It's a dog fight...

This is our dog Zoe and the upstairs neighbor's dog ellie. They have basically been best friends ever since we moved in last summer. They love wrestling with each other. They would go for hours if we didn't stop them. Me and Courtney (Ellie's mom) have been talking about how sad they will both be when we move away for law school in a few months. Zoe will be friendless without Ellie and Ethan's parents' dogs who we go see every Sunday at least. Anyway here is some video of one of the many dog fights we see!

Huntington/Thomas Family Pictures

This is taken in our backyard. I think it's so pretty back there!


AWWW!! How cute is our little Zoey?!


Does black and white make our family look more sophisticated? I think so!


The whole clan in the family room with the Christmas tree as our backdrop. Love it



When we were all home for Christmas my mom had my talented cousin Jenni come and do some family pictures for us. Me and Ethan were even able to have our own family portrait taken with our dog Zoey!

A Vegas Wedding

My husband, my mother-in-law Mona, and me about to go to dinner with all of Mona's extended family.


This picture was taken right before the wedding. If you look closely, you can see the faces of Courtney and Jackie between mine and Ethan's heads! Just like them trying to be the center of attention!!


This is Me, my sister-in-law Courtney, and her friend Jackie


The bride and groom had a creative idea for their sign in book. They had all these props on a table and a boy was waiting there with a polaroid camera. The guests were told to use the props and have their picture taken. Then they gave you the picture and we glued it in the book and signed the page! Mona on the far right looks the best!


Last weekend, one of Ethan's cousins got married in Las Vegas. It wasn't how most people would imagine a Vegas wedding though. It was NOT on the strip and the officiator was NOT an Elvis impersonator (although that would have been cool). The wedding actually took place at the Charleston Lodge way up in the mountains. In fact it was snowing there when we arrived. Needless to say, it was not what most of the guests imagined Las Vegas would be like. Being from Vegas, I tried to warn my husband and his family that this place was far away from the city and we would be surrounded by mountains in the cold. The hotel was a little bit eerie. They used dead stuffed bears and dears as decorations (if you know me at all you know i HATE that type of stuff) and the place was pretty dark. They had old fashion piano music playing and it kinda looked like a setting for a horror movie. But regardless we had some good times with my husband's family. Here are some pics

Thomas Family Picture

This picture was taken over Thanksgiving weekend and yes I am just now getting it posted but what can you do right? My sister in law, Courtney is experiencing college life as a Freshman at UVU. I don't know if i'd say she's enjoying it but she has had some fun times and made some good friends (I know that because we work together at Allyse's Bridal and she has made friends with all the cute, fun girls there). Court is definately full of life and I think she's enjoyed having a sister for the first time in her life just as i've enjoyed having a second sister. My brother in law Chase is still working his way up at Wells Fargo and he is enjoying living with all his buddies in a house near the U of U. He has a new girlfriend so instead of leaving right after dinner on Sunday he has actually been staying around with Jessica and hanging out with the family. We are loving it. Mona is still enjoying her work and I enjoy teasing her about how she puts in way more hours than secondary education teachers. She doesn't get home until between 5 and 6 everyday but when I was student teaching at the junior high and high school I noticed all the teachers left half an hour after the bell rang. Kelly got a new job and is enjoying it so far. He is still the "dog whisperer" in the family. Whenever he's around all the dogs want to be around him. Hey when you've got it, you've got it right?!

Four and Counting!

Well it's been an exciting few weeks for us. Ethan has been accepted into four law schools so far and we are waiting to hear back from a couple more. So far he has been offered a spot at St. Thomas (our first choice due to the full tuition scholarship), Drake University, Gonzaga University, and Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Getting the scholarship at St. Thomas has kind of taken the excitement out of getting accepted at these other schools because we know that we can't turn down that kind of offer but it's still nice to know that several schools are intersted in my husband. Gonzaga was at the top of our list besides University of Utah and UNLV because of it's beautiful campus, decent weather, outdoor activities, and low cost of living (from what we heard) but we are getting excited about the prospect of living in Minneapolis. It's nice to know that we will have family there (at least for 1 year) while my brother Calder finishes his last year of law school and his wife Ivy works towards her degree in Engineering.

We're Moving to Minneapolis...We think!

Well it's official, Ethan got into law school! The school is St. Thomas and it is in Minneapolis. The first letter Ethan got was a rejection and he was so worried he wasn't going to get into to any of the schools he applied to. He is usually really calm and doesn't get stressed out easily but I noticed a change in his disposition after that first letter. He was definately worried so when we got accepted he was so happy. It was on a Monday and we had both just finished work. He opened the letter as I was looking for seasoning for the steak he was going to cook for dinner. He read the first line aloud and we started celebrating right after hearing the words "congratulations, you have been accepted..." We probably celebrated for a good 10-15 minutes before going back and actually reading the whole letter. Then came the shocking part...St. Thomas offered him a full tuition 3 year scholarship!!! We were literally in shock! We proabably re-read it 10 times just to make sure those words were still on the page. The boy who was worried he wouldn't get into a single law school just got a full tuition scholarship! I was so proud! We called his parents and then my parents who were all so excited for us (although I think Mona was secretly sad because she really doesn't want us to leave Utah). Last we called my brother who is also going to law school in Minneapolis at a different school. He was the one that convinced Ethan to apply to St. Thomas. Finally after all the calls Ethan said there was no way he was cooking tonight so we went out to celebrate the amazing news. What a great day!

Black Friday Sadness

I've decided I really don't like black friday. The stores get your hopes up with all the great deals but you have to act like an animal in order to get those deals. I had my eye on a 7 1/2 Ft. Christmas tree at Home Depot on sale for $50.00 and I was so excited to have it in my home and get it all decorated. My mother-in-law and I went out on Friday morning and we got to the store 7 minutes after it opened only to find that the tree was already sold out. I wasn't even about to set foot in Wal-mart for their good deals but I did try to buy my husband the X-box 360 with guitar hero online; of course those were sold out just as soon as the clock struck midnight. As poor as I am right now with me student teaching and not working I am not poor enough to camp out in the freezing cold to save a few bucks. Oh well I guess I'll just have to try my luck at the after Christmas sales. Hopefully by next year I will have my tree.