Shout Out!!!

December is one of my favorite times of the year....

This December was especially sweet

Two of my favorite people in this whole wide world came home after serving full time missions.

Lucy E Brimhall served in the Czech Republic

and

Lauren C Coplan served in Independence, Missouri.

Words cannot express how proud I am of these girls.

They've touched my life in so many ways, I can only imagine what it would be like to learn about the gospel from them. 

I am honored to be friends with strong and willing daughters of our Heavenly Father!!

I have no doubt in my mind that I met these girls for a reason. They are the best. It just one of the many many indicators that our Heavenly Father knows and loves us!

I was so happy to reunite with my Gal Pals! 

I look like a turtle in this picture but that's okay.

Minus Kelsey, girl, you know I love you too and I'm sad we didn't get a Christmas photo together... BUT I'll see you in a month!

Birthday Celebration

We were all so happy to see my seester and her family on Christmas. It was so nice to feel whole with ALL of the family together.

Wyatt turned 5 so that meant that I got to bake with Caroline :)

Wyatt wanted a Mario themed party. Of course Caroline, the super mom that she is, came up with the idea to make Mario and Luigi out of fondant. How cute right? 

 Wyatt wanted sugar cookies instead of cupcakes. 

 Haha, I love it!

 Look at my pretty nieces (Minus Eden, and Ivy Kat)

 Finished product. I can't get over how cute these are. Unfortunately Luigi has a little plastic surgery scar on his face. It's fine.

 The birthday boy!

 *I forgot to post this in the last one*

SO FUNNY

Jolly ol' St. Nicholas.

Back to the birthday celebration...

aaaand a little dancing with grandma to work off all those cookies!

I guess I had a birthday too....

Cheers to 23! I had a great birthday, we just hung out and ran errands. Then ordered pizza. Simple and exactly what I wanted. I was still on the mend from that yucky flu everyone had, so I didn't feel like getting ready and going out quite yet. It's fine.

Anniversary and Christmas!

I can't believe that 2012 is over! It went by way too fast but I look forward to what 2013 brings! Reflecting on the year, all i can say is that we are SO blessed. 

We love December because we get to celebrate our anniversary and Christmas!

 Remember these things?

 HAHA

We celebrated our 2nd Anniversary on the 17th

 Myles surprised me, and took me to the most romantic dinner at Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Resort! It was so beautiful. We sat at a booth that overlooked Paradise Valley.

As for the food.... 

you can probably tell from the pictures that it was YUMMOLA.

Possibly THE best food we've had. More importantly, it's been the best 2 years of my life and I am so lucky the spend the rest of eternity with this fine young man.

Thanksloving

I don't have any pictures but Myles and I had the most wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

There is nothing like spending 4 days straight with your best friend.

We went to my parents house for Thanksgiving day and enjoyed lots of yummy food and great company.

We are really blessed to have such a wonderful family. All of our siblings truly love each other, not to mention B &T are the bomb. We are so lucky to be in the best family ever.

Thursday night B&T took Myles and I to Wreck It Ralph. HAHA.

Let's just say that T summed it up the best. When the movie ended she said, "Did we really just see Wreck it Ralph...?....." Haha I died. My mom, I tell you she is the best.

We shoulda seen Lincoln, which Myles and I saw on Wednesday, VERY well done.

Anyway besides having a blissful Thursday with my family, the best part of Thanksgiving was that the next day was FRIDAY.

And the best part of Friday was that the next day was Saturday. HAha I am for real.

Again I am so grateful for all that I have. My life is so good. I am truly blessed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the joy it brings to my heart. I am humbled by the love of our Savior and our Heavenly Father. They have given us everything. I also have a testimony that Joseph Smith restored this Gospel to the Earth. I am amazed by his bravery and diligence. PRAISE TO THE MAN! I am so excited for this Christmas season to celebrate the birth of our Redeemer!!!
Remember we have more than enough to be grateful for in this world.

Count your blessings, name them one by one.. count your many blessings see what God has done.

Myles is THE BEST

Myles really is the best.

I love him so much.

Why? Because he works soooo hard.

As his wife I am pleased to annouce

about 3 weeks late...

That he passed part 1 of 4 of his CPA Exam!!

He took the hardest portion first and knocked it out of the park.

All you accountants out there know how grueling these exams are.

Now Myles is just one step closer to auditing all your behinds!

Give him a hollar for this, he'll appreciate it!!!

*Movie Night*

Last summer Myles and I were playing paddle ball out in our front yard.
 

Yeah this is usually an activity you would play on a nice breezy beach,..

NOT in the scorching AZ Summer sun.

We were at the beach the week before and were loving on our skills..

Well it turned out that I hit the ball on our roof. Bummer.

Myles called Paul to get a ladder.

Myles climbed up to the roof....

Got the ball..

EUREKA!

Myles came down and exclaimed, "WE SHOULD WATCH A MOVIE UP THERE!"

But alas,... it was summer and it's still 100000 degrees even at night...

Well in the beginning of November it finally cooled off!

We lugged a tarp, all of our blankets, pillows, Cheetos*Flamin' Hot*, QT hot cocoa, an extension cord and finally the computer. Yes, we would've blown up an air mattress but no one has one... The Francis/Turk clans are real avid campers.. NOT.

We had quite the set-up and enjoyed watching The X-Files movie. It's an awesome show, what do you want from me?

I would complain about the photo...because my camera died and I had to use Myles's's and couldn't edit it on my computer because that died too.... buuuuut It's embarrassing complaining about a 1st world problem like that.

Birthday Fun!

My dear Myles turned 26 on October 13th
...

However he did not have much of a birthday because he was studying all day for his CPA exam which he took the following Monday.

When i say we didn't do anything, that means he studied while I watched Gossip Girl.

What an awful birthday.

I think I felt worse than he did about the whole deal.

Monday came and went
 

His CPA exam is over *sigh of relief*

I am so proud of Myles and all of his hard work.

Especially for studying on his birthday. Who does that? Not I, said the Kat.

I decided that Myles needed a major break so we went up to Pinetop this passed weekend and stayed at "Grandma Bill's" cabin.*

We drove up Friday night, had a great little road trip jammin to tunes and laughing.

When we got there Grandma and Bill gave Myles his birthday present which was a brand new BB Gun. Myles was like a kid opening that thing.

 The next morning we woke up and wanted to test it out! We also brought up my air pistols and Bill is the proud owner of a glock and a few other real firearms.

Grandma is a great little target setter upper.

After that, we drove up to our favorite restaurant in all of Arizona.

Java Blues, Eager, Arizona.

It takes about an hour to get there from the cabin and it is always more than worth the trip. We've been there 4 times now and it gets better every time! Some times Myles and I seriously consider driving 4 hours just to eat there. That's the fattest thing i've ever admitted, but they really have the best bbq pulled pork sandwich in the Southwest.

EVERYONE GO THERE NOW.

We always play the card game "Golf" great game, super fun. Myles, Grandma, Bill and I are very competitive so we have lots of funny moments. I don't think we've ever played a game without cracking up for some reason. You know, a full on gut laugh with tears streamin down your face? I always look forward to that moment and now we have great inside jokes like
"The Dog" and "The last cigarette"

Grandma and I teamed up against Myles and Bill. I think overall the girls took the cake. The boys like to talk a little smack but Grandma and I keep quiet, that's how Lady Luck stays on our side. I, Kat Turk was the reigning champ of the individual games we played... not to brag or anything....

We love Grandma and Bill. We are so grateful to have such fun and loving grandparents. I've said this a million times but when we hang out with them it's like hanging out with another couple our age. How many people can say that about their grandparents?? I hope more than I think