What? School? In Session?

Well, it's that time again for me! School is in session tomorrow!!! Of course, it's in session for Joe too, but I haven't been since July! It was a looooong break! but I'm not going to complain! haha! We had a great time in Massachusetts with Joe's family. We celebrated our last night there at a Italian place called Sam and Joe's. Wonderful pizza! We flew into Salt Lake yesterday, but we had two stops--one in New York (3 hour layover) and one in Vegas. We had a scary experience on the flight into Salt Lake. When we were starting to decend the plane started to shake really bad--like it was the worst I've ever experience, then the plane dropped a good 10 feet and then Joe and I thought it was over and then it started to shake again and dropped a second time and everyone on the plane screamed and poor kids started to cry and then it shook a little more and dropped a little more, but it was pretty smooth after that. The co-pilot was funny on the intercom; he was like telling us about how we were flying over mountains and that sometimes you get a "mountain wave" and that's what caused it. He was like "I'm sorry for those little bumpies." I just thought it was so silly he kept calling them bumpies. haha and then when we landed safely everyone started clapping (with relief I'm guessing). My mom and Darin were so kind to pick us up and drive us up to Rexburg the next day. The roads were pretty icy and snowy a lot of the way. We saw a good amount of accidents on the way up there-- 3 were roll-overs from what we could tell (the cars were on their sides) Hopefully no one was too terribly hurt or killed. My mom and I went grocery shopping and then they had to be on their way, but it was great to see them for the little bit that we did and we're grateful for all that they do for us! Later, Joe and I went and got my books for classes. My list was wicked long. My children's Lit class called for a bunch of children's books and chapter books. My Comp Lit class called for 3 books, and etc. etc. I'm pretty excited for the new semester! Wish us luck! Happy New Year to everyone!!! :)

Oh How Great it is to Save Money!!! :)

On Friday I just wanted to drop by the mall to see the deals but we didn't want to be there too long, and we ended up going to Kohl's. Well, come to find out, they were having huge sales! We had to be somewhere for dinner with Joe's family so it was a quick shop! I only got two things, here's what I got:
This sweater was super cute and I just wanted it. They also had solid colored ones in black and white, and a lime green one like the one I got. It was originally 40 bucks and I got it for 17.
I don't know why this picture wouldn't post the right way, but I was looking for a black skirt and I didn't have much luck and then I found this. It's cuter on than in this picture. It was originally 44 bucks, but I got it for 4 bucks and it was the only one and just my size! SWEET deal right?!?!
This is how the sweater looks. I wore it today, and it is super comfortable! If I were to buy these both full price (which I wouldn't haha), than it would have been a whoppin' 84 dollars! But, since I got the sweet deals, I saved 63 bucks! yay!

Even More Christmas time!!!

I think I'll write a little. The steak dinner was delicious, but right now I feel like I gained 20 pounds, for I drank some egg nogg, and topped that off with 2 huge chocolate cupcakes, and an oreo shake! Joey and I danced a slow dance tonight. It was wonderful! Happy Christmas!
Stocking stuffers.... lots of socks and chocolate.

Joey surprised me with a rose on Christmas eve!

This is my Christmas eve present!

Our lovely stockings. Joey's is hangin soooo low.

Me and the gifts from Liana.

Me and the other gifts.

More presents... I was on the phone with Mom and Miiko. haha!

Steve and Christine opening a gift.

The kitchen after our delightful steak dinner!

Fatha Gebby and Paul

More Christmas time!

Joey's oldest brother Ricky!
Liana and Paul--his eyes are closed. yikes!
Awwwwww...
Me....yikes!
Mom and Dad Gebhardt opening the gift from me and Joey
That's what we got them... a foot bath! It heats, massages, and bubbles!
Liana opening her gift from us. They were slippers...
Rick and Steve opening their present from us...
A sweet 50's popcorn machine!
Our gifts from Liana
uh justa...
get this tape off!
Nice! Christmas Socks, Made of Honor, panties, and lip gloss!
Joey got a beanie, boxers (lol), and a shirt that says "the gangster of love"
Joey and I opening our gift from parents
Sweet! A cordless phone!
The mess!

Christmas Time

(left to right) Christine (Steve's girlfriend), Steve, Paul (Liana's boyfriend), Liana, me (what the heck am I doing? I thought they said a funny pose and I guess I was wrong), Joey, Dad Gebhardt, Mom Gebhardt, and Ricky. This was at the family Christmas party last Saturday. It was pretty fun!
This is of just the Gebhardts... I almost forgot that I was supposed to be in this picture.Joey and I in front of the Christmas tree at the party. Like my coat? It's an early birthday present from Momma Gebhardt. LOVE it.Another shot.
We had a snow storm last weekend. It was soooo cold, and I shoveled lots of snow with Joey and his parents. It was a great experience!It was A LOT of snow. Notice the mailbox! You can barely see it!Last Sunday the water in Beverly went out, so Joe's dad got some snow and....decided to melt it into water on the coal stove for the toilets. It turns out a snow plow hit a fire hydrant so the water wasn't out too long!This is a restaurant/bar named the Anchor. Joe's dad took us there a couple of times for breakfast. Joe's dad goes almost everyday in the week for breakfast. We noticed they had stocking hanging all around for the employees, so we did a little service project...We wrapped up 50 Book of Mormons. haha! Santa Claus visited them this year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! I have a lot to catch you up on, I know, but I'll have to do it later! I just wanted to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and I hope it is wonderful for everyone! I'll probably post more pictures tonight! Joe's siblings will be here soon and we will be enjoying a nice steak dinner! Again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Oh ya, and remember: Christmas is not over until the new year!!! :)

An Update.

It's been a fun time so far in Beverly, Massachusetts. Tuesday we slept in. That was GREAT. Joe's parents took us to Papa Gino's for dinner. It's a pizza place. It's pretty good! Wednesday morning we went with Joe's dad to The Anchor for breakfast. Some of Joe's cousins and their kids came over for dinner. (I guess they come over every Wednesday and Joe's mom makes dinner and what not) One of his cousins, Jaimie, has a 7 month old daughter and she is adorable. She's always so happy. :) Also, his cousin Carrie has a daughter who I believe is a year and a half. She is also cute and is super smart. Anyways, Joe's mom made Spaghetti and we really enjoyed it. After that, Joe and I hit a couple of malls and shopped a little. It was fun. They have a huge mall in Burlington, it's grand. I really enjoyed the scenery! Yesterday at 2, we went to lunch and after that we went by the missionaries to get some Book of Mormons. After that we went to the Peabody mall. This time it was to pick me out a coat. Joe's mom really wants to get me a coat for my birthday, so she just had me go pick it out. No success wa sat the Peabody so then we headed over to the Danvers mall. Definitely no success there. We then made our trip to the Burlington mall. Traffic was awful. What could have been about a 20 minute drive ended up being an hour. It was kind of fun though. I finally found the coat I wanted after looking forever at Macy's. We got home pretty late, but it was a lot of fun! This morning Joe's dad made us his delicious breakfast. We prepared for the winter storm that started at noon today. I ran on their treadmill which was nice also. We've been in all day because it has been snowing lots. We ordered a pizza and had it delivered. Overall it was a pretty good day! Tomorrow is the Christmas party and we're excited! Merry Christmas all!