Hotter than lava

We had a great weekend getaway at Lava Hot Springs complete with Thai food from the funny people from Thailand. I'm not sure why people actually sit in the 1500342 degree water, because after a few minutes of my insides cooking, I passed out and had to be drug to safety by the locals who I'm pretty sure drink lava anyways. We stopped by the Niter ice caves on the way home and got some cool sparkly pictures of the ice in there.

Happy New Year!

Wow the year is up. And what a year it was! Full of great family momments that we will never forget, new family members, checking off a bucket list of our last while in Utah, a Happy Graduation, new Jobs, new callings, new hobbies, and well you know how its been. I am Pleased to annouce that we Fulfilled our New Years Resolution from last year we had NO more Kidney stones, no broken bones, or any other expensive hospital visits!
We also found out where we are going for the next couple of years. Its great to have a blog to be able to look back at the past year to remember how great it was!










Some of the Fun family Trips!!


Look how cute they are!!


New Baby Sadie! :)


Big Accomplishments!


(my goofball brother in Russia, He had his 1 year Mark!)
Thank you EVERYONE FOR the wonderful year it was been!!! WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!

This Coming year we want to Pay off DEBT, move safely to Memphis and get settled. And be back to visit family for Christmas!!

Christmas songs are stuck in our heads....

....because we decorated for CHRISTMAS!!



I had a lot of fun Making Christmas Decorations this year. Here are some of them:


Our Wii inspired Christmas ornanents



Michael said the Red one makes you grow bigger and the Green ones give you an Extra Life

We just found out we were Just Kidding!

Southern College of Optometery has Awarded Michael a Great Scholarship!!! We where sort of having a little bit of struggles with the School in Oregon. Yesterday when I Came home from helping with the Primary Program Pratice(oh yeah by the way we teach primary now) Michael told me the good news! It was Kindof like all our worries Flew out the Window...
Now let me tell you about it!
We would probably live in Southaven MS. (20 min from Memphis) about 45,395 people.
There is a Nice lake not too Far away called Arkabutla Lake

about 15 minutes away is Graceland, Where you can eat a Fried Peanut butter and Banana Sandwhichs (which I guess is Elvis's Favorite Food)

According to Wikipedia "Graceland has become the second most-visited private home in America with over 600,000 visitors a year; only the White House has more visitors per year.[5]"

Downtown Memphis and the Great Mississippi River!


We could take a strole down Beale Street! Home of the Blues


Other great things about Memphis is...
The Peabody Hotel
Shopping
Close to Nashville, Little Rock, and Huntsville (A new part of the Country we have never been too)
There is more, however I have never been there. So we will have to find out together. But there is one thing that I am really excited for and that is....
MEMPHIS BBQ!

Halloween

(Pumpkin Craft night!)
(http://theadventuresofroryandjess.blogspot.com/2010/10/paper-pumpkin-tutorial.html)
At work we had a Halloween Party. We all dressed up like Harry Potter Characters! It was a blast. We made ButterBeer and handed out Berny Botts every flavor beans. We also had chocolate wands and Vampire Blood Soup!

(Tha Haunted Salad bar)
I Dressed up like Luna Lovegood. I forgot to take a picture before work when I looked good and wasnt tired after a long day, so you get a picture or me afterwards. I made Raddish Earings and a Ravenclaw Patch.


Me and Michael had a good night staying home and Eating candy we bought for trick or treaters that never came lol

Halloween Time Again!

We got together with our neighbors and Carved Pumpkins. I bet you can't guess which one is Michaels!


No Sparklers this time lol

Krystals'

Michaels' Did you guess right???

Announcing....

Michael and Krystal Cole are pleased to announce that after much tribulation they have decided to go to.....


Located in Forest Grove, Oregon it was estabished in 1849


Its a half a hour west of Portland which is full of cool stuff, old churches, a zoo
And ofcourse the Temple



One hour away from the Pacific Ocean
On the way to the Ocean you can stop at Tillamook cheese factory where there is 38 flavors of icecream listed on the site, plus some seasonal ones. Oh yeah and cheese.



If the beach isnt your place, there is a big lake not to far away!



Don't come visit us all at once!

Wow!!!

Applying for Schools

This is Michael in front of a Building at Pacific University. We have now finished interviews for Schools in Memphis and in Oregon. We should find out in about 2 weeks if we got accepted into the school in Oregon. (We have already have been accepted into the school in Memphis.) I am so Proud of all the hard work Michael has put into this, and will continue to put into school. Even though we haven't decided which school we are going to, we ARE getting closer. And we are getting really excited for the next stage in our lives. We will for sure let you know what school we decide on.
Thanks for all the support
we love you guys
Michael and Krystal

Where we would be living...

The Greater Portland Area:


Saturday Market

China Town



Bridges over the Clombia River


Beautiful Oregon Temple. It was Huge and so Magestic... These Pictures don't do it Justice.

Forest Grove, where the University is:

Vineyard


The University


Around the Cute little Town