Cross Country Skiing

This year we decided to spend New Years with just the two of us. Robert planned a big date for us, including cross country skiing in the Driggs area, Bangkok Thai and then going to see The Hobbit.

For anyone who lives in Eastern Idaho, (or who cares :) there is the Ashton-Tetonia Trail, that -believe it or not- goes from Ashton to Tetonia. It follows the old railroad trail and is a total of about 32 miles. It's perfect for cross country skiing and snowmobiling in the Winter and mountain biking in the Summer! It was beautiful, and you cross over 300 ft bridges. It is definitely on my list of top 10 things to do in Eastern Idaho/Teton Territory. And while you are at it, you can stop by Bangkok Thai....the best Thai food I've had on the west coast.
This was also the first adventure I was able to capture with my Christmas present from Robert! (Nikon D5100.....it's awesome)

A Year in Review

January Family pictures February Cross Country Skiing to Mesa Falls March BYU-Idaho Wedding Show April Graduation  May Phoenix Wedding June Palisades July Camping in the Tetons August Huckleberry Picking September Labor Day Camping in Great Basin October Yellowstone November Thanksgiving 5k December Hardware Elk Refuge

2013 was a great year for Robert and I. There were certainly a lot of ups and downs, with hills in between, but I think we have come out of this year much better off than we could have imagined. We both graduated, got teaching jobs, Robert rocked the MCAT (96%-ile, baby!) and got into medical school, played and then played some more. We have loved living up here in Rexburg, and are sad that this next year will bring us miles and miles and miles away, but are excited for a new stage in life. So here is to a year that brought us new friends, challenges, rewards, and most of all brought us closer together as a couple.

Have a Happy New Year!

A Happy Christmas

This year we went to Logan, UT to spent Christmas with Robert's family. The whole family came up from Vegas to spend Christmas with Grandma Keeley. It was fun to spend time with family, and to celebrate Christmas!

(Side note, pretty much all of these pictures were taken from Linda since I didn't take a camera. Thanks Linda, you're awesome!)

 Christmas Sunday 

(It was cold....you think I'd be used to it by now)

 Hardman Ranch 

(Logan's own Elk Refuge)

And Robert just making a Spencer roll. You know, Robert just being Robert. Winning over favorite uncle with every child, ever. 

One of my father-in-law's good friends is the HR director at Pepperidge Farms (think goldfish) in Richfield, and he was kind enough to give us a tour of the factory. On the particular day we went they happened to be whipping up some good ole' fashion Goldfish. Call me nerdy, but it was incredibly fascinating. Bonus: we got to wear fetching blue hair nets.

On Christmas Eve we had the annual tea party, or Christmas Teave (as referred to by Megan :)

Christmas Day

Later in the day we had our Christmas Nativity play. My personal favorite was Megan's wise man hat. It doesn't get much classier than that right there, folks. 

Christmas night we drove home to Rexburg, and stopped in Blackfoot to see my family and grandma. 

 ^^ That, right there, Is the ultimate 14 month old death stare ^^

He really does love me. I hope.

Friends, it truly was a very merry Christmas. I hope your Christmas' were just as full of love and happiness as mine was! There are just those moments in life when you can't believe it's actually your life. The past few weeks have been that for me. I just take a step back and think, is this really my life? Because it's pretty awesome. It doesn't get much better than this.