Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving was a GREAT day!! Jason and I cooked a turkey, and it turned out AMAZING! We soaked it in this mixture of vegatable broth, honey, and salt water over night and that made it so juicy and delicious. We had some friends over for a feast and everything went perfectly! I thought I'd post something profound about all the things I have to be grateful for, so here it goes:

Basically I am grateful for 2010. Most of the best things in my life happened this year.

-I got married to my best friend and love of my life! I am SOOOO thankful for my sweet husband who surprises me each day with his kindness and understanding. He makes me laugh every day, and I am so thankful we'll be together forever. I don't know how I got so lucky, but I'm fine with that. =)

-Umm...The Giants won the WORLD SERIES! I am thankful for something to be passionate about. I'm grateful for a Dad that took the time to explain the game of baseball to his 3 girls, and that years of being a loyal fan FINALLY paid off.

-I've been accepted into a great family that loves me! Jason's family is the greatest. I've always felt welcome in their home, and they are so much fun! This summer we were able to go on a camping trip together and on a white water rafting trip I was pretty scared, so Jason's mom let me hold her hand. lol. That sounds pretty silly, but I felt really grateful that I was comfortable enough with my mother-in-law to hold her hand. =) she's awesome. (I don't have any pictures of that because there was NO WAY I was taking my nice camera down that crazy river! lol)

-And of course I'm thankful for my amazing family as well! This past year they all helped A TON with the wedding preparation, and did so much for us. My mom sewed all the table  cloths, my dad did the most time consuming part of decorating for the reception, my brother-in-law did our wedding announcements, sign-in book, AND video slideshow...just to name a few things. I'm so grateful to have a family that supports me and 

loves me no matter what.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I sure did. 

Lucky Me!!

So this morning I left for work at the usual time, 3:50am. When I came home there was a semi-large wrapped box sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room, that hadn't been there before. It had a note on it that said: To my dear beautiful sweetheart.

Instantly I knew what it was, but decided to go to sleep and wait to open it in front of Jason.

Now let me explain...

The first thing on my Christmas wish list was a pair of "ugg boot-type boots." (I told Jason that they didn't need to be legit Ugg boots because those are expensive, but I wanted something similar because Idaho is FREAKING COLD!) He kind of slipped and told me that he had bought them but I couldn't have them till Christmas. This was a few weeks ago.

But...temperatures  have dropped A LOT since then and thats why there was a pretty wrapped present in my living room this morning. When we woke up for school today around 9, I opened my early Christmas present and found these glorious boots...

(except they're lighter brown, I just couldn't find a picture)

I asked Jason why he decided to give them to me early and he said, "Because it got cold!" lol

What really makes me say "awwww" is the fact that he woke up at 4:30 am just to wrap them up nicely and put them in the living room, just for me! =) He's a keeper!!!

I wore them to school today, and it was amazing...if any of you are haters of furry boots, you must have never worn a pair in below freezing weather. It will change your life. =)

Its about TIME!!!

Since I was old enough to understand the rules, baseball has been my first love. I even played for a little bit...

Then I discovered something amazing... the San Francisco Giants! The year was 1997, and for whatever reason, that was when my sisters and I became OBSESSED. The Giants won the west, but came up short in the playoffs much to our dismay. The years that followed were filled with ups and downs, and then in 2002 it seemed like our problems were over...Until the Giants lost the World Series to the stupid Angels. That was rough. When the Giants made the playoffs this year, I found myself thinking: "Please, just don't embarass yourselves!" Little did I know, that the month of October would be filled with stressfull games where by some miracle the Giants always came out on top.
So Monday night, I found myself sitting on the couch watching the team I'd grown up with 3 outs away from winning the world series. When the last out was called and the celebration began, I was SHOCKED. Then...the tears came as I watched a VERY VERY deserving team of great, humble players celebrate as if they were 10 years old. It was AWESOME.
For those of you who aren't in to sports, I was thinking yesterday about how I could explain this feeling and this is what I came up with:
We all watch reality TV shows like American Idol, So you think you can dance, or Project Runway right? We all have our favorite contestants, who we KNOW should have won, but in the end they didn't.
Well.... imagine they competed on that show year after year,  and came SOOOO close, but always seemed to come up short in the end. And then the next year comes, and you find yourself saying: "This is the year Mondo will win project runway!" But nope. I hope that makes sense.

Its hard being so passionate about something you have no control over, but it teaches you a lot about yourself and how the world works. It takes a lot to be a loyal fan: it teaches unconditional love. I remember when Nathan was like 6 or 7 he told me he didn't want to be a Giants fan anymore becuase they always lost. Then I explained to him that you have to stick with your team through the good and the bad, because eventually the time will come, where everything finally goes right and the feeling is so good. Thats what we felt Monday night. And it was perfect.