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I just wanted to take a few moments and express my gratitude for having John Luke in my life! I honestly don't know what I would do without him! Throughout today I had so many stomach pain attacks, emotional spikes (yelling one minute, crying the next) and he was a constant for me. I am so very grateful for all that he does for me and every time he helps me out. Especially this weekend when we were watching our five nieces and nephews he was absolutely amazing! His birthday is coming up on Saturday and unfortunately we are not going to be able to do much since my surgery is on Friday. Then he is leaving for Atlanta on Monday and I won't see him again until Thursday! I wake up every morning and realize that I have fallen in love with him all over again, and I somehow love him even more than the day before.

Exciting Times!

Well, this weekend was very exciting! It of course started with Thanksgiving at the families, it was SUPER yummy and we were lucky enough to have the Jensen family with us there also! Luke had lots of fun and said that he wished he would have eaten more (which we all know he could do!)

Then, we went and visited Luke's family for a little bit and then came home and hit the sack, which was nice that we weren't camping out anywhere for some amazing deal on something we don't really need. Then, I unfortunately had to work on Friday, but I got off earlier in the evening and Keri and Chris brought over all of their kids. Yes, we were parents to five for the weekend! We first went to McDonalds, and played on the playland and had happy meals, totally yummy.

Then, we rented Kung Fu Panda and all the kids watched it with Luke while I worked on homework. I hope they had fun!

Then the boys all camped out in the living room and the girls slept with me in our bedroom. Then, after an eventful night for Luke with Brandon having an accident all over the bathroom, and several whispers in the night asking what noises were and telling him his pillow was cold and then warm, we woke up and the kids got to eat Lucky Charms, which kid doesn't like that?

Then, the younger kids went outside and played on the playground with Luke while me and Heidi stayed inside the nice warm house! Then, they played Mario Kart while I got ready. Then we loaded up the kids and the gear and took them home so Travis could go to a party at Chuck E Cheeses. Then we were crazy, or really nice and took them all to the mall, where I watched jealously Heidi get some amazing deals on some really cute clothes!

Then we ended the day with looking some cars and eating at Nelsons, yummy! Then today we went to our ward for real for the first time and we absolutely LOVED our new ward! Everyone was very friendly and introduced themselves and we had a really good Christmas program that really got me in the spirit of Christmas.

Now, me and Luke are putting up our Christmas decorations and watching Christmas movies! How fun!

Surgery!

Well, I got the results back from the doctor! He said that I have several gallstones, so I need to have surgery asap. I scheduled it for December 5, unfortunately that was the next time available and it is the day before Luke's birthday. I am so super scare because I have never had surgery before, and don't know what to expect! But, I will keep you all updated :)

What a weekend!

Hello my fellow bloggers! I just got through a very interesting weekend. It started with Luke going to Phoenix, which was easier than I thought it was going to be, I kept very busy and stayed at my mom's the whole weekend. But, on Saturday I woke up with a really bad pain in my stomach and and felt like I needed to throw up, so I had to call into work. Then, the whole weekend I was sick to my stomach constantly! So, I called up a doctor this morning and scheduled an appointment. He is pretty much positive that I have gallbladder disease, so I'm going in tomorrow to get an ultrasound to make sure and then have surgery after that. Luke was absolutely amazing and sat with me the whole time and is constantly helping me get through my bad pains. I am so super nervous to have my first surgery, but I would much rather not be sick constantly!

It's a first!

So, for the first time in the two years we have been married we are going to be spending time away from each other! Luke is going to Phoenix for a pistol shooting competition from today until Saturday night. I can't believe we have gone two years without spending a night away from each other. And again in less than a month he is going to Atlanta for work for four days! I'm going to try to be a brave little wife and stay home all by my lonesome. But, I really hate being alone, I get super bored so I might end up at my mom's house. :)

Hoorah! It is the moment we've been waiting for! Here are some pictures from our lovely new apartment. Please ignore the dishes and clutter, it's my day off and I should really be cleaning but don't really want to...Also, sorry some of them are sideways, I'm not the greatest with computers. So, I hope you enjoy them!

This is our washroom, we are hoping to get a dryer soon, but it goes in the office

This is the only view of the office you get to see because we are in the process of organizing it still

This is our bathroom, not a lot of storage room so we had to be creative.

This is another view of the bathroom, it is the first apartment where we can take longer than a 3 minute shower and not run out of hot water.



This is our bed, lots and lots of pillows :)

This is our dresser! We were nervous that we weren't going to be able to fit this because it is so big, bu we didn't want to break up the set. So we made it work!

This is one of the walls in our living room, it looks kind of cool when you look in the mirror and see a different color (and me taking the picture). We think that it is a bathroom light that is above the picture, and this is the only light in the room other than our floor lights. :)

This is our marvelous kitchen! We do not have our kitchen table anymore, and YES we know that there was probably room, but we really didn't want it anymore.

This is the opposite wall in the living room. My marvelous mama found us this couch for 50.00 and it's a futon ( I have no idea how to spell that. )

This is the last picture, and yes that is Gilmore girls on the T.V. and a chargers ball on top of the movies.

So, I hope you all enjoyed the photos!

Voting! Promotion!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to announce some good news, I voted for the first time ever today! Hoorah! There was no line, so it was an awesome experience, but I felt like I had no idea what i was doing. Also, we got some exciting news from Luke's boss, he is getting a promotion at work that will mean he is a district manager or something like that, but it's a big deal! It's going to almost triple our income, which is huge. Plus he gets to travel a lot because part of his territory is in Idaho, and he is going to Atlanta in December for a big conference. So, he is super excited. At first, he was told he didn't get it and they were going with someone else, but then something happened that it fell through so then they chose him. Last piece of news, would be that U of U plays TCU on Thursday, and we are sure that we are going to win and show BYU up! So, I'm sorry I still don't have any pictures of our new apartment, I normally just take them with my phone, but the lighting isn't the best in our home, so I have to do it with our real camera, which needs batteries. I know, it's a simple thing, but we haven't got any yet, so stay tuned and hopefully I'll get them up in the next couple of days.