"My Thanksgiving is turning into a Wes Craven movie."

My Thanksgiving this year was fantastic! I went to my dad's cousins house (the wonderful Diane and Lant Pritchett) and there were a total of 23 adults and a handful of toddlers. It was awesome. The food was delicious the company was delightful (anna and her daughter, nadia and her family, betsy and her family and some extras who were equally wonderful.) I'm also very proud of myself for the two dishes I brought: pretzel raspberry jello deliciousness and a green salad with Grandma Orme's poppy seed dressing. Yum. Both were very successful in making and eating! :D go me!





Then on Friday I went to my friend Suzzie's house in New Hampshire and had dinner with her family and our two friends Renae and Dani who went with Suzzie for Turkey Day. Then after dinner we drove 2.5 hours to our friend Faye's house in Maine to visit with her and our 2 friends Tyson and Johnny and Johnny's brother Lance. The below pictures are some moments captured on our AMAZING adventure. It was honestly one of the most FANTASTIC weekends I've ever had. It was full of laughter friends and beautiful places...Faye lives on a lake and it was beautiful because I never in my life have seen such a calm lake (it looked like glass) and the stars were (no joke) reflecting perfectly in the lake. I wish I could've captured it on camera but trust me, there was nothing so calming and beautiful and as amazing as those stars in the sky and reflected in the water. I know this is cliche, but words honestly can't describe how much fun I had. The pictures help though!

"Oh, sorry. My excitement must be clouding my ability to judge comedic hyperbole."

(this picture is an "overview" of Plimouth Plantation--a mock village of Plymouth)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!
I hope your day is filled with love, gratitude, and lots and lots of deliciousness!
I love all of you and miss you too!

the 3 things I am most grateful for are:
-My health--emotional and physical.
-My family who are all currently far away but are a wonderful support to me. I love you guys!
-My friends old and new, close by or far away. I love that they all seem to know how to make me laugh no matter the situation.

I love this holiday and I am thrilled to be able to spend it with the wonderful Diane and Lant Pritchett and multiple other Tueller family members. I am also very grateful for the Pritchett's for being who they are and for welcoming me the way they have.

Have a wondeful day everybody!
Okay I'm done!

"No that was just a car backfiring. The real gunfire actually sounds fake. You'll pick it up eventually. They call it ghetto-ear."

Now. I apologize because my wonderful fabulous beautiful fantastic mother was here November 14-17 and it was so much fun! I didn't blog about it because I was sick with a cold all last week and it drained all of my energy... but we filled our trip with lots of driving but those drives took us to awesome places, namely: Concord, Salem, (my battled 2 favorite places in MA) Ogunquit, ME, and Provincetown, MA--the very tip of the cape cod hook. BEAUTIFUL places all. I loved every minute of this trip including the hilarious attempts at origami at the amazing inn we stayed at in Maine. We ate (mostly) all delicious food and took hundreds of awesome pictures!
So please, forgive me for the ridiculous delay!

And because it is November and I wanted to list daily things I am grateful for, I am catching up now. Stay with me now...
1-I'm grateful for dayquil and nyquil.
2-I'm grateful for my friends and wonderful hilarious weekend adventures
3-I'm grateful for the cute boys in my ward...haha
4-I'm grateful for nights when I get to go to sleep by 8:30 pm... nice
5-I'm grateful for cough drops--seriously guys --this cough was painful.
6-I'm grateful for my sister's (including you Lesley!! :D) blogs to allow me to see my kids
7-I'm grateful for my ward...i really am.
8-I'm grateful for (again) Connor and Drew and the little things kids do to make me smile
(and lastly) 9-I'm grateful for blockbuster.com so I can rent lots of awesome movies! I'm cultured ya know...

Okay everybody. this post should suffice for another 2 weeks right?
JUST KIDDING! sorta...

Okay. I'm done.

"Nothing. I was just feeling left out."

I'm grateful for 2 things (todays thing and yesterdays thing):
1) Cameras of both the digital for it's instant reveal and for film because of the love put into each picture.
2) Beautiful moments that can never be captured to their full extent on camera.

**Maine is a beautiful wonderful place and I'm am thrilled to say that with the exception of a walk in almost pouring rain (and even that was enjoyable to some degree) the weather here has been perfect..not too cold and not to rainy. Windy though...but amazing.

Okay. I'm done.

"And then we take the "Craziest Mother-Daughter" title from Judy and Liza."

I am grateful for my mother for being her.
I LOVE my life here in great, historic, BEAUTIFUL Massachusetts but I miss her and all of our crazy outings which include but is not limited too:
-Movie/Lunch (occasionally shopping)
-Gilmore Girls marathon
-song swapping (mostly on my part but she complies...)

I am thrilled beyond measure to show her MY world because for the first time in my 21 years, it is truly mine.

If you believe in love, believe in this.

Watch. That's all I have to say.


This is the most intellectual take on this issue...

"How dare he have a vest like that."

Okay. I've slacked on my gratefulness so i'll say 3 because i think that's how far behind i am.
1-I'm grateful for airplanes which will bring my mama to me TOMORROW!!!
2-I'm grateful for music which seems to calm me down regardless of my stress level etc
3-I'm grateful for MOVIES! I love love LOVE movies....and with that in mind I was tagged to list my favorite movies A-Z so here they are:

A- A Lot Like Love
B- Bonnie and Clyde
C- Casablanca
D- (the) Departed
E- Enchanted
F- French Kiss
G- (the) Godfather
H- (the) Holiday
I- Ice Age
J- Juno
K- Kung Fu Panda
L- Love, Actually
M- Match Point
N- Newsies
O- On The Waterfront
P- Practical Magic
Q- (the) Queen
R- Romeo and Juliet (yep. the leo version)
S- (A) Streetcar Named Desire
T- Titanic
U- Unfaithful
V- Vertigo
W- When Harry Met Sally
X- X-men 1 (and I really did like it! :D)
Y- You've Got Mail
Z- Zoolander

I tag whoever wants to do this but specifically Karen and Jessica :D

i'm done!

**don't know how i stumbled here**

It is no secret this is my favorite movie and movie couple....
fast forward to 1:35

I really really do love them and i can't wait for this date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I. Love. Him. It is ridiculous how AWESOME he is and how dang BEAUTIFUL he is!

Okay..i'm done...

"No one invited you in here. Now get out before I go Bonaduce on your ass!"

I am grateful for my friends.
Plain and simple.

Especially my friends in Massachusetts for making this such a great
experience for me and for helping me stay so damn happy!!!


Okay. I'm done. :D

"Wow, That is some serious Great Gatsby pinning."

*this is a double post--the thing i'm grateful for and a rant...*

I am grateful for my Mom and Dad for raising me to be an open-minded, nonjudgmental and caring person.
They taught me that people are different in every single aspect of life and it is our job (our meaning specifically our family--my interpretation) to love everyone not judge anyone.

I've changed my mind. No longer a rant more annoying observations...
--America and the world has witnessed and become a part of history but there are still people who think that it isn't that big of a deal and shouldn't be made into one. Yikes.
--people who say variations of this: "I'm scared for our country". You weren't already?? Obama (i believe) will change that, not make it worse.
--The naive view of many Mormons** (and people of other religions and just plain other ppl) that I have come across about (specifically) "being gay" and gay marriage. The view that it is a sin or wrong or whatever is not for us here on earth to decide. Our job here is to love everyone because (and yes. i really am saying this) "Jesus said love everyone and treat them kindly too." I would also like to throw out a scripture (oh yeah. i went there...) Morm 8:20 Everyone deserves to be loved and NO BODY should be denied the right to marry the person they love and who loves them back. **I realize this is a generalization. Not all LDS ppl believe that.**

Okay...so it turned into a little bit of a rant but still...
I'm done now.

I can't get "coming around the mountain" out of my mind. It's like one of those phrases like "drop it like its hot" that I really wish I'd never heard

I am grateful for my job.
I absolutely LOVE those two gorgeous little boys
Connor and Drew (see flickr for pix)
I'm grateful for the snuggles I get from Drew and
I'm grateful for every smile I get from Connor when he sees me for the first time each day.

I have the greatest job.

"I see we've entered the no humor zone."

I am grateful to live in a country where the seemingly impossible CAN become possible!

Land of Opportunity at its greatest. finally.

Change is on the way and I'm grateful for that.



President Barack Obama...
I've witnessed and voted for History!!!

"You cannot gather here."

I am grateful for my ability to vote for a person I believe will better our country.
I am grateful for the women who stood up for our right to vote in 1920 (and all the years leading up to that time.).
I am plainly grateful for my RIGHT to vote.
(which I did for the first time in my young life!)

Regardless of who you are voting for...this video is worth checking out. Seriously. I promise it's not Christina Aguilera Isaac...(or anybody famous...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiJbs-JS3XQ

"At least she had a husband to kill."

Happy November everybody!!
To be perfectly cheesy...
November is the month to remember all the things you are thankful for...

I would like to try a new thing for myself (you are of course all welcome to do this as well) which is to write down something I am grateful for--obviously on my blog--each day for the month.


I am grateful for my happiness. It has taken me a long time to get this happy and I am grateful for it. :D