kansas city, missouri

 a few weeks ago i got to visit kylie in kansas city!

highlights from the trip: 1) hanging out with kylie 2) underwear tied around the tree to keep the deer away 3) the dead duck in the truck 4) the fact that people there don't feel the need to dress up to walk around the mall 5) getting to get on an airplane and go somewhere

after church we hung out at the plaza which had top notch christmas lights!

the infamous chicken factory...

and thank you to the lovely amy harwood who picked me up from the airport when i got home!

congratulations...

dan & allison are getting married! yay!

fundraiser for work...

thanksgiving...

sorry for the general lack of pictures! 
here's one from thanksgiving weekend at the lake!

early christmas and pjs

best present ever! my mom made us a tree skirt for our anniversary!

more christmas pictures to come next weekend after we decorate!

i was sitting on the couch, minding my own business, when jarrod walks out in footy pjs and sat down like everything was completely normal... just a typical tuesday!

1 year

this weekend we celebrated our 1 year anniversary! crazy!

 we started with cirque du soleil...

 the show was called OVO and it was great!

we spent the night at the Westin and this was our view!

 another plus- we got a fresh carrot cake made by the same lady who made the cup cakes at our wedding!

no nasty freezer-burned-year-old wedding cake! yay!

fun picture in the reflection of the window

 view of the Westin from Centennial Olympic Park

 we got to see the fountains at the park before we went to brunch at the Sundial!

stockings and pumpkin pie (from a pumpkin)

 thanks mom for helping me make stockings for our house!

 jarrod's super cool birthday chair

 i accomplished one of my life goals- to make something pumpkin from scratch (none of that canned stuff i usually use)! a woman from work gave me the recipe and i made a pumpkin pie for jarrod's birthday. 

it actually turned out pretty well!

 these were pretty and fall-like so i took a picture of them...