Canadian Tenors and Colbie Cailatt Concert-March 2010

For my birthday my mom took me,one of her best friends, and a few of my siblings to the Canadian Tenors concert here in St. George and it was fantastic! They are amazing! The funniest thing was when we were waiting in line after the concert to have them sign our cd and she asked them to sing to me for my birthday and she started to conduct for them to sing. haha. And they totally started singing me the most gorgeous rendition of happy birthday I have ever heard and I was in heaven! ha. SO great!

My friend Cherise and I went to the Colbie Cailatt concert for my birthday as well and had such a fun time! The concert was amazing and she has such a gorgeous pure voice. I would love to see her again anytime!

Thanks for the great concerts everyone! :)

Christmas Eve/Christmas Day!

We have a family tradition every year that we watch the Griswald Family Christmas Vacation movie! It is hilarious and we all laugh so hard! We have a great time! Well this year my mom and I found Christmas Vacation t-shirts and surprised everyone with them. So we all wore them as we watched the movie late Christmas Eve night.

Here is my favorite holiday treat! (Much better when my mom makes it, I must add.) I made it this year and it wasn't the best but still good. Peppermint Pie!

One day in December my little sister Lex and I made some fun red and green cupcakes! Here they are....

What happens when my parents go out of town...

So this is what happens when my parents go out of town and I am in charge! :) We spent the whole day watching Christmas movies, decorating a ginger bread house, and making our family room look like a winter wonderland! :) We had SO much fun and it turned out great! It was a great surprise for my parents when they got home and they loved it. It's been very cozy and welcoming for the Christmas Season!

We hung tons of snow flakes and paper chains from the ceiling and then in the kitchen every nob and handle is tied with red or white ribbon. Oh and you can't forget the Santa hat that is on the faucet!

Seattle with Cherise!

In the beginning of December I texted my friend Cherise and told her we should fly to Seattle because tickets were really cheap! I didn't think she would say yes to going but she did! So we flew out of Vegas and in to Seattle! We had such a fun weekend! It was so great to take her to all of my favorite places back home. We spent one day shopping in Tukwilla and part of that day in South Bellevue area. Then the next day was spent in Bellevue at Bell Square shopping. We also saw the Winter Wonderland show that happens in Bellevue and it is SO fun! They have live actors that are dressed as toy soldiers who march around, dance, and play instruments! They have snow that falls and Christmas music. Oh and can't forget the lights that are going! It's amazing! After we watched that show we went and saw the movie Blind Side. That movie is amazing! Seriously, one of my favorites. Sandra Bullock did an incredible job. Actually everyone in the movie did. I loved it and would recommend it to anyone! While we were there we also spent a full day in Seattle of coarse! We did tons of shopping, saw the gingerbread houses at the Sheraton, strolled through Pikes Place, and went to the Seattle Library! We had the best time! By the end of the day our feet were killing us and we were so tired. But we had a blast! We also drove by the space needle, which looks so cool at Christmas time with the tree on top! On Sunday we visited the LDS temple, went to a YSA ward in Bellevue, and the Christmas Devotional put on by the first presidency. Before we flew out on Monday night we went shopping again and then went down to Puyallup and had lunch with my dad at The Rock. One of my favorite pizza places. The trip to Seattle was wonderful! It was fun to see Richelle Gregg again and her family. You guys are awesome! Thanks for letting us stay with you. And..Cherise, thanks for the great adventures, lots of laughter, and advice about life! You are a great friend and I am so lucky to have you in my life! :)




Seattle LDS Temple

Me and Cherise (lots of pictures in the airport!)

Us on the famous Pike Place pig

Cherise with the amazing flowers!

Oh Seattle, I love you

The view from where we stayed in Burien

Gotta love this one :)

Bellevue

Winter Wonderland Show

Thanksgiving weekend

Thanksgiving this year was great! We had so much fun as a family and it was tons of fun to have some of our extended family down to St. George as well. The first night everyone got here it we decided around midnight to start up a bonfire and do smores! We roasted marshmallows and every one's new favorite was star bursts that were cooked! So yummy! They are hard and crystallized on the outside and gushy on the inside. Then the next day was Thanksgiving day and that was spent cooking and just playing games. Thanksgiving dinner was delicious(as always). That's pretty much all that happened on Thanksgiving day, it was just a really casual fun day. We spent the next day having a girls day and all of us girls went to a huge Christmas craft show and then we went to my new favorite restaurant called 25 main! They have really yummy cupcakes and food. It's just a fun place to go! Honestly, I am just so grateful for a great family! For the knowledge that I have that as we work hard and follow God that we will be together forever. What greater blessing than that! I am grateful for so many things in my life and am just glad that we had such a successful weekend! :)

Halloween Makeup/Costumes

So this year I was in charge of costumes in my house, since I love to do makeup and everything. So I dressed my little sister up as a princess, a fairy, a fish, and then the last night it turned out to be more like a bird than a fish. haha. My mom is an alien lady and I was a bird(since I was "flying solo"! I had so much fun doing all the makeup and costumes! This is the only reason I like Halloween! I love to dress up. And..can I just say I LOVE DOING MAKEUP! ( Not like you didn't already know that)