Avocado Gelato

These are old pictures, but fun pictures! We recently hung out with one of Matt's old mission companions and his brother and their girlies. It was a lot of FUN!

We ate authentic Italian pizza and then indulged in gelato.
Matt was feeling adventurous and ordered AVOCADO GELATO. Interestingly enough, it was mmmm mmm gooood.
Then we went to "Savior of the World" at the Conference Center. We loved it.
Temple Square was beautifully lit up; the trees were all dressed up in bright lights.
We had a great night. :)

It's Christmas Time

Our first Christmas married and we are having a lot of fun! I wanted our first tree to be fun and so I chose to do a food theme. Sarah came over one night and helped us string popcorn. Tonight we made tons of cookie ornaments! There are still many more things to do :).

Here are the cookies before we attacked them with sprinkles. Matt was a master at making the holes so that we could hang them.

We took the art of these cookies very seriously...

You can't have fun without making a mess, right?
That's me...the famous cookie decorator. HA
Here's the stud at work.
We decided that being serious was overrated and decided to eat some decorations.
We made many, many, many cookies...some were "accidentally" eaten by Matt. :)

CHRISTMAS TREE

This little guy is named "Fern Gully". He is our real tree.

Matt was thinking deeply about how he should make each branch look. In the end, he did a great job.

My job was to put the branched on the tree after Matt "floofed" them for me.

Matt's last look over.

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We sure did have a great day and it is not over yet! This morning we went over to Matt's parents and had a FEAST. Then we moved our way into a much too comfortable living room equipped with a cozy fire and attempted to watch the Pats game and fight the temptation to give into our heavy eyelids. We're home now and Matt is working hard to figure out our new universal remote...oh how nice that will be! Tonight we might go back up to the other Beynon residence for some pie and maybe go to the movies and see Megamind :)!

Dear Massachusetts Family,

We sure did miss you all today! We hope that all of your tummies are as happy as ours. We are thankful for you all and all you do. We love you!

Things we are thankful for:

each other

Gospel

family

our job

friends

the roof that shelters us

BYU-I

USA

...that is just the beginning of our list...

At the beginning of this Thanksgiving week, I decided to get in the spirit and make some Pumpkin Raviolis. First time trying something like this...they were pretty good.

This is the before...

This is Matthew enjoying the end product :)

SNOW!

The first snow! It came just a few hours after I told my little brother Max that I was sad because there was no snow! BLESSINGS :)

This gorgeous tree is found in our backyard where the horses are kept. The smaller tree in front of it is a pear tree that was very kind to us this summer/fall. YUM.

This is our not so interesting door. All I know is that when it snows a lot more, I won't want to shovel...

This is part of our driveway. I love when the snow is still a beautiful fresh white blanket :).

We've been married for 7 months!?

We have been really good at watching the calendar and planning something fun and cute for each month we've been married. I guess after the big 6 month mark, we calmed down and totally forgot about the 7 month mark. Well, to make up for it, Matt picked a rose for me. I love this rose and still have not thrown it away, even though it is all shriveled now :(. Don't tell our landlord, but he picked it from the garden in our front lawn...

Winter Registration

After going through the endless frustration that we know as class registration, Matt and I are now officially registered for some great classes!

Lindsay:
Drawing II
Art History I
Art Seminar
History and Philosophy of Education
Family Foundations
Practical Homemaking
Advanced Writing and Critical Thinking


Matt:
Art History I
Typography
Photography
Art Seminar
Intro to Teaching Seminary
and, hopefully, Design and Color II

Elizabeth Allen Changes to Elizabeth Drysdale

October 22 we had the chance to go to my best friend's wedding in Logan, Utah. I got to get up early with her and get her hair all ready for her BIG DAY! Elizabeth has wanted to be sealed in the Logan Temple for as long as I can remember, her ancestors helped build it! The whole day was amazing. The weather was perfect. Elizabeth was beautiful. Her and Danny's parents were all smiles. The Temple was astounding, so gorgeous. I'm glad that Matt and I were able to be there for this monumental day. Here are some of the pictures that Matt took. This is only just a tease, there are many more wonderful shots!

THIS is the gorgeous Logan Temple and the beautiful gardens.

These are Danny's parents.

These are Elizabeth's parents. Well, they are basically mine too :).

Here is their support system! Look at ALL of those people!

I love this shot. Here is Elizabeth right before she walked out of the Temple with Danny.

Could they be any happier? So sweet.

This is one of Matthew and my favorite shots.

I had to put this one in here! There was a little kitty just strolling around the Temple grounds. Just not something you see everyday!