Quicky

So this post is going to be quick.

Our hard drive died last week. So haven't been able to post about disneyland, but I will I promise.

Because our hard drive broke we decided to get a new computer (which happens to be what I'm using now). And is also the reason why this is a fast post, Lincoln wants to use "his" new computer. More on this to come

Disneyland was wonderful. However I lost all of the pictures on the last computer, so I'll have my family send me some and then I'll post them.

And last bit of quick info.....Lincoln put a deposit down on med school!!!! Ready to here where we will be moving next July?

Drum roll...............

Chicago!

He will be going to the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Woot Woot.

Lots more to come....very impatient husband sorry.

Coming Soon!

DISNEYLAND!!!!

The Greatest Place on Earth

In 5 Days


Oh yeah and we will be in Utah for about 24 hours prior to this. I'm sad to say this is not long enough to see everyone we would like. We miss you all.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This is one of the card designs that you can get from Shutterfly.

It's that time of year again and so much to do. Last year I tried to get Lincoln to let me send out a Christmas card. He objected. Probably because we weren't even engaged yet. Now that we are married I get to design a card and send one out. I don't have access to a good program like Photoshop, but thanks to Sam I am going to do them through Shutterfly.

I didn't know anything about Shutterfly previously to Sam's blog post. After looking at all there designs I found some that I really like. And they are a lot cuter than what I could design. I love them because you can do a folded card (which is what we will be doing) and write your own personal message or you can just have the basic picture card. Here are links to some different styles.
Chirstmas Cards: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
Holiday Cards: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

The folded cards are great because of the personalized message. Lincoln thought it would be lame to just have a picture of us. "People know what we look like," he said. He wants to share what we've been doing in Omaha. I think it's a great idea.

They also do the cutest picture calendars. I know lots of people that have them and this is a great way to do it. Especially if you don't have your 2011 calendar yet. I think we will wait till we have children to do one of our own, but they make great gifts. Check out this link: http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars

Another benefit is that they're cheaper than anyone else that I could find. It's fast and easy. Oh and they have a holiday promotion where you can get 50 free cards. Can't beat that. Time is running out though. Christmas is almost here!

Snow Queen

So I heard about the snow in Utah....No snow here just cold. But that is not what this blog is about. It has been decided. We are going to make the Snow Queen's (from the Nutcracker) Castle for our gingerbread house. I don't know if she had a castle but if she did it would look something like this..



Less purple more blue and of course lots of gingerbread. Our castle will not be as elaborate seeing as I've never made a gingerbread house before. How hard could it be? After all I did make this...



OK, enough of the bragging and in all honesty it's not even close to perfect. If anyone has some good tips on making gingerbread houses I'm all ears. Suggestions welcome!

Slip'N'Slide

Here is the video of the slip'n'slide from the wedding. Love it! Great memories were/are made doing this.

Things I Love about Iowa

1. I love all the church history out here. It might not be the biggest place to learn about the Mormons, but there's lots of fun things.

We recently visited the Kanesville Tabernacle. This is the spot where Brigham Young was sustained as a prophet. It's a neat little log cabin building. They let Lincoln play the organ that's over 100 years old.

Every year they have a gingerbread house display that is open to the community. Our stake puts on the event, but anyone can enter. Lincoln and I are teaming up with the Smiths (this great couple in our ward) to make ours.

The theme is: Stories, Songs, and Rhymes of Christmas Time. It doesn't have to be the birth of Christ Christmas. It can be anything. We want something really unique. Any suggestions would be great!

2. Cheaper gas. The average price of gas that we've paid is about $2.50. I have to drive about ten minutes to work so this is nice.

3. No sales tax on food. It's wonderful. I swear we save so much money on grocery shopping. The tax is only on goods not services. So we still have to pay tax if we go out to eat, but that's not very often.

4. Same sex marriage! Just kidding. But really, I just learned it's legal in Iowa.

5. There's lots of trees out here. Everything is very pretty we've really enjoyed exploring. The other day we visited the pedestrian bridge. It goes from Council Bluffs to Omaha across the Missouri River. It looks really cool. I didn't take this picture obviously, but I like how you can see on both sides of the river. The side with all the buildings and lights is Nebraska. The dark side with the trees you can't see is Iowa.

The ZOO

The Omaha zoo is the coolest. They have a HUGE desert dome. You get to walk around as if you're in the different deserts in the world. Some of the animals are just walking around with you (mostly birds). Underground they have a nocturnal and swamp exhibit. In the swamp all that separates you from the crocodiles is three feet, a net, and a railing. Super cool.

They also have a jungle exhibit. Same concept as the desert one (except giant bats instead of just birds flying around). The monkeys just swing from trees right in front of your face. No net, no fence and no glass. They could jump on you if they wanted. The Sloth in this picture is about two feet from Lincoln. I think he wanted to pet it.

This Jaguar did not like Lincoln. He kept circling and hissing!
The rain forest bridge. There's a waterfall on the one side.
Looking through the waterfall

Lincoln trying to see what the bird is looking at.

This is a gorilla just hanging out by the window.