Thanksgiving and Jordan's Birthday

This year for Thanksgiving my family and I went up to Snowbird to The Aerie at the Cliff Lodge and enjoyed their wonderful buffet Thanksgiving Dinner. It was Jordan's "Golden Birthday" he turned 26 on the 26th and chose there to have dinner. It was so good and so beautiful to see the skiers out on the mountain and the watch the sun go down from the 10th floor. It was wonderful to have my parents together too and not have to try to share time this year and enjoy their company. I'm so grateful for so many things this year and its a wonderful time to reflect on those things that I have been blessed with:

1. Family: I'm so grateful for family and for their example, support, unwavering love, understanding, and playfulness they bring to my life. My brothers are my best friends and its so wonderful to know they would be there for anything and that I can share anything with them, and laugh, sing, and share our secrets together. They have been the ones that throughout my life and trials I have gone through, each one has been by my side like the picture above. They are amazing men and so loving and sweet to their sister. They are great examples of steadfastness, endurance and give me so much encouragement in my life and my dreams. They are pure gentlemen who are full of passion and grace. Most of all they are bundles of laughs and have the best sense of humor and have the best one liners you will ever hear! I seriously should write a book with all of them. They are my rock and motivate me to be better and are my lifesavors!

2.Employment: So many have lost their jobs this past year and I am so grateful for my job and love what I do. I work for a wonderful doctor who is not only my boss but my friend and we are constantly laughing at work and have made some great friendships at work. I'm so grateful to have a job that supports me to do all the wonderful things I enjoy doing and provides me with a beautiful, warm home.

3.Health: I'm so grateful to be healthy, to thrive in life and to live to its fullest and to be able to serve others and be there for others in need. I think I take that for granted be pain free and at times just being able to run, jump, dance, smell, WATERSKI, travel, surf, do steamroller, and biking and hiking and to experience God's creations. I feel like I have been so protected at times where a major catastrophe could have occurred and I'm so grateful that so far so good! Knock on wood.... (on my table I am sitting at)

4. Friends (A girl can't make it through this life with out her girlfriends) I mention my friends in my prayers everyday and specifically for their strength, their testimonies, and their encouragement they have in my life. They are my guardian angels where I see through them who I want to be. Some have become wives and mothers and are the best Mom's I have ever known. They amaze me with how much they juggle in their life and have it all together and amongst their busy lives I get notes in the mail, phone calls, and emails checking in on me seeing how I am doing and how life is and a new guy they want to line me up with! Haha They are always looking out for me and are so interested in what I am doing and it means more then they will ever know. My roommates! Wow, I couldn't be lucklier to have such amazing friends. They have shown me to stand for truth, for righteousness, and what really matters in life. I can get distracted easily or get going in my day of my list of things to do and they remind me to stop and smell the flowers and remember why we are here and what my purpose is and what really counts. I think that is a lifelong challenge for me to put off the Natural Man and they have shown me charity, love, and what it truly means to Stand as HIS Witness in this time we live in even when its uncomfortable.

My First Christmas Tree!

My First Christmas Tree! What do you think? There is something about Christmas Trees and Camp Fires where I can just stare at them for hours. It makes our front room so cozzy! Shae and Becky and I decorated it this last week and we were pretty impressed with ourselves and we used odds and ends of Christmas ornaments people had given us and it turned out great. I'm ready for the holiday and just finished wrapping this weekend and now am just counting down the days till Christmas. This morning I went to the Music and the Spoken Word that the Tabernacle Choir put on and saw a mini version of the Christmas Concert they did this week. It was beautiful. Natalie Cole was so good. I took the girls I visit teach and after we made German Pancakes. It just got me that more excited for this time of year and all the new snow we are getting is just a bonus. I'm grateful for this time of year to reflect on those things that we are grateful for and the Spirit of Christmas and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We have so many great Christmas Traditions too that I am looking forward to. We Snowski on Christmas Eve and watch our favorite movie, Miracle on 34th Street, Read the Christmas Story and all sleep in the same room and wait for Santa and play games. Yes, I am still a kid at heart and love my Christmas Pajamas and I still BELIEVE!

My Michael Jackson Theme Birthday Party

28 is GREAT! I had the best birthday this week and it is still going hopefully for the whole month! Monday my work celebrated with me and got me my favorite fruit tart from Market Street Grill and then that night my Dad and Jordan took me to dinner and got the sweetest cards from them and Tuesday I took the day off and it started with pampering myself with a facial from my dear friend Heidi who is amazing. She spent two hours with me and had these amazing cupcakes for me. I then went to the next salon and got my hair done by Becky at Visions Salon. In the afternoon I went and shopped at some fun boutiques and then Becky and my friends did a Black or White Michael Jackson Birthday Party for me. It was so much fun. We had amazing food upstairs and downstairs, had music videos of Michael Jackson playing and dancing downstairs. I got so many texts and calls throughout the day that I loved and a fun birthday package from my Mom from California. It was different not to have her here but am happy for her to be living in California. My friends sure made me feel spoiled and helped me feel better about getting a year older! You guys are all the best!

I got a new Waterski!

I finally did it! I got a new waterski. The very first time I learned to ski was in 7th grade and for awhile now I have wanted to get my own ski that fits me just right! I went out and tried it out for the first time last week and now I think I have to wait till next summer....that is so far away! It was so awesome and I skiied so much better....that's what I tell myself to justify my purchase...I am a girl...what do you expect and of course it had to be cute and stylin! It was so much fun though and a great way to end the summer season!!

San Diego

I finally made it to SAN DIEGO for my first time. I have wanted to go for years and it took my mom moving there to get me there!! I have never lived out of state from my Momma and it is really different not just have her down the street. I miss her so much but now that I have been there I can see why she has wanted to get to the beach and to beautiful California! We had such a great time together and got to see so much. I didn't want to come back. Jordan and I drove down for a long weekend and we went to the KINGS of LEON concert, Sea World (a childhood dream of mine to get there) SHAMU ROCKS! The temple was amazing and Jordan played a show at Oceanside right on the docks and it was such a blast. He did such a great job and even had my mom and I come up and sing a song with him. Don't even get me started on the shopping, we didn't do a whole lot and I was really good but I just want to take a weekend to walk through all the fun boutiques and shops there, they were so cute. Just wanted to share some pictures of the great weekend in Southern California!

Livin' it up doin' my favorite Thing!

There is nothing better than a hot summer day out at the lake! Last year I learned how to Wake Surf and it is such a blast. I have never surfed in the ocean but now can behind the boat! It is so great to not be in any bindings and just out on the board and you sit right up close to the boat. It's such a blast. My all time favorite is water skiing though, just me and my HO and some glass water. There is no water though better than the lakes in Logan, that is one thing that I miss. Cutler and Benson you are guaranteed glass water all day long...you just have to get over that the water is more of a yellowish brown than blue and you may be able to touch the bottom of the lake other than that you are golden! It's well worth it when it's your passion! Ski it up!

This Summer has been so much fun. To make me feel like I am at the beach sometimes I bought a beach cruiser last year (the red one) and run my errands on it. Just behind my house is harmons, and the bank, THE PIE (trouble), Cafe Rio and a bunch of fun stores so I can just ride my bike and run some errands with my little basket. My mom says I just need Toto and I would be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. I just bought the "Urban Lady" this year and Becky joined me on a bike ride. I haven't put the wicker basket on that one yet I just got it last weekend but it was so fun to have a buddy! The bells are the best on them we had a fun night tonight riding around town over to the park!

Cancun Baby!

The past week I was in Cancun with my sisters, Katlyn and Rachel.  What an amazing trip. It mainly consisted of, the beach, the pool, then the beach, then the pool! It was so HOT and HUMID you constantly had to be in the water. We stayed at the Omni hotel and we did the all inclusive, which I had never done before where all your meals are included, it was sooo good. They had entertainment three of the nights we were there too outside by the pool. It felt like a "land cruise." We had such a fun time together and is hard to come back to "real life" again. One of my favorite parts was we found this rock that the waves would crash up on it and soak us and we would sit with our backs towards it so we had no idea when it was going to hit. We were like little girls again, squealing and laughing and  spent nearly the whole day on it.....easily entertained I guess. 

A New Sassy Look!

I cut my hair! There have been so many times where I go in and want to do something different with my hair and I finally did it! It was so scary! Why do we get scared though, it will grow right back and a lot of people haven't even really noticed. It's so short to me though! How do you like it? I haven't had my hair short like this since Junior High! It's a good change and has been really fun to have something different. It was so weird washing it at first, when it just stops at the shoulders. Thanks Becky for the great new Sassy Look! :)