turkey time etc

On Thanksgiving morning I let Lindsey talk me into doing the 5K Turkey Trot in Draper.  I had been eating like poop and had not been running in a few weeks so I wish I would have been more prepared but 30:46 was ok since my goal was just to not have to walk and I did it.  Even though some people like Paula can walk faster than my jogging pace that day.

We had a good thanksgiving and got to spend it with both of our families which is an added bonus of having them all so close.  Didn't get any pics but you know what they all look like anyways ;)
We decided to do black friday at Target which opened at midnight.  We waited outside from about 10:25 to midnight and it was a bit chilly but probably the warmest thanksgiving we have seen in awhile so it could have been worse!

We got our vacuum for a screamin deal and Tony let me get a beautiful new camera which i am so excited about! yay for deals! I then went to taipan with Danielle at 6 AM and we got lots of cute stuff for our tree... which will probably just be for next year. Shall be a test of patience and I'm not good with those but I'll try.

Our tiny christmas nook

and we had a fun day Saturday with Danielle, Afton , and Mack getting some more shopping done and we went to see Muppets... really wish I had a picture of Danielle and Mack both asleep in the movie and Danielle in the classic head straight back- mouth open pose. Mack is getting so chubby and is seriously the best baby ever!  We are going to miss seeing our kids every day!  Only three weeks til we move!

Hope you all had a fabulous thanksgiving!

kthnxbye

thankful times

I'm grateful for in no particular order

husband
family
friends

another family
rain
movies
tv
books
technology
gospel
job
indoor plumbing
soap
down comforters
down pillows
coupons
giftcards
cars
airplanes
cellulars
pictures
music
artsy fartsy
laughter
adrenaline
healthyish body
braces
treadmills
comedy
crying- helps the dry eyes
kissing
hugging....
love
life
hot showers
forgiveness
notes
treats
steak
computers
education
clothes... uggs shhhhh
holidays
parties
dressing up
photo booths
trips
beaches
disneyland!
flowers/gardens
beautiful decor... that i can't buy
hailey

a lot to be thankful for... try it :)

kthnxbye

This thing is fun...

Marriage totally is a rollercoaster.  We were pretty lucky and didn't really notice much of a difference from dating to being married except the sleepover part which was a bonus.  That's what happens when you know each other for 2 years and live two minutes apart.  I highly recommend it- nice transition.  There are definitely some arguments but lots of silly times.  Like this morning.... Tony's radio alarm clock wakes us up every morning to 92.5 FM.  This morning Usher's OMG was playing and we just started dancing robotically.  Then the chorus stopped and we kept getting dressed and the next chorus... more dancing without even planning it.  It just made me laugh.  I love that we are probably the two silliest people to ever find each other.  This morning I weighed myself and came in to tell tony I lost .5 of a lb. and started doing the john wall flexed muscle dance... I think he loved it.. or was just smiling at my ridiculousness.  I love that there is zero embarrassment between us... except when he catches me saying things like "notified" instead of "notarized"... I fixed it myself when he started laughing I KNOW THE WORD! I mix up words a lot lately and Tony is loving catching them.  I hate it but if it makes him laugh... I'll deal with it. But really... I love this guy.  I just really really love him.

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Messam Birth Celebrations!

 We celebrated Curis, Amanda, Pat, and Tony's birthdays this week at Bonsai!  It was delicious!  And can everyone just take a minute to look at Pat smiling with his teeth without being told!! It was fun to have everyone together and be laughing til it hurt. Not sure why I felt the need to bring asian persuasion to the picture but that's what happens when you get me laughing. Love that when Tony and I told Pat we want to be friends with our waiter he asked him if he was on facebook.  He's not... nor did he seem to know what fb was.... but then again Pat isn't on facebook either.

Mel made cakes for all the bdays

Pat singing

Happy Birthday to the whole Messam clan!  Love you all!

A couple pics from Tony's party at my house last week.

Tatum giving tony a card... trying not to let go.

In other news.... I died my hair pink... well it's reddish with some brown and only some people even noticed.

Tony is a jedi.  Even though we had to stand there for 5 min while i directed him to make sure none of his jacket was showing... it is magnificent.

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flustered

so tony had his birthday last wednesday and I took him out for sushi for lunch and we stayed home before he had to go to school and watched biggest loser... very fancy.  I had a good time!  I love Tony and I"m so grateful to have him ... even though he's getting old.

On Sunday we went to my family's house and had dinner and cake.  I ruined the day a little bit when I started feeling awfully ill.  Danielle came down with strep on Saturday and Monday when I woke up I had the worst sore throat of my life and I was feeling the weight of a sumo.  I went to the instacare at 7 across from my work, in the hospital .... it didn't open until 8 so i cried a little inside and went across the street to work for an hour until it opened.  When I went back they said my blood pressure was fine, no fever etc and I was thinking "great, I'm just a hypochondriac... again" I told them my sister had strep so they did a strep test.... getting swabbed with a giant q-tip when you can't swallow your own spit is an awful experience.  While they went to go get the results of my test I had a mini-anxiety attack of nausea and went into survival mode.  "where is the trash can? they don't have a trash can, just the hole in the counter. could there be a trash can not connected under the counter? I haven't eaten... maybe it would go down the sink" The dr returned before I blew chunks and .. sure enough it was strep... the pharmacy didn't open until 9! Who the heck is doing the scheduling for this place?!

so I went to the walgreens up by our house and stopped and got a smoothie at mcdonalds. I have a talent of being really sad and emotional when I don't feel well.... so I called tony in the parking lot of walgreens while I waited for my prescription and spilled my smoothie all over my cup holder, stick shift, and e brake since they filled it up too high... and didn't give me any napkins.  I was crying so hard that Tony couldn't understand anything I said as I explained I was crying because my smoothie spilled and I couldn't clean it up and I was so tired, and I didn't feel good and I don't have enough pto to miss work and i'm highly contagious and what if he gets sick.....

Tony thought I was at wal mart, had spilled my whole smoothie since I said it went "everywhere" and was very kind and offered to come pick me up to which I replied... "i'm only two streets away from our house"
I finally made it home and watched 12 episodes of private practice on netflix.  It was all very dramatic/ridiculous.  Tony doesn't get sick... like ever.  I get sick all the time... all the time.  I need someone to take care of me, Paula was my former caregiver and a lot to live up to.  Tony, Danielle and I were joking about our hypochondria (she thought she had spinal meningitis) and Tony admitted that he has a hard time being sympathetic to the nausea, acid reflux, sore throat, cough, cold, achy body... and all the other wonderful things I whine about since he doesn't know what they are like.  This blows my mind.  He can't remember the last time he threw up.  I hope our children get his immune system, his smile, and his tan.

I had a dream last night that I was in the hospital walking around and they brought me up to a hospital bed with a full grown muppet and told me "here is your baby" and "it's a girl" ... pink muppet with yellow yarn hair. I still can't stop laughing/being creeped out. Maybe because I am so tired I keep having the weirdest dreams.  I used to be really good at sleeping until we moved into our new room and now I wake up a lot in the night.  I miss being good at sleeping.  Hopefully when we move next month and are a little more permanently settled it comes back.  I will make sure to practice.

Yesterday catastrophe temple visit. We were late, semi tension in the car, I forgot my dress, then rented a dress and not the slip to which I discovered the dress was see-through, first we were late, then an hour early. But it was awesome to finally be in the right place at the right time and see tony's grandpa be sealed to his siblings and his parents.  I love the temple.

storytime complete.

kthnxbye

Nyc/Halloween

We finally got to take our trip to NYC and it was really fun to spend some time with Tony's bff Todd and his wife Jessica who are currently living upstate. They took us to all of the church sites around Palmyra which I have been waiting my whole life to do and I was not disappointed.

The sacred grove was so beautiful. I have a big place in my heart for the outdoor beauties of life thanks to my parents. We were the only ones there and it was at dusk and it was just.... well... perfection. We also got to go do a session in the Palmyra temple across from Joseph's house and that was pretty neat as well.  Definitely a good experience!

We stopped at a mennonite store upstate and we found the Bible on one page. ...

Then we headed down to NYC in Todd and Jessica's car.... in the first snowstorm of the year aka one of the worst.

The car in front of us spun into the median and then continued on back over to us and luckily Todd was able to get out of the way.... cheap thrills.  After 5 hours we made it safely to the marriott marquis in times square!
A fun place to stay, thanks to ms. Kelli Whitney for hooking us up.

Tony loves museums and so I took him to the Natural history museum ... this was probably the best part... i'm bummed we didn't actually buy these in the gift shop... probably a good reason to go back?

 These are just the pics I took on my phone so not too many but you get the idea.  We also went to the manhattan ward in the city and boy were we in luck!  It was the primary program... tony had tears from laughing so hard.  By FAR the best one I've witnessed.  Thank heavens for children! Killed me.

Halloween was spent mostly in the airport but we got home and got a nap in before the family came over for trick or treating. I must say we have got a pretty good looking bunch.

Hope you had a happy halloween!

kthnxbye