Thanksgiving

    What a wonderful couple of days! Filled with food, friends, and fun. We followed the Molter tradition and had our Thanksgiving feast on Wednesday. I made an apple pie (definitely not as good as my Mom's!) I wasn't happy with how the crust turned out. Carter and I are going to the Atkinson's on Sunday for dinner so I'm going to take another stab at the pie. I also made the turkey, salad, rolls (not from scratch). Carter made mashed potatoes, gravy, and corn. It was all wonderful!

    Then Thursday we sat, and sat, and sat, in a line for black Friday. This is what the line looked like when we arrived at 1:45 . . . 

   Completely empty . . . Originally we planned to get there at 4 but one of Carter's coworkers told him to get there earlier. We sat in our car for two hours enjoying the sunshine. Then at four a few more people showed up so we set up our camping chairs and began our adventure for black Friday. The good thing was we sat next some really fun people. It made the time move faster, but still not super fast. By 8 o'clock the line was almost full, and at 9 the line went all the way through the parking lot and almost to the main street.

  The doors opened right at 9 and we were out by 9:15 with the PS3. Carter was excited to get home and set it up! There was no way he was waiting until Christmas to open his big present.

   Isn't he cute?!

  All in all it has been a great couple of days and now it is time to enjoy some left over turkey :) and homework. Hope all is well for you! Enjoy this holiday season!

Winter Wonderland

  This weekend has most certainly been a winter wonderland! By some miracle I didn't have any homework due today so Carter and I spent the weekend happily in the snow.

   This picture was taken from our kitchen window when the snow started. Over all we had approximately 6" on Friday night alone. It was GORGEOUS! I love how the snow brightens everything around it. I'm a sucker for a clean kitchen with the sun shining through the window. And man does the snow magnify sunlight coming through your kitchen window :) and even better, our kitchen was clean this weekend!

   The second most exciting event this weekend was . . . for the first time in my life a cute boy threw a "rock" at my window :) When Carter got home from work on Saturday he threw a few snowballs at my window. Now, he didn't start singing to get my attention or climb up a tree to see me, nor did he throw the snowballs for any other reason than just for fun . . . but it was exciting none the less.

  And the most exciting event of the weekend was . . . Nova turned four! 

  This cutie is growing up too fast! I remember the first time I met her she wouldn't even say hi. And when Carter got home from his mission she was terrified of him. But yesterday we had a somewhat successful phone conversation with Nova, and got to see her open all her birthday presents via facetime. It was wonderful to see the whole gang together at my in-law's! I just wish Carter and I could have been there. Also, if you see Jeff around tell him he has to support Heidi and come to Utah for Christmas :) . . . otherwise we won't see them for months and months :(

  Well, it's off to another busy week. I hope you all get to enjoy some clean kitchens with the sun shining through your window!

Date Night

    This past weekend was wonderful, short, but wonderful. Friday night we went to dinner and a movie. Classic Red Robin for us; for Carter the Burnin' Love Burger and for me the A1 Peppercorn Burger. Saturday (after completing homework of course) Carter and I attended a preseason BYU men's basketball game. It was lots of fun! We had free tickets from my work in the second row, 50-yard line . . . I mean center court? I'm not used to basketball lingo - much more of a football gal!

   We ran into some old friends of ours... Elder Aiken, Some guys from Cart's mission (I forgot to get pictures) 

and... The Presidential Candidates

Romney in a BYU T-shirt and Obama in a U of U T-shirt....only at BYU. Needless to say, the crowd was extremely entertaining. 

Then on Sunday we had a special Stake Conference. President Callister (Presidency of the Seventy) spoke along with the Provo Temple President and his wife. President Callister gave a wonderful talk all about celestial marriage. Then we had our friends over for dinner, Carter made an awesome potato casserole. And after dinner we played a game of hearts.It was a blast! We had set the limit at 50 due to time and on the last round Carter was at 43. We were joking around while dealing that Carter needed to get exactly 7 and then he'd win the game. Well. . . he did! No idea if it was luck or if he actually tried to . . . be he got exactly 7! Although the game was tons of fun, we still really miss game night with Heidi, Jeff, Grandma, and Grandpa. I could use a game of Screwball Rummi right now... :) 

Now it's off to another busy week. Hope all is well with you!