Christmas Break

 I have loved every minute of Christmas Break. We started it off by going to see ANNIE as a family on the night of the 23rd. That was one of my favorite movies growing up and still is to this day. This was an awesome version of it. I really enjoyed it.

Christmas at my moms

One of my favorite gifts ever

Hunters Ugly Sweater Party

2014 Annual Gingerbread House

 Christmas was so much fun this year, the only thing I didn't enjoy is that because of a cold we didn't get to spend the whole day together. If you want the story let me know and I'll tell you more. He went to his parents for dinner and stuff then met me back at my family's for most of the day. I hated not being together the whole day but we got up and had Christmas morning together. Santa came and I think we were both super spoiled although I was most spoiled. I love the holiday season and being together with family. I have the best family in the entire world.

Merry Christmas From Heaven

Brothers

My brother Stephen came home for a visit in the beginning of December. I decided to get a picture of my brothers while he was home, only problem is my brother Kaden had drill that weekend and we didn't see him at all. So this picture is of 6 of my brothers and i'm sure i'll have more soon, just not with Stephen. I love each and everyone one of them and am lucky to have them.

More pictures from Thanksgiving Break

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours!

 This Thanksgiving was probably one of the best ever! My grandma and her sister came to Utah for a visit. My Aunt Norma, the third sister, had no idea that Aunt Loretta was coming and her face when she saw her was priceless! I really wish somebody had a picture of that. This was special because this is the first holiday in over 12 years that the three sisters have spent together. My mom hosted and we had over 40 people for dinner. 20 of them were my immediate family but it was so much fun. We had a great time with Grandma and Aunt Loretta in town! I hope we didn't scare them away.

Happy Birthday Hunter

My baby brother turned 16 on 11/17/14! Where has the time gone?!

Vegas

Day/Night View from the Tibbett's deck

Panoramic view from Cabo Wabos

Colleen and I

 

In November I decided to take a trip just for me and go visit a friend and her family in Vegas. It was a great get away. We had a lot of girl time and were able to catch up and shop and just enjoy life. I'm so thankful to have Colleen in my life and to have been able to meet her husband, Roger, and enjoy getting to know him. They are amazing people and I look forward to my next trip out there. 

 

 

Happy Halloween

Happy Birthday Halle

Happy Birthday Halle! 

I feel blessed to have amazing nieces and nephews. Halle is the first born and I just love her to pieces. I'm glad I was finally able to get a picture with my nieces Maia and Halle. Aren't they just adorable? 

Gardner Village

Dads birthday

Happy Birthday Dad!

Uncle Rob's birthday Dinner

 Uncle Rob's Birthday at Bonsai

Valeries Visit

Over General Conference weekend in October my cousin Valerie and her family were here on vacation. Valerie is one of my favorite people ever! We were lucky to be able to meet up with them for dinner one night and just spend time together. We found out that they had tickets to a move Premier but Rob wasn't going to go with because of the kids. My mom volunteered to watch them and I volunteered to go help. We took Jack and Halle that night too. We ordered pizza for the kids, then took them to the lake to feed the ducks, then had some time at the park. After it got dark we went back to my moms and had a movie night. I'm glad we were able to spend time with the boys and to also allow Valerie and Rob time for a date. I love those boys and wish they lived closer.

My News

 I realize I havn't shared the biggest news over the last few months. I found a new job! I'm very fortunate with how it came about and almost just landed in my lap. I am learning new things everyday. I love the company I work for and the people I work with. I have better hours and am not as ornery any more, I make more, feel appreciated, and don't dread going to work. I moved from medical to dental. I use to ask my mom how she can handle working on people's mouth everyday, but i've had the opportunity to observe a few procedures and enjoyed that more than I thought I would that I have considered dental assisting. We will see. Right now I'm just happy for the change and am excited to see what the future brings.

2014 California Memories

Good Bye Utah

 

This year we decided to go to California in September. I was kind of tired of feeling like we do the same thing every year so this time we tried some new things. I had so much fun. Paul had his first Bruxies (and Swap Meet) experience. Since we have been home he entered a contest on Instagram with one of the pictures he took and won a Bruxies gift card and swag bag with a shirt. I'm anxious to go back. :)

The Packing House is a new thing in Anaheim. The train station is a historic building and they kept it and put a lot of mini restaurants in it. Its like a food market.

 

One of my favorite things about the trip was catching up with some old friends. I texted Colleen to see if she may be in town while we were there. She grew up with my mom and we became close when my parents divorced. She grew up on my moms street. After she married she moved to the mountains and didn't visit her mom as much. Come to find out she moved to Vegas last year but texted that she would be in town. We caught up and went out to lunch and just had so much fun. The Cameron's have always been one of my favorite families. I love hanging out with Colleen and Carrie. My grandma and Emily came too. They are so much fun. While I was there Colleen invited us to come stay with her sometime and since then I have made that possible and just took a trip by myself out there. More to come on that later. I love my California trips and make so many new and different memories every year.

DisneyLand 2014

My Heaven

One of my favorite things we did this trip was go whale watching. We weren't fortunate enough to see any whales but to be honest I was ok with that because we saw a lot of dolphins. I have always loved dolphins and have always said that my dream is to go swimming with them. I'd also like to train them. I don't think that will happen but I swear I was in heaven on this tour. These are a lot of the many pictures Paul took.