La, La, La, La...La, La, La, La...

So, my little niece is the cutest little girl in the entire world! I've probably already expressed my feelings about this on a previous occasion; however, I again must say how adorable she is. The other week we were at my suegros' house and Oli kept dragging me to the computer and I wasn't sure what she wanted so we kept asking Lila what she wanted to watch and we tried a million things! Then it finally clicked... emo means ELMO! She loves the little elmo jingle...you know the one I'm talking about *lalalala, lalalala, elmo's song. lalalala, lalalala, elmo's song. etc.* I think we watched it about 15 times in a row before she wanted to do something else. So, that week we went with our family to play arcade games at boondocks and it was so much fun! We turned in all of our tickets and got an elmo doll for Oli and some candy. We were just able to give it to her the other day, and it was so cute. She took it and was making him dance and she was singing la la la la la. HAHA. Lila looks at her and says "Oli, que dice elmo?" Oli says "la la la la" She also got a little drumset that's really cute. She loves to play on Joel's set so they decided to get her one. so cute :) It has a snare, bass, one tom, and a cymbal. Cutest little girl alive. I may be biased, but you tell me that she's not adorable!

Anniversary. Christmas. New Year.

Well, the break was wonderful! It was filled with family and games and happiness. The anniversary was awesome! Joel took me to the Anniversary Inn in Logan and we stayed in the Hollywood Romance Room! I think the TV was twice my size...So So cool. Joel it the best husband in the world, and he treats me so incredibly well! I could never ask for anyone more incredible! It's been a year, and I just keep loving him more and more every day.
Christmas was so amazing and New Years was just as good. The Vegas Show got canceled, so I didn't get to do that :( but it turned out to be good because I got to spend a lot more time with my family and friends. Joel and I did end up going to Vegas this last weekend because my parents bought us tickets to go see the Beatles "Love" show by Cirque du Soleil! It was so incredible! I could tell you all of the cool things that we saw in the show, but it certainly wouldn't do the show any justice! We're never going back to Vegas again though...I don't know how people can be there all the time. Poor Joel...we would just be driving somewhere and the truck in front of us would have pictures that were extremely inappropriate, and what are you to do? Close your eyes? It was awful in that sense.
By the way, never stay at the Stratosphere in Vegas. On friday night, Joel and I went to bed and everything was fine until 4 am. The rooms were connected by those doors that conjoin the rooms, and the next door neighbors were anything but quiet! Two girls had hired a male stripper...they were so drunk and we thought that it would pass. YEAH RIGHT! So, we called the front desk to tell them to shut up, and they did, but because we could hear everything in the room, we heard them laugh at the front desk and hang up the phone. great...we tried banging on the walls and yelling through the door, but nothing was getting them to keep their promiscuous activities at a low. So, at 430 we called again and Joel just asked if we could have a different room, and we got and upgraded room 3 floors up. Finally, at 5 or so we were all moved into our new room and ready for bed. We will never ever go back to Vegas again. We don't care how good a show is, nothing is worth being in that armpit of a city. Joel affectionately called it "Sin City".
However, everything else about the break was amazing! Joel's parents gave us rock band and a nice bookshelf, both of which have been put to very good use. Joel got me this awesome hat that I wear way too often, but it is so cute! I can't get myself to stop wearing it :) Also, Joel and I decided to start over on the Book of Mormon, with it being a new year, and we decided to read it in order of when the books were written. I'm really excited about that, and it's been great so far. We hope that everyone had an amazing break and a good Christmas and New Years!

Manly Blogging?

Whats up my fellow peeps and peepets.
This is Joel, blogging for the first time since who knows when. One of the reasons I haven't written anything on this thing is my inablilty to spell. (I promise this has been proof read 3 times by people who don't really speak English.) I just thought I'd drop a line and show you all that a man can publish posts just as well as his wife can. For example. I would like to take this time to express my love to my beautiful wife and for the year we have spent together. For those of you who don't know, (shame on you jerks) we just had our year anniversary on Thursday the 18th. So I just want my wife to know how much I love her and appreciate her presence in my life. She really is an amazing woman, and I am very thankful to have her in my life. Also if you can't tell its Christmas eve, I asked Santa to bring me a few things to help modify our car we got in April. Speaking of which we haven't posted any pictures of our car. So with out further delay we present to you the BLT (brave little toaster) as it has been so lovingly called. (CAUTION!: This picture is future representation of what our car will look like. DO NOT BE ALARMED)







Sadly, due to lack of funds, The car really only looks like this. Hopefully Santa will answer my plea if not, I understand. There can't be two sweet looking cars in the world.




So I hope that all of your Christmas wishes come true, have fun be safe, and look out world the BLT is on its way!

Joel

This is it...

Don't get scared now! I'm so happy! The last test is passed and today is my last day of school until January 5 :) So good. Joel also has his last test today, which is awesome! I'm so proud of him. He has worked so hard this semester to do well! Nothing new is really going on except for that. We are going to the Tabernacle Chior Concert tonight, and tomomrrow night we're going to celebrate my birthday with my family at Braza Grill! My family is going to Disneyland next week until Christmas Eve, so Joel and I are going to be babysitting the house! FUN! Except for mine and Joel's anniversary...he still hasn't blabbed on what we are going to be doing...AMAZING! He always gives in because he is so excited about it that he has to tell me! So cute...For my birthday Joel gave me a really cute outfit, some crocs for work, and an awesome watch! I've been getting so many compliments on it! He's the best ever! I can't wait until our anniversary and Christmas! It's going to be such an awesome break!

:)

Sorry Lila. I know you did this already, but I couldn't resist. It is so hysterical!!

YES!!

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Long, but not long enough...

Last week was our long Thanksgiving Break, and it was so great :). On Wednesday night, we all played games with grandma and Jamie until way late at night. The next morning we did get some really bad news...someone had broken into my parents house and stole a computer, 2 cash registers (my parents own a few businesses), a DVD burner, and all of Spencer's lacrosse gear. To be honest, the most expensive thing they took was Spencer's gear...that kind of put a damper on the day because my parents felt really violated and paranoid; however, it turned out to be okay. After a cold, but yummy breakfast, we went to see BOLT. It is so hysterical! I loved it! The little hampster was the best! We then went to dinner at Maddylnn's, which was okay, I don't think we'll go there next year. After dinner, Joel and I went over to his parents house for a few hours to hang out. It was really fun! The food was really good, and we enjoyed ourselves. We then went back to my parents house and played Civilization for hours...This is basically what we did the rest of the weekend...We network a game between four of us, and it is soooo much fun! LOVE IT!

On Saturday, everyone knew about a surprise for me for an early birthday present and I had absolutely no idea. We all were going out to eat together, but Joel said he forgot his wallet at the house, so we all took a side stop at the house...*drumroll*...They bought me a new stove! I'm so so happy! If you would have only seen my old one. It had sat in that basement for about 7 years without being used. Imagine inches of dirt caked on the walls of the oven and what used to be a white stovetop. Not pretty. It's really awesome now! I was so excited about it that I made cookies on Sunday :) .

On Sunday, I had to teach sharing time in primary, and I think it went well. I taught about Shadrack, Meshack, and Abed-nego. I thought it would be one that the jr. primary wouldn't know about, and I think it went better than I thought it would. I just have to say that I have the most intuitive sunbeams in the world! My lesson that day was on being grateful for our bodies, and I first asked the kids for what they were grateful. They all said things like pizza, clothes, toys, and then it came to my little Parker. He said, "I'm grateful for my body". What? What little 3 year old thinks about being grateful for their body. I said, "Parker, why are you grateful for your body?" and he said, "Because Heavenly Father gave it to me". Oh my...so adorable. I couldn't believe it! Perfect lead in to the lesson...When we were finished I asked them what they wanted for Christmas and they all seemed to want a Batman kit. When they were done, Isaac looked at me and said, "Teacher? What do you want for Christmas?" and George said, "I know! I know! A BABY!" HAHA so cute. I love them!

Monday, dad and I went Ultimate Christmas Shopping! We planned on going to all these stores, and ended up being at Mervyn's for 3 hours...they are going out of business and everything is at least 50% off. I got the rest of Joel's christmas except for his shoes! Oh my...amazing! Then for family night that night Joel and I and his family went to see the lights at temple square. BEAUTIFUL! Afterward, we went to Red Robin and little Oli was so cute *like that is out of the ordinary, please* She saw one of those claw machines that have stuffed animals and wanted to be picked up to see them. I picked her up and there was a mirror on the back of the machine so I said, " Oli, quien es?" I was pointing to her but she says, " Mmmm... TIA!" So so cute! That is the first time that she has recognized me as her aunt without telling her! I was so happy :) She is the cutest little girl in the world!