Game Night!

Last night we had game night at Marci and Darrian's! Crystal, David and their daughter Tannon came over too! It was really fun! When I was in Utah I played Rumikub for the first time... I'm addicted! I love it! Chris and I went out and bought it of course! And that's what we played! We didn't really have much time to play any other games though! I was satisfied! Then we had Hot Fudge Brownie Sundaes with Carmel, Nuts, Oreos, and Sprinkels! I'm not a big fan of sprinkels, but other people liked them! Oh by the way the ice cream was Birthday Cake Ice Cream! Yum it's the best! And then we watched Invicible!! I love that movie because Mark Wahlberg is SO GOOD LOOKING!!! It was really fun and we had a good night! We will definately do it again!

I'm Back!

I got back from Utah on Wednesday. I was kinda sad to leave, I love it there! I went there the 3rd of February to watch my sister's kids while they went to Hawaii! I had a great time! She has 2 kids... Mason who is 4 and MaiLee who will be 2 in May. They are really great and we had a lot of fun! Mason broke his arm right before I went up there, so we couldn't really go play in the snow or anything. And I don't have a camera, so I couldn't take pictures. I was really sad about that, because they are so cute! We had a couple of really good snow storms while I was there!! It is so BEAUTIFUL there, a nice change of scenery from sunny Arizona ! The tempurature ranged from 12-39 degrees! It was so nice! Most people would think that is freezing, but I REALLY enjoyed it! I did get a few pictures when my sister got home, so I am just waiting for her to email them to me and then I will post them! While I was there I got a pedicure from April's friend Gina (Who by the way did a great job!) and then when April got home she gave me a massage!! I love getting massages!! And she is the BEST!! Seriously... I'm not just saying that because she is my sister, she really is very good! And she also gave me money to get a camera!!! I am so excited... just looking for the right one!! It's kinda weired because I really miss Mason and MaiLee. We grew really close while I was there. Well you think we would because we were with eachother 24 hours a day for 9 days. I really love them and can't wait to move up there!! I am also really excited to have my own kids because now I know that I can do it and not go insane!! Anyways the point of this post is... I LOVE Utah, I love April and her family, and I am excited to have a baby whenever it happens!!

New and Improved Scrapbook Room!

I love going out of town because it makes Chris miss me so much and he doesn't know what to do with his time!! Hehehe! So when I come home there is always somthing new!! This time it was my scrapbook room! I love it! Thanks Chris you are the BEST!!

Love Is In The Air!

So I made this last year, but never had anywhere to put it, and it wasn't really finished. So since Valentines Day is coming up and I don't really have any decorations, I decided to finish it and put it out!! I LOVE it!! It's not just a Valentines decoration though, I am going to keep it up all year!

Texas Road House!

Every Friday after training we go out to dinner with our friends! Last night we went to Texas Road House... which happens to be my favorite!! Michelle made this beautiful, yummy, delicious cake!! Her birthday was 10 days earlier than mine, so we celebrated hers too! Didn't she do such a good job?! I love it! Thanks Michelle!

It's Time For a Change...

My Birthday is going great so far! I just got back from lunch at Crackers with my mom, Ashley, Aunt Nancy, Aunt Trudy and Lucy. It was so yummy! I love that place! I also got a much needed pedicure this morning... It felt so good!
So the BIG news that I have been waiting to post...

(I was waiting for a cute picture!)
Before

After

When all was said and done I ended up cutting off between 13 and 14 inches! I know it's crazy! I like change though! I was inspired by Katie Holmes... I really love her hair! And I love how my hair turned out! It only took me a day or so to get use to it. The only thing is I wish I had more bangs. I talked to my sister today and she said that she just got her bangs cut like Katie. She loves them too! I'm a tad jealous, so when I go up there in February I am going to get my bangs cut a little more! Happy Birthday to me!!

One year older and wiser too...

...Happy Birthday to me! Today is my Birthday... I love Birthdays!! This past year has been unbelievable! I am very excited to start this next year of my life! It's only 8:45am right now and my day is already going Fabulous! I woke up this morning to this...

I got stringed! I was so suprised! If you look closely you will notice the confetti on the ground.
By the way, we left at 6am, and we don't have street lights by our house so it is pitch black outside.

So Chris and I are trying to make our way to the car. Chris decided to go around and I decided to go through the maze! We both get stuck and our dogs are just running around every where because they can fit under it all!! It took us like 10 minutes to get to our car! It was really funny! I guess you had to be there!

Thanks Darrian and Marci you guys are the BEST!! I love you guys!!

iPod for Christmas!!

I have the best husband in the world! Here's the story... I asked for an iPod last year for Christmas and I am sad to say that I didn't get it. Chris told me that if I waited for next year they would probably come out with a newer version. Well, he was right! So this year for Christmas I asked for a iPod again. I was very sad again because I didn't get one. So Chris being the best husband in the whole world gave me his Chrismas money and said that I could buy one!! I love him so much, and I love my new iPod so much too!! Thanks Chris, you're the best!!

Christmas Traditions

I can not believe that tomorrow is Christmas... so crazy! This year has gone by so fast. I just wanted to share some of our traditions growing up and the ones that we have now. This tradition started when we first moved to Arizona in 1990. On Christmas Eve we went to the Landmark in Mesa for dinner. My sister April arranged it and made sure that there was an extra seat for Christ. We were out to celebrate his birthday! Then we would go home and open one present. Usually from Nana and Papa (my dad's parents). The would always send us pajamas wich were nice to go to bed in that night! In the morning all of us kids would wake up early!! We were allowed to open our stockings but we had to wait for our parents to wake up before opening anything else. And we weren't allowed to wake them up. That afternoon we would go to the movies and when we got home we would have a Christmas feast!!! We always had ham and sparkling cider! Now that Chris and I are married we have to split the holiday between our families. On Christmas Eve we have a family party at his Grandma Sherry's house. All of his extended family (on the McCleve side) comes over. The last couple of years we had mexican food, but this year we had pizza. Chris' Great Grandma June always finds some clever way to hide money in something and we have to figure out how to get it out! Grandma Sherry also gives us money on something cute, and his grandpa hands out $20 bills to everyone. Gotta love the grandparetns!! I think this year was the best party yet. As Chris' sisters get older we build better relationships! It's fun to get to know them better! Anyways, it was really nice tonight, and I had a good time! On Christmas morning we wake up and do our stockings and gifts and then we go to his parents house and do gifts with them! Because there are 6 kids plus me we draw names (so we don't have to buy for everyone). We always get something for his parents. I love See's Candy, so we usually give both our parents gift certificates there plus a GC to a resturaunt. After visiting with the Fallbecks we go over to my parent's house and do presents with them. That afternoon we still go to the movies! Tomorrow we are going to see National Treasurer 2. I am really excited!! And tomorrow night we are going to have Christmas Dinner with ham! Yum!! And that's it! Sorry that was a forever long story! I love Christmas!! I can't wait to have a family of our own to carry on these traditions!

Christmas Party!

Like I said before, last night was our office Christmas Party! It was really fun, and the food was great! After we ate and had our Christmas program we played the White Elephant Gift exchange! I forgot to get 2 gifts, so we ended up bringing "brownies in a jar". We had a whole bag of rolls leftover from the potluck, so I found some newspaper and wrapped them up!! It was really funny! I ended up with a hour massage (lucky me!!) and Chris got chocolate covered pretzels and cookie cutters! I guess I got the best of both ends!! I love our friends, we have such a good time with them!!