Fireworks!

When Adam saw this huge box of fireworks at Costco, he HAD to have it.  Not gonna lie, I was pretty excited too!

However, on New Years eve when we went to set them off, I was a little disappointed.  The pictures were deceiving.  I had this image in my head that we were shooting off the fireworks that actually go up in the sky.  Yeah, all it was was a big box of fountains!  Guess we'll read the labels better next time!

1st Easter

After celebrating a second time with a beautiful reception here in Boise, Adam and I got to celebrate our first Easter together. Since we had been so busy during the week, I didn't plan a nice dinner - but we did have a good breakfast with ham to make up for it. We didn't forget easter all together though - since it was our first one together, I made Adam a special Easter basket. Because he doesn't care for chocolate and candy the way I do, I decided to put something in he would enjoy more - golf balls! I even found this fun golf basket:

After suprising him with his basket, he kept saying oh I am sorry the Easter Bunny didn't bring you a basket. I wasn't expecting anything and didn't think getting me a basket would even cross his mind. However, after showering I headed into the kitchen to start breakfast and sitting on the counter was this cute basket: Complete of course with my favorite candy - Peanut M&M's! Nothing could be better! Seems, the Easter Bunny did remember me after all! (Thanks to a little prompting from a sister -thanks Elisa!)

THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!

I can't imagine a better Christmas. It was filled with tons of family and friends. Our annual Heck women's Christmas party was bigger than ever with over 30 of us attending. My mom's family even had a great surprise when my uncle who lives in Alaska showed up unexpectedly at our Christmas party - there were lots of tears and smiles- a moment I'll treasure forever. And of course one of my favorite Christmas traditions - Grandma Heck's breakfast.

However this Christmas was extra special because it was my first Christmas with Adam - my future eternal companion. Since many people reading this blog don't know our story, I'm gonna share some highlights of our first few months together:


How We Met

In the summer of 2007, they "invited" those of us who weren't students to leave the Boise Idaho University Stake... so my roommates and I obeyed and began attending the Boise Idaho 7th Ward. It was a very small (OK small can't even begin to describe it!) but the Bishopric was awesome (I actually work with the Bishop) and we were all given great opportunities to serve. That's where Adam and I first met. However neither of us were interested initially. We both had interest elsewhere and it took a few months for things to properly align before we made it to our first date.

Our First Date
Actually we probably need more of a background leading up to the first date. It seems both of us have differing stories on who liked who first. I am convinced Adam was interested in me first and he thinks the opposite. I guess it doesn't really matter now, because since we both thought the other was interested I guess it made us interested ourselves. So that's how our first date came to be, Adam thought I liked him and after "Operation Pumpkin" (see posting in October) he decided he was right and that he better take me out. Good thing he did!

So on October 19th we had our first date. We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse where we waited for a table for over an hour - if Adam hadn't had a gift certificate I am sure we would have left. Afterwards he suggested we go Salsa dancing. We had a good time - well most of the time was a good time. Adam was a great dancer, but wasn't the best "protector". I got hit on by this short girl. She kept trying to get me on the floor and all but dragged me out there. I kept turning around to look at Adam with a look of "PLEASE SAVE ME" but all he did was laugh! I can't believe I even gave him a second chance after that one. Adam actually knew what he was doing on the dance floor and we had a lot of fun - even when his watch got tangled up in my hair and I almost finished the night off bald! We had some great laughs on that date.

The Proposal

Everyone always wants to know "how did he propose?" Well, it just kinda happened. We were just talking and basically decided we wanted to get married and he said "well I guess I should ask you then?" and I responded "probably" (not thinking he meant right then) and he said "I know this isn't romantic or anything, but will you marry me?" I of course said yes! The next step was picking out the ring, and we thought maybe he could surprise me then and ask me. Well, that didn't work so well either. Adam ordered the ring on the Internet and it happened to show up while we were in Oregon for Christmas. When we got back, Adam walked inside first, saw the package and put his computer on top so I wouldn't see it. Dan, Adam's roommate didn't know what was going on and later said, "hey yeah, I saw your 'terrorist' package came in" (it had shipped from the middle east). Well, I whipped around and looked obviously excited. So Adam made me wait a whole 15 minutes before he gave in and gave it to me. And here it is! I LOVE it!

Halloween!

Well I must admit that I don't generally get too excited about dressing up for Halloween. I guess I have a fear of looking foolish. However, this year it looked like I didn't have much of a choice. For some reason there seemed to be an extra abundant supply of activities and parties where dressing up was required. But still, with my general hesitation to dress up, its no wonder it took me up until the day before to figure out what I was going to do.

So it wasn't too original, but I figured I would just use what I got and that's how I ended up a disco star. Yeah, turns out my hair can actually make a pretty decent afro with enough gel, hairspray, some serious blow drying and some treacherous teasing. Normally I don't have a tender head, but let me tell you trying to pick that mess out was brutal! I was somewhat worried about the hair because the whole outfit kinda depended on it, but it worked out great don't ya think!

Anyway, I also took some old cords from the DI and added some "vents" to them and used the extra fabric for a headband. My roommate Jordan did my makeup and with some jewelry the outfit was complete! It was actually a lot of fun - but I think I'll stick to my normal everyday hair from now on.

OPERATION PUMPKIN

So my cute roommate, Mary, has pumpkin decorations all over the house... 14 of them to be exact. They are the cute type of Halloween decorations, not the scary ones, and they make our apartment look pretty festive. Well, a few weeks ago our friend Adam was over and he made some comments about our pumpkins, although he insisted he wasn't making fun of them. The next week he was back and this time he walks in and the first thing he says is "Oh, lets count how many pumpkins there are!" (That's how I know there are 14, and lets be honest some of them are collages of pumpkins and they are all small so its not like a pumpkin patch in our apartment.)

Well, so having a slightly devious mind, I start to vision putting pumpkins all over his house. The next day as we were driving over there to watch the football game, I tell Mary "I wish we knew where his outlet switch was outside because it would be funny to hang up pumpkin lights". Well we walk up to the house, and there in plain sight is the outlet! SCORE!

So all week I search and search for pumpkin lights and we end up with a nice stash of goods; pumpkin lights on a string, one that hangs on the window, some real mini-pumpkins, and some little pumpkin candy holders - a total of 20 pumpkins in all.

Tonight was the night.. Operation Pumpkin! We knew Adam and his roommate, Dan, would be playing basketball and it was our perfect opening. So off we went! From the pictures you can't really tell how many pumpkins are there, but its pretty cute. And now we wait to hear the reaction.... I can't wait!