Sunday, December 28, 2008

Merry Christmas 2008!

Christmas was so great this year. We spent Christmas Eve with Phi's family and had a lot of fun with them. Then we slept over night at my parents house and had Christmas day with them. Tim and Jessica slept over also, so everyone was together Christmas morning, minus Kevies of course. We got to talk to him and I loved every second of it. He is such a wonderful missionary. He is so focused and is not interested in hearing anything of the world or anything that might be the least bit distracting to him he is such a great servant of the Lord and I am so proud of him and miss him so much. He has hit his 1 year mark and I hope the second year goes just as fast. I am excited to have him home next Christmas it will be so great! After opening gifts I cracked open my cocoa latte machine that Crystal gave us for Christmas and it is so great. It makes a pretty good cup of hot cocoa! We had a nice breakfast and then later on had a wonderful dinner. We went and saw a movie also. I loved spending time with our families and friends. As you can see from the pics, I was in no hurry to get out of my pj's on Christmas! Showin off my rock side with guitar hero world tour. We got a wii for Christmas and it is quite possibly the most fun thing ever!

Finally dressed and ready for a Christmas pic!

The blizzard expected for Christmas day did not show up until that night and Crystal got really excited!
At Sam's Club Crystal just couldn't resist trying out the pillow mound. It was just one of those days where everything was funny and we were acting really immature. If you were there you would have thought it was hilarious. Crystal was laughing so hard she had to run to the bathroom to prevent an accident.

Temple Square

Some of my wonderful fam members



Crystal and Nephi making a new friend!
My new bed and bedding. My parents gave us new bedding to go with our new bed and I was so excited to put it all together that I did not even take the time to iron it, which I know it desperately needs. Oh well, I am just so happy to finally have a cute bedroom set!
Our beautiful tree with the new tree topper addition. A little spazzy and different, but I absoltuely love it! I think the tree turned out great this year and I spent hours on wrapping the presents. I love a nicely wrapped gift!
About all the Christmas decorations I have...not much but enough for us!

This was a few days before Christmas but I just forgot to post. Last Tuesday I had to work and Nephi didn't and he surprised me with a dinner. He made new york steak, that I am not kidding tasted gourmet, and cheesy veggies. He also got marinelli's sparkling cider and a box of chocolate for dessert. The poinsetta was also from him I just love poinsettas. Nephi is such a sweetheart and I am so lucky to have him in my life.
















Sunday, December 14, 2008

cRAzy DecEmBEr!!

I just love this time of year. I love the feeling in the air and now that we finally have snow it feels like Christmas. We have been crazy busy this month and are so happy to be done with school for a little while. I must admit I have gotten caught up in the shopping craze and seriously need help. It is so hard cuz everytime I go out I see such good deals it really is a buyers market for everything these days! We went to our ward Christmas party last night and it was so great. The primary kids did the nativity and it really brought home the true meaning of Christmas. I have been wanting to get some pictures taken of Nephi and I but have just been so busy with school, work, my internship and endless Christmas parties that I have not gotten around to it. I am not one to pay for photography (I am sure that will change when I have kids) so my friend Brandy took some for us. I think they turned out great. I am hoping to make Christmas cards this year, we will see if that actually happens. I loved having snow in the pictures but I could not have picked a colder day. You can see in some of the pictures the beautiful purple towel that accomodated the pics quite well if you ask me! We were all numb by the end but Nephi was a good sport about it. They may not be professional but I think they are beautiful. I hope everyone is enjoying the season as much as we are!




























Sunday, November 30, 2008

ThAnkSGivInG!!

Our Thanksgiving break was a blast. We went down to my parents house on Wednesday night and stayed until Sunday morning so we had plenty of time to spend with fam and friends. Over the break we went to Madagascar 2 and Twilight, which I loved. We had Thanksgiving dinner with Phi's family and then spent the rest of the day with my family and it was so much fun. The day after Thanksgiving Nephi and I went out early morning shopping to get our hands on Guitar Hero World Tour for the Wii. It was crazy and intense, but actually a lot of fun and I was happy to come home with what we set out to get. We went with my fam shopping for the rest of the day and by the end i was exhausted. After blowing all our money we went with my parents to RC Willey because they were buying a bench to put at the end of their bed. Let's just say they left with a dresser and mirror and we left with a NEW BED! I have always wanted one and we saw this one and fell in love. My dad was the devil's advocate and before I knew it we had bought a bed. It will be delivered on Friday and I am way excited. It was a great weekend and I am so grateful for both of our families, we loved seeing everyone!
Grace hanging on my dad's back stetcher, the kids thought it was so funny
Grandpa with some of the grandkids at the theatre after seeing Madagascar 2

Andrew kept wanting me to take pictures of him with his cars!

Grace loves taking silly pics she is so funny
Grace and I had fun taking pictures of ourselves she is such a cute girl

I am so jealous of this picture that Crystal got with Carter they both look adorable and it turned out perf!









Thursday, October 23, 2008

Fall Break

This past weekend was our Fall Break so we went home to hang with fam and friends. On Friday we went to the Hogle Zoo with Crystal. I had not been in years and it was a lot of fun. That night we got together with Fish, Rachel, and Trever and went to SCARY HILL a.k.a. Cherry Hill haunted mini-golf. Haunted meaning deocrations, fog machines, and music. It was awesome and good to see our friends. Then on Saturday we went to Frightmares at Lagoon with Kelly and David, but I didn't want to have to worry about my camera to unofortunately no pics. The whole weekend was such a blast!
I think this pic turned out so cute getting ready for some serious mini-golf!
Nephi attacking the vampire

Boys will be boys


Our friends Fish and Rachel



You've go to put your head in the tiger's mouth...you just have to




This tiger came right up to the glass and it was awesome





It is sad that the main reason we go to zoo is to take pics... oh well it is fun!






He sure does!







Crys and Phi under the giant elephant









Conference Weekend and Baby Max

This post is a little dealyed, but we went home for conference weekend. It has become a tradition for the girls to get together while the guys go to priesthood and I love it. We went to Rumbi...so good and did some shopping. Thanks Mom and Crys for a fun weekend. Also I finally got to see my new Nephew Max Grover Bateman and he is so cute. It was so funny trying to pass him to Phi he was so nervous and had no idea what to do with him or how to hold him!
The girls at Rumbi while the boys were at priesthood
Sneaking a pic of my mom she pulled a smile at the last second

Me and baby Max he is so precious


Nephi holding baby Max and very uncomfortable he doesn't know how to hold babies




Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Delayed Posts!

So I just realized that it has been over a month since I last posted. I think part of the reason I have not posted is because nothing exciting has happened this past month, I don't even think I have taken a picture since my birthday! The other reason I have not posted is because I am more busy than I have ever been in my entire life...no joke. The first week of school was overwhelming for me. I am somehow suppose to be a full time student, do my internship for 16 hours a week for my whole senior year (unpaid) and work 20 hours a week to pay the bills. So I am basically working full time and going to school full time and let me tell you it is exhausting! So that is why I have not posted and maybe not even talked to a lot of you in a long time...sorry! But I must say it is the most exciting feeling in the world to know that this is my last year of college and the ways things are going with me being busy and all it is going to fly by super fast which is even better. What I am going to do after a graduate is a big scary question mark but I can handle that when the time comes. Hopefully in the next month or so I will have some pics and some more posts after all it is October a really fun month. I mean between the corn mazes, frightmares at Lagoon, work parties, and other things how could it not have stuff to talk about. I also have a new baby nephew who was born on September 24th. His name is Max Grover Bateman. I get to see him this weekend and so I will hopefully have some cute pics to post of him.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

My Awesome Birthday Weekend!!

I just had such a fun birthday. The best part was it kinda lasted all weekend. It's nice cuz my birthday fell on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Phi and I went to Park City on Friday night and stayed overnight. We did some swimming, relaxing, shopping, and we rode the ziprider and alpine slide. This was a huge accomplishment for me cuz I am terrified of heights. I was super nervous and thought I was going to die, but after the initial drop I really enjoyed freefalling down the mountain. It was a lot of fun and the alpine slide was pretty fun too. Nephi was so good to me this year. He did so much nice stuff for me and made me feel so special. I am so lucky to have him. After our Park City fun we met up with my parents in Salt Lake and Nephi went with my dad to a BYU game so my mom and I could do some shopping together and had a good time then me, mom, Crys, Tim, and Jessica met Phi and Dad at Macaroni Grill for dinner. It was a lot of fun and I love the bread there. I got a special birthday cake and a guy sang me happy birthday in Italian.

Then today Nephi and I had to give talks in church...stress. I had had no time to do my talk so I was up bright and early this morning trying to get my talk written. Mom, dad, and Crystal came up to hear our talks and my wonderful mom brought dinner. It was the greatest birthday ever and rightfully so cuz I am officially 21! I have been upgraded to the horizontal drivers license! Well it was an amazing birthday and thanks to Phi, fam, and friends for making it so fun! Love you guys!
For some reason I just love getting pics with creepy statues!
Nephi with his new Park City friend!

Us right after we went on the zip line...it was so much fun
On the ski lift..anyone who knows me knows how huge this is... I hate ski lifts they terrify me!

Getting ready to go on the Alpine Slide
Crys chowin down on some Macaroni Grill bread...if you have ever had it you would understand
My dad's desperate attempt to get Nephi to cheer on the Cougars

The whole fam at Macaroni Grill
Recovering from the yummy din What a stud
Me and Phi chillin on the couch