Valentine's Party

By far the most fun we have had with The Christmas Box House. My work decided to do a Valentine's party for the kids at CBH. Tahna and I were put in charge of picking out the decorations, games and prizes. Planning it was a lot of fun. We both like getting involved with the CBH and this activity we did was the best! Not only did we pick out everything, decorate the place but..... We got to really meet the kids and play with them! There was about 12 or 14 kids and every one of them was so amazing! They had fun personalities and were all so great! We planned three things for the kids to do. We had two games set up and after the games we had them decorate cookies.All the kids loved it! And they loved the games so much we let them keep them. I don't think any of us will forget this experience or the kids we met that day. Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday ROBERT!

My and dear and best friend Robert just had a birthday and is now 19! Happy birthday Love!

So for Robert's birthday his family and friends all had dinner at Olive Garden and that was so much fun! His parents, brother and sisters were there, his grandparents and his good friends. So after dinner we went to Rob's house for a party with all his friends. It was a really fun night, Aaron wanted to drink so he drank and i stayed sober! YAY ME! Me and my new friend Ben were the sober twins that night. It was a great night and i look forward to more fun nights at Rob's!

Fun Pics for that night

Happy Birthday Aaron

Aaron is the big 19! LOL YAY! So today was Aaron's birthday and we had the whole day planned. I got up and cooked him breakfast, we had pancakes, one of his favorites. And i went around and hide his birthday cards. Yes i got him more than one. I got him 3. So we were just hanging out talking about what we wanted to do for his birthday and i told him i wanted to go to Park City and have lunch up there and walk around and all that, and that sounded great to Aaron. And then his dad called.... AND he wanted to take Aaron to lunch and I wasn't going to be rude and keep him all to myself so we went to lunch with him. Aaron was upset about that. He didn't want me to say yes to his dad. He wanted to do what i had planned. So anyways we went to Red Rock for lunch. It was me and him, his dad and brother Zack.
Later that night we went to dinner with some family. Donna and my dad wanted to do something for his birthday so we all met at Goodwood BBQ. Donna, Dave, my dad, Ashley and Brad all came. And that didn't go to well either. Aaron really likes that place but they really screwed up that night. They screwed up his steak and sent it back and then found out that they were out of that steak so he didn't get what he wanted. So after dinner we took my dad home and headed home and Aaron decided he didn't like one part of his birthday and decided to go to bed. So i stayed up feeling horrible about the whole thing, thinking i ruined his birthday. The next morning we talked about it. He said sorry for the hurtful things he said to me about his birthday but I'm still hurt. Maybe next year will be better.

Happy birthday! Love ya.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy aShLyNn

My cute little niece just had a birthday and is now 3 years old! Her real birthday is Jan. 12 but I didn't see her. I wanted to do something really fun and special for her, so I took Friday off from work and spent the day with Ashlynn! During the week me and Donna talked about some fun things we could do with her while she was her. So we came up with a very eventful day. We invited Riley up to play with Ashlynn. When Riley got there we started making sugar cookies! They had so much fun! They helped roll and cut out the cookie shapes and then they got to frost the cookies and put sprinkles on them. They made a BIG mess but it was so worth it! When they were all done with that we helped them make some sticker pages. I really don't know what you would call what they created but it was so cute and lots of fun.... I guess its scrapbooking for tots!
Dawn and Cody came back over to sing happy birthday, eat cake and open gifts. Ashlynn got a FurReal puppy and a FurReal dog and some play dogs.... She loves dogs! Her and Riley ate some cake and played with all the toys and when Aaron got home we took the girls to Jungle Jim's!

Happy Birthday Ashlynn!




So Jungle Jim's is not really what i remember when i was a kid, but it was fun for them. Ashlynn went on every ride! She is such a brave little girl, I think her favorite ride was the airplanes. It was so funny, Riley wanted to go on the ride but when i started she started crying and yelling HELP! And Ashlynn is in the plane in front saying... YAY!

The whole day was so much fun! Very exhausting but fun! Thanks Donna! You were a big help! I couldn't of done it with out you. :) Happy birthday Ashlynn Rae!

HaPPy NeW yEaRs! 2009

A new year is here! YaY! I can't believe how fast 2008 went by! 2008 was a really good year but I'm so looking forward and so excited for 2009.

I had a really nice New Years Eve. I went to Dawn & Andy's house to play cards and eat! I had so much fun! We played a card game called Hand and Foot. It was so much fun. We were on teams too, Andy and Aaron were on a team, me and Dave were on a team and Donna and Dawn were on a team. Andy and Aaron won like 3 or more games, i cant really remember but me and Dave won one game! I remember that!!! Go me and Dave! It may sound like a lame night but we really enjoyed it and loved every minute. When the clock hit midnight and it was finally 2009 me and Aaron had our first kiss for 2009. And then we went home and went to sleep! :) We're kind of lame and can't stay up all night but oh well. :) So at 12:15 or so me, Aaron, Donna and Dave headed home.

Brighton Ski Resort

LeAnne and Boyce took me and Aaron snowboarding and skiing with them and two of their boys on Sunday. I tried snowboarding last winter and it didn't go so well so this year I decided to try skiing. We all started on the bunny hill and then after about two runs we headed to he next lift, I think it was Majestic. The first run was pretty fun, I was just getting the feel for that hill. Me and Cordell seemed to always be behind the group, but that's ok! We still rocked it Cord! The second run was the best run for me. I think i feel about 2 times but not that hard. I was feeling really confident and excited to go again. The whole time Aaron, LeAnne, Boyce and Callen were doing great. Me and Cordell seemed to be struggling a little. I think that me and Cord have a hard time flying down a Mountain. So we got to the end of the Mountain and decided to go again. And that last run sucked for me! I feel so hard! And in a bunch of really deep snow. It was so embarrassing and really cold! I hated that part. I got my self together with Aaron's help and started down the Mountain again..... AND then...... I fell again. Really hard! So when we finally got to the end of the run I wanted to go rest. We got some lunch and rested for a little. I was hurting so much! lol and Aaron was really sick so we decided to go home early. :( Thanks again guys, it was a blast!

In all we both had a lot of fun and I'm up for skiing again! Thanks Boyce and LeAnne! I love you guys and had so much fun! Thank you so much for all you have done for me! I love you and your family so much! Good job Cordell and Callen. I love your new boards. :)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! This Christmas was amazing! It was a really busy day but so much fun.




We left and headed to my dads house after that. I got to see my older sister Brandy and my adorable niece Ashlynn! And my little sister Michaela and my dad. Ashlynn was having so much fun opening her presents. She got so much fun stuff! I got her some cloths, a baby doll and stroller, some dress up stuff and a stocking full of fun stuff. It was really nice to spend some time with my family. Later that day my uncle Doug and cousin Jessica came over to see everyone for Christmas too! Seeing all of the family is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.



We left my dads and headed to our last stop, Donna and Dave's family. We were all meeting at Donna's daughters house, Dawn. Dawn, her husband Andy and Donna cooked a really good dinner for everyone. Donna's two daughters and their family were there. I have lived with Donna and Dave for more than a year and over that time i have become really close to all her family and look at them as my family too. I don't really see my mom any more and I don't really have a relationship with her either, Donna has really supported me and showed me what its like to have that kind of mother daughter relationship. She has been there for me through so much! So spending time with her and her family is just as important as seeing my family.... So anyways.... after everyone was done eating we all sat in the living room and opened some presents. I got a fun and cute ring that i saw in a Cookie Lee catalog, some scrapbook stuff and.... A book! And the book i really really wanted. Its called 13 reasons why. Its really good and i was so happy when i got it. Aaron got a shirt and loved it! We got Donna a scrap store gift card and we got Dave a gift card to Barnes & Noble.



This Christmas was my favorite. We got to see everyone and really spend time with them. We had so much fun Christmas shopping for everyone and each other. We love everything we got and we hope everyone loves what they got too! Merry Christmas!