My new haircut December 31, 2010

My sister and I got our hair cuts at Great Clips today :) I have always wanted a "bob" but have never been daring enough to do it...until today..I told the lady just do it-i told her not to ask me "are you sure" because I would say no don't do it haha...well so far I love it and its really easy to do and it actually stays that way the whole day (probably my most favorite thing!)

Miss Brooklyn December 29, 2010

So basically I have said this before and I will keep saying it- Brooklyn is adorable and she adds to my excitement of being an aunt! I haven't seen her in about four months and WOW has she grown! She is starting to crawl and has the CUTEST giggle ever! She is starting to copy when you make faces at her which is how i got this picture :) I love that little girl!

Christmas Part 3 December 28, 2010

So my mom flew up to Utah to spend time with her kids and grandkids which meant we got to have Christmas part 3 :) Watching my niece and nephew open gifts was adorable-i love watching them getting excited over their new gifts :) Brooklyn got a sweet book from grandma that has different materials for feeling so it will help miss brooklyn learn :) With Brandon being back from his mission it was awesome to have him get to open gifts in front of us-he loved his Space Needle Lego set and his million dollar candy bar (he wished it was the real thing!) Jaxson got a shopping cart, just like the one at his school and he got a giant Buzz Lightyear who has found his permanent home in the seat of the shopping cart :) I got gift cards from my family-Target is an awesome place :) Grandma Lis found UW and Seahawk shirts for jaxson-Britt decided to model the seahawk for the camera-it was a BIT small for her :p The Derbs gave my mom reebok shoes for Christmas-now she can work on toning her backside :p Brandon and Johnny got matching PJ's-Seahawk ones :0 Johnny, Brandon, and Britt all got hats for Christmas and Johnny's was embroidered with "derb" in Green Bay Packers colors-he was stoked! Brandon got a beanie (its reversible and he loves it), britt got a beanie with the strands hanging down like she wanted so she was happy! Jaxson wouldn't stop riding the bike he got from his other Grandparents-after he opened buzz he sat him behind him and they went for a ride :) Britt got a new scale to weigh her food! Overall a great Christmas I'd say!

Christmas Tree December 26, 2010

So tonight we went out to the Old Spaghetti Factory and so I changed into my new clothes that I got from Cricket and I's shopping adventure. Thought I'd take a photo in front of the Christmas tree when I actually look awake compared to the one on Christmas morning ;)

Family photo (dad's side) December 26, 2010

With Brandon back home and all the kids actually being under one roof for christmas we "attempted" to get a family photo-haha poor Brooklyn got cut off! Don't worry my sister has more photos, I unfortunately only have this one on my computer but i wanted to blog about it hence this one. Christmas at my Dad's was awesome this year :)

The Cutest thing EVER! December 26, 2010

Meet my niece Brooklyn!!! She is a little over seven months and just began crawling :) With this bib on her she looked like a little christmas present!!! I am definitely a proud Auntie :) She has the biggest eyes (we call her bugsy!) and she has the CUTEST giggle ever! I tickled her tummy and she makes the cutest squeak haha...I might just start calling her squeaker :)

Christmas part 2 December 26, 2010

Christmas part 2 December 26, 2010

Having a split family has its perks-more than one christmas celebrations with family :) With Brandon having served a mission the past two years he has missed out on Christmas's so it was nice to have him back this year :) We also have another first-Little Miss Brooklyn's first christmas, it was nice seeing her reaction to all the toys. Jaxson has become a pro at opening gifts and being distracted for like ten minutes at a time per gift LOL!

Brittany got to be the helper/ gift opener whenever Jaxson got distracted lol. Cricket opening the calender I made for her-it has all the families birthdays and photos in it!

Natalie holding up the I.O.U. she opened from Brandon-don't worry it was just a gag-he gave her a gift right after :) Dad with his rocky shirt :)

 
Every Christmas i try to take a photo with Jaxson-usually they come out good but now he has moving and walking so he doesn't want to sit on Auntie K's lap anymore (oh how they grow up lol). Cody liked his guitar shirt and gift cards he got for christmas! The last picture is of my gifts :) Most from my stocking but the gift cards and watch were gifts from Cody, Dad & Cricket, & the Herrera's

Christmas Morning December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas everyone!! Well i was SLIGHTLY tired when i woke up for christmas that I forgot to check to see if the memory card was in the camera...yup so all the pictures i took are now on my camera's memory-i'll figure out how to get them off somehow! But Christmas morning was awesome! I felt just like a little kid again all giddy for my stocking and opening presents :) I hopped on my mom's bed and said "Lets go open presents!!!" My mom's biggest surprise was the hair dryer i bought her-seeing as i took ours to college i figured i should give her one-she loved it :)

Seeing as i am having issues with my ears my mom and i found clip on earrings that look just like "grown up" ones so now i can wear earrings again :) It has been six months since i wore them last and it felt weird to put them on but i loved them :)

Christmas morning was fantastic-after opening gifts my mom made breakfast-cinnamon rolls & a eggnog :) Then we headed to go see a movie (our Christmas tradition) "how do you know" it was a really good movie-definitely a chick flick (sorry guys lol) but it was good!! When we got back my nana dropped my uncle steve off then my mom, him, and i ate dinner (kinda early) because we had to go to the airport, my mom dropped my uncle and I off and we headed to Utah!

Overall it was an awesome Christmas-being with family made it amazing :)

Christmas Eve dinner 2010 December 24, 2010

So seeing as Christmas this year will be slightly messy with my flying to Utah and all-we decided to have Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve :) My Nana and Uncle Steve came over for ham, peas, potatoes and rolls (can you tell I planned the menu haha) then we opened gifts which was fun (early christmas gifts :] ) I love my family :)

Gift from the Quigley's December 23, 2010

So our friends the Quigley's stopped by today and dropped off our Christmas gifts-which they made us open too...man my rule of waiting till christmas isn't working out so well haha! Well I got an awesome photo album to hold photos (I haven't decided which photos I want to put in there yet..but don't you fret I will soon!) I then opened this awesome gift-a sign on a plate (those crafty mormons haha) I love the saying-definitely suits me :) Thanks so much Quigley's you guys are awesome!

Old Photos December 22, 2010

Seeing as I have so much free time over break I have been going through the photos on my computer and organizing them into categories and years! WOOHOO! But upon organizing my photos I found one of Elder Schott and I from my 18th birthday...ya not so long ago but I had forgotten that we took this one..:D

Flowers :) December 20,2010

Today was Hazel Coons birthday so my mom and I went and picked up some flowers and delivered them to her and had the chance to catch up with her which was nice! So we went to Safeway for the flowers and I discovered that blue flowers exist-not just BLUE but the BLUE that I want for my wedding :) I know its a long way to go and I might change my mind but I'm noting that in my mind for when it does happen :D

Elder Schott's Christmas Package December 18, 2010

After waiting in the post office line for an HOUR (i learned the lesson from procrastinating :/) Elder Schott's christmas box was finally sent off :) My mom has been collecting all the Lowe's ads we get in the mail so I can wrap all his gifts in them (I wonder if he notices haha). The picture with the ties didn't actually get sent, I sent him and his companion two for christmas though (matching ones red & orange too :p) But i had already wrapped them so I took this one! This picture is of Elder Schott's ties for the next five months (one including his birthday tie!) Yup my mom picked the perfect colors to go with the next four holidays! :)

Girls Day :) December 17, 2010

So I took out Mireya and Jenna for nails and ice cream today! It was a blast! We all got redish colors on our nails then we got snowflakes on our thumbs (for christmas :) ) and then we headed to DQ for ice cream (yes in december haha) and then I came up with the crazy idea of taking those two to the mall LOL. It was fun and they had loved picking out things that they would like and they especially had fun picking out shoes at Payless for me to try on! :p

Making FUDGE :D December 17, 2010

So tonight my mom and I made fudge :D I got appointed the job of stirring the mixture till it had boiled for four minutes-do you know how long four minutes is as you watch the clock tick down a second at a time!?!?! lol but OOHH the fudge tastes AMAZING! Oh the picture with me and the chocolate chips i call "every childs dream" haha