The Candyland Perspective

Our first anniversary was AWESOME!  We had a great time staying down at the oceanfront in the same hotel where we stayed on our wedding night.  We had originally thought we even were in the same exact room, but we were off by a couple floors.  Oh well.  Anyway, we enjoyed a FABULOUS dinner at Eurasia Café, exchanged thoughtful gifts, and simply enjoyed ourselves.  The next morning we went to Pocahontas Pancakes down on Atlantic Ave.  We had gone there the morning after the wedding with Holly & her cousin.  Nothing says honeymoon quite like dining with your friends! I had the almond French toast.  IT WAS DELICIOUS.  And I don't even like bananas.  Dan had a sampler of sorts, which he found absolutely edible--in other words, not as fabulous as mine, but definitely good eats. We decided to start an anniversary tradition.  On our anniversary, we will take a photo of ourselves holding the photo taken of us the year before.  This year, since it was our first anniversary

It is no secret:  I ♥ Christmas!  I love almost everything about it.  I love that we dedicate and entire season, at the very least an entire day, gobs of decor, postage, baking, cooking, wrapping, snuggling, and so on all for the celebration of the birth of our Savior!  And I truly do look at it like that.  The gifts I give, the ones I receive, the cookies I bake, the cherries I dip, the cards I mail, the songs I sing, the delight in my eye when I see pretty lights, ornaments, designs, dresses, ribbons, etc. etc...  I truly do think of the Lord.  I've decided to say "Merry Christmas" to at least one stranger every single day this month.  I want to spread just a little bit of the joy I have inside to the outside world.  I think being P.C. (politically correct---blech!) is dumb.  For the most part.  I used to date someone who HATED being told "Merry Christmas" by a sales clerk, or anybody else who wasn't giving him a present.  (That is jut ONE of the reaso

Last night Dan & I completed our Temple Prep classes with Mike Strauss.  I couldn't help but to notice all throughout the classes that there was absolutely no new information being presented.  I've heard it all before.  I've read it all before.  I've learned it all before.  But there was definitely something very different about it all this time. D&C 136:32  really speaks to us.  We know how far we have to go, but we know we're headed in the right direction too. As I've mentioned before, both Dan & I feel like we've been guided in our preparation.  And I don't mean just by our class instructor.  We both believe the Holy Ghost has been been our biggest advisor and guide, and has most certainly attended us thus far.  That's what makes this not-new info so amazing.  We're ready to hear it with the right ears.  We're ready to feel it with the right heart.  We're ready to see it with the right eyes.  We want to learn more.  We