Thanksgiving and BLACK FRIDAY

On our way home at 6 AM from Kohls and Target... i'm so lucky, he will even go shopping with me at 2:30 AM. only one day a year though..

Thanksgiving was very fun this year, and very relaxing. we were able to go up to Bountiful and stay with Grandma and Grandpa Turnbull and Mom&dad Pickett and Jamie were all there too! We watched lots of law&order, criminal minds, and Without a trace. I am becoming addicted to all of them. Thursday morning we woke up and went to Old Navy and then back home and got ready for our amazing turkey dinner! Friday morning at 245 we were out and off to Kohls. Kohls was INSANE! luckily, dad pickett has some pretty mad line waiting skills. After we got out of kohls, we header over to target. We got some pretty good buys at target and then to mcdonalds for a 5 am breakfast. we went home slept and then back out to the mall for more shopping about 2 pm. Jason and I were able to get ALL of our christmas shopping done, minus 1 person, on black friday! It was AWESOME. :) overall it was a very fun thanksgiving, but now i need to get back to homework, and the gym.

mmmmm... the pies tasted pretty good..

Thankful

Today I have felt my Savior's love over and over again. I have been stressing with school and work and all the things that come with life, and on saturday after a much needed talk with my sweet sister Britt (and with her prompt to get a blessing) i asked my jason for a blessing. He gave me such a nice blessing and I was hoping things would get better immediately. the stress continued, but today, i was in my first class of the day, with my 3x5 cards for my microbiology test later that day on my desk when a lady walked in and announced to our class that all classes for the rest of the day were cancelled due to the severe blizzard storm, including microbiology and our test was rescheduled until next tuesday. This was AMAZING news, I knew this was such a blessing and i WILL study a lot before then. I was then at the grocery store later today and was behind a lady who was buying a turkey (at the grocery store they give out coupons towards a turkey all the month of november depending on how much you spend) I had a .50 cent coupon, not much, but knowing i would not be buying a turkey, i offered it to her. She was so thankful and so gracious and then told me she was about to take this turkey to a family who couldn't get one of their own and continued to thank me (it was only 50 cents but she made me feel like i bought the whole thing :) Later Jason and I were able to go to the Temple, as always the spirit is absolutely undeniable at the temple, but when we walked back out to our car, there was a bag on my windshield. It had a little note that said "Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness-great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Thankful for all you do for others." and a 100 grand candy bar. They were on several cars around us, and to think that someone cared about the members who attended the temple that day and to leave us such a sweet gift meant so much.

Ashley's Birthday

Happy birthday to my sissy Ashley. I have always looked up to ash.. Maybe because she won homecoming queen and miss napa county or maybe because she would play with me when britt and erin would leave as soon as i wanted to play with them hahaha. she was bigsmash and then i decided (i think with her help) to make my email lilsmash. She said if i never cut my hair until she got married i could come live with her for a whole summer, well i cut my hair, i did spend a couple weeks with her though. I did have a Miss America birthday party in 3rd grade after being able to attend the miss california pageant when she was in it. Sometimes she bet me to do things, like when she dared me to bear my testimony in sacrament and she would take me to breakfast, or wear my PJ's to church (my mom would never let me) or even spill the sacrament tray..errr maybe that was erin, well either way church was never boring with her. I don't remember much more of ash being at home when i was little, but i do remember a lot now. Ashley is such a great sisters, mom, daughter, wife, nurse. shes is an amazing woman. love you ashy! PS read this from last years posts!!!

HERE

I'm a Brunette.

3 different angles, and different lighting...
22 years later I got up the courage to dye my hair dark. No i didn't take a poll on facebook or on my blog because I wasn't worried was others thought :) Whenever people ask others they get such mixed answers so i just colored it. Britt just colored her hair dark too and i think it gave me courage- well i really like it, and surprisingly hubby liked it too. I didn't tell him i was doing it, and when i got home he didn't look up from his computer and said hi, so i was putting my stuff away and asked if he'd take a picture and he asked why and i said to send to my mom, and he looked up at me and kinda made a funny face and then came and gave me a kiss and told me i looked pretty. i think he knew i was scared at what he would say since he's always said he likes blonde hair. we will see how long i Love it!

6 months.

Yes Elder Wagner has been on his mission over 6 months now and in just 39 days i/we will get to talk to him. Last year when he was a freshman up at BYU it was SO much fun having him here. he would do his laundry here, eat dinner and other food (jason's eggos and PB) he would take naps here, he would dance/party over here, he would even come go to the bathroom in peace and quiet here (where he wouldn't get random college pranks played on him).. haha and sometimes he would go shopping with me when jason was studying. we christmas shopped together and we drove home for thanksgiving together and he even drove 2 hours each way to pick jason and i up when we totaled the volvo. This month is a month of Thanks and I am thankful for so many things, but tonight in particular I am very thankful for my sweet little brother and his desire to serve a mission and has so faithfully been doing so. he is such an example to me and to anyone who knows him. I am thankful for our time here in provo together, we became so close, and yes i wish he was still with us in provo (mainly to take us to eat at the cannon center!!) but i know he is where he should be. I am thankful for Elder Wagner

caught during a sunday nap, no not on his mission.

pies and games

This year for Thanksgiving we get to stay in Utah and head up to beautiful Bountiful to spend with family and stay at Grandma and Grandpa Turnbull's! It really so sad how close we live but still feel like we hardly get to go see them, i guess school and work have us pretty tied down, but it will be nice to get a break from school and get to spend some quality time up there!! So since i LOVE Baking, i am so excited to be able to bake a few pies for thanksgiving and think of some fun games to play while we are up there... i need suggestions! on fun family games to play and your favorite pie recipes (pumpkin, apple, and cherry is what im making) please and thank you!!!!! as much as i love baking i have yet to make a homemade pie.. so i need to try a few out before the big day!

Christmas Shopping!

Yes.. 44 more days! GET excited! well i am, and i love the shopping part, except for how crowded & chaotic stores are. Even today, as i went to the mall to find some birthday gifts, it was SO crowded.. ALREADY!!! well good thing i already have been looking at gifts (we need to draw names already ;)
I think ryann would love this, since she is obsessed with unicorns
don't you think uncle zachy would love a picture of Dean in this?? :)

male model.

Yes, both pictures are very similar... yes that is jason getting his haircut, yes those are a bunch of my students, yes that is at the hair school i teach at, yes Jason was a Male Model today for an American Crew national educator. He got one amazing haircut, with a neck shave. now my standards are higher for his haircuts to come.... He's the best male model ever!

FEAR the BEARD

Yes, i know im a bit behind in blogging, but GO GIANTS!!! we LOVED being able to actually watch all of the playoffs on TV. and here is Jason's lucky BEARD. FEAR the BEARD.