It was a trip, Literally.

Thanksgiving has always been my FAVORITE holiday of the year! This year was certainly one to never be forgotten. Spencer and I got to go out to Katy, TX to spend it with his parents. I was thrilled to get away from the cold for a bit. I have been dreaming of my days off work just getting up relaxing going for a run... just everything but getting ready and going to work right away! Our trip had a couple unexpected adventures, lots and lots of laughs, good food, and a wonderful time with family.

We flew with Frontier airlines and it was one of the more miserable flights I've ever been on. Apparently the seats in front of the exit row do not recline I believe they actually lean forward. We got stuck with those seats both there and back. Not awesome. Bags were left in Denver on our layover so we didn't get them until the day after we got there. I was surprised by my lack of anger for this, it was the first time my bags have ever gotten lost though so I guess I was thankful for that.

Wednesday we relaxed and spent some time in the kitchen getting some desserts and things ready for Thanksgiving dinner. That is the most fun part of the holidays to me!

Then Thanksgiving morning came. It was beautiful outside so after waking up at about 9:30 I decided I would go for a little run to start the day then I'd come home and help my mother-in-law Kathy finish making the feast. Little did I know, the Flanagan Family has a little history of Turkey Day injuries. So out I went and about 3 blocks away I tripped on an uneven sidewalk couldn't catch my balance took a bite of cement. Luckily I still had all my teeth! My chin hit pretty hard on the cement, my knees a little cut and my hand too. I knew I was a bit scraped up but I felt like I was fine and could just take care of it when I got back to the house. As I went to start my ipod again I noticed the center stone was missing from my wedding ring though. I tried to look a little bit but there was nooo way I would be able to see that thing without my glasses on! So I finished the loop I was planning on and went back to the house. Spencer took a look at it and that's when I knew it was worse than I thought! It was deep, So to the ER it was! But wait! That diamond... We dropped Kathy off where I fell, so she could look around for it while the rest of us went to the ER. We were there for about 3 hours and I got 4 stitches.

When we came back Kathy had miraculously found that diamond under a leaf and had the beautiful feast waiting for us. She is AMAZING!

Friday Kathy and I went and got mani/pedicures in the morning. It was wonderful! I should really do that more often! Over the weekend we also went to a record store Spencer used to go to did a little bit of shopping, not the crazy black Friday kind though!

All in all, Thanksgiving is STILL my Favorite holiday. I am so thankful for all of my families.

I've Moved!

These past couple of weeks have been a little bit crazy.

Earlier this month I was feeling a bit stressed about not being able to sell my contract before I get married. But with Spencer's help and reposting my apartment for a little bit lower rent. I had TONS of people interested in taking over my contract and IT SOLD!!! But this meant we needed to find a house and move me into it before we left for our Christmas trips.

Luckily we found this humble little home (which I will only show the outside for now because well you know how things look when you first move in... like a disaster!) I finally finished moving everything over today on my lunch break and i love it!

Tomorrow morning I will head out to Texas to spend Christmas with Spencer and my in-laws to be which I couldn't be more excited about! Then I will head over to Sam's for New Year's and finally meet my new niece Chloe!!!

Oh and it snowed at least a foot within the last 24 hours so I reeeally cant wait to leave this state!

Party Time

This weekend was so fantastic! Mom and Dad came out to Provo to visit and for the big UW-BYU football game!

It was so much fun having them in town and being able to show them my new apartment! They came in pretty late Friday night so we kicked off the partying around 1:00 with some pre-game tailgate action! The Schaat’s came down from Rexburg to join us for the game too and cook up those burgers : ) Amber, Jeremy, and Riley were also in town and although they didn’t get tickets to the game they came hang.

My apartment is right behind the stadium so my ward also had a BYU tailgate party… ours was waaaay better of course!

Although our Huskies couldn’t give us a win we had a great time.

I am truly blessed to have such a great family and so many great friends.

Was this a Huskie Cake? Yes of course it was.

Was the inside purple and yellow? YES of course it was!

She was happy

NEVER too young to be wearin' the purple and gold...

Heading to the Stadium! GAME TIME!

Playin' in the South

Well this has just turned into a travel blog!

Last week I went on a little trip to visit my brother Spencer, His awesome wife Bonnie, and their super cute kids Audrey and Ian! I took a week off work and headed out to Atlanta! We spent some time hanging out together in the ATL then headed down to Florida to spend the weekend at Disney World! We had a great time! We met Princesses, ate lunch with Winnie the Pooh and Friends, rode lots of rides, saw some great parades and awesome fireworks! And Spencer and I got the Turkey Legs we had been drooling for!

This trip once again made me realize how much my family means to me. Spencer has always been an amazing example to me. He has always worked so hard at everything he does in life and really put those things that matter most in life first, no matter what. We had a great time reminiscing about life growing up in the Brien Home. It's always so interesting to me how in the same family life was much different for each child and in our fam definetley a big difference between us. He being the oldest and Me the youngest. We always learn so much from each other. I have been so blessed with such a great family. I kind of love them A LOT. I can't wait for my brothers to move back west like they always say they will!!! Hurry up boys!

WARNING: Picture Explosion Below!

This is Audrey showing off her "Sad Broken TuTu"

She is 3!

Ian!

Spencer and Bonnie!

Together We Have Fun
Snack time!Lunch at the Crystal PalaceHappiest Baby I knowSometimes if you make a wish...It WILL Come TRUE!!!

Mmmm GOOD!

Next Stop: LA to visit this Boy and I can't wait!