Thanksgiving to Christmas

Thanksgiving in San Diego was very fun! Keith and I enjoyed a little sun and warmth. My mom and aunts prepared a Thanksgiving feast that we ate for days. My mom made 9 dozen orange rolls, which is everyones favorite part and were gone by the end of the day. I guess you could say we ate a lot! We visited with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We played volleyball in the backyard and had an around the world ping-pong tournament. Keith's favorite activity is always sitting in the spa, which we did as many times as possible while there. My mom had her tables set up and decorated for weeks beforehand. They looked great of course. She is good at that stuff. We saw the Blind Side on Thanksgiving day and then the girls saw New Moon the next day while the boys golfed. We shopped and played games, unfortunately it rained on Saturday so we didn't get to go to the Zoo. So we will do that next time. Sunday came and it was so hard to think about leaving so Keith who had to be back for work on Monday left and let me stay without him for a couple more days. He was so nice! My mom and I were able to take all of Thanksgiving down and put up her Christmas before I left and still fit in some more shopping. It was amazing. After that I was excited to get home to Keith and put up our Christmas decorations!

Thanksgiving Pictures:










Christmas Decorations at my mom's house and me in my new red boots:







My Christmas decorations:






My mom made this sign for me and since we don't really have room for a tree and I can't find stockings that I like yet I hung some of my favorite ornaments from it. My favorites are the ones Keith's mom gave us of Keith's Christmas nursery pictures. He was such a cute squish!

Thanksgiving in San Diego!

I am so excited to have a break from the cold snow and to see my family again. We are driving to San Diego tonight, barely making it in time for Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. Each day has been pre-planned and packed with many fun activities, food, movies, hot tubbing and even a trip to the Zoo! The Zoo will be a new experience for Keith and I know he will love it. After all, it is world famous! Keith is also ready to practice his golf game some more. Bring on the fun! I'll update with pictures later. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Updates

Recently on the Life of Keith and Tricia:
(I'm sorry that is so cheesy, we have been watching Veronica Mars episodes a lot lately.)



This picture is just proof that I have been supporting Keith in his new golfing endeavors at the golfing range. Though what I should be posting is a picture of the black bruise/goose egg on Keith's shin from his last golfing range experience between two cement walls, where he slightly nicked the ball and it bounced off the wall back to his leg. I must also mention he did this twice on the same spot. Too bad we didn't take a picture. When I first felt it I was sure a bone was poking through.

A week ago Keith and I hiked Ensign Peak in Salt Lake and it was a beautiful, warm day. It was really neat to see what Brigham Young and the apostles saw and envisioned for the future overlooking the Salt Lake Valley.








Last Friday evening I drove up to Park City to meet Keith after work for a fun date. I went early of course to check out the fun outlet mall before Keith was done with work. Then we drove to Main Street and walked around to see all the shops. The first store Keith spotted was a cowboy boots store. Surprised? Keith was in Heaven! I must admit it was the coolest boot store i have ever been in, too. We had a lot of fun looking at all the custom made and designed boots. Keith would tell me all the different animals used to make them like crocodile, rattlesnake, lizard, ostrich, shark and alligator. I even saw some be-dazzled ones with lots of sparkle. We picked out which ones we would get if we had a couple thousand dollars. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures of the boots so you'll just have to imagine their greatness. After browsing around we went to a Mexican restaurant with a salsa bar, where you can get whatever you want (I am still not sure you were allowed to have as many as you wanted). But Keith had our table arrayed with cups of every different salsa and he had to constantly wipe the sweat dripping from his face as he tried them all! And yes we didn't feel so great after, but it was a fun adventure.




For family night on Monday we met up with some friends in Provo and had a fun Halloween dinner and then carved pumpkins. Keith did all the carving since he is good at that kind of stuff and I was in charge of pulling out all of the guts. It was a lot of fun! I told him to do something unique and creative so since he has been obsessed with the Phantom of the Opera lately and has made us watch it several times, he decided to make a phantom pumpkin with a mask. He used his skinning skills for the mask, but don't ask where he got those skills. It did turn out pretty cool though.

Keith's Birthday

Saturday was Keith's 24th Birthday. His presents were really easy this year because he got them himself. He needed winter tires for his car and got them for a good deal online. He has been trying out golf lately and found a set of clubs online for a good deal also. And he needed some new jeans for winter, which we also ordered online. I am surprised we ever need to leave our house anymore since everything can be purchased online.

My dad came for a visit this weekend too. He made a sort of golf trip out of it, which Keith was so excited for now that he has his own clubs to try out. (Keith practiced at the golfing range all week to prepare for golfing with my dad). So Keith went golfing on his birthday with my dad, his friend Mike, and cousin Wes. They had a fun time. When they got home Keith's mom and family stopped by for a quick visit, then we went to dinner at Keith's favorite restaurant, Ruby River. Of course! A steakhouse is always appropriate for Keith's Birthday.

After dinner, Keith's brother Reed and sister Stephanie came up from Provo for some cake, ice cream, and games. Overall I think Keith enjoyed the day.

Labor Day Weekend in Yellowstone

We had a really fun trip with Keith's family to Yellowstone this weekend. We camped at a really nice camp site with bathrooms, cabins (we slept in tents and Keith and I had our own tipi tent), grass, picnic tables and really it was as good as I can imagine camping to be. We went swimming in the fire hole (keith said it was called that because it was warm, but it was not warm), which is a natural slide area in a river, and we saw old faithful spray though it has become less faithful on it's eruption time. We saw the hot mud springs which are pretty blue and orange colors, but are stinky from the thermophiles (which we read are microscopic living organisms that can thrive in boiling hot water). Oh and as for wildlife we saw tons of buffalo and two elk with collars on. As Keith's family is from a ranch with these animals living in their backyard, they were very unimpressed and frustrated with the traffic caused by cars of people who have never seen wildlife (like me before marrying Keith) who stopped instantly right in the middle of the one lane road. (Keith's family wanted to see real stuff like bears.) The landscape was very beautiful with so much water and trees though. We really had a fun time and of course ate way too much because Keith's mom makes a lot of good food! And we all know good food is the only requirement for a great vacation. Keith's sister, Deanna, took many more pictures than me, but I'll post some that I took to give you an idea.

Update

BYU Graduation



Keith's brother Reed returned from his mission in Cambodia



Keith took me to the Spaghetti Factory for my Birthday. It was really fun and I hadn't seen him for a week. I had just come back from my San Diego trip, which was so fun, but I did miss him!






And now I have been looking for a job/trying not to spend too much money decorating our new apartment. Keith got this cute table from a store in Idaho that we had credit from and I only have Halloween decorations so far.

Graduated Again!

I made it through horrific summer school and finished my Bachelor's. I graduated on Friday in Exercise Science from the school of Health and Human Performance. Keith's parents and my aunt and uncle came. It was short which we all appreciated and then Keith's parents took us to eat at CPK. We had a great time. Now I really have to get a job! Oh but wait, not yet! I'm going to San Diego for a week to celebrate and visit my family and finally get some summer activities in! I am so excited!

Tonight Keith's brother Reed is getting home from his mission so we will have a fun weekend celebrating with him before I leave! Keith is so happy his brother is getting home that i think that is the only reason he is letting me leave for a whole week.

Yeah for Summer!

Weekend

This weekend we were going to go to Keith's family reunion, but since his parent's car broke down in Salt Lake we drove up there and took the kids to see Harry Potter. I really liked it and so did Keith even though he is hesitant to admit it. It has been so long since I've read all the books and now I am excited to read them again when school gets over in a couple weeks!
After packing all day yesterday, Keith decided he was ready to buy a new tv for our new condo. He really loves electronics and new things. : ) All I know is it is big. It doesn't fit in our apartment now and it blocks half a doorway. We are so excited to move into our new apartment next weekend.

Finally Pics from Jamie's Wedding

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