My life in the form of pictures

Okay, since it would take me FOREVER to update everyone on whatI have been up to for the past however many months, I'll just throw down a bunch of pictures and SHOW you how awesome my life has been.

Be excited.


When I first moved to CO everyone told me that the winters would be super mild and that it really wouldn't snow very often. I should expect it every once in a while, but it would melt off the street in like one day.

So october rolls around and it was beautiful. real live Fall is awesome


Dang this guy is smokin' :)
remember, this is what it looked like...

and then all my CO friends became liars because THIS happened the NEXT DAY!


Notice the pumpkins? Yeah, those poor little kids definitely had to trick-or-treat in parkas. haha


Fortunately for me I am still so new to snow that

I still think it's cool to run outside and let the snowflakes melt on your face and destroy your make-up. :) seriously though, I had never seen falling snow before I lived here. That my friends, is how winter impaired I am. Every time it would snow here my husband and mother in-law wouldn't let me drive. They are slowly allowing me to challenge the roads the more I am exposed to this white fluffy stuff. It's quite amusing.

oh, they also told me it doesn't get too cold here either...

Why do you lie liars?
hahaha, this was the night AFTER it hit -14.
it's pretty cold when it starts to hurt to breathe. I now know how to tell the difference between 10 and 0 degrees. ooooooooh yeah! be jealous.

Another super-awesome thing happened is that Aaron and I moved into a new rental home and I LOVE it. It's a 3 bed 2 1/2 bath fourplex with an unfinished basement. Way more space than we need but it is so great to have it.

Living room before christmas (no TV)
After Christmas (thanks santa!!!)

My office/violin lessons room/the guest room

Aaron's office
Master bedroom :)
and bath...

favorite room in the whole house.
So yeah, what I've been trying to say is... be jealous. again. ;)

Thanksgiving was terrific. I got to spend it with the whole Judy and Craig Mortensen clan. Andrea and Clint came over from VA, and 'Lissa got to come home from ID, plus we got gma Mortensen and it was so so so fun to have them here.
I love my family and my in-law family. Seriously could not have gotten any luckier.

Me and the good looking one. This picture would be great if he didn't have that incredible beam of light hitting his face. oh well.
I made that.

December was also a great month. Aaron and I got to come up to celebrate an early Christmas with my family and then we celebrated my graduation from ASU!

proof. I officially have a BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Best major ever.

Favorite person in the whole wide world, ever, to be.
AZ friends celebrationess dinner.

Christmas in CO was pretty great too. we even got Lucy and Max to celebrate!
Anyway, I can't even begin to explain how incredibly blessed I feel. I know that the lord has taken care of me and my family and I am so grateful for the people that make my life so wonderful. I love you all!!


until next time.