Thanksgiving Weekend

We have been out of school since Wednesday and it has been just a great break so far! We are always busy doing something and so it has been just great to be home together and spend time together. I feel so blessed especially this time of year, and we have so many things to be grateful.

I am so grateful for the gospel and all that it brings into our lives. I am grateful for my Savior and the atonement. I love my family and I am so grateful that I have them and they love and care for me so much. I am especially grateful for Kelsey and all that he does for me! I don't know what my life would be like without him.

With that being said, this year even though it was our second thanksgiving together, it was my first time cooking a thanksgiving meal for us so I decided to go all out! I cooked for several hours on Wednesday and then all morning Thursday. It was a lot of work but it was so worth it and I really enjoyed it! We watched the Macy's day parade all morning and it reminded me of my childhood! I loved it. Here is some pictures of our thanksgiving feast and turkey day

The Turkey 

It's a tradition to make a cheese ball every year in the Bernard family. Here is my first!

Our first Thanksgiving I made! 

Kelsey got a little crazy after dinner:)

Today we decided to brave out into black Friday and it actually wasn't bad at all! It wasn't overly crowded and we got everything we needed with good sales! Here is us out!

Then we came home and officially got in the Christmas spirit! We have a Christmas tree this year thanks to my mom:) 

Putting it together!

Trying on the tree skirt! 

We finally got it done:)

We just have three more weeks until we get to go home and spend the holidays with the family! That means there is only 3 more weeks left in the semester! We can make it through the last part of the semester! I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!

The Beginning

I told myself when I graduated from high school that I was going to start a blog and I didn't. Then when Kelsey and I got married I said I was going to create a blog then and I didn't. So here I am over a year later and I finally did it, I am starting a blog! 

So I guess I will just dive right in! Kelsey and I are enjoying the last year that we have in Rexburg and are trying to make the best of it! We both have been super busy this semester and are looking forward to Thanksgiving break where we can just relax and do nothing! I am making my first full Thanksgiving meal this year and I am super excited about it! 

This semester has been pretty good for both of us. We are well over half way through the semester and we both still have 4.0's which is so awesome! I also passed 3 math tests that I needed to pass in order to get through the program and I am starting to prepare to take another big test. After this semester I will only have 4 more tests to take. Everything is starting to become real!

Other than school, all is well with us. We are still happily in love and enjoy each others company every day! We look forward to and live for date nights together, it helps to keep us going! Here are a few pictures of some of the dates we have gone on this semester! 

In October we carved pumpkins with some friends!

One of our dinner dates, a usual on Friday nights

We are also getting pretty excited to be going home for 3 whole weeks next month for Christmas! It will be super nice to be home with family and friends and just enjoy the holidays. We bought a Christmas tree and I can't wait to decorate it!!