Christmas 2009

Christmas break was so good! No work and all relaxing! On Christmas Eve I went to Bo's house for dinner! Ham, potatoes and more! Then we headed over to my aunt and uncles for our traditional hominy dinner! It was really nice to be around the family! Christmas this year was really fun because my sister and her family came out so we got to make the whole Santa thing all exciting for my niece and nephew! They were so excited! We set out cookies for Santa and walnuts for the reindeer! I definitely got spoiled this year! Santa brought me a sewing machine! I can't wait to bust it out and use it! Bo spoiled me as well with a snowboard bag, a beanie and a few other gifts! His parents gave me a blu ray dvd player :D! I was very blessed this year! I think my favorite part about Christmas we being with my family!

The day after Christmas my family, my extended family and Bo's family went sledding! Sledding is usually a tradition we do on New Year's day but this year we did it a little earlier! It was a lot of fun!

St. George

One weekend, my parents, Bo and I went to St. George cause my niece Marli had a gymnastics competition. We were all so excited for weeks to go watch her! She got her own leotard and a medal! She was the first on on the mat and she did a GREAT job! She was so cute all dressed up! She was so excited!

Since Bo had just gotten home from his mission not long before we went to St. George, it was his first time meeting my nephew Dylan and Marli got to see him again! She knew exactly who he was! Marli and Dylan had a blast with Bo. They kept asking him to play games with them and Marli would cuddle up to him and dylan loved wrestling him!

That weekend I also talked my dad into taking us to Samari 21, one of my favorite places to eat! It's a hibachi grill and we also got a Vegas Roll! MMM! It was fabulous! We all ate till we were overly full! I almost finished my plate. I've never done that at Samari 21 cause they give you so much food. I swear I felt full for days! One of the traditions at Samari 21 is the chef throws a piece of shrimp into everyone's mouth to show off his tricks. I had to post the pic of Marli preparing to catch the shrimp in her mouth! haha! Love it!

Coxinhas

One night Bo decided that he wanted to make coxinhas. It's a food that everyone eats in Brazil. I guess they are everywhere. So we pulled up the recipe and got started. What we thought would only take an hour or so turned into three hours haha! It was pretty fun though! Coxinhas are bread with chicken and cream cheese inside! They are sooo good! So the reason it took us three hours was cause Bo had to roll out the dough and cut them out and everything! It was nice to be able to try one of Bo's favorite Brazilian foods :D

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving this year was SUPER good! Why? Cause Bo was home for it!!! I loved Thanksgiving! That morning Bo and I went shooting with my dad! Always fun! The main reason why I wanted to go was to shoot my dad's 45! I love that thing! His shot guns are fun as well, except for I can barely reach the trigger cause my arms are too short but that's alright! It's still fun! For Thanksgiving dinner, Bo's family all came over to eat at my house with my family! We got STUFFED as you can see in the pic!

Trans Siberian Orchestra

I know, I know I have SOOOO much to catch up on. It sucks but I guess it's my own fault. I have debated about even blogging anymore but for Christmas my sisters made me this cool book that had all my blog postings from last year so I've decided to try to keep up on it more so that I can make another book next year and use it as a journal!

Anyway, the day before Thanksgiving Bo's parents took all of us to Salt Lake to see Trans Siberian Orchestra! I had a blast! If you haven't heard of this orchestra or have never heard them I highly recommend them! Talent wise, they are the best I've seen in concert! All the members of the orchestra are very very talented. They mostly perform Christmas music, which I hate but I'm not gonna lie, I loved this! The light effects was my favorite part of the concert!

The Moment!

Sorry I've been putting off posting for a few days. People have been asking for these pics haha! But here it goes- So November 19th was the LONGEST day of my life! First off I went to work just like I said. It was pretty good I guess. As Bo's plane was landing I got lucky and we didn't have any patients so I got to check my phone for the picture texts :).... Anyway, Bo's plane was delayed an hour and a half so he and his family weren't able to make it home for his 5 o'clock release time. So needless to say they changed it to 6:30 so my anticipation level was higher than ever! I got a text at 6:15 from his family saying they were headed to get him released so I freaked out and rushed to his house as fast as I could! I can't even explain how I felt! My heart was pounding like no other and I was going crazy!! My friends joined me and waited with me! Can I just say that I am so happy they were there cause I ended up waiting at Bo's house for 2 HOURS!!!! Oh my gosh!!!!! By the time he got there my anticipation was almost gone but it was still perfect. Once I saw him it didn't matter how long I waited! I stood on his porch, his family pulled up and then I saw him walk around the back of the car and then he picked me up at we HUGGED! There ya have it! One of the BEST nights of my life!!! Couldn't have asked for more!

It's For REALS!!!!!