Happy Happenings

If you are curious about my break read the following. If not know that life is grand and I am happy! There aren't any pictures so I understand if you can't make it through.


I go back to school tomorrow and I am ready to be back but not quite ready to get up in the morning again. Everyone talks about how lucky teachers are to get two weeks off. Guess what, we are lucky and I enjoyed every moment of it...and there were a lot of great moments. I would add some pictures but I didn't really get any good physical ones. May my poor writing schools clearly express the vision of some of the things that occurred. My break started on Friday the 21st. I drove up to Phoenix with my parents and Shelby. We boarded a plane and headed to Sacramento. Saturday we slept in a little and recovered from the late/early arrival at our hotel. It rained the entire time we were there but it was beautiful and green. Get this- grass grows in the cracks in the streets, ALL ON ITS OWN. We nurture and care for that stuff here and most of the time it still looks brown and sad. We headed over to Bev's house (Alison's MIL) and helped out with the preparations for the nights party. Alison and James showed up a little later in the morning and that is always good news. I love my twin sister. She, for the most part, understands me and knows how to make my day. I also love James-he understands me and will learn more about me as a person has he learns to live with his wife (I have some experience with that girl and some pointers about resolving disputes if ever you need them). After lunch I headed to the Sacramento Temple with my mother. She escorted me as I went through the temple and received my endowments. I was able to sit with my mother on my left and Alison on my right and was beaming with smiles the whole time. I love my family and am grateful to all that were there. We then headed over to Alison and James' open house. It was lovely and we even got the chance to meet the adorable Jeremy and chat with my cousin Lori. Shelby and I headed back to Tucson on Monday and had Christmas morning together. Then we drove down to Sierra Vista. I spent the day with Morgan and we had a tasty Christmas dinner at the Firehouse with Spencer. By no means did we have a traditional Christmas but  I was able to spend time with my family and that is really all I need.

I spent New Years in Tucson and fed the missionaries. I cleaned, caught up on laundry, and spent some much needed time with friends (I am sort of a recluse when school is in session). I also spent a good portion of time celebrating the union of a couple of my besties. On Friday I made the 7 hour drive from Tucson to Phoenix- WHAT it takes that long to get to Phoenix. It shouldn't, but there is a lot that can be accomplished sitting in traffic for 5 hours- I painted my nails (the guys in the car next to me had a bong- sort of unnerving). Thankfully I had a big lunch with Morgan and Spencer beforehand so I wasn't starving when I finally arrived. We had a fun little sleepover and then got up early and got ready. I was able to attend the sealing of my friend which was really neat, I may have teared up a little. I spent the rest of the morning wishing I had different shoes and holding my bridesmaid's bouquet like a baseball bat.

I purposely did not set my alarm for church this morning and was a little late, the missionaries asked if they need to give me a wake up call to make sure I got there next week. I love my life and consider myself very lucky to be living it. I am almost always happy. My Wildcats are currently 14-0. I have homemade salsa in my refrigerator and a giant bag of chips. I still have to take down my Christmas/NYE tree but it will come in time. Arizona Baseball starts in 40 days. Life is Grand.