Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk

Last night Nate and I went out with Benji and Amanda. We went out to dinner and then played indoor miniature golf. Pretty sure I didn't win. I did however get the night's only hole in one! I think Amanda won, she had a lot of great shots that should have gone in. Of course I didn't remember to take one single picture. I should have made that one of my New Year's resolutions. I need to take more pictures.

Also last night, Nate was making a bowl of cereal and I kept telling him that he was adding too much milk. Moments later he sat down to eat and........................

I did manage to get a picture this time. Moral of this story--the wife is always right!

P.S. Nate tells me that Trix aren't just for kids.

Two and a Half Years

Mondays are never fun. But this week Tuesday was my least favorite. Tuesday marked the two and a half year mark for us. We've now been trying to have a baby for over two and a half years. No wonder I've cried three out of four days this week. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would ever take this long, and to be honest, I don't feel like we are anywhere near having a baby. I'm so exhausted from carrying this pain around. I hurt everyday and I know Nate does too. Don't get me wrong, some days are much easier than others. This week is just hard because of yesterday, and my birthday is also coming up which makes me feel old and just marks another age at which I won't be a mother. Just a little down about things today.

Family Home Evening

I am in charge of FHE tonight and I have no ideas! I've used up all my good ideas. Ugh! Does anyone have cute suggestions that work for two people?

The Princess and the Frog

Nate received some free movie tickets from his office for his birthday. The catch was that they couldn't be used on a new movie, the movie had to have been out for at least 12 days. So this weekend we went and saw The Princess and the Frog. It was actually pretty cute. The villain was a little too creepy for me. If I were a young child I would have been pretty scared. It wasn't too bad going to an older movie. Nate and I had the theater almost entirely to ourselves, so we had our pick of seats and it was nice and quiet. All in all, we had a good time, and we recommend the movie.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010 to everyone! I hope everyone had fun last night, I know that we did. We had some friends and family over. Everyone brought some yummy treats and we played games and had lots of laughs. The girls won Battle of the Sexes even though the boys were cheating with Nate's iPhone. We should have known that they didn't know the ingredients to marzipan! Hopefully everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve! Best wishes for 2010!

Hi Elder Smith!

Nate's younger brother Zak came home on Friday night from Germany. Zak was serving a mission in Frankfurt, Germany and has been ill for a while now. He is home for a little bit trying get everything diagnosed and figured out. Thanks to everyone who came out to the airport to greet Zak, we know it was short notice. We love Zak and we will sure enjoy seeing him for Christmas! Here are some photos that I took on Friday night.

Romeo and Juliet

Oh my husband is hilarious! So we were wanting to watch tv and nothing good was on. Nate decided to look and see if there were any good movies on demand. He finds the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet, you know, the one from the mid '90s. He asks me if I've seen it and if I liked it. I told him that yes, I'd seen it and I asked him if he knew it was a little bit of a different spin on the original Shakespeare version. Nate went ahead and said he wanted to see it. He lasted about 30 minutes and then he was done. I reminded him that I did warn him it was different and this is what he told me, "I just wanted gangs and lots of violence, not people quoting Shakespeare the whole time!" I laughed so hard. But to top it all off, he keeps going around the apartment saying, "Oh Kimberly, oh Kimberly, where art thou?" Oh my, it is going to be work trying to expose this man to some culture.

Shopping and Scriptures

Nate and I went shopping yesterday morning. Not crazy 4 am shopping, but we went out at 9 am to get some Christmas decorations and wrapping paper while it was half off, and we also had to do a little grocery shopping. While we out we saw this license plate and I had to take a picture of it. I totally made Nate follow the car until it stopped so I could get a semi-decent picture. Where did they stop? None other than McDonald's! Poor Nate was forced to follow them into the drive-thru so I could take a picture. I'm sure we looked ridiculous. I just figured that if someone went to all the trouble to put a scripture verse on their license plate maybe I should take notice. Here is the verse:

3 Nephi 14:16 "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"

Just thought I'd share our little discovery with all of you.

Thankful

Nathan and I had a great Thanksgiving. I worked last night and was scheduled to work tonight, but I was able to find someone to work for me. What a blessing. Nate and I spend this afternoon eating and socializing with his extended family. We enjoyed good food and better company. Driving home from American Fork, Nate asked if I would like to go spend the evening with my mom, since I no longer had to work. Of course I said yes! We played some card games and some Wii and we would have had a lot of fun, except that my mom totally cheated and won every card game. You think by now she would know that I like to win. Now I'm exhausted (I only slept two hours this morning), but I just wanted to acknowledge the good day we had and I know that I am so blessed and have so many things to be thankful for, not only today, but all year long. Nathan and I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving!

Anticipation

Seeing this tomorrow night at 9 pm for date night! Can't wait! Thanks for coming with me Nate!