The Day Before Thanksgiving

Elder Will Barker 2012-2014

So yesterday was an awesome day! First thing in the morning we went up to Salt Lake to pick up my brilliantly handsome cousin Will! He served his mission in Brazil and we are so happy to see him home! He is so awesome and yesterday was really fun. After we greeted him home we all went to the Braza Grill (very much like Tucanos). It was awesome! I love that food haha anyways he was just really fun to talk to, now I just can't wait for tomorrow when we get to go up to Wyoming and hang out!! After we were finished with lunch we came home to Orem and kinda hung out for a little bit. We started doing some yard work, picking up leaves, etc. and these two kids had way too much fun with the leaves! After I started taking pictures of Luke, Emma got a little jealous... haha she started saying "Okay! My turn!" She's cute too I guess... ;) haha later in the day I went over to Josh and Kristen's home to help them decorate for a party they had. It's like classy Christmas over there! I love those two, I can't wait for Christmas just to hang out with them! When I was done over at Josh and Kristen's I came home and Emma and I had a slumber party! It was so fun! Emma really likes me I think haha! We made some Thanksgiving treats and popcorn and some other things and we made a giant bed in the living room with tons of blankets and pillows and watched a Tinkerbell movie (don't judge, they're pretty good ;)) and then we fell asleep! Anyways, that was kind of our day in a nut shell! Now we're all just getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Happy Holidays everyone! "So Paige, you're a Christmas before Thanksgiving type of person?" More like a Christmas before Halloween type of person! K I won't actually start until after Halloween! I know most people hate that, but I just love Christmas so much! I am an absolute sucker for those super cheesy Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, and I love Christmas music especially Michael Buble's "Cold December Night!" I believe that starting Christmas early extends the season! Plus Thanksgiving and Christmas are basically the same. I mean it's all about gratitude, family and food right? I just love the holidays and can't wait for this Thursday! Real exciting news, my cousin Will is getting home from Brazil on Wednesday! Right before Thanksgiving! It's a real exciting time around here. So we'll go to the airport on Wednesday, have Thanksgiving in Orem on Thursday, have another Thanksgiving dinner Friday in Lyman, have another wedding open house in Evanston on Saturday and end the week with a homecoming talk from Will on Sunday. *oh yeah side-note, forgot to write about how Kenzee (partner in crime since day one, aka Gizmo, aka cousin) got married in October! It's crazy because we're basically the same age and now she's married! Brad (her new partner in crime) is awesome and we love them together! He loves her so much and I'm so glad that they have each other! Anyways I seriously can't wait for the rest of this week, all I have to do is write a quick two and a half page paper. Easy. Exciting news for after Thanksgiving also! So Will has decided to come to BYU for winter semester and we're all really excited. Him and two other friends are planning on living together, but it's really hard to find a contract for just winter semester. Because of this Will and his friends are moving in with Josh and Kristen in the "Mella Mansion!" How fun will that be? Also speaking of the Mella home, we are having Christmas there this year! Since I was a kid, we've done the Trifecta Christmas. The Barkers, Walkers and Hamblins join together all under one roof and have Christmas together! It's the best time. So us Hamblins unfortunately don't have the best means of hosting because of our lack of property... But! Good news, Josh and Kris are living in the Mella's house all alone and there is plenty of room for us all there! So we're having Trifecta Christmas at the Mellas and I'm so excited. I literally can't think of anything else. Now to just get through finals right...? "Better watch out, better not cry!"