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

I heart TEXAS Dec 17 2010

So for part of my Christmas gift my friend Electra bought me a Texas shirt and a bumper sticker that says "someone in Texas loves me" i was so excited when i opened it :) Her box was so cute-all about time and how the best things in life are worth waiting for! Thank you again Electra for my gift! I absolutely loved it all...I took this picture to send to Nate in his birthday package! :D

Elder Schott's Christmas Texas Style! December 13, 2010

Here's a glimpse of Elder Schott's Christmas in Texas. 
Although no snow or rain Texas is getting into the spirit of Christmas!
The tree in the photo has over 5,000 lights on it and the house in the other photo is a member that Elder Schott helped decorate-the guy had over 3,000 lights :O!!

Seattle Lights December 9, 2010

So tonight I went downtown with Carlye, Electra, and Tessa to check out the lights in Seattle. They had a huge tree that was beautifully decorated! But what caught our eye-the store that has the words "No, You're Weird" haha amazing! We had to pose in front of it :)

Seattle Temple December 7, 2010

Tonight the Institute got another opprotunity to go to the Seattle Temple to do baptisms for the dead! One of the many perks of going to UW is having a temple so close :) Our institute tries to go at least once a quarter and this quarter we got lucky and were able to go in November and December! I absolutely love it there-there is no place where I feel more at peace and feel the love of the Savior! Doing temple work at night is amazing as well-we are the only ones there and the temple workers are so helpful-I am so grateful for them :)

Seattle University November 10, 2010

Well tonight Electra and I went over to Seattle University to visit our good old friend Tessa :) Seattle University is pretty sweet-not as good as UW of course ;) Good times we had by all...I really liked Tessa's bed, she has made it like a couch and it was super comfy!