MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Christmas is coming up! Kyle and I will be leaving on Monday for Arizona. Yay! We can't wait to be with family and enjoy the warmth :)
We hope you all travel safe and have a wonderful Christmas!
I will get back to you later on how it went.
Love, The Pierces

Thanksgiving

Soo...I completely forgot to tell you all about Thanksgiving and what we did and how it was. As we were driving down there, approximately 2ish hours to go, I fell asleep for a moment and woke up with a dry throat. Well, at the time, I thought (and was hoping) it was a dry throat, but when morning came along the throat was worse and that was how the trip began...I got even worse as the days went and ended up with a really bad sore throat (worst I had ever had before) and I had a fever. The sore throat eventually went away and was replaced with a cough.........which I still have, although not as bad. But yeah, it was kind of a bummer week. I had hardly any appetite, which is no fun on Thanksgiving, but it was nice to see family at least. Too bad, though, I wasn't able to hold any of the babies :( I was pretty upset about that. I did bring my camera, but I was too sick to take pictures. For most of the week I was in bed trying to get better. It was a good thing that I was able to take lots of naps during the day, though, because at night I wasn't able to sleep well because either the sore throat or the cough woke me up....there's something about at night that seems to make things worse, huh? I am not a fan. Anyway, Kyle and I will be returning to Arizona for Christmas within the next week (hopefully we'll be leaving by Monday) and I hope to be able to catch some fun pictures of the trip so I have something to return with :)
Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and travel safe!!!
Love,
The Pierces

Kyle.

Isn't it amazing how one person can change your life so drastically? Ever since Kyle came into my life, he has been such a great example to me in so many ways.
First, he has such knowledge of the church and he has such a strong testimony of the truthfulness of it. He has taught me so much in the scriptures and of the gospel itself. And I am so grateful for his patience with me, for I am not the quickest to learn (I am a very visual person to begin with), but he has helped me see so much more and has helped me learn so much more of the gospel.
The second thing is, he is such an intelligent person and he may disagree with me, but he works so hard for what he wants and I know that will lead him to success in the future. It amazes me how well he does in school, and I am so proud of how hard he works each day.
Kyle has led me to be more patient, loving and selfless. He has also helped me grow and have more confidence in myself.
I love Kyle so much and I always will, no matter what. He means the world to me.
So, thank you Kyle.

The Dishwasher.

Hey! So I completely forgot to tell you about the dishwasher..WE FINALLY GOT IT!! :) And the dishwasher is wonderful! The only thing that confuses me is the silverware rack...The picture on the instructions say they go on the door of the dishwasher (even though there is no slot for it, it just sits there), and I tried it and it doesn't close. So, I tried fitting it in the actual dishwasher on the bottom rack and there isn't really a slot for it, it just sits there and is awkward and all...and it bugs me, haha. But hey, we have a dishwasher and I am so happy about that! Yay! :)

About the dishwasher...

So...the Home Depot guys came, but they couldn't install it because the water line wasn't shutting off. Which means, we have to get a plummer to fix the water line so it can shut off so they can install the dishwasher. Lovely. I waited up for this...And now I can't wash my dishes in the dishwasher for another week..at least.

Home Depot

Sooo...I am up right now (at 6:55am) because the Home Depot guys are coming to replace our dishwasher. Now, before when they called to confirm the time, they gave us a window time that they'd be coming and they said between the times of 7 and 11 (or was it 10?). For most places, they wouldn't come till the very end of that window...but....of course they come now. I received a call at 6:30 in the freaking morning from them about how they are on their way and should be getting here at about 7am..this surprised me. Ugh...I made Kyle not stay up since he hasn't gotten much sleep tonight to begin with (poor guy) and that since I wasn't sleeping well anyway that I might as well wait for them to come. Man, I can't wait to take a nap later...I'll let you know how the dishwasher is...probably.

The Office

I am a pretty big "Office" fan. So, I wanted to entertain you with some quotes from the show. Hope you enjoy!

Jim Halpert: "So apparently Pam went out last night. And accidentally called my work phone at three in the morning, so...I'm on minute six of this message. [hangs up phone] The future mother of my children."
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Jim Halpert: "Oh I can't go today because...I'm giving blood."
Michael Scott: "How often can you actually donate blood?"
Jim Halpert: "Is there a limit?"
Michael Scott: "Your body only has a certain amount."
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Michael Scott: [bringing in steaks] "Who wants some man meat?"
Dwight Schrute: "I do. I want some man meat."
Jim Halpert: "Michael, Dwight would like your man meat."
Michael Scott: "Well then my man meat, he shall have."
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Toby: “Actually, I didn't think it was appropriate to invite children since it's, uh, you know. There's gambling and alcohol... And it's in our dangerous warehouse. And it's a school night. And, you know, Hooters is catering. You know. Is that- is that enough? Should I keep going?”
Michael Scott: “Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to do something fun or exciting, you make it not that way. I hate so much about the things that you choose to be.”
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Michael Scott: Okay, you know what? I will not donate my winnings to Comic Relief. Since, apparently, it doesn't exist, I am going to donate to Afghanistanis with AIDS.
Jim Halpert: Whoa, I think you mean the Aid to Afghanistan.
Michael Scott: No, I mean Afghanistanis with AIDS.
Phyllis: Afghani.
Michael Scott: What?
Phyllis: Afghani.
Michael Scott: That's a dog.
Pam Beesly: No, that's Afghan.
Michael Scott: That's a shawl.
Dwight Schrute: Wait, canine AIDS?
Michael Scott: No, humans with AIDS.
Creed: Who has AIDS?
Jim Halpert: Guys, the Afghanistanannis.
Michael Scott: Okay, you know what? No, no. AIDS is not funny. Believe me, I have tried.
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Pam Beesly: [to Roy] Come on it'll be fun. And besides, I'm a roulette expert.
Dwight Schrute: Impossible. Roulette is not a game of skill, it is a game of chance.
Jim Halpert: I could always kind of win at roulette.
Dwight Schrute: Oh really. Mm-hmm, how would you do that?
Jim Halpert: Mind-control.
Dwight Schrute: Please, you can't be serious. Are you serious?
Jim Halpert: Ever since I was a little kid, like 8 or 9, I could sorta control things with my mind. Dwight Schrute: I don't believe you. Continue.
Jim Halpert: It was just little things, you know? Like I could make some things shake or I could make a marble fall off a counter, you know just, little things.
Dwight Schrute: [scoffs] That's ridiculous. You know what? Uh, why don't you move that coat rack? Excuse me, everyone, attention in the office please. Jim is about to prove his telekinetic powers and he needs absolute silence. Go ahead.
Jim Halpert: Okay, I'll try.
[Pam moves coat rack with umbrella]
Dwight Scrute : Oh my God.
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Jim Halpert: Excuse me, how long is the wait for a table for two?
Dwight Schrute: I would never, ever serve you. Not in a million, billion years
Pam Beesly: It's a nice tux.
Dwight Schrute: I know. It belonged to my grandfather. He was buried in it so... family heirloom.
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Jim Halpert: This came out really well. There you go. [hands Dwight his new ID]
Dwight Schrute: This is humongous, I am not a security threat. And my middle name is Kurt, not Fart.
Jim Halpert: What did I write?
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Dwight Schrute: I didn't know that you were at a party on Saturday night.
Ryan: I go to... a lot of parties.
Dwight Schrute: Ok, I'm going to need to search your car. Give me your keys.
Ryan: I am not giving you my keys.
Dwight Schrute: Don't make me do this the hard way.
Ryan: What's the hard way?
Dwight Schrute: I go down to the police station on my lunch break. I tell a police officer - I know several - what I suspect you may have in your car. He requests a hearing from a judge and obtains a search warrant. Once he has said warrant, he will drive over here and make you give him the keys to your car, and you will have to obey him.
Ryan: Yeah, let's do it that way.
(Episode: Drug Testing)
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Jim Halpert: I'm just saying that you can't be sure it wasn't you.
Dwight Shrute: That's ridiculous. Of course it wasn't me.
Jim Halpert: Marijuana is a memory loss drug, so maybe you just don't remember.
Dwight Shrute: I would remember.
Jim Halpert: Well, how could you if it just erased your memory?
Dwight Shrute: That's not how it works!
Jim Halpert: Now how do you know how it works?
Dwight Shrute: Knock it off, okay? I'm interviewing you!
Jim Halpert: No! You said I'd be conducting the interview when I walked in here! Now, exactly how much pot did you smoke? [Dwight looks shocked]
(Episode: Drug Testing)
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Dwight Schrute: Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist. Because, I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.
(Episode: Michael's Birthday)
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Michael: I'm like Superman and the people who work here are like the citizens of Gotham City. Jim and Dwight: That's Batman.
Michael: Okay, fine, I'll be Aquaman. Where does he live?
Jim: The ocean.
Michael: I work with a bunch of nerds!
(Episode: Daughter to Work Day)
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Jim Halpert: Question. What kind of bear is best?
Dwight Schrute: That's a ridiculous question.
Jim Halpert: False. Black bear.
Dwight Schrute: That's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought--
Jim Halpert: Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
Dwight Schrute: Bears do not... What is going on?! What are you doing?!



...to be continued