Christmas #1

Derek and I are spending December 20th to the 24th with his family in Burley. On Sunday all of the kids were there and we had a big dinner and gift exchanges. Boy were we spoiled. It was fun to sit around the tree and give each other gifts. Also, we went to the Burley Stake Christmas program. The music was beautiful and centered on Christ. A wonderful way to remember the meaning of the season.

Our nutso pile of gifts!

Opening my stocking!

Grandma Moss! What a great example of hard work and love. Thanks for all the great meals!!

Kara and her new CD - Taylor Swift

We gave toe socks to Steve as a joke :)

A pretty dress given to me - and my husband's silly face :)

Thanks for a wonderful Christmas Weekend Mosses.

BDC Work Party

Derek and I went to his work party for the Bannock Development Coorporation. It was at this beautiful house that was built for the purpose of hosting parties. It was beautiful with all the snow and lights!

Clay Pigeon Shooting

The whole group and me being tough. This was my first time shooting clay pigeons and I HIT ONE! :) It was fun spending time with everyone.

My handsome husband

Jarrad teaching Justin

Kandice and I!

Yeah Kandice and Jarrad

The beautiful backyard

Thanksgiving

Steve and Daralyn a little intrigued about their anniversary/Christmas gift. All the kids pitched in and got them a camera!

The whole table (minus Derek taking the picture). It was quite a spread!

These are the pies/pie crusts that Grandma, Kandice and I made. Thanks for all the instruction Grandma!

This is the pie I was most especially proud of. A beautiful apple pie that Grandma and I made - beautiful!!!

And the lovely couple after church :)

Making sweet music!

I tried out last week for the Pocatello, Institute Choir. I found out I made it this morning! I am sooo excited! I haven't been in an auditioned choir since senior year of high school. The choir is great and we practice for 1 1/2 hours a week. I am so excited to sing harmonies with wonderful students and sing our testimonies!!

snowdrops keep falling on my head

Ok so I am pretty grateful it is not snowing yet.
However, at work today I was cutting out some beautiful paper snowflakes.
It turns out - THEY ARE REAL pictures of snowflakes!
Aren't they gorgeous!?!
This makes me look forward to those white individual flakes!

I found the website my supervisor got the snowflakes from
and I wanted to show you all. Enjoy!!

snowcrystals.com

just a little sneak peak

our thanksgiving extravaganza!

Derek and I went to Burley for the weekend and one of the things the boys did was built Steve's shed in the backyard. It looks great. They got the roof on and pressed wood on the walls. Here's a few pictures from Kara. I will put my other turkey day pictures up soon (what can I say, finals are coming up, we get a little busy :)

i am grateful for my husband

- where did you meet? salem, oregon, single's ward, summer of 06

- how long did you date before you got married? 16 months

- how long have you been married? 11 months on friday

- what is your favorite feature of his? his smile, and big tough biceps :)

- what is your favorite quality of his? his willingness to serve in the gospel and in other places. i love that he loves to have people over for dinner. welcome others to the ward and help them feel wanted and important. also, he is a very generous person!

- does he have a nickname for you? pottattie :)

- what is his favorite color? umm blue? i'm not sure

- what is his favorite food? pupusas, and butterscotch cookies, and dried mangoes (the good kind), and dulce de leche

- what is his favorite sport? to play- tennis and recently racquetball

- when and where was your first kiss? 6 days after our first date on the couch in my parent's basement after watching "Two Weeks Notice"

- what is your favorite thing to do as a couple? recently- watch ISU sporting events after a long day of school and work. he is into the sports when we are there, but not obsessed when we are at home and need to watch sports all the time. i love that.

- do you have any children? not yet

- does he have a hidden talent? yes, he's a great singer but doesn't brag about it. and i know that i won't convince him to join the choir with me :) but he sings great next to me at church

- how old is he? 25

- who said "I love you" first? i did, only after knowing for a few months that he wanted to say it. once i finally said it, he could too.

- what do you admire most about him? his determination. he has interviewed with melaleuca in idaho falls and it went really great. he provides for our family and works very hard. he teaches me a lot about business, first impressions and connections, and using our capacities.

- do you think he will read this? eventually :) I love you Derek!!

I tag,
-mom
-charlotte
-nicole keller
-erin sweeny
-leisha

i've been tagged

- go to your pictures
- upload 4th picture of 4th folder
- post and explain the picture

This is my good friend Sharlie Orrock (who is in Croatia at the moment :) and I hope she sees this post someday. Aly, Sharlie, and I went on a road trip to the coast our senior year and had a really fun time. This is Sharlie contemplating life with the grape/toothpick art we made. I remember we got there at night time and didn't realize the place we were staying at was so close to the ocean until the morning. We opened the blinds and were so surprised to see the waves SO close. Man I miss the beach...and my girls. Fun memories!

I was tagged by Kayti, and I tag Laura Peterson, Katie Willis, Mom, and Charlotte :)

A time for thanks

It's almost Thanksgiving! Which means I get to whip out my cute Thanksgiving decorations that I got for my wedding over 10 months ago. Well they are worth it because they are so stinkin' cute!!!

Murder Mystery Party!

Derek and I went to a murder mystery party hosted by our friends Collin and Vanessa. They were great hosts and had a wonderful meal and decorations all set up. They were 8 married couples there and we were given clues throughout the night about our characters. At dinner someone was murdered - it turned out to be me! I was instructed to go to the restroom and I would find white face paint under the sink. I was not allowed to talk for the rest of the night because I was a ghost! Even without speaking it was really fun! My character was London Wilton, a heiress who wanted to put up a hotel (like the Hiltons) in the town and pretty much everybody there hated me - which was why I was murdered. And Derek was Mister Crimson, a local celebrity...and kind of a gangster :) Thanks again Collin and Vanessa!

Pumpkin carving

Although this is late a large reason we have this blog is to update family and friends. SO, I am putting up what we did for the week of Halloween! Our friends Megan and Kyle just got engaged and we had them over for pumpkin carving. They did the skull and we did the cat/pumpkin/spider in the window. Megan and I met in Chemistry this semester and have become really close. We are excited for her and Kyle to be married on January 3rd!! And join the ranks of the wonderful married life!!

Nov. 4th

I VOTED!!!

And I have to admit I love the presinct concept. Short lines and you get a cute sticker. Also, once you have finished voting they ask your name and say "Shelby Moss has voted!" Yehaw!!

(P.S. Thanks to Erica for the cute new sweater...and many other cute new items of clothing! Thank you!!)

Bowling Date Night

Derek and I went bowling recently for date night. I just have to admit that my husband has excellent form :)

IHSL

Although this isn't super exciting I thought I'd put a few pictures of where I work. I work at the Idaho Health Sciences Library at that front desk. It is on the 3rd floor of the ISU library. We mainly help patrons find articles and we also help distant students get the resources they need. It's really flexible and we can do homework sometimes. I love helping people find exactly what they need for a project or paper - then they love you :)

This is our Relief Society Presidency. Me (2nd Councilor), Tonya Rasmussen (Secretary), Leisha Smith (President), and Erica Baron (1st Councilor). I love these girls!!

ISU Homecoming Bonfire

Derek and I went to the Homecoming bonfire at Bartz field. It was a very very large fire once it got going. We watched from our car for a while, but then got closer.






Here is a close up of us next to the fire - you can see it's super hot!
These poor cones melted!!!