Final Post of the Year

Well the year is about over and since I don't have anything else to report I decided my final post before I print this year's blog will be a random list of things I love at this moment in my life.

In no particular order...

Supernatural
books
Farmville on Facebook
Holidays
Super Mario Bros for Wii
sales on Christmas wrapping paper and gift bags
slippers
flannel pajama bottoms
Live Wire (the orange Mountain Dew)
the Internet...I love how it has made it possible to reconnect with old friends and stay connected with family
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pomegranates

reading party idea blogs

decorating

doing nothing and watching movies all day

guppies...i have lots of babies : )

new mascara

Kraft Macaroni and Cheese

Well that's pretty much what I love right now!

Happy New Year!!!!!

Weekend Update

Paul was out this last week and we tried to get some Christmasy activities in. We went to the live Nativity in Eagle again this year and there were TONS of people. Last year it was really cold and I don't think anyone wanted to walk around outside. More people were there this year and it lost some of the peacefulness of the year before. By the time we got to the manger though, most people had quieted down and started to get the spirit of presentation.



We also got a list of homes with good Christmas light displays and drove around the valley looking at all the lights. When I grow up and get a house of my own, I am TOTALLY gonna figured out how to do the lights synchronized to Christmas music...it is sooo cool.




Other than that we played LOTS of Super Mario Bros. for the Wii. If you haven't played it and into video games (and have a Wii) you should play it. You can play with up to 4 players at a time and you can get a funny little penguin suit, throw snow balls and freeze the bad guys!!

Someone I find inspiring

I stumbled across this blog a couple weeks ago and have become totally inspired by it. I'm inspired for many reasons, first I LOVE her blog and writing style. It's witty, honest and thought provoking. I want my blog to be like hers when I grow up, hehe. Secondly, she has been through an horrific experience and yet has come out the other-side with grace and dignity.

A brief over view of her story....
Her name is Stephanie and about a year and a half ago her husband, herself and another gentlemen were flying in a small airplane that crashed. Her and her husband where badly burn (she had burns over 80% of her body). She was in a medically induced coma for 3 months and has said while in the coma she had a vision..."[I was] with somebody who told me that I could choose to live and have a hard life, you know, embarrassing at times and painful. Or, I could just stay there, and there's lots of work I could do there too,"..."But I thought of my children and my husband, and it was easy. An easy choice."

I find her truly inspiration and can't imagine what life must be like for her, but the way she speaks about her children, her husband, her faith (she's LDS) is amazing. To go through all that and come out and still be so positive and greatful.

If you have time, I would suggest reading her blog...and if you do, read her WHOLE story at least starting from the crash. That's right about here...

PS...some of you may have heard of her. Like I said stumbled upon her blog, but she has made national news lately because so many people are following her journey through her blog, so you may have seen her on TV.