New Years 2008

I was supposed to work on New Years Eve and New Years Day both the night shifts. So we didn't have much planned, but the day before new years eve i started getting really bad pains in my stomach to the point where i couldn't walk anymore. We made sure our insurance had begun to cover us, Tyler and his dad gave me a blessing, and Tyler's family talked me into going into the hospital. So in we went to the Richfield hospital. They told me i had appendicitis and it needed to come out A.S.A.P. but they didn't have a surgeon available at the time, and for insurance purposes we had to go all the way up to Provo to Utah Vally Regional Medical Center and at 2am on January 29, i had surgery to remove my appendix. Not the funnest thing ever. After that we just stayed up at my parents house in Springville for the next couple of days where we did nothing but lay around. It was great! :) I needed it. We had new years with my family and all though we didn't get to party too much it still was a good one!

Christmas 2008

This was our first Christmas together. It was a good one! First we went up and visited my family as soon as the weather would permit. It was my little sister Abby's birthday on Christmas Eve so we went up to give her birthday present and the rest of my family their christmas presents. We also went to Lunch with my family. It had to be a quick visit so we didn't get caught in a storm but it was still good to be able to see them. We then headed back to Richfield where Tylers sister and brother in law Maddi and Josh Anderson had made it from Pennsylvania. It was good to see them after so long. We had fun hanging out and goofing off. We made some awesome gingerbread houses.

  Our was the best (no offense Maddi :)) because we made a gingerbread basketball court and park. Maddi and Josh did Fish Lake and Brett and Donna did the same old house. But it was a cute one! :) Tyler's parents got a wii for the family with Guitar Hero World tour (the band version). The entire christmas day we played that game. It was a blast. 

Moving to Richfield

We moved to Richfield on the 13th of December. Tylers Aunt Pam got married to a guy from Panguitch and they have to live there until he can retire. So since we were going to be in Richfield she asked if we wanted to take care of her house and grow her some grass and things like that until they can move back here for good. Major hook up huh? 

Remember that first big huge snow storm that we had? Cars sliding off the road everywhere and too much snow for the plows?

 Well it was that day/night that we moved! It was so cold that taking things out to Bretts trailer took twice as long ha ha.

Me and Donna were a lot better off than the boys though because most of the time we stayed inside and packed boxes. :) The trailer we packed was huge! It was either pile it high or have to go back for another load later. We just wanted to get it all done!  Finally at like 10pm we head to our new home in Richfield Utah. We both agree that it's nice to have a whole house to ourselve that we don't have to pay for! It's been so nice so far! We have had a lot of fun!

Jaggers blessing

Tyler got to stand in on his first baby blessing. It was so exciting and neat to see him be able to go help (and he looked so good in his suit) :). There was a ton of Donnas family at their house when we got there. It was really fun to get to know them. Thanks for making me feel at home! :) So i got to babysit Jagger for like fifteen minutes while Angie ran to the grocery store, and he totally likes me the best out of anyone i think.... just don't tell any of them!

We also caught Brett showing his softy side! They were so cute sleeping together on the couch. A funny thing that one of the little cousins said to Tyler was, "Hey what's that guys name that sits on the couch all day?" I said, "Uncle Brett?" He's all, ya that guy!! ha ha its ok. You do a good job of it Brett!

Our Thanksgiving Break

We got to my house in Springville on Wednesday night (because i had to work), and when we got home, my parents were gone to some midnight sale. So we were just home with Trevor and Abby, and then Maci woke up. I went in and got her out of her crib and she just bawled and bawled. She's at that age that she  doesn't like strangers and because she doesn't see me and Tyler that much, she did not like us! 

The next morining on Thanksgiving, we woke up and headed right over the the church with my dad, Mackenzie, and Riley, and we played some major basketball with our neighbors and some of their family. It was fun, but we kinda played too long, because when we realized what time it was, we had to go straight over to my grandma's house (all sweaty and in

 our basketball stuff). But the more 

i think about it, it was a unique Thanksgiving because we have never done that before, so i think it made it more memorable. The food was great! Thanks mom and grandma! And then we took naps and just relaxed the rest of the day. We got a redbox movie- Fred Clause and my dad popped his amazing popcorn. It was a really cute movie!

Black Friday was quite an adventure for us! Me, my mom, Mackenzie, and Ab

by all got up at 4 a.m. to get those major sweet

 sales :). We saw two women w

ho were unconcious, and one man who totally bro

ke his arm, but still wouldn't let go of the kitchen aid he faught so hard to get! Sometimes it's funny just to watch how crazy people get at things like that! We went all around and probably spent more money th

an we should have, b

ut it was fun. 

When i got home me and Tyler set out on our own

shopping spree and got most of our christmas shopping done. When we got home we discovere

d that my little brother Trevor had been playing our wii since the minute he woke up. My parents were gone and no body else had see

n him because he never came 

upstairs!

The next day was "Twilght" day for the girls! Me, my mom, Mackenzie, an

d Abby all have read the first

 book (well Abby was

 almost d

one), and we had been planning this day for a while! 

We tried to talk the boys into coming but they went to Quantum of Solace instead. Though they had all heard skeptical things about the movie, we all thought it was really good! We h

ad fun! It had been a lont time since we all just went to the movie together.

After the movies got over we went to taco bell and then me and Tyler had to head down to Richfield for a baby blessing. It was fun, and the day we left, sure enough, Maci started liking us again. Right when we had to leave! :)

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