Goodbye 2009!

and

Happy New Year Everyone!

Boy am I glad that 2009 is over, it was probably the hardest year of my life, but there were still a lot of good things too. But, watch out 2010 here we come! I am so excited for this year! There is only 7 weeks til Branden comes home!!!!!! I am heading back to the frozen tundra next week and I am not too excited about it. The only good thing about it is that it means that Branden will be home soon! Here are some pictures of new years eve, I went to Branden's parents house and we ate dinner of course and had an early new year celebration at 8:00pm so the kids could go to bed on time. Some of us adults stayed up til midnight talking and playing games, it was fun!

This aparatus full of cany and baloons is something Branden's mom came up with which was dropped down at our fake midnight, the kids loved it!

Actually Blake and Brian might have like it more than the kids! Here they all are trying to get as much candy as they can!

This kids also got noise makers and hats...they had a blast with them!

Here is Luke...

and Cohen and Alicey!

I also went snowboarding or should I say snowfalling a couple of weeks ago with a friend from Alaska whose family also lives in Utah.
Here are a few pics of me making a fool of myself!


The sunset really was the best part, and it alone was worth my $15!
It was georgeous!! This picture doesn't even do it justice!

It was fun, but I was REALLY hurting for a couple of days after! Thanks Steph for putting up with my falling down the mountain!

And, a couple of days ago I went to dinner with my friends, I am so glad we were FINALLY able to get everyone together! Everyone is so busy , but it is nice to hear what eveyone is up to! I am glad I have such good friends, hopefully we will be doing this until we are all grandmas!
Here is Natalie, Ashlee, Tiffany, Melissa, and Erika

Well, that's it for now! I hope everyone has a fantastic new year!

Christmas Festivities

Okay so this post is way late, but I had a mishap with my memory card with all my photos on it which I just barely figured out how to fix. Anyways starting with Christmas eve, here I am with my brothers and my Dad and Ashlee and Carter. We had a really good dinner that my dad and I cooked, and then we played a few games. It was a really fun night especially playing the games... I have never laughed so hard in my life!

Next is Christmas morning, Keaton, Jeremy, and I went over to my Dad's house and ate breakfast and opened presents.

We opened presents at my mom and Dave's Christmas Day... and afterwards we went to Grandpa and Grandma Carters and ate lunch, opened presents, and hung out.

Jeremy with his present....money towards a plasma TV!

Beau, Necana, and Keaton

Ryan, Ashlee, and Carter

This is my new coat I got! (Thanks mom and Dave!)

Later I went over to the Binghams and we ate dinner and played Scum. Scum was really fun, I got some bord games which unfortunately I had to return because they were to big to bring back to Alaska, darn it we love board games! (Thanks Elden and Sheri for the gift!)




The tuesday after Christmas we had the Jones Family Christmas party.

Keaton won the door prize....a remote control truck! Look how excited he is!! Ha Ha
My cousin Brittnie and her son Dillon were there....

along with baby Carter....

Grandma Jackie, and Melanie...

and the rest of the crew... Ashlee, Clay, Keaton, and Jeremy


Ryan and Carter

Brittnie and me

The family

A week or so in Review

Last Saturday, I went to the play A Christmas Carol with my aunt Stacey and her family at the Hale Center Theatre in Orem. It was really fun, we went to Olive Garden before, and then headed to the theater, it is such a cute place and is very small, so everybody can see everything really well. I thought the play was awesome, better than the new Christmas Carol movie that came out! Thanks Stacey for inviting me!

The next day we took a Jacobs/Jones/Bingham family Christmas picture and it turned out that there was a the perfect place to photoshop Branden into! Here is the before......

And here is the after.... still doesnt seem quite right, but we laughed so hard at it!!!

Here is Ryan, Ashlee, and baby Carter!

So cute!

Later on we went to Grandma and Granpa Carter's house for the traditional tree decorating.

Here is the finished product!

The family mingling

and my cousins baby Clara just hangin out

Here is my mom, me, and my Grandma Carter holding baby Carter.

Grandma Carter and baby Carter, so precious!

I also went to Keaton's Christmas band concert.
He was the best drum player there!

Oh, I decided I am NOT growing my hair out, so I butched it!

I love it!

And this Saturday was the Jones/Jacobs Family Christmas Party, we had some yummy baked potato soup and rolls...

Here is Keaton, me, and my mom

my mom, Dave, and Necana

Austen, and Keaton

and Ashlee, Ryan, and Carter.
Jeremy and Beau had to work, but came later and we all played doubles while carter slept under the Christmas tree!

It was a fun night!

Bingham Christmas Party

Last night we had the annual Bingham/Fowers Christmas party. We had some subway sandwiches and other good stuff to eat, and played doubles. This year the kids had their own doubles game, which they didn't understand how to play, but they enjoyed opening the presents! Here are the adults playing doubles...
and here I am trying to open the one present I got!
(which is one of the presents I brought....a tin full of Wint-O-Green mints!)

It was a fun night! (Thanks Chantel for the pics I stole!)

*Also today we went to the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional down at the conference center thanks to Sheri for getting the tickets and inviting me! It was really good and reminded me of the true meaning of Christmas, and I especially loved the Christmas music from the Tabernacle Choir! *

Festival of Trees

My mom, step dad, and I went to the festival of trees earlier this week to see my little brother Keaton play the drums in his school band, but because of INSANE traffic we missed him! There were so many people there, it took us a half an hour to turn into the parking lot and park! So, since we were already there, we stayed and looked at the trees, here are a few of my favorite ones!
I wish my tree looked like one of these!


The tree below was made for Gracie Hill, which was the little toddler that died this past month from being ran over by a truck, they are in my mom's ward... so sad.

Anyways, it was a fun night regardless of missing Keaton play,

and it definately got me in the mood for Christmas!