DECEMBER 2009 AND JANUARY 2010

DECEMBER

Beginning of December: December was a crazy month. As most of you know I work at Michaels Arts and Crafts. Working a retail job during the holidays is very stressful. I worked lots during December. Robby was also busy in December studying and taking his finals. We both stayed super busy. Robby and I also went to Utah on Dec 25. We had planned to just spend Christmas together at our house. Plans changed quickly. My brother wanted to through my Dad a surprise Birthday party (It was his 60th). Rob and I could not miss it so we planned to go up after Christmas.

Christmas: We were trying to save money so we could go to Utah so we were not going to get a tree and I was so bummed. Robby knew how important it was to me to have a Christmas tree. One day while I was at work he surprised me with a little Christmas tree. I was so excited when I got home. It was too cute. Then he told me how he got it. He went around our neighborhood trying to find a branch and came across the tree in the gutter. He then brought it home and decorated it. I loved the surprise. Christmas was nice. On Christmas morning we headed to the Train station to go to Utah. We decided to open presents on the 24th. Once again we did not get each other much because we are trying to save money. The train ride was really long.



Utah Visit:

1. Curtis side: Dec 26-Dec 29----We spent the first part of the trip with Robs side of the family. Robbys whole family was there. His family had not all been together for a long time. It was such a blast. We hung out playing Rock band and other Wii games. It was fun to see Ellie and Little Lucy. They have grown up so much. Robby was really excited because he had not seen his brother Chris for 2 years. Robbys Grandma was also there from Washington.



2. Pitcher side: Dec 30-Dec 31---- We spent the second part of the trip with the Pitcher side. Robby invited Chris and Zaneta over to my parents and they built a snow fort. Spencer, Colton, Jaxon, Cameron and Savanna also helped them build it. Some how the boys got an idea to tie sleds to the back of Chris' jeep. Robby and Spencer held on to the back of the jeep. (I was not so happy about it but they had fun). The kids had fun helping them with the fort. Robby was excited for the SNOW!!!



I spent a lot of the time with The nieces and nephews.



We even took a bunch of them to the movies. The pic below is just a few of them who went to the movies with us. This is while we were waiting to be picked up. Robby had taken some of them back to Autumns.



On Dec 31 Robby and I went with Mackenzie and her family, Jared and his family and My mom and Dad to a place called Pirates cove. It was so much fun. There was Karaoke, a Jungle gym and a arcade place. We all got up to Karaoke except my parents!!!!





JANUARY

DADs Birthday party: On January 1st my siblings and I through my dad a surprise party. My dad was turning the big 60. I had a feeling that he would not like it but it was still fun to plan. I was in charge of food. (I have to admit it was super stressful) We ended up getting sub sandwiches from Walmart. Autumn was very helpful. She went with me to Walmart to get prices. The party was fun but we got way to much food. Mackenzie was in charge of a video and she did an amazing job on it. My dad cried of course!!!! Autumn made a cute cake but she was not pleased with how it turned out. (I helped with it and that is why it did not turn out:) CaraDee did the decorations. Purple of course!! Jared was the one who came up with the idea for the party. He took care of everything else. He got us the building. The party was so fun. Lots of people came and even though my dad did not want it he seemed to really enjoy it.



Sledding: On January 2nd Robby and I invited both sides of the family sledding. We had a bunch of people come. It was a lot of fun!!!!



I was surprised that I was able to get work off to go to Utah. When I got back to Work everyone was so excited to see me. One of my co workers told me never to leave again. I am enjoying my job. I started working there in August. In October my boss asked me if I would be willing to be over the Events in the store. Which means if there is a class that corporate wants us to do I am the one who gets to teach it. I also do demos. I love doing the Events. I have done some cute ones. The first one I did was a Bead event. I love making Jewelry which is something I never thought I would like but I do. I have some pictures that I will post of some of my Jewelry I have made. During Christmas I did a Demo for a really cute wreath. It was a snowman wreath. I sent one to my sister Autumn who really love it too.

As for Robby January was a stressful month. He started a new semester which is always stressful. He has a full work load this semester. He is getting close to being done with school. Some of his classes are: Capital Punishment, Law of Armed Conflict, International Protection of Human Rights, Advanced Criminal Procedure, Remedies and Constitutional Law.