Thanksgiving

Today was really a great day. It was our first Thanksgiving with just the two of us. I was a little nervous that it might be one big flop. Daniel's family always goes all out on Thanksgiving that I really had a lot to live up to. I actually started yesterday with the cooking. I made the pies (toll house and coconut cream) and corn bread (for the stuffing) on Wednesday. Today, we woke up early to get started on the rest of the food. It was definitely an interesting experience preparing the turkey. I didn't want to touch the raw turkey at first, but then I got the hang of it and had my hands in between the skin and meat. It was kinda fun actually. After 3 hours in the oven, we started on all the other fixings. Stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, corn and broccoli. YUM!!

Daniel was really excited about being able to carve his first turkey. He did a pretty amazing job. One thing that was a little disappointing, was that it took 2 days to make all the food, and 10 minutes to eat. It was kinda sad. We hardly made a dent though, and will have left overs for the next 2 weeks.

Later that night, we went to watch Twilight. It was pretty good. I had heard some bad reviews, and so I didn't have high expectations. But of course, just like any other movie, the books are so much better.

The Forgotten Carols

Daniel and I went to watch the Forgotten Carols in Idaho Falls on Monday. I had never seen it before, and I had only heard the story the year before, so I was really excitedto see this. I was really surprised to see Michael McLean there. I had no idea that he was actually in the play, playing the character John. He was really good, and perfect for the part. It was such an amazing night. I felt all fuzzy inside, and wished that Christmas was here already. But we still have Thanksgiving to go through. If you haven't read the story of the Forgottan Carols, I would seriously recommend reading it around Christmas time. It's amazing!!

Chocolate Milk Recipe

Last night I was really in the mood for some chocolate milk, but we didn't have any. So I decided to make some from scratch. It was the best chocolate milk I had ever taste, and it is a lot cheaper then buying Nesquik. I would recommend trying this out.

Mix:

1 Tbsp cocoa powder

4 Tbsp white sugar

4 Tbsp water

Microwave it for 30 seconds, so that it all dissolves together.

Add:

22oz of cold milk (will measure out to be 3 cups in total, 24oz)
Put it in the fridge so that it can get really cold, and then enjoy ;) YUM!!

Surprises!!

On Thursday, I was having a really awful day at work. So I called Daniel just to say hi and see how he was doing. He has been staying at school so late these few weeks, that I don't really get to see much of him. Later, during my lunch hour, Daniel showed up to surprise me. I thought he was just taking me to lunch, but then we headed towards the highway. He told me that he had called my boss, and asked if I could have the rest of the day off. He had also called his boss and told him he wasn't coming in to work after school. I was so happy I started crying. I was so happy to have a whole day with him to myself. We went to Idaho Falls and had lunch at Olive Garden. It went from being an awful day to being one of the best days. Daniel isn't usually spontaneous, so this really surprised me.

He also took me to the mall, which is also amazing, because I love looking at everything, and Daniel is a typical guy who does not. So it was a lot of fun for me. We just looked around in many stores that I had never gone in before, and managed to by a pair of pants in the process. It was one of the best days ever :)

African Children's Choir

Daniel surprised me last night by taking me to the African Children's Choir performance here at BYU-I. It was so amazing. The children shared some of there stories with us, as well as their hopes for the future. The choir started back in 1984 in Uganda, but has since included other African countries. All of the children have lost one or both parents and so don't have anything when they come to the academy that the choir has built. The children live at the academy as well as get an education. Many of the children who are no longer in the choir, have stayed at the academy to get a college education. I thought that was very cool.

They children did dances representing the country that they were from. They did a dance from South Africa, which made me very home sick. They then ended the night by singing the South African anthem, and that is when the tears came. It was such an amazing night. I'm so happy Daniel took me.