Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Well before Christmas the YSA had an activity. We went to Chicago and we watched Elf on a big screen and then walked around downtown. It was snowing a lot and it was really wet so we were all cold and wet but we still had a fun time.
We had the Christmas program that I was in charge of and it all went really well I sang a duet and in a quintet. It was fun to sing again. Well the next Saturday I flew home!!!! YEA!!! my best friends Bracken and Rachel came to pick me up from the airport. It was good to see them again. We did a little shopping before we headed down to St. George. When we got home we went straight to the college to see the Forgotten Carols. It was so good just like every year I go.
On Tuesday I drove to Cedar City to see some friends. It was good to see them after so long. We just went out to lunch and talked forever! Wednesday night I had a dinner at my house for all the birthmoms in town. All my old friends were there. Mom made a good dinner and it was fun to see everyone again after so long.
Thursday Grandma and Grandpa kidd came. And can you guess the first thing we did??? SHOPPING!! Lol! It was so funny. I have had a good time meeting my niece maddie! She is so cute I just love her. I took care of her a few nights I was in town it was fun. She is getting so big. Lol!! Christmas eve was good everybody came over for dinner then we just hung out. Then it was CHRISTMAS!!!
we did not wake up and open gifts right away cause Jen and Zach went over to his families house to watch all the little kids open there stuff! Then we called my brother Paul that is serving his mission in Guatemalla City! It was sooo good to talk to him good to hear his voice!
After we got off the phone with him we had some lunch then opened gifts!
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I got mom a saying that goes on the wall it was really cool! I forget what it says but it was good. Mom made me this way cool quilt is says all the qualities that she thinks I have on the quilt. Its really cool.
I got the best gift ever from Jennifer. She gave me a book that had pictures full of Daxton. She emailed Stacie and asked if she could take some pictures of Dax for me for Christmas and she said yes why don’t you just take pictures of our whole family. I started to cry it was the best gift anyone could ever give me. It was so cute and thoughtful.
We had a really nice dinner that night with everyone there. It was good to be home around the family.
The next morning at 6am grandma and grandpa allen drove me to SLC. Brandon had his farewell he did a really good job. After we went over to there place and ate some lunch. Then I went to Kristi’s house and hung out with them! The boys are getting so big. I hope you got the letter from them. They all miss you! We had some good laughs about the old times! Dad picked me up the next morning and we drove to Orem for a photo shoot. I was taking my first shoot! Dad helped me by bringing his equipment. I used his nice backdrop and his lights. It was for the Peterson family. The ones I spent Thanksgiving with here in Chicago. They were visiting family in Orem. Then we went home and saw the kids. Cyd and Chan are getting so big. Cyd and I had a girls night. She spent the night in my room downstairs. Well the pictures that I took did not turn out at all so dad and I had to drive back to Orem to take them again. We didn’t get home till really late but this time it worked! So that is good news. Wednesday I just hung out with the kids at home and played cards
On Thursday night I went home with Uncle Mark. I was going to stay till sat morning. Thursday night we all went out to dinner we went to Golden Corral. I guess it is the kids favorite place. We saw the whole Utah state basketball team there Jackson and Chase thought it was really cool. On Friday Aunt Jenna and I did some shopping getting ready for the New Years Eve party that night. We went over to her friends house and played games all night. It was fun. I knew most of them from when I lived with them. My friend Stephen from Chicago was in town cause he was going to be attending BYU Idaho so he spend New Years Eve with us. It was fun to have someone my age there since it was all older or younger people there. After the new year we went home and slept. The next morning was sat we got up and we over to grandma’s house. We were having a Christmas party. Dad, Tyson and Landon was there with Jen and Zach. We had a great lunch and party.
Stacie (Dax mom) emailed me and asked what I was up to on sat? I said I was busy in the morning but then I was free. So she invited me over to there house! So after the party dad took me over to see Daxton and his family. It was really good to see them again. The kid are so much bigger. And they have a new little one now his name is Tyson. He is about 6 months old. He is a cutie. I had some gifts for them from me and some from mom. And they loved them. They gave me a calender that had pictures of Dax all over it. It was so cute. Daxton was sick he had a fever poor kid so I guess he was not his normal self but he felt a little better and started playing with is dump truck I gave him. He loves dump trucks!
It was really good to see them. After that I hung out with some friends. Then went to Emily’s babies baby blessing then to a lunch in. It was good to see all the cousins and everybody. Then I flew home! Chris my friend was on the same flight with me we sat next to each other so that was fun! Not to fly alone! It was the best trip home ever!! I got to see every one that I wanted to plus more!!
We had the Christmas program that I was in charge of and it all went really well I sang a duet and in a quintet. It was fun to sing again. Well the next Saturday I flew home!!!! YEA!!! my best friends Bracken and Rachel came to pick me up from the airport. It was good to see them again. We did a little shopping before we headed down to St. George. When we got home we went straight to the college to see the Forgotten Carols. It was so good just like every year I go.
On Tuesday I drove to Cedar City to see some friends. It was good to see them after so long. We just went out to lunch and talked forever! Wednesday night I had a dinner at my house for all the birthmoms in town. All my old friends were there. Mom made a good dinner and it was fun to see everyone again after so long.
Thursday Grandma and Grandpa kidd came. And can you guess the first thing we did??? SHOPPING!! Lol! It was so funny. I have had a good time meeting my niece maddie! She is so cute I just love her. I took care of her a few nights I was in town it was fun. She is getting so big. Lol!! Christmas eve was good everybody came over for dinner then we just hung out. Then it was CHRISTMAS!!!
we did not wake up and open gifts right away cause Jen and Zach went over to his families house to watch all the little kids open there stuff! Then we called my brother Paul that is serving his mission in Guatemalla City! It was sooo good to talk to him good to hear his voice!
After we got off the phone with him we had some lunch then opened gifts!
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I got mom a saying that goes on the wall it was really cool! I forget what it says but it was good. Mom made me this way cool quilt is says all the qualities that she thinks I have on the quilt. Its really cool.
I got the best gift ever from Jennifer. She gave me a book that had pictures full of Daxton. She emailed Stacie and asked if she could take some pictures of Dax for me for Christmas and she said yes why don’t you just take pictures of our whole family. I started to cry it was the best gift anyone could ever give me. It was so cute and thoughtful.
We had a really nice dinner that night with everyone there. It was good to be home around the family.
The next morning at 6am grandma and grandpa allen drove me to SLC. Brandon had his farewell he did a really good job. After we went over to there place and ate some lunch. Then I went to Kristi’s house and hung out with them! The boys are getting so big. I hope you got the letter from them. They all miss you! We had some good laughs about the old times! Dad picked me up the next morning and we drove to Orem for a photo shoot. I was taking my first shoot! Dad helped me by bringing his equipment. I used his nice backdrop and his lights. It was for the Peterson family. The ones I spent Thanksgiving with here in Chicago. They were visiting family in Orem. Then we went home and saw the kids. Cyd and Chan are getting so big. Cyd and I had a girls night. She spent the night in my room downstairs. Well the pictures that I took did not turn out at all so dad and I had to drive back to Orem to take them again. We didn’t get home till really late but this time it worked! So that is good news. Wednesday I just hung out with the kids at home and played cards
On Thursday night I went home with Uncle Mark. I was going to stay till sat morning. Thursday night we all went out to dinner we went to Golden Corral. I guess it is the kids favorite place. We saw the whole Utah state basketball team there Jackson and Chase thought it was really cool. On Friday Aunt Jenna and I did some shopping getting ready for the New Years Eve party that night. We went over to her friends house and played games all night. It was fun. I knew most of them from when I lived with them. My friend Stephen from Chicago was in town cause he was going to be attending BYU Idaho so he spend New Years Eve with us. It was fun to have someone my age there since it was all older or younger people there. After the new year we went home and slept. The next morning was sat we got up and we over to grandma’s house. We were having a Christmas party. Dad, Tyson and Landon was there with Jen and Zach. We had a great lunch and party.
Stacie (Dax mom) emailed me and asked what I was up to on sat? I said I was busy in the morning but then I was free. So she invited me over to there house! So after the party dad took me over to see Daxton and his family. It was really good to see them again. The kid are so much bigger. And they have a new little one now his name is Tyson. He is about 6 months old. He is a cutie. I had some gifts for them from me and some from mom. And they loved them. They gave me a calender that had pictures of Dax all over it. It was so cute. Daxton was sick he had a fever poor kid so I guess he was not his normal self but he felt a little better and started playing with is dump truck I gave him. He loves dump trucks!
It was really good to see them. After that I hung out with some friends. Then went to Emily’s babies baby blessing then to a lunch in. It was good to see all the cousins and everybody. Then I flew home! Chris my friend was on the same flight with me we sat next to each other so that was fun! Not to fly alone! It was the best trip home ever!! I got to see every one that I wanted to plus more!!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Well lets see here what have I been up to the month of November??? ok well I am in charge of the Christmas program in sacrament meeting so I held our first rehearsal on Sunday we did not have a lot of people but enough.. We need some more boys though but I am excited about it!! I get to sing a duet with one of my friends I am really excited except when we rehearsed in front of a microphone. I got a little nervous! Well winter is here again.. All my kids are sick! :( the whole month of Nov. They have been sick. We went through 2 different types of bugs in the house each kid got it and the parents including me. But we are all better now. I went downtown to stay the night at a girl friends house on Friday it was so much fun. I needed a girls night out. We went out to dinner, the movies then home and slept. It was a late night. The next morning we went had a turkey bowl. The singles wards in Chicago was having one and so we went it was fun after we went and had a turkey dinner. Then we went back to her place and played some games then it was time for me to go home. I took the train home all by myself! I brought my book to read so it was no that bad it went by fast it only takes a hour. Then I came home and went to Rebekah’s house to watch a movie. Then home and bed!!!
Sunday after church we had another rehearsal then we went over to our branch president’s house to watch the CES broadcast and they had a dinner there for the members of the branch. It was good to hang out a little bit after church! Work, work, work, work and more work!!!!! Daxton’s 3 birthday was the following Sunday. I went to church had rehearsal then we had a linger longer with food!! Then a family history fireside. So I was at church all day if felt like. Lets see....... I left my house at 10:25 and got home at 5 pm. That was a long day. My girlfriend Joy came over and we watched the Hospital visit on video and looked through pictures! He was so small. :) then we had angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream!!! YUMMY!!! mom skyped me when they were about to sing happy birthday to Dax! I thought it was really cool that they wanted me to be a part of the family. I miss them so much! Alright THANKSGIVING week!!!!! on wed night I went over to the Petersons house (CJ’s family). I ate dinner and played family games then went in the hot tub! It was sooo cold outside but it felt good. The next day was thanksgiving so I woke up and packed my things and went to play some football. It was fun to play with a big team like we had!
Then after football we went in the hot tub again then it was cookin time! Time to cook everything for dinner! I was in charge of the Yams they turned out good I thought. It was the first thanksgiving ever that there whole family has been together. They have had boys on missions for the past 6 years. And the youngest child is 5. So all 9 children were there for the first time. After dinner we all cleaned up the kitchen and then pulled out the news paper adds!! BLACK FRIDAY!! I picked out a few things I wanted. I went to bed about 1am and got up at 2:15am so not much sleep. We went to go stand in line! We hit a few stores got what we needed what was on our list then we were out of there! I got everything that was on my list and only 2 things that were not on my list so I thought I did a good job. My favorite thing that I got was a jewelry cabinet to hang in my bathroom. On the outside of it you can put pictures it is super cute and it was supposed to be $100 but I got it for $30!! Yea killer price! When we got home from shopping we packed the car and headed for Nauvoo!!! there was 16 of us going. It takes about 4 ½ hours to get there so it was not that bad. When we got there we unpacked and then went to see a play. It was so cute there was a bunch of older brothers and sisters on there missions there. Aunt Jenna’s mom was in charge of the play so I got to see her and Boyd. We were staying in this huge cabin so we all much grabbed our sleeping bags and had a pow wow!! Sat we went out a scavenger hunt! It lead us to different homes and things to look for in the homes. It was fun! I got to see a lot but not everything I cant wait to go back and see the rest! we went back to the cabin ate some pizza and headed home. 4 of the 16 drove back to Utah for school and the rest of us came back to Chicago.
The next day was soooo long. I had to be at church at 9:30am for choir rehearsal then 3 hours of church then another rehearsal after church! But it is good everybody knows the music now!!! HAPPY DAY!! Carolyn just had her 10th birthday!! So we had a party for her on Monday it was fun! Today we had our first night of Hanukkah I am learning a lot I am telling you.. 7 more nights of Hanukkah
Sunday after church we had another rehearsal then we went over to our branch president’s house to watch the CES broadcast and they had a dinner there for the members of the branch. It was good to hang out a little bit after church! Work, work, work, work and more work!!!!! Daxton’s 3 birthday was the following Sunday. I went to church had rehearsal then we had a linger longer with food!! Then a family history fireside. So I was at church all day if felt like. Lets see....... I left my house at 10:25 and got home at 5 pm. That was a long day. My girlfriend Joy came over and we watched the Hospital visit on video and looked through pictures! He was so small. :) then we had angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream!!! YUMMY!!! mom skyped me when they were about to sing happy birthday to Dax! I thought it was really cool that they wanted me to be a part of the family. I miss them so much! Alright THANKSGIVING week!!!!! on wed night I went over to the Petersons house (CJ’s family). I ate dinner and played family games then went in the hot tub! It was sooo cold outside but it felt good. The next day was thanksgiving so I woke up and packed my things and went to play some football. It was fun to play with a big team like we had!
Then after football we went in the hot tub again then it was cookin time! Time to cook everything for dinner! I was in charge of the Yams they turned out good I thought. It was the first thanksgiving ever that there whole family has been together. They have had boys on missions for the past 6 years. And the youngest child is 5. So all 9 children were there for the first time. After dinner we all cleaned up the kitchen and then pulled out the news paper adds!! BLACK FRIDAY!! I picked out a few things I wanted. I went to bed about 1am and got up at 2:15am so not much sleep. We went to go stand in line! We hit a few stores got what we needed what was on our list then we were out of there! I got everything that was on my list and only 2 things that were not on my list so I thought I did a good job. My favorite thing that I got was a jewelry cabinet to hang in my bathroom. On the outside of it you can put pictures it is super cute and it was supposed to be $100 but I got it for $30!! Yea killer price! When we got home from shopping we packed the car and headed for Nauvoo!!! there was 16 of us going. It takes about 4 ½ hours to get there so it was not that bad. When we got there we unpacked and then went to see a play. It was so cute there was a bunch of older brothers and sisters on there missions there. Aunt Jenna’s mom was in charge of the play so I got to see her and Boyd. We were staying in this huge cabin so we all much grabbed our sleeping bags and had a pow wow!! Sat we went out a scavenger hunt! It lead us to different homes and things to look for in the homes. It was fun! I got to see a lot but not everything I cant wait to go back and see the rest! we went back to the cabin ate some pizza and headed home. 4 of the 16 drove back to Utah for school and the rest of us came back to Chicago.
The next day was soooo long. I had to be at church at 9:30am for choir rehearsal then 3 hours of church then another rehearsal after church! But it is good everybody knows the music now!!! HAPPY DAY!! Carolyn just had her 10th birthday!! So we had a party for her on Monday it was fun! Today we had our first night of Hanukkah I am learning a lot I am telling you.. 7 more nights of Hanukkah
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Well guess what??? I bought a camera!! Yea and I love it. It just came out in October it is a Nikon d3100. A big camera my dad is thinking about getting one too. I bought a extra lens for it so I can zoom super far with it too. I love it.
I have already dressed up all my kids in there Halloween costumes and took there pictures as well as my friends kids that she nannies for too. They turned out really well. I took all the kids shopping for there costumes. Carolyn is Hermione Granger. Ben is Harry Potter. Liz is Jasmine from Aladdin. Beverly was a bumble bee! They all looked soo cute.
Well as you know Bev put my I touch in the toilet so I had to get a new one. Well I got a new one and less then 2 weeks later it stopped working. So I had to take it back and they just gave me another one. So now I have a up and running I touch again. It is nice to have my music and my games when ever I need them. Well I went down town some friends to a pumpkin party. Where they were carving pumpkins and had pumpkin pie, bread, cookies, etc.... it was fun I met some new people. Then I went up to lake Geneva and played with my camera some more. I am still trying to figure everything out. Monday night was girls night. I went with 3 other girls and we went out to dinner and did a little bit of shopping it was fun. But not that fun cause I was sick.. :( no fun at all. I was sick for a few days my back hurt again and my head would not stop hurting so I had to go to a chiropractor. They took a x ray and they said I had a really bad neck and some other things but I am feeling a lot better now. That is the important thing. The next week I went to FHE and we went to a haunted garage it was really good they have a contest around Chicago who has the best decorated garages. It was fun and spooky. Well on Friday Oct 29th I had a Halloween party that me and my friend put together. It took me forever to set up it looked really good. I made some chilli and cake and lots and lots of goodies. It was in his basement it looked really good. We had about 40ish people there, and everyone was in there costume and we had a costume contest. We played some games and then went on a hay ride but it was soooo cold.. My feet were about to fall off. Then people went home after that. It was super fun. On sat we cleaned up from the party then went to a YSA dance in Naperville. That is about a hour away from where I live. We got there kinda early but thats ok I kinda helped finish setting up. It was the best dance I have been to since I have lived here. Well I will have to say best dance I have ever been to I had a lot of fun. I got to meet new people and got to know some people a little better. My branch was in charge of taking down so we had to stay the whole time. But I wanted to since I was having such a good time. I got home late and went to bed. Oh I forgot to tell you!! I dyed my hair dark brown!!! yea well it is semi-permanent so it will wash out in a few washes, but it looks good!
SOme cute cupcakes a friend made for the party!
Ok so we played this game some of you might know how to play and most people play with a orange but we played with small pumpkins!! you have to pass the pumpkin without using your hands. The funniest game to watch people play! we has a blast!! :)
I have already dressed up all my kids in there Halloween costumes and took there pictures as well as my friends kids that she nannies for too. They turned out really well. I took all the kids shopping for there costumes. Carolyn is Hermione Granger. Ben is Harry Potter. Liz is Jasmine from Aladdin. Beverly was a bumble bee! They all looked soo cute.
Well as you know Bev put my I touch in the toilet so I had to get a new one. Well I got a new one and less then 2 weeks later it stopped working. So I had to take it back and they just gave me another one. So now I have a up and running I touch again. It is nice to have my music and my games when ever I need them. Well I went down town some friends to a pumpkin party. Where they were carving pumpkins and had pumpkin pie, bread, cookies, etc.... it was fun I met some new people. Then I went up to lake Geneva and played with my camera some more. I am still trying to figure everything out. Monday night was girls night. I went with 3 other girls and we went out to dinner and did a little bit of shopping it was fun. But not that fun cause I was sick.. :( no fun at all. I was sick for a few days my back hurt again and my head would not stop hurting so I had to go to a chiropractor. They took a x ray and they said I had a really bad neck and some other things but I am feeling a lot better now. That is the important thing. The next week I went to FHE and we went to a haunted garage it was really good they have a contest around Chicago who has the best decorated garages. It was fun and spooky. Well on Friday Oct 29th I had a Halloween party that me and my friend put together. It took me forever to set up it looked really good. I made some chilli and cake and lots and lots of goodies. It was in his basement it looked really good. We had about 40ish people there, and everyone was in there costume and we had a costume contest. We played some games and then went on a hay ride but it was soooo cold.. My feet were about to fall off. Then people went home after that. It was super fun. On sat we cleaned up from the party then went to a YSA dance in Naperville. That is about a hour away from where I live. We got there kinda early but thats ok I kinda helped finish setting up. It was the best dance I have been to since I have lived here. Well I will have to say best dance I have ever been to I had a lot of fun. I got to meet new people and got to know some people a little better. My branch was in charge of taking down so we had to stay the whole time. But I wanted to since I was having such a good time. I got home late and went to bed. Oh I forgot to tell you!! I dyed my hair dark brown!!! yea well it is semi-permanent so it will wash out in a few washes, but it looks good!
SOme cute cupcakes a friend made for the party!
Ok so we played this game some of you might know how to play and most people play with a orange but we played with small pumpkins!! you have to pass the pumpkin without using your hands. The funniest game to watch people play! we has a blast!! :)
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