First Gift of Christmas

While on the plane to Utah Jayson and I flipped through the SkyMall magazine. They have lots of cool gadgets and things. I found the thing I have been wanting since my second date with Jayson...

Several years ago while we were driving the Escape (R.I.P) I told him the only thing that would improve the car was seat warmers. I always joked that somebody had to make portable seat warmers. Well much to my happiness I found that SkyMall makes portable seat warmers that you hook up to your lighter in the car (and it was affordable too). I told Jayson that is what I wanted for Christmas.

Last week one night at dinner there was a knock at the door. It was the FedEx man. I asked Jayson if he ordered anything. He got a huge smile on his face and told me to hold out my hands and close my eyes......When I opened the package it was MY SEAT WARMER!!! I was so excited. Jayson said he gave it to me early so I could enjoy it for a month before Christmas. I use it every morning and it is amazing, just like the real thing.

Short but Sweet

Jayson and I flew home to Utah last Friday for Michael's farewell. It was short and sweet but totally worth every second! We got so excited flying into Salt Lake and seeing the mountains and the temples that dot the valley! Jayson's parents picked us up from the airport Friday night and we went out to dinner at our favorite little mexican restaurant in Centerville. We hung out at the house and went to bed fairly early since we had family pictures with my family the next morning at 8 am!





After family pictures on Saturday Jayson went golfing with the boys and the girls finished helping my mom get the food ready and then we went to Rumbi (which was especially good since there aren't any in Omaha). Jayson got to spend time with his grandpa and I went to Andrew's soccer game with the rest of the family. After the game we met up with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents for pizza at the park. It was so fun to see my cousins, especially Val with her new little baby Rio! Sunday morning we helped my mom get all the farewell food ready (Cafe Rio pork salads). Michael was a little nervous for his talk Sunday morning but he did an amazing job! He gave such a great talk and was a really powerful speaker. I am so proud of him, he is going to be a great missionary in Canada. I am so excited for all the experiences he is going to have and I can't wait to write letters to him. I of course got a little teary on the plane ride back to Omaha. It was just so fun to see family and friends. Well... only two months till Christmas!

Little Projects...

Hi Vee (a local grocery store) donated over 20,000 trees to the Omaha public schools. Each student got to take one baby tree home and plant it. So I took one too!



We have named it our "love fern" and we are excited to see how much it grows in the three years we are here.




I also joined a quilting group! A friend of mine in the neighborhood makes darling quilts and is nice enough to teach all of us how to do it as well. I have started working on mine. Jayson took these pictures Sunday morning so that is why there are no pictures of my face :)




I have finished the front but am still working on the back.

Saturday Night Live...

Jayson and I a few Saturdays ago...


studying for the 4 mid terms he had the upcoming week.













After I was 0-5 in calling people to go to the stake center (30 min away) I ended up watching the Relief Society broadcast online. I was even singing along with the choir and Jayson kept laughing because apparently with the headphones I was a little off tune. Hooray for lds.org!