Christmas

Christmas was really great this year! I think I have finally matured enough to know it is so much more fun to give than to receive! However, I got some AMAZING presents this year! My family and friends are awesome! It all started back in Flagstaff with a beautiful and soft pink bath robe from Sarah. Then I got new bedding from my mom, a movie and stuffed zebra from LizZ, with the GREATEST compilaton CD EVER....16 versions of....BORN FREE!! Whooo!! Becca got me a "stick" Unicorn and seasons 1 & 2 of One Tree Hill! Gigi got me a movie and a ton of great stuff I needed. I got totally spoiled this Christmas and loved every second of it!! I am grateful I have my family and that we were able to spend time together! It seems we have all had our hardships and trials this year, but it was nice just to be together as a family.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas like I did! I am really grateful for all my friends and family and the support I get year round!

This is my Zebra, Stick Unicorn, and baby unicorn!

A Trip to Mesa

Since I have moved back to Parker it seems like my vacation has been a whirl wind of appointments and traveling and it is going by MUCH too fast, but it has been fun. Gigi and I decided to take a trip down to Mesa so she could see my Uncle Tom and his family, and I could see Pam. The planning for the trip was a lot more difficult than it should have been, but we finally made it. I dropped Gigi off at Tom's and finally got to Pam's at about 7:30ish.

Pam said we had "plans" and as soon as I got there we jumped in the car and headed out for another adventure. Pam is AMAZING! She took me to see the Mesa Temple lights. I have never even been on the grounds for the Mesa temple so I was ecstatic!! I didn't know we were taking pictures, so after a long day in the car I don't look that great but we had a blast!!

The NAST that will never be DORETED!

The last month or so has just FLOWN by. So I am officially done with my last semester of taking classes at NAU. I start my student teaching on January 5th, and I'm kinda nervous. I am excited to be back home but it is a bit of an adjustment. I am used to being in a bigger town for one. I am also used to doing what I want when I want to, without worrying about anyone else. It is a crazy change. I am having fun living with my grandma and seeing my sister and mom pretty much every day. I am really trying to organize my room and make it mine as much as possible. It is really hard to feel like you live in a place that isn't yours. So once I get my room all set up maybe I will post some pics.
However, I have to say that I truly enjoyed my time in Flag. Thinking about it makes me a little misty. I met great people, and had some great experiences. In my last post I showcased the best night EVER! Now I will share the NAST!!

I got to hang out with Amber, Stormy and Becky. We had SUCH a fun time! It brought back great memories and made new ones too!

Toboggan...BEST night EVER!

My roommates Chani and Sarah took me out to dinner and we had a great night. It was the first and last time we had ever gone out like that, but we had a blast! I am glad we did it!


We had Olive Garden for dinner and it was FABULOUS!

Then we went to Coco's for pie. I heard it0 was supposed to be good, but I was not impressed. We did make some pretty good commercials though.

And then we decided to take crazy pictures. Things got a little out of hand. Haha! We made a wicked awesome music/dance video as well.