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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Thanksgiving

My thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful. I love coming to Grandma's house and spending time with family. There was a small group of us this year but it didn't stop the fun. We made fun turkeys out of apples and helped Grandma cook all day long. We had some mishaps along the way, which wouldn't be normal if they didn't happen in the Fuller household. The oven wouldn't turn on until 12:30, causing a late start to our turkey. I think at some point the stove wouldn't turn on and the dishwater had a leak. This leak was not just a small dribble of water coming out the bottom, but a nice stream. Luckily all those problems either stopped or were fixed and none of the food was burnt or tasted bad. (with the exception to sweet potatoes that aren't that good anytime) I made my favorite Thanksgiving dish, green bean casserole, and it turned out AMAZING, just as it should taste. I had some help from Abby :) Creamed corn is a new favorite food of mine. Sooo good! The second best part of all this food was that we got to eat it all again the next day! Sometimes I don't know which is better: actual Thanksgiving day with all the hard work and cooking or the day after Thanksgiving with no work and the food is just as good as it was the day before.
Grandpa did acquire some new pets on Thanksgiving as well that he is NOT thankful for. The night before Thanksgiving the front door was accidentally left open and the 4 degree weather (I'm not exaggerating) was exposed to the house. I hadn't gone up there yet cuz I had swim practice that morning, but I can imagine having to wake up to a freezing cold house. Horrible. The furnace was trying to work so hard to heat up the house that the fan broke and a very helpful, nice guy had to come and fix it. The plants inside by the front door were frozen and a new pet was found. A stray cat. Enough said...ew. Grandpa took it by the neck and chucked it out the door! Now it's name is Chuck and him and his other stray cat friend have yet to leave the perimeter of the house. Ellie, loves them, of course, and will play with them for hours if she could. We think that they were kicked out of their house or something cuz they look pretty young and clean for being strays. I named the other stray cat, Scat. Needless to say, they are not very welcome at the Fuller household. haha.
Some other Thanksgiving festivities included Black Friday shopping, seeing the movie Tangled (which I highly reccomend), taking looong naps, and doing crafts. I couldn't have asked for a better Thanksgiving. Although, I did miss my entire mom's side of the family in St. Louis, as they were all there for Papa and Grandma's homecoming. I am soo blessed to have loving family wherever I go.






Thursday, November 11, 2010

My Favorite Things

Here are a few of my favorite things! (sing in a Julie Andrew's voice similar to Sound of Music)
My Family!
The Temple!

Missouri! (mostly St. Louis though)

Teaching Swim Lessons!

Purple and Beaches!

California!

Elementary Education!


The Cardinals!





Swimming!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Country Girl

When I tell people I'm from St. Louis half the people think I'm from the south. This is incorrect. You'd think at BYU people would know their geography, but sometimes not so much. I'm actually not that offended by this much at all because I think I would be proud be a southern girl. I recently realized how much a REALLY love country music, plaid shirts, and cowboys. Some of my favorite songs are country songs by people like Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Kieth Urban, and Brad Paisley. You can't have a good movie without a good country song in it. AND I new obsession of mine is cowboy boots. I want some, but they're not practical so I don't NEED them. Maybe someday when practicality doesn't really matter. Here's one of my favorite Rascal Flatts songs.

So, so you made a lot of mistakes
Walked down the road a little sideways
Cracked a brick when you hit the wall
Yeah, you've had a pocket full of regrets
Pull you down faster than a sunset
Hey, it happens to us all

When the cold hard rain just won't quit
And you can't see your way out of it

CHORUS
You find your faith has been lost and shaken
You take back what's been taken
Get on your knees and dig down deep
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don't give in
It'll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
Love is unstoppable

Love, it can weather any storm
Bring you back to being born again
oh, it's a helping hand when you need it most
A lighthouse shinning on the coast
That never goes dim

When your heart is full of doubt
And you think that there's no way out

CHORUS
You find your faith has been lost and shaken
You take back what's been taken
Get on your knees and dig down deep
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don't give in
It'll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
Love is unstoppable

Like a river keeps on rolling
Like the north wind blowing
Don't it feel good knowing
Yeah

CHORUS
You find your faith has been lost and shaken
You take back what's been taken
Get on your knees and dig down deep
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don't give in
It'll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
Love is unstoppable

Love is unstoppable
So you made a lot of mistakes
Walked down the road a little sideways
Love, love is unstoppable




At Texas Road House for Lauren's 21st Birthday! I requested every single Rascal Flatts song I could on the juke box behind me. :)

Friday, November 5, 2010

Halloween





Halloween this year was a blast!! A group of friends and I went up my aunt and uncle's house in Salt Lake to be in their spook alley, a fun haunted house in their basement. It was legit and sooo much fun! There was a Harry Potter room, Pirates of the Caribbean room, Star Wars room, and Indiana Jones room. And of course we got to eat DELICIOUS homemade food thanks to aunt Cammy. I loved seeing all my cousins and getting lots of hugs. I also went to our ward Halloween party dressed with my roomies as Powerangers! It was soo much fun and our costumes were legit! I was the pink Poweranger, Kim. I also taught Sunday School on Halloween and it went alright. The candy I gave out was a big hit so that was good. haha. Overall, it was a exciting weekend and I decided I really like Halloween EXCEPT for watching scary movies. I could be just fine in life without watching scary movies ever again.