As I'm sure you all remember Dan and I were in a serious car accident a year and a half ago with some dear friends, Matt and Jessica Wood. Matt has experienced many serious challenges due to a traumatic brain injury and has overcome obstacles that no one ever believed was possible. I think the Woods are honestly the most amazing people I've ever met with so much faith and hope that I think they could make us all believe that anything is possible with God. Even with all they've overcome personally they've even accomplished more--they just had a baby on the 20th of December!!!! Matt has been praying for this baby ever since he was in the hospital and his prayers have definitely been answered. They had a beautiful baby boy named Kaden Matthew Wood. He sounds perfect and we are just thrilled for them. What a wonderful family--they are truly a testimony to us all of God's love and hand in each of our lives. I'm so grateful for these dear friends and for their faith and endurance throughout the most difficult of circumstances. We love you Matt and Jess (and Kaden too) !!!!!!
A Miracle Has Arrived!!!!
A Goodbye Party
So last weekend our friends Zane and Lexi threw a going away party for us. It was so much fun seeing friends and hanging out for one of the last times. :( We had yummy food, did a white elephant gift exchange, and played games. We love our friends and are going to miss them so much!
Emily Clark, Lexi Shaeffer, me, Ginny Miller, and Kelly Evers (Ashley Parks came later)
Danny, Emily, Mikey Clark, and Aaron Parks
Me, Dan, and the little pup
The whole group
Lexi and the bear (I think Zane needs to get her one, what do you think?!:) )
It's Finally Come
So it's sad but true--we are moving. Dan is graduating from BYU this month and we are off to new adventures. Dan will most likely be getting a job with an advertising agency in San Francisco so we'll be moving there in January. (We'll know for sure what are plans are then.) But for now, we have sold are favorite little condo and we are packing up our stuff to store over the holidays. While Dan and I are thrilled to be done with school and experience a new place and some new things, we are incredibly sad to be moving on. It's hard to close this chapter of our lives because we can't ever come back. They always say college days are the best days and I'm pretty sure the future will hold amazing things, but we'll always look back on our time here in Provo with only the biggest of smiles. We have loved every minute of our time here with friends and family. It seems like no matter what material possessions we've had or what life has thrown at us, we've always thought, "How can life get any better than this?" As we've gotten more and grown up a little it has definitely been nice to make some upgrades--like from our basement apartment to our cute condo or from the mazda protege to the 4-Runner, but with it all we can say that none of it has ever made us any happier, per say. I hope we always remember that wherever we go and whatever we do, and think back on our college days where we were just newlyweds and remember how good life can be even when you don't have much. We going to miss all of our dear friends like you won't believe so that will be terribly hard, but I know we'll keep in touch. I'm so grateful for the amazing friends we have made and for all the good times we've had. Provo will always be on our map as the place we met and fell in love and started our life together! Now, here's to the future!!!!
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
On Sunday night we went to a Christmas party with some of our couple friends from our ward--The Fowlers, the Evers, and the Millers. It was at the Fowler's house and between the 8 of us we concocted a feast! It was delicious. We had a full turkey dinner with all the fixings. We also made gingerbread houses and did a small gift exchange. We were very excited about the presents Dan and I picked--two darling hot chocolate mugs and a really cool manicure set. We also played the game "Loaded Questions" and had some great laughs. We are going to miss our ward friends so much!!!
Kelly (and Elle), me, Ginny, and Des (and Sydney)
All the couples making gingerbread houses.
Me and Danny
Me and Ginny
Dan and the Little Bear
A Little Bear Comes to Visit
So my friend from work, Misti, wanted to get her little girl a puppy for Christmas but have it be a surprise and give it to her on Christmas morning. Well her and I went to the pet store on one of our lunch breaks and found the PERFECT one, so she just had to get it. But since it is a little early she needed a place to hide him until Christmas. Dan and I obviously are dog lovers so we volunteered and jumped at the opportunity to have a litte puppy around but with no strings attached. hehe :). He is the cutest little guy you ever saw! They haven't named him yet so I just call him Little Bear because he looks like a little fluffy bear cub to me. He is the biggest cuddler--all he wants to do is be held and snuggle. I love it! He has the cutest, sadest little eyes. He looks permanently concerned. :) His breed is a "Peek-a-Pom-Poo" (Peekanese (sp.?), Pomeranian, and Poodle). Other than the crying at night and the occasional mess on the floor he is a little angel. :) Guess we're all geared up for kids, huh? LOL. Cruiser and him get along great. I feel like I have a toddler and a newborn. It is hilarious!!!
Playing by the window 
Snuggling with Cruiser--they are best buds!
Dan taking the Little Bear on a walk in his sweatshirt.
He is so tiny, mostly just fluff. He fits right in our sweatshirt pockets.
Rest time.
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!!
A couple of weekends ago Dan and I drove up to Sundance to take Christmas card pictures for our friends Jason and Ginny. It was so fun to get up into the mountains and see A LOT of snow. We get some in the valley of course but it doesn't seem to stick for very long. It was beautiful up the canyon though and freezing!!! It sure did put me into the Christmas spirit!
This is us on the Sundance Ski Lift (We didn't actually get to ride it though :))
Again on the ski lift--can you see our red noses? We were freezin'!
This is us trying to see our breath in the cold air.
Jason and Ginny--Isn't that such a cute picture? It looks so cute and candid.
Kalai Concert
A few weeks ago Dan and I went to a Kalai concert with Jason and Ginny. It was one of the best concerts of his I have ever been to. There were only 20 people there because it was a private concert in a friend of Jason's basement. So Kalai was really low key and personable. He sounded great! 
Murder Mystery Dinner
On Saturday night we hosted a Murder Mystery Dinner with 3 other couples from our ward--The Millers, the Evers, and the Roberts. It was a 50's theme so we all dressed up and acted as certain characters. We had a ton of fun and I'm happy to say that neither dan nor myself were the murderers!!! :)
The whole group: (Front): Dan, Ashley, and Ginny Miller (Back): Jason Miller, Kelly Evers, Casey Roberts, Marc & Tate Roberts, and Jeff Evers
All the ladies prepared to kill!
Me and Dan
The Girls again
Happy Halloween!
We had a great Halloween! We made some fun treats like Scary Halloween Fingers and ghost cupcakes that we both took to our work and then to our friends, Mike and Emily Clark's, Halloween party on Halloween night. At my work, the HR department all dressed in an "ER" theme so Dan and I just carried that over to the party as well. Dan and I figured we'd had enough practice playing doctor and patient over the last year that we knew exactly what we were doing. :) We had a great time at our friends party playing mafia and eating lots of yummy treats!
Picture #1: Doctor and Nurse Henry themselves
Picture #2: Scary!
Picture #3: Dan and baby bear Grant (Mike and Emily's baby)
Picture #4: Mike and Emily Clark (Frozen Hikers)
Picture #5: Zane and Alexis Shaeffer in about 50 years!
Picture #6: Aaron and Ashley Parks - the Canadian duo from "Strange Brew"
Picture #7: This is me and two of the girls I work with in the HR department - Misti Stoddard and Tiffany Grady
Melody and Alex Come to Visit!
Dan's little sister Melody recently came out to Utah from San Diego to visit us for a week with her baby Alex. We had a great time seeing them and meeting Alex for the first time. He is a darling and smiley baby. Some of these pictures are from a BYU game we got to go to against SDSU. We happened to have front row tickets right behind the BYU players. It was a blast! Some of these other pictures are up the canyon on a walk we took with Mel and the baby. What a cutie!
Happy 26th Birthday Danny!
We celebrated Dan's 26th birthday on October 3rd. It was great because Dan's sister came out to Utah for a visit so we had a great time having her here to celebrate. Dan got golf clubs for his birthday and a really cool sweatshirt. It was hard hiding them from him, but somehow i managed to pull it off! - and if you know Dan, you know this is a really great feat! We made Indian food on his birthday and a yummy homemade carrot cake. Happy birthday Danny!!!
Fall In Utah
The Fall here is so beautiful! It is definitely our favorite time of the year. We've taken lots of walks and hikes lately just to see the colors and enjoy the cool air. The cold never does seem to both us much and we just love seeing the seaons change. Here are some random pictures we've taken lately in the outdoors up the canyon and just havin fun at home. Of course we have to put pictures of our little Cruiser dog since he is our greatest source of entertainment. That dog has a good life. When I work at home he like to sit and look out the window....spoiled little bug. :)
