November Quote

Well it's officially the last day of November and I'm just barely getting around to posting the monthly quote. I really like this one and I think it speaks for itself so I'm not going to say much about it. It is:
"If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory." - William Hazlitt
It's a good reminder on how important our faith is in everything we do. As I'm sure you know we went to Hawaii at the beginning of the month. I have finally gotten our pictures on my computer and now I just have to find time when I have that and the Internet to post about it. Don't worry, I'm hoping it will be this week. :) Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, it was good to stop and think about everything we are blessed with.

Adventures

In my heart I like to consider myself an adventurer. Someone who has been all over the world and seen all these amazing places, met all of these interesting people, maybe solve a mystery or two. Couldn't you see me somewhere like these two places...


Since tomorrow is a new year it got me thinking about what this year will bring. And you know what I decided...I'll let you guess...ADVENTURES! (yay, I knew you would get it) I may not be able to go to Paris or Greece in the coming year but I know that whatever this year brings I'll be able to have lots of adventures.
"The purpose of life, after all,
is to LIVE it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~
Don't you love that quote! I know I do. This quote is going to be added to my fridge this year so that I can always remember what my new years resolution is. To live life, to always be looking for new experience's and adventures and to embrace them without fear.
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
~ Helen Keller ~
I love Helen Keller, she is a true adventurer and such an inspiration. (this is going on my fridge too by the way). How true is this quote. Life is an adventure. It always will be, whether you're traveling the world or like me, and living out your adventure at home with the people you love more than anything. Here's to a new year and whatever adventures come our way! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all had a fantastic day!
Love,
Kirsten, Brandon, and Missy ♥

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PIE! Yummy! Today has been pretty eventful. I had school off for Thanksgiving break so I went over to my parents house to help make pumpkin pies. It smells so yummy in here. Missy and I got up pretty soon after Brandon left for work so we could work on the house some more. So far we have everything primed and the ceilings done. Today I got one coat of paint on the walls in the spare bedroom/office. It's starting to look so good. I'll have to post pictures so you can all see how the work is coming along. We're getting really close and should be done painting by the end of the weekend! Yay! Then all we have left is carpet and it will be time to move upstairs. We're really excited!

Happy New Year!

Hey everybody! I know it has been FOREVER since I’ve posted anything, but it has been a really busy holiday season. I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas. Our first Christmas together was so much fun (I’ll be sure to post pictures once I upload them to the computer). We ended up setting up our Christmas tree on Thanksgiving (which was before we threw away our jack-o-lantern because by that point it was dripping onto our neighbor’s balcony :) and neither one of us wanted to carry it to the garbage) and are kind of sad to take it down. Our fish are still alive and are so cute, they’re our little boys. School is starting again next week, and after this semester is over I should only have two left! Woo hoo, almost done with college! Happy new year!

Seasons

I love watching the seasons change, each new season brings something new to be excited about! Brandon and I got to carve a pumpkin for Halloween, which was a blast because this was no ordinary pumpkin. This pumpkin weighed 50 pounds! It was amazing! (We still have it sitting on our balcony, I'm kinda holding on to it) And next is Thanksgiving! We were talking the other day about Thanksgiving and we both said the same dorky thing at the same time (great minds think a like!) and decided since we can eat at TWO Thanksgiving dinners this year we were going to go into training so we could stuff ourselves as full as possible! And then there is the Christmas tree. We bought it last year while they were really cheap and on clearance. Brandon has been so excited to set it up (and his little train that goes around it) that he asks me if he can set it up every day when he gets home from work! We finally came to a consensus that we could set it up the day after Thanksgiving, but no sooner because it will most likely take up a large amount of the space in our front room. (I have a feeling though that we'll probably set it up on Thanksgiving I'm excited to set it up too!) Anyways, I'm excited for the rest of the holiday season to come!