Got Frost?

I know I haven't updated in a while, but this is well worth the wait. Tonight I went up to the church to practice a few songs on the piano for the 1st grade program at my school. (Somehow I got roped into playing the songs for the patriotic program) Anyways... We've been trying to get the fridge repair guy over for 4 days now to fix our fridge because the food in the freezer was slowly thawing. He finally claimed he was coming tonight (after several already broken promises). I came home from the church about 10 o'clock to find...


Apparently, Justen and "Joe" took the fridge apart and Joe had taken out all our food and dumped about 5 gallons of hot water in our freezer! AHHHH!!!! Words could not flow from our mouth. There was water all over the floor and a pile of my dish towels cleaning them up. I guess the the problem was that our freezer had frost and the fastest way to defrost was to dump hot water over it. Not the most conventional way, but hey at least the freezer's cold again : )

Snowman!

Just a quick update! It's been snowing like crazy and both our cars "love the snow". Last night we went to dig the Infiniti out so I could get to my final in the morning. Once we felt our work was successful we turned to go inside and somehow made a snowman. Here is our finished product. (Due to lack of time and the cold temperatures we had to see fit with his size).

Let it Snow... Except on Tuesday When There's a 7 AM final

The past week has been eventful! But when is life not eventful. Friday we took off for Park City for our "free" night at Westgate resorts. Justen was not feeling well, but we still decided to go. We were almost there when I had to pull the car over for Justen. It all went downhill from there. We got to the resort and sat throught the 90 min. sales presentation while we both felt like we were gonna die. We finally got through with the presentation pretty fast(I believe it's because Justen kept telling the guy how sick we were & we looked it too!). We collected our $50 and hit the bed. What a fun way to spend your time in Park City!

I think by now we're all healthy and just in time for Christmas! Work is going well for Justen and Courtney is finishing up finals and tons of Christmas gifts for BYUB. And... there's snow! We don't mind snow when you can stay inside and drink hot coco, but driving in it... Tuesday morning at 7AM I had a final and it was snowing! I left the house at 6AM so that I could make it to BYU. I went 20 MPH down state street plowing through 3 inches of snow. I came to a light and it turned red, so I started to brake but I just kept on sliding and I almost slide right into a car turning left. However I turned left hard, yet completely running a red light! Close call.... but then comes the lights behind me! It's 6:45AM and I'm driving in the snow trying to get to BYU and I get pulled over. The cop was way nice and basically asked if I knew what happened. I said, "Ya... I ran a red light. I was braking, but I just kept sliding." He told me to slow down and walked away without even looking at my license. Crazy... but I made it to my final. Hopefully this winter will be accident free... even though I didn't start it out great!

Staying Warm Amidst the Cold

So life for us has been crazy! Thanksgiving weekend was fabulous and we had a nice retreat to Arizona! We ate our Thanksgiving Feast at Justen's cousin's house and came home full full full. The next day we celebrated Justen's 29th birthday (much to his dismay). He made a big fuss about how he hates his birthday, yet he looked like a 6 year-old boy at Christmas, so excited to open his presents! The day was just nice and relaxful with a trip to the movies and to dinner. Thanks Mom & Dad Watkins for a fabulous Thanksgiving! It was just what we needed!

This past week was very eventful! We got a washer and dryer! YAY! Needless to say we are content! Justen started a new job at Wolf Electronics and is loving playing with electronics all day long! We had our Ward Christmas Party and Stake Temple Night and ran ran ran all week long.

Cami's gradutation was this past Friday night. Mom and Dad Anderson were able to come up to celebrate. We are so proud of Cami and can't wait for her success in the real world ;) After graduation we went to dinner at Ottavio's. Mmm....

Saturday we got our Christmas Tree... We went with Cami and Jake and Dad Anderson to hunt for the perfect tree! By Golly it looks perfect in our little apartment. It really feels like Christmas now and smells like it too! I promise to post pictures of the decorated tree later.

Last night we made Gingerbread houses at Cami's. It was a ton of fun! Justen and I went with a rather traditional house. Cami and Jake however.... can you guess what it is???

Justen and I have lots of fun planned for December and love this time of year! Thanks to all our family and friends for all your love and kindness! "It's Gonna be a Christmas to Remember..."

Long Overdue and Much Needed

Where do I begin! Time seems to be flying by way too fast! October blew past us without even asking us if we wanted winter. Life at the Watkins house is blissful. We are looking forward to the holidays and the chance to spend time with family. UT is wonderful, but we do miss our family.

So much has happened. Conference weekend we went up to Jim and Lil's house and hung out with them and their kids. We had a blast! In between conference sessions we took the kids up to Snow Basin in hopes to run off some of their excessive engery. I think it wore the adults out more.

Outside the lodge at Snow Basin

On October 27th I started teaching my 6th grade class at Sprucewood Elementary in Sandy! It has been a blast! Everyday my desire to be a teacher is reinforced by the 90 faces I see each day. Since I'm in the 6th grade and they rotate I get to know 4 classes. One of the teachers is going off track and another is coming back on, so on Monday I get to know 30 more kids :) I'm doing quite a bit of teaching and love it! I'm gonna hate going back to BYU in December. Luckily I start student teaching in January!

Justen had a fabulous interview with U of A and we are hoping to hear from them soon! Unfortunately the application process takes forever, but we will patiently wait if that means Justen will be accepted. Right now he's working for Comcast and is doing amazing! Sadly as winter sets in he's learning that just pants and a jacket won't do. Hopefully we'll keep him warm so he won't get frostbite :)

Halloween was fantastic! Justen and I carved pumpkins Halloween afternoon. Justen's turned out great! Mine however fell apart. We then went to our ward's trunk or treat and stayed till the kids went around enough times to clean us out of candy. It was easy going and we had a great time. My attempt to create a cat on a moon. I think I cut it wrong so it broke :( Justen's fabulous angry pumpkin

Happy Birthday Courtney!

The past few weeks has been quite eventful. We attended the O.C Tanner Gift of Music performance on the 19th. It was held in the Conference Center with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony w/ special guests Deynce Graves and Brian Michael Stokes. The music was incredible and we definately enjoyed ourselves. On Saturday the 20th Justen and I braved the hike up Mount Timp.

On our way to the trail it started hailing on us! It cleared, so we decided to continue with the day's activity. The hike was a blast and we enjoyed seeing various wildlife such as a moose and mountain goats. As we continued up the mountain it got really cold and started raining some more. Even though the weather wasn't the best we had an awesome time! On Sunday the 21st Bishop asked us to speak next week. Of course we said yes... that means 2 talks in 1 month! That's what we get for moving. Cami came over on Sunday night with a delicious roast and cake. The three of us celebrated my birthday with dinner and a game of Settlers. Justen won... no big surprise, but the evening was amazing! Thanks Cami for a great night!

On Monday we woke up and had to hurry to our usual places at school and work. I went out to lunch with the girls at Costa Vida and had a great time catching up! At work Justen had sent me flowers! That evening Justen took me out to P.F. Chang's for dinner. During dinner he handed me a card that had 2 tickets to Momma Mia! I was so excited! The movie was great and Justen was brave enough to sit through the whole thing! It was a fabulous night!

Thanks to all for birthday gifts! It was nice to be thought of. Other than that we're just trying to keep up with life. School is going great! I will be teaching 6th grade at Sprucewood Elementary this November and will begin my student teaching somewhere in January. Justen is still working diligently on Medical School applications and we have high hopes!

Joining The Blog World

So I finally decided it's time for us to join the world of Blogging after 3 months! Justen and I are settling in quite nicely into our new apartment in Pleasant Grove after the big move to Utah. So far things are going smoothly. We were sad to leave The Valley and our families behind, but are very excited about our journey. The past 3 months we've had so many exciting adventures including including the Bahamas and Lake Powell! Moving to P.G. went better than we could have hoped. Besides minor difficulties such as, moving in furniture and the lack of a sufficient refrigerator, we've had a ball decorating and unpacking. This was my first week of school and I must say was a success! I have lots to stay on top of this semester, but I think it'll be a great one! Work (BYU Broadcasting) was thrilled to have me back and I have quite a bit to catch up on! Justen has several jobs on the table and I think we've finally got a keeper. We'll keep you updated once we know all the specifics!