Here are just a few random pictures of our Christmas vacation. We have done so much, we spent Christmas with Ben's family, Ben got tons of great stuff, including his favorite present... SOCKS!!! I also got great things, including a beautiful jewelry box that I just love. We then flew to Vegas to spend the rest of the holidays with my family where we were lucky enough to have Christmas part two, which included Mom's famous Christmas breakfast...Delicious!! The next few days following have included bike riding, seeing the lights at Ethel M Chocolates, shopping, and going to the gardens at the Belagio! We hope everyone is having as much fun as we are, and we wish you all a wonderful New Year!!!

Well once again I have been slacking when it comes to updating this site, but really it is hard to update when we live pretty boring lives!!! However, this past week we have had the pleasure of being in the warm state of Arizona visiting Ben's family. We have had a blast so far spending time with family, helping pass out food at the retirement home, eating excellent food, and seeing the lights at the Temple in Mesa, they are so beautiful.
However, it has not all been highs out here, if you are wondering about the picture of Ben's ear, he went mountain bike riding with his brother-in-law, Dan and totally wiped out (good thing he was wearing a helmet, it could have been a lot worse), the picture really does not do him justice it looks gruesome in person, also the side of his arm is all scratched up, and I had the pleasure of picking pebbles out of his skin!! Anyways, we are excited for Christmas, we can not wait to see what Santa brings us!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Oh, tomorrow is the 22nd, our anniversary, we can not believe it has been a year it has just flew by!!

Bekah,Diana,me,Lindsey,and Corin

Dan and Diana threw a wonderful Christmas party complete with a chocolate fountain, music, and a white elephant gift exchange. It was such a blast, and here a just a few of the pictures from that night.

Ben is one lucky man, thanks to the white elephant gift exchange he got this rockin coat that all the boys were super jealous of!

Here are the lovely host and hostess, Dan and Diana enjoying themselves to the yummy chocolate fountain.

Here are a couple of pictures of China town, and Fisherman's Warf. I hope that all of these awesome pictures are making everyone jealous and want to come and visit us!!

Sorry it has taken so long to post, but better late than never!! We had such a fun and delicious Thanksgiving weekend. Like I said earlier, my sister Ashley was here and it was so nice having family here to celebrate with, it totally made this holiday worth celebrating!
It was such wonderful weather here, so before we got our eat on in Sonoma we went to the beach and the Golden Gate Bridge. We then got to stuff our faces, and boy did we ever. We want to thank Bekah and Kyle's family for having us over and lending us a car to get out there (ours was in the shop), it was nice to spend time out there! The next few days were spent eating leftovers, relaxing, and seeing the sights (I will post more pictures when I can figure out how to work the slide show)! It was really sad when Ash had to go home and it was time to get back to school and work, but the count down to Christmas and when we can see our families has begun!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

I am so excited that my lovely and talented sister Ashley is coming to visit us for Thanksgiving!!! It is so nice to have her here!! This is my first year ever making a turkey so I hope everything turns out okay, but if it does not that is fine too because our good friends Kyle and Bekah have invited us over to their parent's sweet pad for Thanksgiving. So this year will just be a test run for when I actually have to make all the fixins myself!!

Things I am thankful for

Well, Since I am really good at being a follower,and have been recieving mean comments to update my site, I thought that I would compose a list of what I am thankful for, so here it goes.....

1. I am so so grateful for my lovely husband Ben. He is truly my best friend and I am so grateful that he is my eternal companion. I love his dedication to school, and especially his dedication to me (that's all that matters)! He is always there for me, and can really cheer me up when I am down.

2. My wonderful and talented sisters. I love them SO much. I look up to them and ever since I can remember I have wanted to be just like them. They have taught me so much in my life, whether by example or through there great wisdom they have so willingly imparted on me.

3. My parents. They have been such great examples to me! Their love for the gospel and their constant willingness to sacrifice their time and money for me and whoever else is in need has been such a great blessing.

4. I am grateful for great brothers who are priesthood holders!

5. I am so grateful for my beautiful nieces and nephews. I love talking to them on the phone, and especially enjoy seeing them whenever I can. They are all so fun and I can tell that they will be super smart, and definite heart breakers!!

6. I am grateful for great sister-in-laws. I have been blessed with five wonderful new sisters ( and still counting). I love talking and getting to know each one and I love all of the new advice I am receiving!!!

7. I am grateful for hot showers!! It has been foggy and cold here, and this kind of weather just chills me to the bones. So every night when I get home from a long day at work I head straight to the shower. I get the water so hot that it sometimes hurts, but oh it's a lovely hurt!

8. Now, this one is going to come as a shocker to my closest family and friends, but I am so grateful for bedtime! My favorite time of night is after a long day and a lovely shower slipping into my 400 count sheets (I hate being poor) and going to bed!! I seriously count down the minutes until it is 8:00pm so that I can experience this sweet pleasure (I wait until it is 8:00 because I feel if I go to bed any early it would be taboo, and I would be really pathetic)!

Now I have many many more things that I am grateful for, but unfortunatly I am at work (defintly NOT one of the things I am grateful for), and so I must get back to work.
Thank you Ariane and Kerstin, I have been feeling a little down latley and when I saw your guys blogs I thought I should stop looking at what I do not have and start being grateful for what I do have, and I feel much better!!

Our Good Friends!

Friday night we went out to dinner with some of our friends. We had a blast!

Ben, Anisha, Bekah, Kyle, Diane, and Dan out to dinner at the best Chinese Bistro in San Fransisco!

We have jumped on the band wagon and have created a blog. I hope that all are impressed because I did it myself!!!
Anisha