Happy New Year!

Aaron is a die hard Jazz fan, even when they struggle at times, so my friend Meghann and I had decided to surprise our boys with Jazz tickets for Christmas. Wednesday night they played the Memphis Grizzlies. Before the game we met up with Meg and Landon and had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. The game was really fun, the Jazz actually played well for once and ended up killing the grizzlies. Aaron and I used to always go to the Jazz games, but with school and work it has been harder to get away. We were so glad that Meg and Landon let us tag along.

School starts again on Monday, so it is back to the real world. I'm going to miss being home with family and friends. One more semester and I will finally be done. It is such a crazy feeling to realize that everything I've worked for will finally pay off. School has definitely been challenging, but it will be very rewarding when it is all said and done. Thanks for all of your support and friendship and best wishes in this upcoming year!

Merry Christmas!

Sorry everyone, I've been slacking. School and finals kept me busy and pretty much took over my life there for awhile. However, I have a break from school for a few weeks and I am thoroughly enjoying being home with my family and with Aaron. Christmas was so fun this year! Aaron actually had the day off. We were able to spend Christmas morning with my family and then we spent the afternoon with his family in Fillmore and Ephraim. We were definitely spoiled this year by our families, we got a lot of neat stuff. It was no surprise that Aaron would spoil me as well, he got me a ton of stuff. He is so funny. A few weeks before Christmas we went shopping so that he could get a few ideas of what to buy. I tried on a few pairs of boots and told him that I wanted him to pick out the final pair. Well Christmas morning I get a couple of pairs of different boots and I was a bit confused. Aaron said that he couldn't decide so he just decided to let me have both. I am a pretty lucky girl, any girl wouldn't mind having extra shoes. He also followed all of my post-it hints that I left laying around the house of what I wanted this year. Aaron is so good to me and I probably don't deserve it. He got me way too much for Christmas. Opening presents was really fun. Watching my nephews was so funny. After the famous pumpkin waffle breakfast at my parent's we were able to go to Fillmore to eat dinner with Aaron's Mom's family. We pretty much had three Christmas' because after that we had another Christmas at Aaron's parent's house. I was so glad that we were able to spend Christmas with both of our families, I guess that's the luxury of them living so close. I didn't get too many pictures of Christmas this year, so sorry this is all you get. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas morning!

Christmas morning with Carter, his first Christmas!

We spent Christmas Eve at the annual Parry family Christmas party. It is always so fun when everyone can get together. I haven't seen half his family in months. Every year they exchange white elephant gifts and as you can see below Aaron left with a pretty fancy one. I think Mexico fits him! After the Parry party, I was able to spend the rest of the night with my family, playing games and opening Christmas Eve pajamas. My whole family was down at my parent's and it was so fun to see my nephews get so excited about Santa Clause coming.

Us and Aaron's grandma Joyce. She doesn't look too happy, but she is the sweetest lady.

I was so excited to get done with my finals so that I could come home and actually make it to one of Aaron's basketball games. Aaron plays basketball in a league in Mt. Pleasant. He hasn't been able to make it to all of the games because of work and coming to see me in Cedar City, but I was excited when I was actually able to make it to a game. Aaron is so good at basketball and I know he hates when he misses the games. It's so funny to watch the games sometimes, because the men get so physical and talk so much trash. I guess it keeps them young!

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun this year. Unfortunately Aaron had to work that night, but we were at least able to spend a few hours at my parent's house for Thanksgiving dinner. I am so thankful I have a husband who works as hard as he does. I get frustrated when he has to work holidays, but I know he is just doing all that he can to spoil me. Thanks for everything Aaron! We are truly blessed for all that we have.

I'm a little behind, but my sister Marcie finally had her handsome baby boy. Carter Jackson Keen was welcomed into our family on November 10, 2009. We couldn't be more excited. Aaron was hoping they would name him Aaron Junior, but apparently they didn't take his advice. He is the most adorable thing. My other three nephews all tease me and let me know that Marcie is their favorite aunt, so I'm hoping I at least have a shot at being Carter's favorite. I guess we'll see how it goes. We are so happy for Marcie and Kaylon!

Halloween

Aaron and I decided to stay in Cedar City for Halloween weekend. Meghann and Marisa threw a Halloween party in St. George at their apartment so we decided to make an appearance. We didn't figure out what we were going to dress up as until the day of. We were pretty creative, if I do say so myself. We decided to go as Baked Potatoes. We went to Walmart hoping to buy a costume, but didn't want to spend a lot of money on something we probably would never use again, so our creative efforts led us to baked potatoes. It was really fun getting in the spirit of Halloween and getting dressed up. It took us forever to wrap ourselves with tin-foil and we attempted to stuff our tummy's with stuffing to look like fat potatoes. By the time we got to St. George most of it had ripped, so we spent a lot of time in the parking lot patching things up. However, their apartment was on the third floor and walking up three flights of stairs didn't help the situation out too much. We finally gave up at that point, got some pictures and ripped the costumes off. Needless to say, we were baking, tin-foil really cooks you. The party was really fun. They had Halloween bingo, a donut eating game, and a pinata. It's crazy to think Halloween pretty much came and went. This year is flying by so fast.

The hygiene girls!

Everyone!

The pinata, that I actually happened to break.

Friday we were able to go to Thriller with Meghann and Landon. I had never seen it so I was really excited. I was a little nervous about Aaron liking it, but he seemed to have fun. Before heading out to Tuacahn we went to dinner at Brick Oven for my friend Marisa's birthday. She has become such a good friend and I am so glad she let us spend her special day with her. Tuacahn greeted us with many scary zombies. Although I know they are not real, it still freaked me out when they were literally inches from my face. The particular zombie girl below brushed noses with Aaron in fact. He said she was so close he could have kissed her. I guess that they can't help it when they see an attractive man in the audience. I didn't really know what to expect going into thriller, but it turned out to be really fun and I am so glad we went.

The zombie who tried to kiss my husband.

Meg and Me

Landon and Meghann


Landon, Lorena Bobbitt, and Aaron
This Lady cracked me up, I thought she was the best part of the show. I had no idea who she even was until Thriller. After the show she came up to Aaron and kept squishing his cheeks, I had to get a picture. As we were walking away, she told me to "go forth and conquer, if you know what I mean." She was hilarious.

Pumpkins

This weekend Aaron's sister wanted to get together and carve pumpkins. It was so much fun. I love fall and nothing gets you in the spirit of Halloween better than carving pumpkins. We all had our own pumpkin to carve, although mine wasn't quite as elaborate as everyone else's. As you can see below Aaron is getting a little too into it. That knife was almost bigger than the pumpkin.

Aaron with all of his pumpkin guts. He had the biggest pumpkin, it took him forever.

The finished product! Mine of course is the little monster on the left and Aaron's is the scary face on the right. His mom's is the skull and his sisters is the boo. For all you hygiene girls does my pumpkin not remind you of the plaque monster from are puppet show.

Mine and Aaron's Pumpkins

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma!

Yesterday we had the opportunity to celebrate my Grandma's 90th birthday. It was so fun. We had a big family party and it was great to see people I haven't seen in years. Unfortunately Aaron couldn't make it. He is hunting with his dad and has been gone since Tuesday. I am missing him like crazy and cannot wait until he comes home. We are so grateful for my grandma. She is so special and I am so glad that Aaron has had the chance to get to know her. Happy birthday Grandma, we love you!

What a Week!

Most of you know that I go to Dental Hygiene School at Dixie. Every year we have to participate in homecoming week and be in the parade. We all had to dress up as tooth fairies, teeth, and fluoride super heros. It was really fun this year, I have grown so close to these girls and although I will be happy to graduate in May, I will be very sad to leave everyone.

Meg, Marisa, and Me

Kaitlyn, Meg, and Me with our fairy wands!



Konni, Fallyn, Jessica, Meg, and Me

We spent conference weekend in Nephi with my family. It was so fun. Every year we go up the canyon between sessions and take pictures with the fall leaves. I love when the leaves change color, it is so beautiful. I am so glad we have been able to spend so much time at home with our families. We are so blessed.

During conference weekend we started a new tradition. My sisters, my mom, and I decided it would be fun to be domestic and make crafts together. My mom found all of these things that we could make for halloween and they turned out so cute. I am so glad that we did it. Aaron will probably deny it if you ask, but he loves when I bring home new crafts for the house. I wanted to take a break a few times and Aaron told me I had to keep going and get them done. He sat next to me the whole time I did the pumpkin, just so I would get it done.

Aaron and I decided we needed a night out and thought it would be fun to go cook us up some smores. We went up to the mountains in Ephraim, where Aaron actually proposed. It was the first time that we have been back to that place and it was so great being able to spend time with each other. We had a lot of fun.

Pretty sure I burned that one a bit!

My amazing husband!

A pipeline broke at my parents house a couple weekends ago and Aaron volunteered to do the dirty work so my dad didn't have to. He made quite the mess!

My dad attempting to clean Aaron up.

The Weekend

This weekend I was able to head home and go to my sister's baby shower. It was so fun seeing everyone. Marcie is due November 7 with a baby boy, we are all so excited. It was great to be home and spend time with the family. Aaron also took me hunting while I was home. Let's just say he is turning me into quite the camo girl. It was great being up on the mountain and Aaron is very patient with me. I tend to sound like a heard of elephants instead of being sneaky, and usually scare all of the deer. Aaron is still nice enough to let me tag along though. I unfortunately didn't get any pictures hunting, but here are a few from the shower.

My sisters Kristi and Marcie and Me