Anyone Know How To Fix This?

On blogger there is a new editor and an old editor you can choose to use. I prefer the old one because its easier and creating my layout is so easy. Today though, I came to blog and the new editor keeps showing up. I tried it in the Firefox browser and here on Google Chrome. I check my settings, the old editor option is clicked, yet when I go to "new post" (or even check on my old posts) it pulls up the new editor which I do not want to use! Grrr....there is no flexibility to moving pictures around. Thats the main reason. Its just a lot harder. So..I guess for now I'll give you a pic to whet your appetite until I am able to post using the old editor.

Kokob is visiting me in Arizona for a few days this week and we went to see the Mesa temple lights on Monday night

Mesa Temple Lights with The Wallace Family

Ok so my old blog editor is back but it is not letting me resize my pictures or move them around that easily :( So I will wait to blog about Christmas for now unless I can figure something else out. For now enjoy this post...

One of my favorite families in Maricopa came out to Mesa and picked me up at my place. We went to eat at In N Out because we LOVE that place and then we went to see the Mesa temple Christmas lights! Sooo pretty & it was my first time seeing them this year. Here are some pictures from that night:

Me, Nicole, Hannah and Joshuah

That green light reflected into a huge tree and tiny specs of light were thrown everywhere making it look like there were lights in the tree but really it was just a reflection! Pretty cool idea. The future of Christmas lights? Maybe...

Joshua & Hannah at the temple lights. They are so fun!

The lights were great & I'm so glad I got to spend time with the Wallace's because they are such a neat family & it was fun to talk to Nicole and catch up! Hope to see them again soon!

Jam-Packed Utah Weekend

I flew to Utah on Friday evening and we didn't have too much time when I got in to do very much but we did get to go to The Forgotten Carols & I got to meet Michael McLean. The Forgotten Carols was amazing, I've wanted to see it for a real long time. If you have never heard the soundtrack, get it. If you have never seen the play, GO SEE IT! It was totally worth the $$ to go and I was worried Tony wouldn't enjoy it but he honestly did. I was so surprised! It brought back wonderful memories of listening to the CD on the mission. Ahhh...wish I could see it again when it comes to ASU Gammage on Dec 23rd but I'll be in California! I feel so blessed that I got to go in Utah & that I could afford the tix and that Tony was not bored :)

Saturday was a busy busy day. Started with going to the Bulward Auction, so fun! But we didn't bid on anything.

Saturday afternoon we went to Tucanos for lunch! They let me use my free meal card as well so that saved me $12. YUM the food was oh so very good. Tucanos is in the outdoor Gateway mall so we got tickets to see The Blind Side at 4pm and walked around for about an hour or so until our movie started. I got a really cool warm hat at Aeropostale and then we got to the theater. The movie was EXCELLENT. LOVED IT. And Tony liked it too! Ahh sometimes I am worried that he is just participating with me in things that I want to do because he feels obligated, but he really truly thought it was a good movie. Yay!



Went to DI where I got a shirt and a pair of shoes. Went to Walmart to get some groceries, our hot cocoa cups and it was funny to see that the shopping cart had its own escalator! It is a 2 story walmart but there is just parking on the top. The store is really only 1 level but there is an entrance above that makes it a 2nd level. So strange.



Saturday evening Tony surprised me with a date to downtown SLC to have a carriage ride and look at the lights! We took Pandy & Hoote along and made hot chocolate with extra marshmallows to drink. The carriage was heated and they gave us a blanket which was nice.

Went back to Tony's and watched a movie and kind of crashed because we had done SO much in one day. It was busy but oh-so-fun!



I got tickets for us to go see the MoTab choir sing and it was for Sunday morning at 930am. We had to be IN our seats at 9am so we left Tony's house around 8. We had tickets for the terrace level and thats almost to the floor! First they had Music & The Spoken Word, then they had the Christmas concert. I've only been in there for General Conference and you are not allowed to clap after the talks, but for the concert, we could clap after most songs! Unless they were recording for a show they were putting together for next year on PBS. It was so cool and the music and choir was amazing. So was Natalie Cole & David McCullough who were the special guests. Even Pres. Monson was there with his family!

Some pix we took on temple square after the MoTab Christmas concert on Sunday morning.

Sunday afternoon we watched Elf which Tony had never seen, and also made a gingerbread house! Something Tony had also never ever done. Its definitely easier than it looks but we managed to get it stay up and decorated.

Sunday afternoon Tony & I made bread to bring to the Beckstead's for dinner and also homemade pizza! It was soo super good as it always is. We put pineapple on it. YUM

Michael Beckstead was my AP for awhile on the mission in Portland, Oregon. Great memories of him and the excellent job he did with presentations at zone conference. It was awesome to meet his little daughter Sadie & his wife Annie as well. She made dinner for Tony & I on Sunday evening in the crock pot and it was so super good! I got really full and could barely eat my brownie. Man. They live about 20 min or so away from Tony in SLC so it worked out well to go there and spend some time and catch up because I havent seen Michael since he left the mission.

I have never ever gone to see the lights on temple square and have always wanted to. Needless to say, I took TONS of pictures. Here are some...



It was just so amazing







So many lights. And creative nativity scenes. I didnt want to leave & I couldnt stop taking pix. Haha!



Loved loved loved the red lights!



Ok this is the last of the temple square Christmas lights pix. Promise! Even Tony in the pic above is getting tired of me wanting to take so many pix. Hehe.

Left early Monday morning to fly back to Arizona. Sad to leave Tony & all the fun things we did together in Utah. Excited for him to maybe come here for New Years & looking forward to planning lots of fun things to do when he comes!

Always A Fan

Heck Yes. Its true. Even though I have lived in Arizona for 2 years now, I'm still a Sacramento Kings fan. No matter how bad they play or how many games they lose, I'm still cheering them on! I have been to 1 game since being here in Arizona but last Saturday the 5th, changed that. The Kings came to play the Suns at the US Airways Center in Phoenix and this time Paul, Rene and Joey came too!

We rode the light rail to the game which saved gas and $$. Saw some of the dancers (I dont know what they are called) and we took pix with them. Only bc they were standing around taking pix with fans...and we are not fans of theirs but we did match in color. Joey is wearing my Kings hat even though it was a little big for him. It was his first Kings game! YeAH!




The arena was not sold out. The balcony level where we were sitting was more crowded than down below! When the game started, after the Kings were introduced, the stadium lit up orange because the Phoenix Suns colors are purple and orange. It was quite the sight.



Kings players warming up



My favorite. I love when they huddle and do their thing before the game starts.



This is another one of my favorite sites at a Kings game. 2 girls sang the national anthem and did a pretty good job.

The game was pretty close until the 4th quarter. The Kings were either ahead or tied and then slowly the Suns gained on them. The final score was 115 to 107. The Kings played hard...maybe could have played a bit harder in the last quarter but all in all it was so fun to go to the game and cheer them on. We were lucky enough to have 2 other Kings fans in our section! A dad and his son. I talked to them afterwards for a moment. They moved out here from the Sacramento area as well.

On the lightrail on the ride home. Joey was so sleepy :)



Here I am riding on the lightrail. WOOT & feeling so happy to have gone to see the Kings play!

Featuring : Lolly!

These are pix pretty much from Sunday , the day before I flew out and it was the day my sister Laura aka "lolly" left to drive back up to Rexburg where she goes to school. I was paparazzi around her too and tried to get a bunch of pix of her before she left.

Getting snacks, water, and her laptop before leaving



Im a bit jealous I didnt get to get pictures with my parents before *I* left..but then again I did leave super early Monday morning and only my dad was up to take me to the airport



Getting 1 last pic with Laura and then Laura & Evan (who is taller than her now!)

Cant wait to see my sister next year and hopefully she can come out and visit me during her spring break. She came to visit me in August and it was the best fun ever. Love u Lolly!

Botanical Garden Lights in Boise

Saturday morning in Meridian, Idaho was sad. I had to say goodbye to my niece Hailey because Julianne and Shawn were driving back up to Rexburg and she had to go with them. She wanted to ride in my suitcase back to Arizona but there were complications last minute so it just didnt work out. Hopefully next time I see her she will smile a little more!

Later in the day after Tony came for dinner - lasagna - Mmmm and hung out at my house for a bit, we went on a date to the Botanical Gardens in Boise to see the Christmas lights. It was really cool and oh so cold!



They gave us free hot chocolate and cookies. Tony forgot his coat so my dad gave him a blanket to keep warm.

Even though the night ended with finding this:

We were able to get it fixed without too much trouble. Thank you to the person who left a note on our windshield to let us know the tire was flat before we tried to drive away on it! I'm lucky I have a man who knows how to change a flat tire and I didn't have to call roadside assistance from AAA.