Christmas in November?

(These are my arm warmers, I tried them out at work. If you can't tell, I had just woke up and was a little tired.)

So I have a quick story to tell. oOne day Ry and I had a long stressful day at clinicals. We came home and were totally exhausted. We had tons of homework to do, but we really needed to take our bikes into the bike shop for some tune ups. So we divided and conquered, Ry went to the bike shop and I did homework. Homework always tends to put in a bad mood though. So needless to say by the time Ryan came home I was about ready to snap! I am sad to say that I may have been less to pleasant to Ryan. Like always though, he was super patient with me. He brought out bikes in from our car. When he came back from the back room I noticed he had something in his hands...They were these AWESOME arm warmers I have been lusting after for months now! They are perfect for bike riding because they are easy to put on and take off to keep you at the right temperature, but aside from all of that, they are BEAUTIFUL! I just love all the colors! Well, they were kind of pricey so I never thought about actually getting them. Ryan, on a whim (which he doesn't get to often), just decided to by those for me for Christmas, but he was too excited about them to wait til Christmas so he caved and gave them to me then! It was the sweetest thing in the world and, I know this sounds silly, but it gave me more energy to get more homework done. He is amazing!

Thanksgiving!!!

Ok, so I do have some pictures from Thanksgiving, but Iwill have to add them after I figure out how to get them off of my camera..Complicated story...
Anyways, Thanksgiving was a BLAST! We had Thanksgiving at our wonderful friends, the Stoners house. There were around 30 people who came and went...it was intense!! But it was so neat to have so many different people. There were all of these different dishes that I had never tried. Like, who would have thought that artichoke casserole could be so delicious! Or who ever heard of cheesy pineapples?? Believe me, they were GREAT! Even though we were not with one relative it felt like we were surrounded by family. It was kind of sad, Ryan and I had to work that night so we did not have as much time to hangout with everyone as we would have liked, but it was still so fun!

I have just have to give a little shout out to everything I am thankful for. (this is mainly for my scrap book I am going to make from my blog, so it may be a tad cheezy, sorry!
I am so grateful for my amazing best friend/husband Ry-guy. He is the kindest person I have ever met and is such an amazing guy!
I am so thankful for all my amazing family! Both of us have been so blessed to come from amazingly supportive loving families and we know we would not be where we are right now with out them!
I am so thankful for my incredible friends! We have been soooo blessed in that department! They really add so much joy to our lives!
I am very thankful for my job. I love the opportunity I have to be part of the miraculous miracle of birth on a daily basis! It's amazing!
I am thankful for Ryan's job and what a hard worker he is! I know he will always provide for us!
Last but not least I am just so thankful for the gospel and the opportunity I have to know I will be with my amazing husband and family for eternity.

Another Great Day!

Today was a great day. Ryan and I had our first clinicals of the semester...Yes, we did just barely start, but do not worry we will complete them before December 15...hopefully. The clinicals were really great though because both Ry and I were in the NICU taking care of sick babies together. We actually got to both go to the same C-section. It was kind of fun for Ry to see me in action delivering a baby. Ryan also got to spend so time with a nurse anesthetist. That was really neat for him.
We also bought our first Christmas tree ever! It was at Goodwill and we got it brandnew for 25$! I am excited! I can't wait to get it all decorated and cute for Christmas! We are going to Boise for Christmas, but Ryan promised me that we could celebrate our own Christmas before we go, it is going to be super fun!
Then we had a blast at Eric and Markee Stoner's home. We are like their little orphans and they feed us on almost a daily basis. They are so fun to hangout with. It is nice to be able to relax with friends and get a break from stressing about school.
Now it is on to more homework! Somehow we get finished school! hopefully :)

All in all it was a BLAST! It was 5-6 miles of running, 9 miles of bike riding and 5ish miles of canoeing. It was intense, there were definitely a few times when I felt like I wouldn't be able to finish. Ryan was so supportive though. I was one of the neatest experiences to do that with Ryan. He did so well! He is just one of those people who are naturally fit and physically gifted. He dfinitely could have finished much quicker but he stuck right with me. Uncle Drake was so great, too! he drove 15 hours just for this race. He brought tons of extra gear for us. He showed us how to do everything and what to expect. We are planning on doing some more adventure races with him. All I can say is at the end of the race when I just wanted to fall apart or be knocked out because I was so sore, I still wanted to get back on my bike and do some more trails! It's awesome!

This was right before the race! I was so nervous! At one point I was shaking violently!!

It was absolutely beautiful! This is the lake we canoed for about 5 miles! It was breath taking!

This is Ryan and uncle Drake unloading Drake's Kayac.

I think I have been replaced!!!!! Ryan has found a new love!

This is at our hotel. We had two queen size beds. We wanted our bikes to be at their best performance so we made sure they slept comfortable...

This is at the beginning of our trip. There was just something so satisfactory to look behind us and see two sweet bikes attached to our car!

Ok, so we are starting a blog! It might take me awhile to get it down, but it seems like it will be fun! Part of the reason we thought it would be a good idea to start a blog is because Ryan and I have been having the time of our lives lately and we figure we should document it for posterity's sake, you know? :)
One thing we have done lately is we have just gotten new mountain bikes. They are the Felt q620 and they are BEAUTIFUL! We also just finished our first Adventure Race ever! Uncle Drake White was our mentor and we just had the time of our lives!! As soon as I figure out how to post the pictures I will do that.