Temple Square Christmas Lights

December 19, 2010

Sunday evening Cory and I had dinner with his family. As I made spaghetti the Kellersberger family decorated the Christmas tree. Here is Mom and Hayley looking over the ornaments to go on the tree.

Hayley was having a such a great time and she was so excited about her water galoshes…they matched her shirt! 

Each ornament was carefully and lovingly placed on the tree 

Bundled up and ready to brave the rain to see the Temple lights.

Cory was so excited…like a kid in a candy store 

I was so tired I fell asleep in the rocking chair in front of the Christmas tree

Walking down the glittering sidewalk  

Cory in the south visitor center…it was wet and chilly outside. We came in doors to try and warm up a bit.

The whole family, wet, but happy as we smile for the camera. (Left to right: Hayley, Colby, Mom-Linda, Dad – Kurt, Cory, Ruth)

Cory and I being in love…watch out it get mushy J 

Hayley was so miserably wet and cold…she had gotten soak through, but she was still a trouper.

Incredible Salt Lake Temple….

A little dark…but you can see me, Cory, and Hayley 

Merry Christmas!

Icy Battle of St. Louis

One cold winter night Cory and I decided to eat Ice cream while watching a Christmas movie. Laying on the couch enjoying a bowl of ice cream with “Meet Me in St. Louis” playing all of a sudden Cory goes crazy. He starts smearing me with mint chip ice cream….well, I’m a Brewer not to mention a Hunt and Hatch, so I was not going to take that laying down….so the battle now known as the “Icy battle of St. Louis” ensued.

 I gained ground with the enemy….

Then the enemy countered…..

I attempted to out-flank the scoundrel….

But he out maneuvered me…..

The battle raged for only minutes but seem like hours…..

There were losses and miracles on both sides of the battle….

At the end of the conflict a truce was called…..

Generals came together and a cleansing of the battle wounds took place….and so was the “Icy battle of St. Louis”

December 13, 2010

Gingerbread Houses

Friday December 17, 2010

Ok, every year Mischa and I would usually invite friends over to build gingerbread house out of graham crackers and I have continued the tradition while I have lived in Utah. Unfortunately everyone that was to come bailed out and so it was left to Cory, Crystal and I to finish the time honored tradition of gingerbread house making.

Here you see Cory cutting the card board for the base. After long and sometimes heated discussion between the three of us it was decided to build one large gingerbread house. Crystal already had a pre-constructed gingerbread house so Cory made a second one to start our winter wonderland neighborhood.

I did not want to get my picture taken (yeah, Grandma Hunt...I know) and here is Cory trying to force me in to it.

 Yep…see how he man handled me

I finally gave in …. Obviously I had a good time or I would not be smiling!

 I was sooo tuckered out from that I ended up collapsing on top of Cory while he finished building the base for our neighborhood.

Awe aren’t we sooo cute!

Here’s Crystal just watching me as I work meticulously to create the most amazing iceskating lake behind our houses. 

See how meticulous! Hours later and we did not end up finishing. We hope to finish it Monday night but we are getting to crunch time so we will see if we make it! It was fun even if we never finish the houses, we had a great time doing it together.

Utah Symphony "The Polar Express"

Friday December 10, 2010

Cory and I attended the Utah Symphony production of the Polar Express with quest choir from West Jordan High School. It was a wonderful performance full of the Christmas spirit. With having gone to Music and the Spoken Word Sunday and this on Friday, Christmas feels like it is in full swing.

Cory and I love to dress up fancy for the event. We always have a wonderful time and try to make it a special treat going to the symphony.

We thought we would kiss for the “kissing cam”, jk. We were just feeling romantic and we happen to get it on film J

Salt Lake Temple view from the Symphony Hall and you can see the red glass sculpture in the Hall lobby. This is a Venetian sculpture and each piece of glass is carefully placed one on top of the other to create this incredible piece of art.

At the end of the concert Cory and I got a picture in front of the view.

Everyone should attend the symphony at least once a year because the power and the joy of the music is increased when you are able to hear incredible works, live.

State: Blue Ridge vs Show Low 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010 – The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets were set to play the Show Low Cougars at the Dome in Flagstaff, Arizona for the State Championship game. William invited Mom, Dad, Cory, and I to come with them to the game. So the travel weary got into another vehicle to drive 6 total hours to see Blue Ridge lose to Show Low.

In the first leg of the journey we were happy and having a good time.

We stopped off in Winslow at the Walmart to buy dad a shirt…mom forgot to bring him a shirt and he only had a work shirt to wear to the game.  Dad “I don’t know why that woman, can’t remember a simple thing like my shirt!” Once dad was properly clothed we headed on to Flagstaff.

Nice shirt dad…(I picked it out…dang I have good taste…or maybe I just know my father really well!) Mom and dad sitting together before the game started.

William, Christian, and Dana having a little fun before the game started. Kelsie and her friends were not going to sit on Blue Ridge’s side so they went to the dark side of the dome.

Cory and I had a great time rooting for the ol’ alma mater, even though they ended up losing the fight at the end….most of the game the boys had to play the referees and the other team, but in the end they just did not want it bad enough. There were two chances where they could have taken the ball into the end zone but butterfingers dropped the ball twice, so maybe next year.

Daddy ended the game with a great little visit with old family friends, the Harps!

Then we had dinner at La Fonda’s Mexican restaurant and it was as good as I remembered! Good ol’ Flagstaff…how the years have gone by but you have not much change my ol’ friend.

Music & The Spoken Word

Cory and I went to see the Sunday morning production of the Music and the Spoken Word on Sunday. The choir and orchestra performed Christmas music that helped to kick on the beginning of the Christmas season. They sang “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”. This song was first heard on “Meet Me in Saint Lewis”, the movie with Judy Garland. The original lyrics were to be very depressing and almost mean in nature until the director asked the song writer to make it more sentimental and poignant, so now we have a wonderful holiday classic all brought about by a director, who was able to persuade a musician to have a message of hope!

After the concert, this was Cory’s first experience with Music and the Spoken Word. He love it and can’t wait for us to come back next Sunday!

On the drive home, the sun was so bright; Cory offered me a pair of aviator glasses to protect my eyes from the blazing sun. They were so big that Cory wanted to take a picture so I decided to stick my tongue out at him.

Then I had to get one of Cory doing the same thing.

Make yourselves a Merry little Christmas and the yuletide gay!

Begins: Cory and Ruth

Cory and I met officially in May at a BYU 230^th Ward FHE. We went to visit Bridal Vail Falls.

Here you see Cory, Ruth, Steve, Katie, and Ally all getting ready to climb the mountain.

"Only half way up!" Adam, Ally, Cory, and I taking a rest after having scaled about 40 feet of wash on the side of the waterfall.

Pretty amazing sight, it was worth the climb.

Here's the group of us sit at the base of the waterfall…you can see how wet it was but we had a great time getting up there.

It was so hard in fact that for a minute all of us went a little crazy when we reached the top.

As Cory and I got to know each other we tended to have really late nights. Many would be until 2 and 3 in the morning. The whole time we would be talking about ourselves, life, and the world around us and we would not notice the time passing.  Here is Cory, exhausted from one of our late nights! (You will be please to know that we are better at the whole curfew thing – for his sanity as well as mine!)

Here Cory and I stand outside Texas Road House!! We love their steak and this is the evening after I told him I loved him for the first time…can you see how happy we are! Later that night he placed a dozen red roses in my bathroom with a love note…he is so sweet and I am so lucky.

Cory works at Larry Miller Chevy and on Fridays when I get off early I usually stop by and pick him up to go to lunch. One Friday not too long ago I took this picture of him working in the shop.

And this one too….such a hard worker!

On another night Cory found my 3D glasses and put them on. I had to take a picture – here he is as an old man…Grumpy!

Here he is just being Cory…gosh, I love him.

Sometime we go to his house to watch movies; here he is checking his facebook. He was a little cold so he put his beanie on. It makes him look like a gangsta.

That same night we ate cupcakes that turned our mouths blue.

Cory and I went to a high school football game this fall and had a cup of warm hot chocolate as we sat in the bleachers. It was really fun and even though we did not care about the outcome of the game we had a wonderful time on our date.

As you can see…

A few weeks before Halloween, Cory and I went to the Cheesecake Factory, because I had a gift card. Here is Cory with his raspberry lemonade.

Confused by my food, again. This is not what I ordered! JK

Then came Halloween – Cory cleaning out his pumpkin. He ended up carving a skull on it – creepy!

He’s so cute!

Silly

Then time came for our apartment Halloween Party… Crystal and I posing for the camera and you can see Melissa in the background… I think Cory took this.

Cory, Mary – Crystal’s sister, and I again posing for the camera….CHEESE!

Now Crystal, Cory,and I ….. guess what….that’s right posing again!

Come and give an old man a kiss!

In November Cory and I had dinner with his family for Haley, his sister’s, birthday. We ate at Chilli’s. Cory and I are flashing our gangsta signs and being silly.

Here we are being good for the camera

Cory and I were so excited to be in Lakeside for Thanksgiving…can’t you tell!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here’s Cory kicking dad’s butt at pool – who would of thought! I don’t think Cory remembered you are always suppose to let the girl’s father win.

Having a little fun after dinner.

Here’s Cory deep in a manly discussion with the boys while us women slaved away in the kitchen – JK it was good to see him having a good time with Dad, William, Rudger, Cody, and Justin.

Later that night I got ready to brave the craziness of black Friday and Cory was exhausted as you can tell. There was no way he was going out with Mom, Cynthia, and I to get the Black Friday deals. We left him to get some sleep for hunting with the guys the next day.

Here's Cory’s first of look of the start of the Grand Canyon. He has never been to the Grand Canyon either so we will be planning a trip next year to get that check off both of our lists.

Can’t believe how big it is. 

Two people drawn, by Providence, to each other and blessed with a love that will last for all eternity.

SA loves BB!