A little Update

Well I am officially out of the first trimester and feeling great, besides this aweful cold that will not leave me alone! I have never been one to take a ton of medications, but now I that I am pregnant and everything that I take can affect my little nugget, I'm even more paranoid. It's no fun.

Here I am at 16 weeks.
Right now I just feel fat; not really a fan of that. I'm in the awkward stage right now where I can fit comfortably in my fat jeans but I have to leave my regular jeans unbottoned. Welp, I guess it's time to go shopping!!

On a side note, I came across this pic the other day and just thought about how incredibly happy I am to not be living in Idaho anymore! Sheesh, that place is wretchedly cold.

It's all about who you know

I have come to realize that most of the time finding a job just comes down to knowing the right people. Well in my case, it came down to me knowing my fabulous friend Whitney. She called me the other day and asked if I would like a job at The Silk Garden, which is a cute home furnishings store in Turlock. She was told that the owner was looking for some part time workers and was about to go to an interview. She didn't really want to work there, though, since she is trying to become a teacher. So I went in that same day and talked to the owner and got a job!! I am so exicted!! I will finally be able to put my education to use. I will mainly be helping with the displays in the store and hopefully going to some homes with her to do consultations. If nothing else, its just a way to finally get my foot in the door, especially since interior design is not a very big market here in small town California. I mean working at Foster Farms has been great and all, but I didn't go to college for 5 years to stuff envelopes, talk to crazy people from Alabama about their W2 forms, and file papers. Basically Whitney is my hero right now and I just love her.

I wanna go to Disneywand

For thanksgiving Nate and I decided to brave the traffic and go down to L.A. and see his friend Leo and his wife Lise. We had a blast. We had a huge Tongan thanksgiving with all of Leo's family, it wasn't thanskgiving dinner that I am used to but it was delicious!! They all made us feel so welcome and made sure that we did not leave hungry at all. Before we ate we sang Love at home in English and then in Tongan, and by we I mean they. Then after dinner the whole family went around in a circle and said what they are thankful for. It was so neat to hear what everyone had to say and to hear them talk about how important family really is. I really enjoyed seeing how different families and cultures celebrate the holiday.

The next day we went to Disneyland. I absoutely love it there!! We thought that maybe it wouldn't be too crowded because everyone would be out shopping, but we were wrong. The lines weren't terrible, but as the day went on it just got hard to move without running into someone. When we got off one of the roller costers Nate looked at me with a confused look on his face and slowly pulled a LONG BLACK hair out of my mouth. It was the most disgusting thing that has ever happened to me. It was obviously not mine becuase of the slight color variation. I just keep telling myself that it was Lise's, even though her hair is short and curly and this one was very long and straight, it just helps me feel better about the whole situation.

I'm such a child and get really excited when I see the castle, especially when it is all lit up for Christmas. The lights all over the park are so pretty. I love it!!

Waiting in line to watch "Honey I Shrunk the Audience." Nate was immitating Dr. Zelinski in the pictures on the wall

Us with Leo, Lise and Goofy.

Us on Tower of Terror. Its a little blurry because its a picture of a picture. I'm too cheap to buy the real ones.

On Saturday we just hung out and watched the BYU game. That night we wanted to do something so we decided to go to Santa Monica pier and then to see the Walk of Fame. Right when we got on the freeway Leo's car blew a tire while in the fast lane in lots and lots of traffic and we got stuck on the side of the road for a while. Leo called some roadside service they have down there becuase it would have been impossible to change the tire with cars flying past us at 80 mph. While we were sitting there waiting for the tow truck we all the sudden noticed that the cars magically just stopped coming. At first we were very confused, then we saw a police car with his lights on swerving accross the lanes to stop traffic. I'm sure the thousands of cars that were at a complete stop for a few minutes were not too happy but we felt pretty special. We were then able to get across the freeway to the right side where the tow truck could get us. It was a pretty fun little adventure. We all made it out alive but needless to say, we did not make it to Santa Monica.

Fall Fun

I am totally loving Fall lately. I just love seeing the leaves change colors, and the fabulous candle scents that are out now, and the chill in the air. I think the thing that I am loving the most is that I am no longer in the arctic tundra otherwise known as Rexburg Idaho and i can walk outside and actually make it to my car without my fingers going numb. It's an amazing feeling.

Our lives have been pretty boring lately. We just go to work, come home, sometimes go to the gym, go to bed and do it all over again the next day. Occasionally I will make dinner and if we are feeling really wild maybe we'll stay up late and watch a movie. Since it is halloween time though, we decided that maybe we should be festive so a couple weeks ago we went to the corn maze with Todd and Whitney. We had a lot of fun. It is a huge place and we were surprised by how many were there. It was crazy!

There were so many cute things for kids there, but since we don't have any children we thought we would play in them instead.

After we finally got out of the maze... we only cut through the corn a couple times

We also got to celebrate Nate's birthday this month. On his actual birthday my family came over and we opened presents and had some yummy cake. Then that weekend we went to Texas Roadhouse for a second celebration.

Nate and Camille opening all his presents.

The birthday/Halloween bone cake I made for him. I love having excuses to bake something