We love this time of the year!

The Snow

So we went 4 wheeling... it was so cool and cold.
We are so happy that finals are finally OVER, and now we can relax a bit an enjoy this season.
We went with Victor and Amanda, we had such a great time. We played Guitar Hero, baked and ate lots of candy.... and Dave (Amanda's dad ) cooked the best chili ever!

Tis the Season!

So we have had lots of festivities to start bringing the spirit of Christmas into our home. We went to 2 Christmas parties already and last night we were privileged to go to the Christmas Devotional! We were happily keeping the Sabbath day holy by taking a nap when we kept getting interupted by our annoying cell phones. People kept calling about every 15 minutes, so each time we were 1/2 alseep when another call would come... So, 4:00 rolled around and another call came in.
I sleepily answered it and my visiting teacher invited us to go to the devotional with them cuz they had extra tickets!
So, we were like "yeah! cool!"
and they were like "okay we'll bring the tickets over right now!"
"oh! okay!" ( while I'm thinking I'm all gross with bed head from sleeping etc...)
So 2 minutes later the door bell rings (no joke)
Francisco jumps out of bed and gets dressed super quick and I too am quickly throwing on clothes to be decent enough to get the door.
Anyway, so we had to get ready in just minutes to get to the devotional on time! It was nuts!

but we got there, everything was beautiful and the talks were awesome! One of our favorite parts was when the entire audience (21,000 people) sang "Joy to the World". It was so powerful and beautiful. We also loved President Uchtdorf's talk on how Christmas is about light and that we don't need a lot of material things to have a good Christmas; that the bad economy might even be a blessing to some to remember the true meaning of Christmas. Then President Eyring talked about traditions. We loved his story of the live nativity and Samuel the Lamanite. :) We also loved his testimony at the end. It was so direct, so simple and so powerful. and of course President Monson's talk was great! He talked about giving and charity and the true meaning behind Christmas, to remember Christ.

We are so happy for this time of year and the opportunity that we have to share with other our beliefs about the Son of God, the Redeemer and Savior of the world with our friends and loved ones!
Afterwards we went to Temple Square to see the lights. It was cold but it was nice!
Francisco and I are so happy that my parents are coming for the holidays and that baby Claire is being born! phew!!! That was a lot!



For those of you who would like to see the Christmas devotional, here is the link!
http://www.lds.org/move/index.html?type=Christmas&event=2008&lang=english







And here is our awesome Christmas present to ourselves!

Taggered. :)

10 Years Ago....
1.) I was in 5th grade with my 1st unpaid job as a cross-walk guard.
2.) I wore spandex shorts that did not stretch over my skinny legs.
3.) I was best friends with Meg, Amber and Lanae (still 3 of my best friends)
4.) I loved to roller blade.
5.) I thought I was mature. ha.

5 Things On Today's List Of Things To Do....
Hold on let me get my planner. (I can't remember!)
1.) Do diet counseling on Francisco (By the way, if ANYONE in UT wants to learn a diet for weight loss or dumping syndrome in the next few days, I HAVE to teach it to someone! lemme know!)
2.) Finish my cardiovascular worksheet that was supposed to be done yesterday...
3.) Go to work 3-11
4.) Buy a palmogranite and decide how many I will need to put on 100 salads for the RS Christmas dinner.
5.) Don't forget my end of the year assessment at 3:30 with my supervisor! yikes!

5 Snacks....
1.) yogurt
2.) trail mix
3.) fiber 1 bars
4.) fruit snacks
5.) cereal and milk
(Hasn't changed much, huh Ma?) haha

5 Things I Would Do If I were A Millionaire...
1.) Buy a house, probably a car too.
2.) Never go into debt for school!
3.) Go on the adventures that I want to-- travel, rock climb, ski/ snowboard, go to expensive restaurants, stores (not all the time)
4.) Never work, instead volunteer and give to others my time and talents and money.
5.) Invest and save so I can do all the other things again and again

5 Places I've lived...
1.) Albany
2.) Springfield
3.) Hood River
4.) Spanish Fork
5.) Provo

5 Jobs I have had...
1.) Oregon's Own Dollar Store
2.) Waitress at IHOP (earning $2.13/hr)
3.) Pizza Professional at Tomassito's Pizza
4.) Student Supervisor at Cosmo's Connection Convenient Store
5.) Care Technician at CFC

5 People I Am Tagging...
1.) Pa
2.) Danielle
3.) Francisco
4.) Christine
5.) Amanda