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Snow Basin!

Blake and I hosted a holiday party with a few friends...



Cali just loved Cache

Oh Danny and Morgan! We miss you!!

Soon-to-be family: Mckay, Scottie and Chloe

Our little Family

We decided to bring Cali over to my mom's house to see how she got along with the other dogs. Cali is such a funny dog and has more personality than any dog i've ever met... she HAS to be the alpha.. the top dog...and she will not put up with other females :)

The dogs at my mom's are all male, including my nana's dog (visiting). Blake brought her in the house and the other dogs instantly stearted barking, obviously Cali didn't love that.

Long story short, Blake had to hold Cali the whole time so she would stop harrassing (attacking) the other dogs.

Cali and Max, deciding they hate eachother

Poor Cooper, he was the only friendly dog and Cali wanted nothing to do with him




Our christmas eve pajamas! Soooo cute! We had my nana and papa in town for this very special christmas. This is the last holiday while Jonathan and I are living here! My baby bro has joined the Army intelligence... I just can't get past it.

Cute Mckell! She is such a happy baby and looked adorable in her PJ's!

The Rabe's christmas eve tradition is to open your pajamas as fast as you possible can and change into them (privacy or not). The first one finished wins! Last year I was basically the last one ;) This year, Blake and I rocked it.. First couple dressed baby!
This year, all of us had the same pajamas. It was so so great to have everyone in town for the season.

{ This is how Thanksgiving is done in Moab }

This year for Thanksgiving, Blake and I went to my Nana & Papa's house in Moab. My mom, Trent and little bro Jonathan came down too, so we made a trip out of it. We did some four-wheeling, hot tubbin', hiking, a lot of eating, and watched the BYU/Utah game.

Two Good-lookin' boys! Blake&Jonathan

Arches Ntl' Park

No Biggy

Aww....

Go BYU!!!! Rise and Shout baby

I'll bet they feel stupid now

Us, freeeeezing cold at MotoX

Thanks, Nana and Papa, for all you do! We had a great time in Moab and loved spending the holiday with you!!

What the heck have we been doin'?

We have definitely enjoyed our time together. The house is becoming our home and i'm loving the space to decorate. Blake is not a hard person to live with, at all! Shocking, but true. I hate when he isn't here and that's often, unfortunatley. I work mornings and he works nights... we cross paths at the very least, welcome to marriage! Our jobs are going great and really have no complaints!
Since marriage, blake and I have joined a new ward. We go to a family ward, and it's pretty great. I was really attatched to our singles ward, though. Not only did we love the friends we've made... but honestly, why can't all wards have a linger-longer?!? Really? Everyone would stick around after church if food was offered!
Our summer was filled with fun. The Rabe family welcomed 3 new babies into the family!
Jake&Jill had their second boy, Lucas. He is such a happy baby!
Ben&Kendra had Graham... he is so dang handsome with his big blue eyes
Nicole&Courtland are first time parents after having beautiful Mckell
Blake and I are happy to announce that we will not be joining the trend for some time :)
Both mine and Blake's birthdays are in July and this year he took me to Vegas! I was so excited. Growing up, Blake spent a lot of time in vegas with his family but it's still a new and exciting thing for me.... We saw Cirque du Soleil and I loved it! They are so talented. Blake's birthday included a failed attempt at taking him parasailing. We drove all the way there to find out the weather was too windy to do it, so we went to dinner instead. (I still owe him a birthday)
*** I would add pictures if I could find my camera cord!!***
Blake's Med school progress: Blake has been accepted to tennessee!! We haven't made any final decisions yet, but have to give a response by Dec.14th.
He has had 2 interviews so far. First was with Lincoln Memorial- Debusk college of Osteopathic Medicine. This school is in Herrogate Tennessee. Blake wasn't thrilled with the size of the town but there are up sides to the (brand-spankin' new) school.
His second interview was this past monday in Virginia. The school is a bit older but the area is better.
Now that everyone is basically up to speed, I will try to update once a week. ( with pictures, hopefully) I'm not great at blogging and still need to learn how to add people to my page, I can't remember. My fonts are just ugly and all pictures are blurry... but at least family can keep updated!

the honeymoon!!

the pizza and hot chocolate were aMaZiNg!$!$

Dunn's River Falls... Our favorite port

HELL :)

SO Sad to be leaving

We're Still Alive!!

So, I haven't been on our blog for several months... but we're still very much alive! We have been happily married for 5 months now (wow, goes by so fast) and we had a great wedding day followed by an even greater honeymoon!
Here are some pictures of our day to share with you.












I'm really bad at the blog thing so far and I have no clue how to make my posts look like I want them to and i'm not sure why the pictures are the way they are... help!