First Snow in my house

So it is just a day until Christmas Eve, and to be honest with you, it doesn't feel like it. The snow has been beautiful, really the first snow this year and it has come at a perfect time! Here is my house covered in snow! Melissa, Lance and the boys are all in Arizona this year and it is lonely without them. Their two boys Keaton and Andrew bring so much more to family gatherings. Well, here's to an ending of an old year and the soon to be new year 2009! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

The cutest thing ever....

Yesterday my little sister Rachel brought over their little Persian (still without a name) to play for the day with Bella. As I was eating lunch and left my glass on the coffee table, this is the picture I captured of them both trying to steal a drink, SO CUTE!!! As I go into my home office each day, this is where I find Bella, on my desk, all curled up and sleeping, just waiting to be with me all day as I work!

Happy Birthday Kady!!!!

Kady Cluff had a birthday!!! A bunch of us in the singles ward went to the Russian Bear in Eagle to eat dinner. It was definitely an acquired taste and I would not go back, but it was to support Kady and try something new! Here is the group of us that went.

Grateful for good friends

Last night for FHE, we had a Christmas gift exchange and Brother and Sister Tingey's home. It was probably the best FHE I have been to in the Singles Ward, we had a blast!!!! The gift exchange was the best part about it because everyone wanted an other's gift and the exchanging went on and on! I am so thankful for great friends like Libby, Alex, Kelsie, Sarah and so many others. Thanks guys for helping me get through these seemingly endless times.

My Little Bella

This weekend my little sister Rachel got a Persian kitten for Christmas from her husband Jason. I fell in love with theirs that I went out and got my own, she is a little girl and I named her Bella. She is the most adorable thing ever!!! She needs a bath because she is really dirty, so I will post some pictures of her all nice and clean! Here are some pictures of her, more to come. I have also put in bead board in my dining room, I will post pictures of it later, any ideas of what color to paint it???

More pictures of Utah...

Here are more of the gorgeous pictures of the trip!

Trip To Salt Lake City!!!!

This weekend, me, Kyle and Shelley, a.k.a. the "Road Trip Bandits" made another mini trip to Utah. Shelley received three tickets to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional and asked us to attend with her. We left Friday afternoon and arrived in Salt Lake City late Friday night. It is great traveling with both Kyle and Shelley because they are so easy going and in no rush to get or go anywhere.

We stayed with Shelley's friend Quinn right in Salt Lake. Her apartment overlooks the Gateway Mall downtown close to Temple Square. We all slept in the living room on blow-up mattresses and had a great time watching movies and talking. Saturday we slept in and then Kyle made us the BEST egg mcmuffins! We attended a live session at the Salt Lake Temple. Words cannot and will never describe the Spirit that I felt there in the House of The Lord! I had never been to a 'live" session of an endowment session and it was the greatest experience ever!!!! The artwork and detail in exquisite in every sense of the word. The feelings I received here in the Temple I will not ever forget!

After the Temple, we saw the lights on Temple Square, then went over to the Joseph Smith Building to watch the new Joseph Smith movie. Later that night I was able to meet up with Jaime Harker, a friend I met at a business trip in Canada this past March, we all went out to Applebees to eat.

On Sunday I met up with Jess and ate lunch with her, sorry I know, but she had some really great advice for me and I needed to hear it. At 5:00 pm we all met back up at Quinn's house and went to the Christmas Devotional, we sat pretty close to the front of the Tabernacle, I could see President Monson. What a fun trip, full of laughter, playing the "If" game and singing to our favorite songs. Thanks Kyle, Shelley, Jess, Quinn and Jaime for a memorable weekend in Utah!