Dear Dave...

DEar Dave,

We WOuld like to thank you for pushing us into making a great decision. We love how well you took care of us and for the hard work you put into making this deal possible.... we love it! In FACT! we COulDNT be happier.... Now the big decision will be... wHO's Turn is it to...?!? 

DRIVE...

WE GOT A NEW CAR!!!! :) we absolutely LOVE it! and are so spoiled to have it! Sam is so happy to have a manly car now instead of our stinkin' aurora! although it was good to us... for awhile... We got it on MOnday and seriously havent stopped wanting to drive it and be in it! it is a used 06' but it is like BRAND SPANKIN NEW! someone really loved this car and took super good care of it! I Cant wait to go CAMPING now... that leads me to my next letter...

DEAR SUMMER,

Please come back. 

JACE

My little brother Jace was on ESPN-SPORTS CENTER on monday. HE is an amazing football player and I just wanted everyone to see how awesome of a kid he is! Although they call him Chase Hanson... its still him! I love you bro.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3827863

I LOVE JACE he is such a wonderful kid! he has such a huge heart and is so kind to everyone he encounters! Im THANKFUL for a brother like you! Even if you do fart alot.... :)

there is a peace that comes to my heart from knowing that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true. There are many people that have aching hearts and questioning minds of what they are doing with their lives and why things happen to them. It seems that in recent days there have been many that i know and love that have suffered from various hardships and i sincerly pray that they will know how much i care and love them. The Lord is looking out for all of us, regardless to our circumstances and the way we live our lives. He loves us and wants us to be happy. That is why we are here. "Adam fell that man might be and men are that they might have JOY". My thoughts and prayers are with each one of you as you continue on this journey of life. I hope that with the coming of a new year, we each have a renewed sense of what is important in our lives and live up to our deepest desires.

Happy Holidays... and HELLO!

I wish I could give you a reason as to why this post is so delayed, but the truth is I have have just been LAZY. I love blogging... I am constantly looking at everyones blogs to see what you have been up to lately... but I have just had no motivation to update my own. Maybe laziness is my excuse? The fact of the matter is that school has consumed me. Today was my LAST class of the semester besides my actual final tests of course. It feels great to be finished. Now the studying begins. I dont think my finals with be very hard this semester, I have already turned in my graphic design final, and I only have one more project and two tests next week. It will be nice. Sam is still working his guts out. I feel really bad for him this semester, he has definitely had to buckle down and work hard. But its almost over and CHRISTMAS BREAK HERE WE COME! can you believe it is already the middle of December... We just got our TREE UP!? time sure does fly. well i guess i could fill you in on the pictures... Brianne and her husband Brandon came to Pocatello right before Thanksgiving.. it was so great to see her! Breeze you are still my very best friend! Also we decided to continue on with what we did last year for Thanksgiving and have made going camping to Arches a TRADITION. It was so much fun to go and spend a few days with just Sam and I and dont worry hike 18 miles. :) it was great I have such a fun husband. Then we to the Cabin and had our actual THANKSGIVING MEAL with the family.. thats what the weird pic is of sam and I. Then after that we went with Sams family and cut down CHRISTMAS TREES in Soda. It was so fun! Last Sunday Sams parents came up to bring us our tree and it looks great! We are so happy to have the FEELING OF CHRISTMAS in our home. What a wonderful time of year this is... it really just makes me think of how much i LOVE MY LIFE! I really am blessed.... Also TARYN is coming HOME TOMORROW!! i cannot wait! it has been 6 months since i have seen her! how wonderful she is! i am so blessed to have great family! I hope you guys are having a wonderful HOLIDAY SEASON! My you be blessed! 

Breaking News

Sam and I have been chatting with our friends Rob and Brittney here and there about a trip we would like to take... I know I know your thinking KYRSTEN YOU MENTION TRIPS ALL THE TIME THAT NEVER ACCTUALLY HAPPEN. Yeah your right... at least not for the moment. Anyways tonight our friend Rob said that he recieved an email telling him that round trip tickets were on sale for $200.00... so Sam called me and said what do you think... I SAID DO IT! :) so for spring break we are taking a WONDERFUL VACATION... where to your wondering???...............................................................................................................................................

NEW YORK CITY!!!!

Thats right! We are way excited! Kinda did it on a whim, but we couldnt be happier! If anybody knows of some great places to go please let us know!! It might not be super exciting to everyone else but we are STOKED. we have both always wanted to visit there and it will give us a great opportunity to see lots of new things!

Some of my favorite sites

so im not very computer savvy, and to be honest i dont look at a ton of websites besides blogs... and although these arent sites- they're blogs, lately i have been OBSESSED with these 2...

• Simplicity Photography http://photosbyangie.blogspot.com/ this photography blog is AMAZING! i dont think i have ever seen more beautiful photography! i could spend hours looking at her images! so talented! and i really wish i could take some classes from her! wouldnt that be nice!



• Nie Nie Dialogues http://nieniedialogues.com/. this site is a woman who is so ispiring to me. between her romance, kids, photography, and home decor I LOVE IT! ... recently her and her husband were in a private plane crash... both are still alive but in critical condition and continually being treated. it's such a sad story, but from her blog you can tell she was/is such an outstanding woman!

I hope you guys enjoy it as much as me!

a few thoughts

Here are some photos for your enjoyment!

Sam and I Carving some SMASHING PUMPKINS

Here are some of our WONDERFUL friends

Our nice looking pumpkins! dont worry the good ones arent mine and sams! :)

Sam was in the HOMECOMING PARADE unicycling! HE had tons of fun

Sammy is a major mountain biker, but sometimes its a little muddy...

Here we are with our new computer! we are so happy we have it!

Well, life has been going at a steady pace. We haven't been feeling too overwhelmed, but at the same time I feel like life is FLYING! Its already the middle of November and I don't know how! Life has been really good though! We are both working... Sam still at ISU which he really gets bored of, and me at Farmers. I enjoy my job, because its everything that I like doing! Its really interesting how school is working out for both Sam and I. As I was walking out of my graphic design class today I thought to myself "Wow I get to do this for SCHOOL!" I love it! Sam is really enjoying his classes too and he does REALLY well! I'm really impressed with his talent in speaking. I'll brag for him... but he has a so-called really HARD teacher... ya know one of those that never give A's! Anyhow each of his speeches so far... he has gotten A's. Everyone thinks its pretty amazing... including me! We have been having alot of fun... For Halloween we had a party, and Sams brother Dan came and we had a hypnosis show. SO FUNNY. For those of you that have been dying to know what we decided to be.... we were EMO!!! ha Sam looked CLASSIC i loved it! For those of you that are LOST fans... He reminded me of CHARLIE! That might bring up another thing that we have been doing.. we are obsessed with LOST.. maybe its me thats obsessed, but Sam really likes it too. I recommend it to everyone!

On another note... This year was my very first time EVER voting, and I'm really glad that I did it.. Regardless to if my vote mattered in this Republican state, I'm still glad that I lived up to my civic duties! :) Although my candidate choice was not chosen, I will be interested to see how everything turns out. Even if I dont agree with everything he thinks or does, hopefully I can support him as our President. As for proposition 8... I feel sad that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is being looked at and treated like the "BAD GUYS". Its true everyone has a right to his or her own opinion, but I guess as a member stand point, our Prophet and President of the church asked each of us to support a certain cause, and I know that what he asked us to do came DIRECTLY from God. Its funny that over 10 years ago The Family A Proclamation to the World came out, and now we (the church) are being directly persecuted for something that we knew was going to happen. It isn't a coincidence that we have this important revelation to remind us of what is right and true. Im thankful that I know how important FAMILY is, and I am REALLY thankful to all of those who live in California who were so willing to stand up for the Church's beliefs!.... Ok ill be done with that topic, but I guess I just wanted to state how I felt about the topic.

Well i hope you are all doing well! and im sorry if this post was a little boring, but its just a few thoughts.