It's Your Birthday!

It was Alex's 23rd Birthday on December 14th so we had a combined birthday/graduation party. We had Alex's family and my family come up to Rexburg. We had the party in one of the houses that we manage since our apartment isn't big enough for everyone. We went over to the house a few hours before the party to make sure that that house was warm. We we got there the heat was completey off! So the party was freezing! Everyone had to wear their coats.

When Alex went to blow out his candles I didn't think that he was going to make it. He had a few candles left and it seemed like he didn't have any more breath, but he made it and blew them all out!

These are the hats that Mom Heiner gave us!

One of Alex's favorite meals is homemade pizza so I thought that would surprise Alex the day after his birthday with pizza. Well, my dough didn't rise very well so I didn't have enough to make pizza. I was pretty sad that it didn't rise so Alex came to the rescue and said that we should try to make a pizza bomb instead. So that is what we did! We had never made a bomb before so it was a new experiences and we just made it up as we went. The pizza bomb was HUGE!

It turned out pretty good! We each got a half and got two meals out them!

Whew! It's Over!

So this post is just a little late, but that is ok. On December 12th I was able to graduate! I graduated in Professional Preschool. I love it so much and I already miss being with the kids all the time. Here are just a few pictures of family, friends, and teachers.

I have gotten the opportunity to meet so many neat people through these past few semesters. They have each taught me so much, I am going to miss being with them every day. I have also had a lot of support from my family and appreciate them!

Now just a little update on what is going with Alex and me. Out last day of school was on December 12th. Alex's job told him to not come back until January 6th since there wasn't enough work at the shop. (He works at a cabinet shop) So we have had a lot of time together and have been really enjoying it. Alex was not supposed to go back to school until Summer, so he was looking job and so was I. Then in a crazy turn of events, and I mean crazy, Alex is now going back to school in the Winter. This Christmas we get to talk to Alex's brother Mitch. He is on his mission in South Africa. It will be really neat to talk to him. Some of the language that he speaks is the clicking language.

It's Our Christmas Tree!!!

So since this is Alex's and mine first Christmas together we have been slowly collecting Christmas decorations. It has been really fun getting them all and picking them out.

The last thing to get was our tree! We went Christmas tree hunting the Saturday after Thanksgiving.


Now all we had to do was decorate it! Alex and I did it last night for FHE. We went and got eggnog and made red rice krispy treats to eat while we decorated. Yes it is quite the Charlie Brown tree, but what can ya do with limited space??? It was way fun decorating our first Christmas tree!


We also hung lights around our windows. That was a pretty exciting experience. We found out that the only outlet that could reach the lights was the one behind our bed. Our bed is HEAVY! It is a king sized water bed turned into regular bed with a big fatty head board on it. I had to crawl under the headboard to plug in the lights, but I ended up unplugging the wrong thing, so we had to move the whole bed to plug it back in. An hour of taking the bed apart, putting it back together, and then finally plugging the lights in later we were done. Anyway, Alex and I are really excited for our first Christmas!!! We are both looking forward to the Christmas break too. Only a couple more weeks of school. Ya!