Winter Break 2011

I had 2 weeks off for winter break, and it was wonderful! Levi was able to take quite a bit of time off as well, so we had fun spending time together. We spent a ton of time with family for the holiday's. We are so lucky to have such awesome families! 

We saw some good movies (Sherlock Holmes, Mission Impossible, We Bought A Zoo, and Moneyball). We also found some time to go down to American Fork to eat at one of our favorite places, The Rocky Mountain Wing Shack. Their address is 456 East State Road. If you are ever down there, you should definitely check it out. YUM! 

We also had the fun opportunity to go curling with some friends of ours. I had a good time until my feet went numb :( However, everyone else had a great time, and Levi wants to join a curling league!

Levi (the veteran) showing us how it's done

Taylor getting ready to go

Terri and Levi doing a great job brushing the ice!

It's really hard. I wasn't very good.

Levi's sister, Jordyn, and her family came down for a visit, and we got to babysit her amazingly cute kids one afternoon. It was so much fun and I made sure to have my camera out the whole time!

Checking out Pinky, my fish

She had fun on the ottoman! 

Bennett is just so happy all the time!

These two are so easy to babysit. Just put on Tangled!

Even Bennett was interested until he fell asleep

It seems our couch has the same effect on Payton's hair as it does on mine...

Such a good uncle!

We also had an assignment from Levi's Step-Dad to write a review of our year. It was fun to go back and re-read the blog to see how many changes happened this year, and all the fun things we did. I am really looking forward to 2012, and I am interested to see what comes our way!

A Long Time Coming

Well, I apologize for how long it has taken for me to get pictures up here of our new house. We have been putting a ton of work into it, and it is finally to a point where it looks like home. So, without further delay, I now present to you the new Freckleton Residence:

These are the pictures I took on the day we first walked through it with our Realtor. Little did I know when I was taking these, they would be the first pictures of our home. I never got the chance to take better ones before we started working on it.

Formal Living Room

Family Room

Master Bedroom

Spare Room

Spare Bathroom

The first night we had keys, Levi and Taylor ripped up all the carpet, and Katie and I began patching up all the holes and we spent the next few days getting ready for paint:

 One of the rooms had a million tiny push-pin holes

And then we spent nearly 4 weeks painting EVERYTHING! There were several times Levi and I believed we had taken on too much. It was a little overwhelming:

And then, the Friday before we were supposed to get our carpet in, Levi surprised me and had the carpet put in early. We were able to finally move into our home. Now we are onto the fun part of getting everything put in it's place. I think that will be a lifelong project:

Thanks to all our families for the hours they spent helping us. We couldn't have done it without you!

It's The Little Things

So, Levi and I have been going down to Phoenix almost every other weekend this summer, which has been so much fun. Last weekend, we were going down for a usual trip, which means we go to a Saturday night game, and a Sunday day-game. When we go on these trips, we usually leave early Saturday, like around 6ish, in order to get there for the evening game. 

On Friday after I got home from work, Levi informed me that he wanted to leave earlier. Way earlier. Like midnight early. I was confused, so I asked, "Why so early??". His response was, "To avoid traffic...". There has been a lot of construction traffic lately, so I didn't question his reasoning too much.

...This story has a point...

I drove for the first half, which means it was about 6am when we traded in Page. I had been asleep for about an hour when I felt the car slowing down and turning. I think I have the drive down so memorized that just the feeling of the car turning a corner woke me up. I asked Levi where we were, he said Cameron. We never stop in Cameron, and I quickly realized why we were stopping there, and why Levi  had wanted to leave so early. He was taking me to the Grand Canyon :) I had never been there before, so I was very excited. Unfortunately, I didn't think to bring my camera with me on this trip. I wish I had, but I will just keep the memory in my mind.

Thanks Levi for being so thoughtful and for being such a great husband. I have so much fun with you!