Us Girls

I had to post a few pic. So here are two pictures of my favorite niece Emma and I. We are best pals. I mean look at her isn't she adorable. Her little spirit is just as cute as she is.

Hurry

Oh no! I love knowing what it going on in peoples lives and I read all the blogs I follow an then I realized I am about to hit the "hasn't been updated for a month" What? Maybe it's because for some reason I always feel the need to post a picture and that takes time. Which I don't really have right now but I will try.

January 1st HaPpY NeW yEaR!!! Hung out with our friends Jeff and Shasta friends for almost 24 hours.

January 5th New Batterie for Dugan's Car $140.00 (I got it at a dealership so I know I got ripped off)

January 6th New Starter for mine $ 400.00 ( " )

January 7th D&I both turned in our Gard School Portfolios

My friend Josie had her 2nd Baby Girl Congratulations!

January 11th The new school semester started Yeah I love school.

January 17th Sister Stanger's Missionary Farewell Congratulations!

January 18th Took a little Get away to Wendover with hubby and friends Jim, Carrie and Carrie's Parents.

January 19th My Big brother got married to Melody in Taiwan. Congratulations!

January 20th I had one of the craziest dreams of my life. (In real short- Natural Disaster Girls from work all living and stuck in my house- Me and one of my professors on Jeopardy) See I am even creative in my dreams.

January 21st Sushi night with Jen a friend from work.

January 11th-current Lots of school, eating, sleeping, working out and playing. The life of a college student.

Well the school Plotter is Calling my name to have everything ready for Studio!!! I will not have this almost a month thing happen again.

Christmas Fun with the little ones

This year has been a busy one. We finished off the semester and are busy working on our Grad School Portfolios.

This is our little 14" tree. I made it when I was 10 years old and it would sit on my window seat in my growing up bedroom. When Dugan and I don't feel like we have the time or money to do a big tree. My mother brings me my little tree. Every year Dugan and I get an ornament. Mine is the Barbie shoe and his is the "Where the Wild Things Are" Book. With the gifts for our nieces and nephews.

Here is our burning fireplace with our Christmas tree.
Dugan chasing Lucas and Colbert.
Colbert is very cute in his little Santa PJ's.

It also looks like he is having fun with his gift from Dugan and I.
Here is my best pal Emma helping make homemade Cinnamon Rolls.
I took these next few pic from my sisters blog because I don't have the pic we took on Sunday while celebrating Christmas at my parents home.

Liam on his Bike with a snowy driveway
Liam helping build a snowman
I have recently learned the love Liam has for water. I think he was sad when mommy said that they couldn't fell up the pool because it is snowing.
This pic was from when my sis and her family went to get there Christmas tree. but I just love Liam in this pic. He is so cute.
We haven't seen this two little ones for a few weeks but Katie and Jimmy are also very important to us.

We are so Lucky to have such Sweet little ones in our life that we can share Christmas with. We are also go blessed to have our wonderful Friends and Family that share there little ones with us.

SCHOOL IS OUT.... Love, Joy and Comfort is IN

Dugan and I took our last final on Wednesday. We have been up to school on Thursday and Friday documenting things and cleaning up but no stress there. We have had the most wonderful past few days. Yesterday I made breakfast, lunch and dinner and they were all eaten in the comfort of our OWN home. We cuddled on the couch with the fireplace burning and watched a movie. We went to bed just after ten. This morning we stayed in bed watching Julie and Julia till Noon. Then we went to Breakfast at this fun little local diner. Then went by the school to take a few more pictures of our models. D went to work for a few hours and I went Christmas shopping. Then we came home and had dinner and I wrapped a few presents. We are now seating together on the couch with the fireplace burning and about to have some hot chocolate. This really is the life. We still have lots to to do on our Grad school portfolio's, but we will work on them starting next week. We are totally in Love and are enjoying our wonderful break.

thanksgiving Part II

This post will be a quick one. On Friday I had to be to work by 9:30 am that would normally not be a big deal but considering I went to sleep after 3:30 am. I got to work and we were still busy. But I really enjoyed it. I worked till 4. I made dinner and then Dugan and I decided to go see the movie New Moon. I wasn't really planning on seeing it till it came out on video but Dugan and I were looking for something fun to do. Then we came home and went to bed so I wouldn't be tired for my 6:00 am shift the following morning. Well 6:00 am came Pretty Early. I was still in the I love work mood but I wasn't feeling good. I had been fighting a baby cold the past few days but Saturday morning it was bad. I only worked for about 5 hours and then came home and Slept. After my nice long nap I worked on homework for a few hours. I had a friends B-day party so D and I went to celebrate with her. On Sunday we went to hang out with our friends the Clarks who we hadn't seen since Halloween. We had another B-day to Celebrate with another friend so we went to do that and then came back to the Clarks so we could play a few games. Oh Man form 9:00 pm on I just kept wishing the weekend didn't have to be over but it was coming to an end.

Thanksgiving Weedend Part One

We have had a wonderful holiday. It started by spending all Wednesday evening in the Kitchen baking pies and rolls. I ended up with 1 French Silk Pie, 2 Pumpkin Pies and rolls. Dugan and I stayed up late hanging out. We slept in and then headed to my sister Ashten's house. When we got there Dugan found a nice little spot on the couch to kick back and watch football while my dad and I took my nephew Liam to the park across the street. We also decided to bring my sister's dog Shady to get her out of the house to let my sis, Chris (my bil), and my mom finishing getting dinner ready. We had a wonderful time at the Park. We got back a little before dinner was ready. We sat down as a family and had a wonderful meal. We spent a little more time together. Dugan and I had to leave because I had to work at 8:30pm. I know Crazy the mall I work at was opening at 9:00pm on Thanksgiving night. I worked till about 1:30am. After work I came home and woke up Dugan. We kind of have a tradition. We aren't big on the deals but there is something fun about being part of the madness. Dugan decided that it would be worth going to Old Navy because when you spend $20.00 you would get a free copy of Lago Rock Band which is a $60.00 game. We layered up in clothing and headed to Old Navy. We got there a little before 2am the store wouldn't open till 3am. We talked to the people around us. Most of them had come from ToysRus. At about 2:30am they handed out wristbands to for copies of free Lago Rock Band to the first 45 people. Once the doors opened at 3am we were in and out in less then 10 minutes. We went home and went to sleep.
To be Continued