Keepin' up with traditions!

Remember these?? The cheap little advent calenders with the not so good quality chocolates behind the doors? They bring back so many memories for me! Now a days, most people have good sturdy wooden advent calenders that are so adorable. Well, I decided to stick with the tradition that I grew up with all my life! I LOVED and looked forward to each new day being able to open a door and eat the chocolate. I remember even somedays sneaking more than one. I could not resist buying these. I probably wont even eat the chocolates, but wanted to continue my family tradition! (And im making jon do it too. What 30 year old REALLY wants a chocolate calender??)

Finally..Finally...Finally!!!

Jon and I have been been lacking some furniture since we got here in September. One thing that we had been in need of was a kitchen table. Every night when we would eat dinner, Jon would sit at his computer desk, and i would sit on the love sac. It has not been horrible by any means, but we have been keeping our eye out for the perfect kitchen table. A lot of my decor happens to be black, and the love sac is tan so I knew I wanted a black kitchen table. We would look on craigslist every week for something, but a lot of it was either junk, ugly, or too expensive. Over the holiday weekend, I was searching on craigslist and found this table!! We went to see it, loved it, and brought it home! It matches perfectly! And is adding so much character to our bare home. LOL. When we were in Thailand on our honeymoon, I picked up some beautiful vases and bowls. The table matches perfectly with my bowl from Thailand! I am so happy. I have found it is best to wait for something you will love. Not just something you settle for. Especially when you have to pay. Our table was 200 dollars, which was a reasonable price. I am also so happy the chair pads (which are made out of microfiber) are tan! I mean all I was asking for was solid black, but black and tan is even better!

Veterans Day

Since today is Veterans Day, I wanted to tell my husband how grateful I am to him, and his dedication to our country. He loves this country and I know this is the reason he joined the army almost 11 years ago. He is so selfless and willing to do anything for us. I am such a sensitive person and am in need of constant attention, sometimes I have to battle with "our country" to be top priority in Jon's life. LOL. This is how important our country is to Jon. It is hard having the person you love most be gone off to war. I have experienced this, and it's something you have to go through to be able to understand. I am amazed at the sincere loyalty Jon has for the United States. A lot of times when I ask him "Why?" He says, "Because someone has to do it." He is so humble and willling. I love him so much, and could not be more proud to be married to a man in the military, more specifically, Jon.

I love you Jon, and thank you for your service!

Mexican Fiesta!

This was my salsa partner! He was a good sport and dressed up!

There were 5 couples that did the dance. We had so much fun!

This was our other dance. My teacher is in the black & white polka dots.


Here we are busting out our moves!

My friend and I gettin low!

Currently in my Spanish class we are learning the "food" category for vocabulary words. So to incoorporate something fun, we had a fiesta on friday. We were able to be waiters/waitresses to each other. The purpose of this was to practice ordering and taking orders in spanish. There was a variety of food like, salad, rice and beans, taquitos, quesadillas, chips and guacamole, salsa, enchiladas, etc. We even got to dress up! (some people that were party poopers didnt). After we ate we had some cultural activities. People got to show off their talents! Some sang, read poems, played musical instruments, and I was amongst the ones that danced! Ha ha. About a week ago I volunteered my friend and I to do the salsa! It was so much fun! We spent most of our time laughing at ourselves. At the end of the talent show, my teacher announced to everyone there was a surprise. Me, my friend, another girl in the class, and my teacher did a dance to a reggetone song (basically mexican rap). This was all my teachers idea, so we had to do it. I think we looked like idiots, but oh well. It was a fun experience I will never forget!

8's TAG!

I have never done a tag yet and I have been tagged a few times!

8 Tv Shows I love to watch:

1. Prison Break
2. Lost
3. The Hills
4. Nancy Grace
5. America's Next Top Model
6. The News (I know Im boring)
7. Entertainment Tonight
8. Top Chef

8 Things that Happened Today (The day is just starting so this is for yesterday)

1. Woke up early
2. Went to a community yard sale on base with my husband
3. Went grocery shopping
4. Went with our friends to Olive Garden on a Double Date
5. Stood outside in the rain
6. Watched 2 episodes of Lost with my husband
7. Made Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows
8. Took a shower

8 Favorite Places to Eat (Some of these places are only in Utah)

1. Goodwood
2. Cafe El Lago
3. Red Robin
4. Iggy's
5. Pizza Factory
6. Jamba Juice
7. Market Street (I ONLY like salmon as far as seafood)
8. Citrus Grill

8 Adventurous Things We're Looking Forward To

1. Going home for Christmas!
2. Having a baby (eventually...)
3. Going to Peru with Jon when I graduate my Spanish Class so I can get some good practice!
4. Getting sealed in the temple
5. Getting a dog (also eventually..)
6. Going to L.A. and San Fran for a vacation!
7. Graduating my Spanish class in April next year
8. Seeing ALL of my cats and dogs at my parents house when I go home for Christmas!

8 Things on my Wishlist

1. A baby
2. A dog
3. To be able to stay away from chocolate!
4. For Jon never to get deployed again (he will though)
5. To always have my parents around
6. To have the motivation to exercise
7. To have an interior decorator decorate my house
8. To be more easy going (and not get so stressed over dumb things!)

I tag anyone who wants to do it!!

Chevrolet Love!

Last weekend while Jon and I were out and about running errands, we happened to drive by this! We thought it was so cool, so we parked his mom's Chevrolet Tahoe in front to take a picture!

My Amiga!

I have a WONDERFUL friend who is in my Spanish class. I love her to death! I am amazed at how close we became in such a short amount of time. We are a lot alike! We met on our second day in class when we had to give a slideshow presentation in front of the class. We just happened to be sitting next to each other, and were both really nervous to give our presentations. Ever since, we have been best amigas! Saturday is always "girls night." Christina and I love to go to the mall for ice cream, shopping, or a movie! Whenever we have a spanish test coming up, our favorite thing to do is go to Starbucks and sit and study for hours. Uh....well we try to study. It ends up being a bunch of giggling though. In fact, EVERYONE at school has nicknamed us "The giggle twins". They tease us because we "giggle" ALL of the time. But we dont care, it does not stop us because we have so much fun! Christina is from Romania and she also speaks Romanian. She joined the Marines this year. I am going to be soooo sad when our class ends and she has to leave (in April). I will be here till next October and will miss her SO much! But we dont like to think about that....We just love having each other!