...this camera doesn't have the 10 frames per second option. (I want a remote!). Anyways, it can get complicated. And our tripod just isn't sturdy enough to hold our heavy camera. So, with a broken tripod, and a few shots this is what I managed.

I plan on taking some come December with more patience :)

I know I have a little cheesy smile, I think it is good practice for directing people how to pose.

Oh, and the leaves have been sooo pretty. So vibrant. We love it.

Just playing around