.vehicular motion

No, we couldn't really afford it; but when a really sweet deal falls into your hands you have to jump on it sometimes

Right? I think that's right?

Air's sister Tara didn't need her old car; so his parents let us have it so long as we paid the shop for something called a "distributor"(?). I obviously know a lot about car parts.


Aren't we lucky??


It will be pretty nice to have another car. We've had a few instances lately where Air and I have needed to be in two different places at once, but couldn't because of our one car.
Once I have a job it will probably be even more useful.
Did I mention it has snow tires?? :)


blessings blessings everywhere.


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.star-struck

This is really pathetic, but today I had a moment where I felt a little star-struck... on facebook of all places.


See, I have this friend, Jess, who I used to work with at the Math Lab at UVU (back when it was UVSC). I later got him a job working with me and my friends at Wheeler Farm's day camp for a summer. He was great with the kids and he would bring his guitar and play them songs and he would draw them pictures. I was pretty proud of myself for picking such a good day camp worker, since I was a head counselor.


These days he is getting more and more well-known and established as an amazing artist and musician down in Utah.


Currently you can see some of his artwork and enter a giveaway here on cjane's Provo blog. If you haven't heard of the infamous Utah blogger cjane, you probably haven't been blogging long... or you just don't surf around looking at blogs during your free time? (that's what I do)


Anyway, here's what happened to me on facebook today:

I totally blushed when I saw that she read my comment and commented back.

And that's the pathetic part.



the end.


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.he loves me

Let me tell you how I know Air loves me.


He found our camera yesterday (that he bought before we were married) in the bottomless abyss of my purse. He turned it on, only to find that the little screen was completely destroyed. Something in my purse must have put too much pressure on it...


RIP camera.
You were a good camera.

This was obviously a devastating thing for us to discover. You can probably tell if you read this blog that we really enjoy taking pictures. And we take them. Often.


But he didn't even get angry at me for carelessly keeping it in my purse unprotected. He just got online and started looking for a new one. Well, we can't really afford any camera that would be worth buying right now. So, for now, we'll just use our backup camera (that I got before we were married). It's not as good... but it works?



And here are some photos of what we've been up to these last few weeks (other than fighting off the flu and cold):

we tore out our shower--which has been falling apart since we installed it last year.

It was a disgusting mess under there.

It only took a week! ...so we've been showering at other people's houses lately!
And here is the new and improved version (without the doors):


It's beautiful! Thanks Air and Kevin!

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.shoedom

This is the time of year that everyone starts their Christmas shopping, right? That's a question because I always wait until the last couple of weeks to look for gifts! That doesn't mean I don't like to give gifts. Because Oh how I do!
I just don't start to think about what to give people until a lot later than I should.

For me, now is the time that I begin looking for gifts for........... myself. Selfish much? I hope not.

I think to myself: What do you want for Christmas this year, Amber? And then I spend way too much time finding a zillion things that I would like to have; but that I can't afford. And then, of course, I don't end up getting any of them. Such is the circle of my life.

This year, like many others, my list is all about shoes.
In case you don't notice, I'm crazy about flats now. Nothing beats looking good and being comfy!













Sigh.... So, there you have it-- my dream shoe collection. I sure hope Santa reads this!
{warning: adding the prices of the above items may cause broken heart syndrome. Because I felt just fine before I did that!}

*all shoe images were borrowed from piperlime.com and zappos.com

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.a new tooth in our family

We love eating at the Cheese Toast Restaurant in Lacombe whenever we go down there for the dentist... which has been every week for the last month.

They have the best views and the best dry ribs!

And look! The snow's melted and autumn came back! ...phew!

And for all of you gold-diggers out there; check out Air's shiny new tooth!

{I made this picture as big as possible in order to achieve the ultimate tooth-viewing experience for you.}
You're welcome. Don't mention it.

He loves it.

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.old style

.chim chim cher-ee!

Sorry I didn't post this sooner! Yesterday we were gone for the entire day. But here are the long anticipated photos of our costumes!
{And for the unawares--we were Mary Poppins and Burt, the chimney sweep}





Here are some of our seminary student’s costumes from Friday morning:

Air was a missionary

aren't they awesome!!??

…And this is what I did for the rest of the day on Friday before the party!

The party was awesome!!! We had so much fun!

blood punch

cousins

spandex boy and book face!

spooky treats!

games

On Saturday we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat and were in the haunted house! We had a blast scaring all of the little kids!

Later that night we watched some scary movies with the family and handed out candy.

We love Halloween!

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