Thanksgiving with my new family

Thanksgiving was a little different for me this year, because I spent it up in Minersville, Utah with all of Quinn's (and soon to be mine too) family. I got to meet my new brothers and sisters, and a whole lot of new nieces and nephews! I had so much fun and felt right at home with all of them.

The siblings had a fun idea to make up some questions to ask Quinn and me, just so everyone could get to know me, how we met, etc. Lucia videotaped the interrogation :). It was kind of funny that Quinn and I both didn't know what each other's favorite sports were! Pretty ironic since we both love sports so much and play together a lot. All the other questions I thought we did a pretty good job of answering though (yes, even Anita's!). I really enjoyed the game and I think when Michael's fiancee Taylor comes down for the wedding we'll have to something similar.

Even though I still missed the Hale family while I was in Utah, I had such a great time with the Norris family. The whole time I was up there I kept thinking how grateful I am that Heavenly Father, who already blessed me with such a wonderful family growing up, would bless me even more by letting me become a part of another wonderful family! Thanks to everyone I spent time with this weekend, I love you all and can't wait to see you again!

Wisdom teeth...

A couple weeks ago I went in to see the oral surgeon about my wisdom teeth. Even though my dentist told me I wouldn't really need to get them out for another 15 years, getting them out on my parents' insurance now sounded better than getting them out later when I'd be paying (I know, I am just a moocher! ha).

I got to have my first experience with laughing gas, it was pretty funny! I didn't think it was working at first, but then all the sudden I thought, "what if this doesn't work and I have to be in pain through all this?" And that just sounded hilarious and I could not stop laughing. I had to stop finally so that they could put the IV in my arm, but I don't remember anything else until waking up after it was all done.

The doctor told me he gave me extra novicane so that I wouldn't have to feel pain for a long time. Well when he said extra he really meant EXTRA! I had the surgery at 8:00 am on Thursday, and I couldn't fully feel my face until I woke up the next morning. It was extremely annoying. And of course, even though he told me to stay away from pizza for a week, I just couldn't resist trying to eat a piece that night. And since I couldn't feel my lip, I started chewing on it without knowing! It was pretty disgusting and hurt a lot once I got the feeling back :(.

I have a blog!!

So I finally decided to make a blog! I never made one before because I always figured I'd just make one when I got married. Well, it turns out I'm getting married in two months! So I decided to get a head start and make it now before things get more crazy in January. But it's actually been pretty fun making one, except for the fact that it is pretty time consuming. But hey, it's all good. I've finally joined the ranks of the bloggers - Woohoo!

Engagement Pictures

So last Saturday we went and had our engagement pictures taken. I am not always great at looking "good" for the camera, especially when it involves posing, so I was a little nervous. We went to Freestone park, and walked around doin' our thing while my Dad (an awesome photographer!) took over 700 pictures of us! Ha I think his finger must have been sore from clicking that button so many times. But we ended up getting a lot of really good shots and it was surprisingly fun for me! Thanks Dad!

Here are some of my favorite pictures...if anyone has an opinion about which one we should use for our announcement I would love to know!

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