My EPIC Thanksgiving

Well all, how was your Thanksgiving??  

Ours was so much fun. My family and T's family met up in St. George for the Holt Family Thanksgiving. It was a very different Thanksgiving than our regular 5 person dinner. This was a feast of epic proportions. There were about 130 Holt's, in a gymnasium, giving thanks and grubbin on food.

Don't believe me. Check it out.

 The whole Thanksgiving gang

I wish I took a picture of the gym before everyone sat down. 

It was decorated so nice

This big dinner was actually done around lunch time, then afterwords there was a talent show where T's cousin sang a song he made for T thanking the troops for all they do. It was the cutest thing.  Then tables and chairs were moved so the boys could play basketball and there were crafts going in the church rooms for all the kiddies.

We also took the opportunity to take a family photo while we were all together.

 This is T's immediate family and the family I will be marrying into. 

These lovely people are Aunts & Uncles, Grandma & Grandpa, and Cousins

Because Thanksgiving "dinner" was so early after all the fun and games we had a second dinner at the condo and played games!

Of course the next day was Black Friday. T stood in line with his Aunt, Uncle and cousin for 8 hours outside of Best Buy to buy a PS3. (I actually bought it for him) And I woke up at 4am to shop with my sister and T's sisters. I just bought a few presents and later that day T and I bought new phones! 

I love my new Fascinate. 

Anyway, Saturday was the family  Christmas party (Yes in November but hey, that was the only time everyone would be together) where we played more games! Ate good food and enjoyed the company of everyone.

 Monopoly Cards, Best Game Ever Invented!

My Dad and My Future Father-in-Law 

(why do I look all squished and chubby?)

Then on Sunday we took the epic drive back home. It is normally a 6 hour drive from ST. George to my home town but we hit crazy traffic. It took us 9 hours but we were thankful to make it safe.

Love you all!

The Good News and The Bad News

I am going to keep this post relatively short because I have a ton of crap to finish in a short amount of time. Tonight will be my attempt to get to finish my to-do list before 10pm.We will see how it goes!

Anyway... The good news.... T PICKED UP RANK TODAY!!! 


In my post yesterday I briefly mentioned that he probably didn't pick up seeing only 23% that were eligible  actually did. But he was in that 23% ! How wonderful!! Guess what this means! BAH? Yes, exactly =]. I'll keep you posted on that little nugget!

The bad news... T is scheduled to deploy next October.....

There is not much to say about that other than the fact that we will only be married for a couple of months before he leaves. And him leaving at all makes me quite upset. But were not going to focus on that right now. There are too many exciting things right in front of us that we must enjoy.

P.S I fixed the video in my last post so you can actually see the madness...take a peek, I promise you will have a good laugh!


XOXOX

Men in Diapers AND an Award!

Why am I not in bed? Well to blog of course! This will probably lead to me skipping spinning for the 9th morning in a row.... (don't judge! 6am is EARLY!)

Anyhow. I have a ton to blog about. First off, this weekend was not exactly the most productive (ie, no wedding planning, homework doing, room cleaning or packing took place BUT I did study, yay me) but it was still pretty fun. On Friday I helped TJ and his buddies move stuff into their new apartment, we played scrabble and I cooked dinner and by cooked I mean bought a Stoffers lasagna and put it in the oven.

(On a side note it is looking like T is not going to pick up rank this month... booo...we just found out yesterday only 23% picked up so its looking like guys who have been HN's  for 3 years are ranking up... ie, not T... which means no place for us in December, unless a miracle happens)

OKAY! Back on track. Friday night we all kind of fell asleep in random places around the house then Saturday I woke up EARLYYYY to take a test in Stats, which I am positive I aced. Then Billy, KC, and T picked me up so we can go to the Oakley family and friends sale which we actually didn't go until Sunday but I'll spare the deets, they are not that interesting. Saturday night was one of T's roommates birthday's so everyone bought a cake, Spongebob pinata, and diapers

What were the diapers for? Well, watch at your own risk.

(I didn't know the video was private so I changed it for your viewing pleasure!)

Mark ended up locking himself into his room and jumping out of his window to avoid the diaper madness. He was actually pretty pissed and didn't return until an hour later. We all thought it was funny though and that's all that matters.

Then today we actually went to the Oakley sale, spent too much money, then we sat around and watched the Harry Potter movies, which I have never seen. They are quite interesting.

Now for the second order of business. I won another award! I have been really bad about reposing them so I am going to get back on track! The lovely Brea at Utterly Chaotic  left me this beauty:

Now let me share a little about me =]

1. Wedding Planning is starting to get on my nerves. I know I should love every minute of it but it is too stressful.

2. I am SUPER excited for Thanksgiving! It is my favorite holiday EVER. AND my family will be meeting ALL of T's  family in St. George.

3. I stopped drinking Coffee and Tea so T would stop playing video games around me and drinking Mountain Dew. So far, he has broken our bet, but I have held up my end of the bargain.

5. When I don't get my way I get extremely upset, like how a toddler gets upset. BUT I NEVER ask for anything so on the extraordinary occasion that I do ask for something, it would be nice if it actually happened.

6. I like watching movies or TV with the light on.

7. T and I are debating whether we should buy a new F150 or a new Explorer after the wedding. I REALLLLLY want the Explorer but either way I am driving the new car =].

Now I want to pass the award to:

Miss L @ Living the Life

Nicole @  Sailor's Sweetheart

Kaylee @ Devil Dog Darling

YAY! I look forward to reading your random factss!

Marine Corps 235th Birthday Ball

So I was thinking long and hard whether or not to share about my wedding dress (well I haven't bought it yet, and it is totally possible I will find one better, but in my mind it is the dress I will be wearing while getting married) and I have decided I am going to keep it a secrete. I want it to be a surprise!! But I promise the time will come where I can post photos of my WEDDING!!! and you will be able to see the the dress.

In some other news, last night we went to the Marine Corps 235th Birthday Ball. Why was the ball on a Tuesday night? I seriously have no clue, but it was TONS of fun. The ceremony was LONGGG but the food was pretty tasty and T and I had such a fun time dancing at the end. We also went to the casino where we kind of lost a good sum of money, but whatever, it's not like we need that money for a wedding or anything haha.

Now its picture time!

I'm covering all of his medals. He's not a boot I swear!

 Look at those blues. Sexiest uniform in the military if you ask me.

 I was Mrs. Holt for the night! 

That's what my name will look like in 7 months. Weird.

 Before the ceremony began

What Can Possibly Be More Important Than My Wedding Dress?

I went dress shopping today and I found a dress I LOVEEEEEE!!!! 

But I'll talk about that in a different post. 

Instead! I want to share 2 of my favorite photos from this weekend.

 Isn't this the cutest shark hat??  (and the cutest little boy?!)

My Dad and T bonding over a haircut, adorable!

Alright all you wonderful ladies and gents. I have a paper due in 2 hours so I need to get to gettin! I promise I'll tell you about the dress!