I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!

It was so much fun going home for Christmas! Andrea threw a party, and we got to see lots of friends that we haven't seen in a while! Landon and Rachel tried sushi for the first time! And they liked it! Landon is slowly and carefully making me an outdoors person, and I am slowly and carefully making him like Japanese food! YUM!

Soup, salad, and breadsticks with my bestest friends! It was so fun!

Sisters, sisters, never were there such devoted (or squished) sisters!

We baked and baked and baked! And then went carolling in true Miller fashion! :) So fun!

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

Growing up, my family and I would always come to Temple Square to see the beautiful Christmas lights. I would always think about how it would be my dream date to come here, hold hands, and bask in the wonderfulness. We came last year when we were engaged, and it was so fun to come again tonight!

The Salt Lake Temple has always been special to me, but since we got married here, it just means that much more to me! It has been ten months now! Time flies!

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY

I have the best job! We totally matched and didn't even plan it! :)
I work with the best people! The guys insisted MerryBrooke get in the picture, so it didn't look like a 'bromance'-classic!

The Marketers: Hard at work ;)

Megan is too cute! You can't see it in the picture, but she has a baby boy in her tummy! We are so excited! :)

The bosses-they match, did they plan it? :)

OH, CHRISTMAS TREE!

OUR FIRST STOCKING! MINE'S THE SNOWMAN ONE!

AND LANDON HAS THE CUTE REINDEER!

WE LOVE CHRISTMAS!

OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT! SO FUN!

OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE! IT'S FIBER OPTIC, LIGHTS UP, AND WE HAVE THESE ADORABLE ORNAMENTS MADE OF OLIVE TREE WOOD FROM MY MOM! I CAN'T WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS!

SLEIGH BELLS RING-ARE YOU LISTENING?

WE MADE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE! IT WAS SO FUN!

TA-DAH!

SO WE CHEATED, BUT IT WAS SO FUN! AND THE FROSTING-AMAZING!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend!

Landon left at 3:30 in the morning to get this laptop! It was only $400, and he got the last one! (Considering there were only 7, we were pretty excited!) He came home around 10AM to pick me up to shop-I like to sleep :) But it was my first Black Friday experience, and I got some good deals, so I'm a happy camper!

I made a pie! I had to take a picture to prove it! It was my first time, and even though I don't even like pie/didn't eat any of it, it was a proud moment! Don't mind the mostly dead look on my face-it was about midnight when I finished these babies!

I was getting ready for the day when I heard Landon and his dad laughing really hard. I came out to see what was going on, and I found them cooking and watching, "I Love Lucy!" It cracked me up, and I had to take a picture of it!

I didn't take any pictures of the actual Thanksgiving feast with the extended Lisonbee family, but there's one with Landon's cousins and family!

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

BYU v U of U football game party-we had Scott and Rachel over and made this sweet pizza! It's a heart-shaped Y-too bad pepperoni is red LOL :)

Rachel and I had a great time-not paying attention to the game! Scott and Landon could be fixated with it, and we could chat! Everyone wins! Except the Cougars :(

Landon's sad face, because the Cougars lost-except it looks like he's trying to frown but is just laughing! I just look tired! We had already had games going on all day, then we finally watched the BYU one. The BSU game was at the same time, so we were flipping back and forth during commercial, and then we watched the Oklahoma-Tex Tech Game-pretty much it's a miracle we survived! Rachel and I at least convinced them to play UNO during the Sooners game. I'm trying to think of what chick flicks Landon owes me for my pain and suffering :) All-day football equals something amazing-like a Gilmore Girls marathon! :) Woo-hoo!

Aww, shux! Even the chips were decorated for the game-PS These are quite delicous! Especially the blue cheese ones! YUM!

WALK FOR WOMEN & RUN FOR RIGHTS

This semester, for our Issues in Global Communications class, four of us have been researching women's rights and freedom around the world. We especially looked at women in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Brazil, and Africa. It made us all very grateful to be living at this time in this free land. We gave our hour-long presentation on Thursday and then we hosted a 5K Run this morning. All the proceeds went to GlobalFundforWomen.org, a great organization that supports women who live in oppressive countries. The 5K was great! Our teacher even came! He was my former bishop in my single's ward! And thanks, Landon! (He took this picture)

GIRL PARTY

Maggie is one my most favorite people. We met freshman year at the dorms and have lunch dates on Fridays ,cause we both get out of class/work early, which is sweet!

I had never been to J-Dawgs before, which I'm told is a total sin here, (EVERYONE GOES AND LOVES IT) especially considering I'm a junior, but we finally went! And it was actually pretty good!
I pretty much hate hot dogs-they make me gag just looking at them-but I must confess, the special sauce is quite delightful, and the buns are made on the site! SO...I actually enjoyed it and would totally go again!

Before & After

Isn't change entertaining? I've been thinking about how much I've changed since Landon and I got married-or really since we got serious. Maybe you can relate.

Before: I was so excited to see him-I would get all ready and dressed up for our dates.
After: I am so excited to see him-I hop in my sweats as soon as I get home, so we can relax!

Before: The most romantic thing in the world would be flowers or gifts.
After: The most romantic thing in the world is cleaning the house or making dinner.

Before: Friday night meant no matter what else you SHOULD be doing,
you HAD to go out and do something.
After: Friday night means date night which could be a movie on the couch,
cause you're tired! Sure you could get all ready to go and cuddle,
or you could stay where it's warm and cozy and cuddle!

Before: Young couples who held hands were the cutest thing in the world.
After: Elderly couples who hold hands are the cutest thing in the world.

Before: I thought I ate a lot and drank a ton of milk for a girl.
After: I feel like a lightweight-that kid eats a TON!!

Before: I thought Landon really liked chick flicks.
After: Landon really likes football.

Before: Bagel bites or totinos pizza for dinner?
After: Cooking...yes, I do it now. Who would have thought?
Not me! That's for sure!

Before: I loved him more than words could express.
After: I love him even more than that!

Stalker Confessional

So when Landon and I first met, I was a little beyond twiterpated. Landon was really sweet and forward, and it was perfect, because I am definitely not the pursuer type. Anyway, he wrote the sweetest text messages, and I thought they were so cute that I typed them all up! After our first date, I texted him saying that I had a good time and to thank him, and he wrote back, "The pleasure was all mine." I thought it was beyond sweet, so I started this stalker tradition, one that I had never done before, BTW! :) I continued this madness until we got married, so I now have thirty, single-spaced pages of our texts. I was reading through them the other day and became so grateful that I wrote them down! I wrote in my journal about what was going on with us, but we are always texting, so it's just neat to have the exact things that were said during our courtship! I even got a little choked up reading them. It's just neat to have. BUT! How embarressing would it have been to have had 30 pages of stalker texts and then it not work out? AWKWARD!!! PS This is another from picture from the dating years! :)

English

So Landon and I just had our 9 month wedding anniversary! And while I was in my 8AM English class, which is just a little too boring for my taste, I wrote this poem for Landon. Enjoy!!!

A short time ago in a land not far away
A R.M. met a freshman girl-what a beautiful day!
They talked and they laughed; they hugged and they kissed!
The sweet boy was nervous and the first time he missed! (My lips) :)
He was loving and kind and handsome and strong
She fell so in love with him; he could do no wrong!
So what happened next? They decided to wed
In the middle of semester, and their grades were dead!
As a newlywed couple, they had a great time.
The best is yet to come, love as long as you're mine!

PS This picture was taken when we were dating; it's so fun to reminisce

My Life IS a Musical

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HOOKED ON FALL!

SINCE COMING TO UTAH, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED MY FAVORITE SEASON OF THE YEAR: FALL! THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE GONE FROM SUMMER TO SNOW WITH NO CRUNCHY LEAVES IN BETWEEN! AND HOW SAD! THERE IS SOMETHING SO MAGICAL AND ROMANTIC ABOUT FALL! LEAVES, PUMPKINS, JACKETS, SWEATERS, AND OH HOW I LOVE THE RAIN! THIS YEAR HAS BEEN AMAZING! IT'S NOVEMBER 11TH AND STILL NO SNOW! AND NONE AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES EITHER! LONG LIVE FALL!

NEWS BULLETIN :)

LANDON GOT A NEW CALLING TODAY! HE IS THE WARD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR HIS NEW OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY

TODAY WAS THE LAST HOME FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON! WOO-HOO! WE WENT TO EVERY HOME GAME THIS YEAR-FROM KICKOFF TILL THE END-WOW-I MUST REALLY LOVE HIM! I'M JUST GRATEFUL THERE WAS ALWAYS GOOD WEATHER, AND I LEARNED WHAT A FIRST DOWN WAS! ALSO, OUR SEATS WERE AMAZING AND WERE BLEACHER-STYLE SO I COULD JUST SIT AND TALK TO THE OTHER GIRLS WHO DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE GAME! GO COUGARS!

LOGAN AND BRIAN-I TOLD LANDON WE CAN ONLY HAVE BOYS IF THEY ARE AS CUTE AS MY NEW (SECOND) COUSIN (IN-LAW) LOGAN LOL-HE CAN SING THE COUGAR FIGHT SONG AND KNOWS WAY MORE ABOUT THE TEAM THAN I DO! HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME THAT MAX HALL WAS THE QUARTERBACK TODAY -HE'S TOO CUTE!

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was so fun at the Richardsons! We played Rock Band, ate fondue (yum), and watched Nightmare Before Christmas! SOO FUN!

You're not hardcore unless you live hardcore :) He was really getting into it!

Thanks to mom, Grandma Sorensen, and Landon's mom, we had the cutest Halloween decorations! Thanks again! You rock!