Free Jewelry!

Miss Ariel Fisher turned me on to this adorable site! She's doing a giveaway this week. Check it out!

AR Designs

That's some serious talent that needs to be recognized.

Update-by-number

 1 phone call from eHarbor offering me the job!

6 days off for Thanksgiving break

2 adorable neices who spent

17 hours in the car with us so the other

4 Becks could come with us

10,000 wipes used to clean up Baylee & Elisha during the trip

 2 turkey trots in the gorgeous Queen Creek sunshine

.93 miles walked [briskly] by Adrienne and I for

20 minutes of wonderful conversation

35+ family members who made

1 delicious thanksgiving dinner

1 amazing husband who woke up with me at

4:30 in the morning to buy

14 movies and

2 sweaters for family pictures at the Black Friday sales.

1 barn dance

2 new swing moves

3 cups of hot cocoa

2 hours of dancing

1 kiss on the lips from Pop

274 kisses from the amazing husband and
2 bahama bucks snow cones with creme to make me feel better after
4 tylenol gel caps and


1 meltdown
20 fake oreos

2 boxes of graham crackers

2 fruit punch squeez-its

1 holiday popcorn tin and

0 car problems[!] see here [except for

1 broken cigarette lighter which meant

0 movies for the girls in the car] and

10 "you can do it" texts from mom
makes for
1 amazing Thanksgiving break

Update on the Job

Hello!
No word for sure yet on the job. I did receive an e-mail from them yesterday that said they hadn't come to a decision yet, but that they would be in contact with me shortly. They're in the process of moving offices, so I'm sure things are crazy over there. I'm just happy it's not a "no!"
I'll keep you posted. :)
-Kristin

p.s. in other news, we are officially less than a month away from graduation!
p.p.s. we get the key to our new ADORABLE place on Monday. :) woo hoo! (For those of you who didn't know we were moving...I promise there will be a very detailed post with pictures etc. I apologize if you didn't know this already-we wanted to keep it on the DL so people in our ward wouldn't shun us.)

Job Interview!

Eastwind Creations Blog

Hey Everybody!

So, I design wedding announcements for Eastwind Creations, and because of my background in advertising/marketing, I'm in charge of the blog. I just gave it a major facelift and am SO excited to get it off the ground! I'd love it if you wouldn't mind clicking over there and becoming a follower :) and letting me know what you think! if I should change anything, etc.

Click here.

Thanks!

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed

Well hello world!

The semester is d...r...a...g...g...i...n...g on and at some points feels like it's never going to end, but we have sure been having a lot of fun in the meantime!

We went as EFY counselors for Halloween [pictures later]. Had a total blast at our ward halloween date and spent actual Halloween night taking our super cute nieces trick or treating while their pretty momma stayed at home with her gorgeous new twin boys.

We've been waking up at 5:38 every morning and working out from 6 to 7. I go walking/jogging [yay for a balanced workout-instead of a work yourself until you want to die workout. it really is a new concept for me...non-competitive athletics...sheesh] with a couple of awesome girls from the Relief Society and Cam either goes running for his marathon, does a p90x workout or lifts at the gym with another guy from the ward. The best part is, we get home at 7 and have at least an hour together before we have to leave for the day. It's been amazing. We make muffins :) or put dinner in the crock pot together, have breakfast together, read, talk, whatever.

For those of you who know me at.all. I really am not a morning person. Normally, my first thought when the alarm goes off is "I can't go back to sleep for another [x] hours...ugh" and then I justify the fated 15 minutes that puts my day in a downward spiral of trying to stay on top of everything.

This extra time with Cam, though, is a huge motivator for me. I look forward to waking up. [you can pick your jaw up off the floor now, mom]. For years and years my mom tried to convince me that my day would be so much better if I just gave myself an un-rushed morning, turns out she's right about yet another thing. Isn't the woman brilliant? Seems like the older I get, the more that happens. :)

Either way, Cam really does bring out the best in me. :) and I love him. The changes that happen after getting married [gradual as they may be] really are wonderful.

I now:

1. look forward to waking up
2. absolutely LOVE staying in a budget
3. can live without my cell phone surgically attached to my body
4. can live with a super simple cell phone with no bells and whistles
5. hang up my towels after I shower [this one is still a work in progress]
6. rinse off my dishes before putting them in the dishwasher [again, a work in progress]
7. read my scriptures every single night, personally and together
8. and attend the temple with the most handsome man EVER each week

:) What has your spouse done for you?

Happy Halloween!

No pictures of our awesome costumes yet, but Sunday we had a super fun couple [the holt's] over for dinner and to make halloween cookies! They turned out super yummy. We didn't have any sprinkles, so we crushed up cinnamon and butterscotch disks and made powdered sugar icing. [more on the old candy later]. :) We also didn't have icing bags...or any bags for that matter, so we were left with butter knives and good old fashioned creativity. What do you think?

 

GOOD MESS! :) 

 

The ghosts were the favorite creative cookie shape. Cam made a dinosaur foot.

But the favorite was the Elvis Ghost made by Heather.

How cute is that?