Roomie's Birthday...

We celebrated Kristin's Birthday on Saturday night at our house with the friends. Then since all three of us had time off, we decided to go to Vegas and play as well. I went down on Sunday and visited my awesome cousins! I had a blast just hanging out and doing a little shopping-- love you guys! Then my roomies came down on Monday and we went to Cheesecake factory, we rode 2 roller coasters, and just enjoyed each others craziness! I love having awesome roommates and friends. Here are a few pics of our lovely adventure:

Christmas 2009

I just LOVE Christmas Time! This month has flown by fast, but I love the spirit of Christmas the fact that we get to remember the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. We had a great Christmas with the family this year. Here are a few pictures to enjoy! We made sugar cookies one night with the grand-kids!

Paige and Ethan were being so fun on Christmas Eve.

Nice Santa Hat Ethan! Paige was calling him "Santa Baby"

Christmas Morning: Jeff & Lexie, Julie & Kaulin

Alisha, Paige, and Rushton

Mom made new silky blankets for the grand-kids. They loved them! What a fun tradition :)

Kaulin & Rushton

Our Sweet Princess- she loved the princess dress... all day :)

Come What May...

And Love it... That was a phrase they had on the cute wall Ashley and her sisters made in rememberance of Robert's Life. Robert passed away on December 13, 2009 from leukemia. He was married to my cousin Ashley. These two were great examples of FAITH and LOVE. They truly loved each other and everyone around them. I am so grateful that they are family and can show me how to be more like Christ. We attended Roberts Funeral on December 19, 2009. It was an amazingly spiritual day. Everyone who spoke reminded us of Roberts great loves, and one of those is his Savior. I am so grateful for the knowledge of eternal families. I know he is with our Heavenly Father now and Ashley will get to be with him again because of the priesthood sealing power of the temple. Families Can Be Together Forever. We love you Robert and Ashley! :) If you want know more about Roberts and Ashleys Adventure check out their blog: http://adventuresofrobdobandashpants.blogspot.com/

Todd, Karalee, & Elijah, Uncle Brad, Me, & Mom.

Dad showing Junior a funny trick! Silly Boys :)

Grandma Bev & Ellysah

Dad, Mom, & Grandma Bev

2 Christmas Parties

267! My roomies and I are the cover band for Celine Deon! We performed in our Single Ward Talent Show last night! It was hilarious! We sang "All By Myself". It was so much fun (and terrifying at the same time-- I DO NOT perform in front of people). Good Times.

Saturday night we had a big Christmas Party with the friends!
Ugly Sweaters... check
White Elephant gifts... check
Awesome Christmas treats... check
Fun with the friends... check

Some of the ugly sweaters :)

Group Date

The girls decided to do a fun group date night this last Friday night. We had a way fun dinner idea! (fun and easy!) Each couple has an envelope with the part of the meal they need to buy and make for the whole group! We had four dollars for a side dish! It is always interesting to see what everyone picks out. The main dish was french toast, the side dishes were pasta salad, stuffing, and rolls. The appetizer was pizza bites. The drinks were sprite with limes in it. It was a very interesting but fun dinner. We then made ice cream sculptures-- one of my favorite things!
We drew out slips of paper which told us what we then needed to buys things for and sculpt. We got a giraffe! Another couple sculpted dentures and we got a Christmas Tree from another couple! It was highly entertaining.