Snow!

Remember this picture from Friday's post?

Well, it never stopped snowing.

Same location, about 15 minutes later:

Later that night:

 I decided to go up to campus with Taylor for a little bit.

Look at this storm we drove through!

 And this is what we woke up to on Saturday morning:

As a California girl, I'm still not used to all of this snow.

It is breathtaking, every time!

The snow makes the world so beautiful.

Looking forward to my first white Christmas!

He's got brains.

My husband is a smartie-pants.

He called me the other day to tell me that he got a 122/125 on his test.

The class he was freaking out over.

pshhhh...

And the only one he got wrong?

Was the one he didn't do!

Haha!

So I had this waiting for him when he got home:

His favorite soda (that can only be found at one store)

and a bag of smarties for my Mr. Smartie ;)

So proud of my TayRayGil!

Friday.

This

 +

this

+

a warm blanket and a good book

+

having Friday off of work (paid holiday!)=

perfection.

Stipulations.

The past few days, Taylor has been talking non-stop about the Apple TV.  

He's been talking about it for awhile...but it seemed like it was all he could talk about lately.  

Before leaving to take a test on Saturday morning (lame, right?) he asked me,

"How mad would you be if I came home with one?"

I was about to say, "I don't care at all."

But then I thought better and said, "Alright, let's make a deal.  You can get one if..."

And then I set a few stipulations.

I figured I might as well take advantage of the situation ;)

So, there were three stipulations:

1. He had to go grocery shopping with me that evening.

2. Anytime I cook, I'm free of doing dishes. And vice-versa.

3. I am allowed to take it away if he doesn't obey stipulation #1 or stipulation #2.

He fell for it like a little kid.

He quickly agreed. 

Then with a big smile on his face, he kissed me and skipped out the door.

We are now a proud owner.

One of the woe days.

Remember this post?

Today was one of those woe days.

Nothing seemed to go right.

And all of the students were little punks.

I am more grateful than EVER for having Friday off.

It just can't come soon enough!

Thank goodness everything is about to be made right.

t-40 minutes until I see my handsome man.

And until we sit down to an awesome dinner.

A yummy crock pot dinner that has filled my whole house with a yummy BBQ chicken smell.

I'm loving every second.

PLUS, looking forward to more friends, games, and yummy desserts tonight.

Dear life: you sure throw me some downs sometimes.
But you always know when to throw the ups as well.

Feeling spontaneous.

Tay and I went grocery shopping late Saturday night.

One of the many reasons we love Winco (open 24 hours!)

Afterwards, we were both feeling a little spontaneous.

So we decided to bring out the little kid in each of us and go swing on some swings.

The last time we did that was when we were dating.

When it was the "new-and-exciting" and "does he like me as much as I like him?" feeling.

It was fun to reminisce together as we swung on the swings.

Being married makes me feel old sometimes.

Why go out and do stuff every night when you live with your best friend?

It's pretty much the best.

 Our swinging feet.

The next two are Taylor's zombie imitations.

Can you tell we've been watching The Walking Dead?

Can you believe it's already November?
I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving Break.
PLUS I get this Friday off...just because.
Why wouldn't you want to be a teacher? ;)

This month it's time to be extra aware of all of the things I'm grateful for.
Let's start with the thing I am most grateful for:
Taylor Ray Gilbert.

Sunday evening.

Tonight at the Gilbert home:

Creamy potato soup for dinner.

Rollo cookies for dessert.

Ticket to Ride board-game.

 And in good company with family and friends.

It was a wonderfully relaxing and fun Sunday evening.

Here's to a great week ahead of us!