MERRY CHRISTMAS! I got you some pics. :)

I finally decided to get these pics posted of our little tree. It's very humble, but I think it came out pretty.(Although there are a few more presents under the tree.) It definitely adds warmth to our little apartment despite its iciness. :) Right now it's snowing outside, and there is already a lot of snow out there. I'll take a pic real quick after posting these other two pictures.



Here's a pic of us sitting in front of the tree when we put it up. We took a second picture as seen below, but uh, it came out kinda blurry; which is a tragedy because Niklas looked happier in this one! So much for the self-timer idea. :P We're thinking we need to get a new camera eventually.



And now, here are some pics just taken for your viewing pleasure. :)



This is a common scene for me. Niklas on his wonderful laptop. I envy the speed it has compared to this iMac I'm using right now. Pics are not fun to download when it takes such a long time. :( But see the tree--more presents! Guess who's present is the large blue box and who's is the small blue box? That's right---the squirt is mine. :)


This is what it looks like outside of our apartment right now. Our Jeep and Ford are in the foreground in between the other two cars.


Usually you can see the Rexburg temple up on the hill from this view, but as you can see, too much snow to see much of anything out there.


Okay, I decided to take some pics of myself out in the snow. Yeah, just try to ignore the lopsided eyes and big nose. :P Wow, Kristine, no wonder you made fun of my nose growing up---I always forget how puggish it really IS... ;)


This is me trying to look happy being out in the snow, but I think all I really wanted to do was get back inside the warm apartment. Niklas came home late last night from work and said that it was -21 degrees or something insane!


My mom sent us a box full of yummy things to eat (CHOCOLATE) and this is actually part of what I ate for breakfast---cookies and fudge!! Old habits die hard. :P Thanks Mom! And looky below at what Niklas was able to get last night with his Christmas money:


Now he can deal with the temptation to play games instead of prepping for classes in January. ;) Actually, I'm not too worried about that.


Here is our little nativity scene thanks to my mom.

Here are some pics of Niklas, since I am bad about taking pictures and I should get better since you only have this time in your life once in this life. I love this face--it is one of the dearest ones to me now. And I love that I get to see this look on his face so often. I love my husband.


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT! (Whenever bedtime is for you, I guess. :P)

Great Happenings

Sheesh, it's almost been a month since I last posted, and I don't even have a good excuse. All I know is that life has been busy, and when it hasn't been, I've wanted to play more than post. :)

A few fun things have happened since I last wrote (by the way, haven't seen a doctor yet but next year for sure---I'm probably going to try to get everything done like densist, optometrist, heart & kidney doctor for Niklas, etc. over the beginning months of January).

Number One: Niklas and I went to see "The Nutcracker" last night at the Civic Auditorium in Idaho Falls---being put on by a community ballet group. Turns out my Aunt Sharen and a few cousins were there as well, so we got to sit by them during the show. And I LOVED it!! I've wanted to see it for years now but never got enough gumption to purchase some tickets. Niklas has always loved the snow scene, and I think my favorite (although I really liked the snow dance also) was the waltz of the flowers. The dancer's costumes had a deep emerald green bodice that ended at the waist, where the pink fluffy&light skirt began, the pink being darker at the waist and fading into a lighter pink going down the length of the skirt. They really looked like upside-down flowers opening and dancing around on stage. It was beautiful. One of my co-workers played the grandma, and her daughter who is 9 was in a bunch of the dance scenes throughout. It was so cute to see all the little ballet dancers, especially the gumdrops (I think that's what they were, but could be wrong). The little boys and girls had to have only been 5, and they were bobbing their little gumdrop-capped heads up and down and nobody was in sync; but that just added to their charm. :)

Number Two: I FINALLY found a chocolate orange at Albertson's. It may not sound like a big deal, but to me it was! (I have been eating SO much chocolate lately. :P) Niklas and I have been craving those things since a few months ago, and I couldn't find a milk chocolate one anywhere recently---just dark and other flavors. Niklas was even waving his fist at the dark chocolate orange display at Walgreens a few weeks back for disappointing him. Needless to say, our lovely friends Bill and Linda Beck told me that they saw them at Albertson's, and so right before Niklas and I headed to "The Nutcracker" I ran into the nearest Albertson's and got one for our treat during the ballet. We had that thing gone well before the end of the show. :P So yummy!

Number Three: Niklas received a call to be the Ward Clerk in the BYU-I 20th singles ward in the 6th stake (Elder Eyring's son is the president of that stake, and who Niklas got to interview with). It was totally unexpected, but I am so excited for this great opportunity for him to serve. We will still be members of our married ward, and attend the activities, do my visiting teaching still, etc.; but we will be attending the meetings together of the 20th singles ward. It's going to be really odd to be in a singles atmosphere again. But I admit I'm a little intrigued about seeing what it's like now that I'm married. ;)

OH, and we got our tree up a few weeks ago, and I did take pictures, so I'll try to load those up tonight. We have been getting snow the past couple of days much to my dismay, and it's not going to get any better... :( It was really pretty last night, however. Large fluffy flakes---it made me want to push Niklas down into the inches of snow while heading home from our friend's (the Becks!) place. But I was nice...and made him give me a piggy-back ride instead. :P

Happy snow days to all! Hope you're surviving the craziness of the holidays.