Early Christmas!

Oh my goodness! I had such a fun weekend!!

Saturday Kenneth and I went snowboarding at Solitude. We had free tickets, and I wanted to take advantage of a good powder day in case I fell a ton! It was tons of fun, and I'm starting to get the hang of it, but it was SOO freezing! The cold drove me away and we only ended up staying a few hours. Afterwards, we bought all of our stocking goodies for my family (instead of kids buying gifts for each other, we draw names for stockings). I was so excited about my purchases! That evening Kenneth and I got in a rousing game of "Old Maid", "Matches" and "Crazy 8's." Let me tell you..it was intense! Seriously! We also had fun playing "Farckle" - classic! It was absolutely hilarious and we could not stop laughing!!

Sunday morning, Kenneth and I celebrated our Christmas. I was so anxious all night that I woke up like 15 times! Hello! Am I 5?? Apparently so! I even made him get up before our alarm went off so we could open our presents! Kenneth suprised me and fixed my bike (whoo hoo!) and got me a couple of movies, including one of my favorites, "Remember the Titans." I got him The DaVinci Code book, which he absolutely loves, and some Photo Books. It was such a great little Christmas!! Afterwards we had church, and then that evening we went to Kenneth's parent's house for our Christmas with them.

I was very excited to get this adorable sweater

and these equally adorable shoes:
Kenneth got an amazing drill bit set that he was practically drooling over, a shirt, hair clippers and lots of other goodies. His brother Steven bought us a filing cabinet which we desperately needed. I am SO excited to go home and ORGANIZE!! Whoo hoo! No more papers scattered throughout the house! YES!

Anyway, it was pretty much an awesome weekend and I had so much fun! I can't wait for work to end tomorrow so I can get ready for my extended vacation in CA!

Where Have I Been?

Wow! I feel like I have been non-existant lately! This last weekend was a blast! Friday I took the day off work, and Kenneth and I went snowboarding with my brother Michael, and his wife Kim, as well as our friends Jose and Analee. It was a lot of fun...once I got over the 1st run. I always HATE the first run down the mountain. I don't really know HOW to snowboard, so I fall a lot, and I take Kenneth's suggestions to be cruel and mean...I spend a lot of time sitting in the snow complaining like a baby...but once I get down the first run, I am MUCH better! I was sad though because there was very little snow in the mountains! Too bad for us...the very next day there was a huge snow storm!

Friday evening, Kenneth and I took Michael and Kim to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra Christmas Concert!! It was marvelous!! I loved it! I am such a sucker for beautiful music! I was very happy that we were able to go.

Saturday we had a little Primary activity at church. I helped the little kids make these felt Nativity Scenes that go on their fridges, and we sang Christmas songs while playing the bells. It was great! I spent the morning frantically trying to finish wrapping all of the children's Christmas gifts from the Primary...a CD of all the songs we learned this year for our program, the songs we will be learning next year, as well as a few Christmas ones of course. I was lucky to get them done in time!

Sunday we had church and afterwards we picked up Kenneth's grandma and headed down to Highland to celebrate Kenneth's sister, Rachelle and her 1 year old, Matty's birthdays!! I cannot believe how big little Matty is already! I can't believe a year has already passed! Crazy!

Well, since then, Kenneth has been working hard on his finals. He has already completed 3 and has just 1 more tomorrow! Whoo hoo!! Also, Kenneth passed the F.E. exam!! It is the Fundamentals of Engineering exam that students MUST pass before they can graduate. I knew he would pass, but apparently he was very nervous about it! GO KENNY!

Well that's about it! I cannot wait for next Tuesday when Kenneth, Alisha and I will be driving out to CA for Christmas! I am definitely looking forward to my 2 week break! YES!

STOKED!

I am STOKED!

It is Thursday, almost 5pm and...

1 - it's my sister's Birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISHA!

2 -My second week as a PM has turned out well, despite the issues on a few orders

3 - I'm leaving work with only 2 emails in my entire work inbox!! ONLY 2!!

4 - I am going to my CEO's house today for an open house to see the awesome ways he has used
3-form in his house

5- I GET A THREE DAY WEEKEND!

6 - I'm going SNOWBOARDING tomorrow during the day

7 - I get to go to the MOTAB concert tomorrow evening!

8 - Going to Primary Christmas party Saturday morning

9 - Dinner at Noyce's on Sunday for Rachelle and Matty's birthdays!

WHOO HOO!

Thanksgiving

That's it! I've given up on trying to find time to put pictures on about Moab...so I am at least going to tell about our wonderful Thanksgiving!

This year we stayed here in UT and had Thanksgiving dinner at Kenneth's parent's house. Crazy because we met there 3 years before! Insane! It is crazy to think of how different we are after that time! Anyway, Thanksgiving morning I got a call from my brother Tytus who was trying to track me down (neither of us had our cell phones on us) to tell me that my brother Nathan had a new baby! Nathan and Karen were not due until the end of December, so their little bundle came about a month early. Don't worry though, little Issac Samuil Adams is perfectly healthy though! At a month early he weighed in at 8lb 3 oz and was 19.5 in.!! My sis-in-law Karen I'm sure was VERY happy that he didn't stay in for an extra month! What great news to have a Thanksgiving baby! (Though I feel sad that Karen had to endure hospital food on Thanksgiving...lame!)

Anyway, Kenneth's parents had a pretty small Thanksgiving day party compared to most years. Rachelle & Dustin went to Oregon to visit his sister, Chantale was in NY with her boyfriend, and Steph is on her mission. Grandma, Craig & Julie and their 3 kids were in attendance as well as UT parents, Steven, Kenneth and myself. The food was FANTASTIC (rolls, moist turkey, stuffing, salads, lots of veggies, etc...yum yum!) and the company was excellent. That evening, UT Mom's brother Roger came over with his wife and kids (they live in Montana) and we enjoyed a scrumptious array of pies! It was fabulous and I feel like I have gained 10 lbs!

Friday morning we headed down to Moab for the weekend...story and pictures to follow!

Liar Liar Pants on Fire!

Okay...I lied...I didn't get around to posting about Thanksgiving or Moab yet...it isn't my fault though!

At work they moved me up to be a Project Manager again. I filled in for one who was out of town for a week in the past, and now I will be covering for someone else until just around Christmas. The work keeps me SUPER busy, and I haven't looked at anyone's blogs in FOREVER! Blast! How is everyone doing out there?? I hope to sneak in some real blog updating tomorrow...keep your fingers crossed!

Thanksgiving & Moab

...soon to come...and YES I will have pictures for once!