My Little Girl Is 21 Today

My oldest daughter, Chelsea, turned 21 today. How did the time fly by so fast? I'm so proud of her. She's turned into such a wonderful person. I wish I could take responsibility for how wonderful, but that is just how she is. We had a great day today, we went to lunch and just spent the afternoon hanging out at her house in Provo. I just wish I could spend every moment with her. Happy Birthday, Chelsea! Your mom loves you sooo much!

New Job

I went today for an interview for a job with Julie that I've been interested in. I pretty much knew that it was mine if I wanted it. Of course I wanted it! I would be working with my sister, who I hardly ever get to see. I'd be helping teen moms get a skill (nurse assisting) under their belts, how rewarding would that be? I'd be working hours while my kids are in school anyway. I'd still have my summers off... the list goes on. Sure enough, the interview went well enough that I came home with a new job that I'll be starting on Monday, and I'm having a heart attack now. I love my old job. I love working with preschoolers- I don't even like teenagers. I probably will suck at it and poor Julie will pretend like I don't. I won't get to babysit Bella anymore. She'll probably forget that we're best friends. I'll have to pretend like I'm a responsible adult (which, you know, teenagers can see right through that kind of ****!) The preschoolers didn't care- they just thought I was cool for wanting to be with them. I think I'm a little bit nuts and should probably seek help. Maybe some one should warn Julie.

Christmas 2008

My favorite part of Christmas this year was Christmas Eve. I was really worried about the holidays as Chelsea and Nathan have their own families now and I felt like I was going to be forgotten. Of course, that didn't happen! They all came home for Christmas Eve, we had dinner and a gift exchange. This is one of the pics of us on Christmas Eve. We're all here minus one- I really miss Ryan M.

My husband and my kids are my greatest joys, along with (of course) my dogs! Moqui and Jaqui complete me! They are not spoiled at all and my husband never puts them before me(right!)

Nathan and his gorgeous wife, Sheri. They're so cute together! A perfect match! Nathan's gift was a GUN from Chad. What were you thinking Chad? He could shoot his eye out!


Sheri was loved on by Alissa- she got yummy Scentsy!











Chad and Moqui are best friends! Chad's gift came from Cassidy. Woo hoo! A new lantern for camping!














Alissa, Kaley and Chelsea getting ready for the gift exchange. Chelsea received a gift of Scentsy from Kaley.














Ryan gets a movie from Sheri.




















Alissa opening a gift from Chelsea- pay attention to the wrapping paper! Lol! Who cares whats inside! The wrapping paper is good enough!

Cassidy was so happy to get clothes from Ryan E.

Kaley finally owns the book she has read 9 times! Thank you Nathan! She was sick this day, how sad.

Moqui finally gets to open his gift. He was so patient and waited till his turn! He is such a good boy!

This was probably the best Christmas for me ever!

Thanks Holli!

For my Christmas gift, Holli created this blogspot for me. How awesome is that?? So now I'm going to try to be as COOL as the rest of my blogging family. Did I hear somebody say, "Good Luck?" Well, I'm going to try anyway!
Christmas was awesome- of course! On Christmas Eve, my married and moved on kids came for dinner, so my house was as crazy as in the good-old-days. I loved it! Who'd have ever guessed that I would love my new daughter, Sheri, and my new son, Chad, this much! They truly just "fit" Nathan and Chelsea, as well as the rest of us.
Christmas morning, Alissa woke everyone up at 7. She was threatened if she tried to wake anyone up before then. (We have to threaten her every year- one year she woke everyone up at 2, and she hasn't grown up much since then) We opened gifts and then George cooked us our traditional Christmas breakfast. We stayed in our PJ's all day and enjoyed our warm home while we watched the bitter cold and snow from the safety of the window. My idea of the Perfect Christmas!
On Saturday, we braved the weather to make a short trip to Pocatello to visit some fun relatives that live there. We spent the night at Pat and Revo's home. They treated us like royalty! The next day we went to dinner at Kelly and Teresa's before coming home. I love them all so much- it was wonderful!
We still have a couple of days till Geo has to go back to work and we haven't yet decided what the plan is. I suggested this morning that we could paint the ceiling- doesn't that sound fun? Geo looks at me like I have issues...
Anyway, I have so been enjoying everybody elses blogposts. What a great way to keep up!