Dinner for Two...

Jake and I had Thanksgiving dinner together, just the two of us. Neither of us are particularly fond of the idea  that Thanksgiving is centered around food (most of which is relatively unhealthy), and being the health nuts that we are, we found our own focus. We did a 4.2 miles run together down by the river and then had a light dinner complete with a healthy salad, steamed beans, and some chicken. We kept it light because we still had to save room for a little dessert with my family. It was nice to have a simple meal with Jake and talk about the different things that we're grateful for. It was also nice to see so many members of my extended family that I haven't seen in the longest time!

 Here are a couple pictures of the table arrangement I put together. I only bought new dishes, the rest I borrowed from my room and trees outside. And the dishes were only 2 bucks a piece! Score.

I think it turned out rather nicely :-)

Late Night Fondue...

Jake and I spend a lot of time together late at night. Usually we're just working on projects - Kyra on homework (no surprise there) and Jake on his own personal projects. We sit on the couch together, or across the table from each other, and occasionally exchange smiles in each other's direction. Romantic, eh?

Sometimes we get hungry though... and sometimes our desire for healthy food gets pushed aside as a longing for chocolate slowly creeps in. And because of that, we compromise...

Say hello to our midnight snack two nights in a row. Chocolate fondue with strawberries, bananas, and pretzels. Quite delicious and surprisingly low on the calorie count. Definitely not something I should get used to...

Halloween Milestones...

Fun Halloween activities that Jake and I enjoyed included...

 Painting a pumpkin together. One pumpkin, each of us on either side of the table. After a few minutes, we turned the pumpkin around to see what each other had drawn. Can you guess who's side is who's?

On Halloween night we drove up to Logan to hang out with our friends Dan and Sharli. Jake and I put our awesome hunger games costumes to good use and dressed up as Peeta and Katniss in their training uniforms.

We tried to take a serious photo but of course I did nothing but smile and laugh because no matter how hard I try I will never be able to hold a straight face when I want to. Regardless, I'm loving this candid shot of us laughing at each other. 

And of course we had to play the archery game on the Wii to see if I really fit the part of Katniss... turns out Peeta and Indiana Jones (Dan) did much better than I did. It was a fun night!

The best part? Halloween is Jake and my one year of dating anniversary :-) (our first date was back in August, but we didn't go on a second date until October). Now of course I was thinking about this all day, remembering how last year Halloween was our second date but our first kiss, but at the same time, I know that girls are generally the ones to remember dates like this and guys find it silly. So I didn't ever bring it up - not expecting him to remember or planning to be disappointed when he didn't remember, I just chose to enjoy the day with him and not worry about it. But then he ended up surprising me. We made it back to my apartment late...2:45am late. He said he wanted to run and pick up something to eat and I decided to get ready for bed. When he got back, he came and got me out of my room and had a beautiful rose, a lit candle, and chocolate covered goodies set out on the table :-) It was absolutely adorable! Jake is sooo incredibly sweet and I'm so excited that we have been dating for a year! I love all the time I get to spend with him!