Christmas gone, New Year around the corner

So with Christmas over and the New Year just days away I have been thinking a lot about what will be next in my life.  So as I have been pondering and praying I have decided a couple of things. 

Goal #1
My first goal for 2010 is to start working out and lose all of this extra weight I have put on.  I really do want to get married one day and think I need to make myself look more appealing to the opposite sex.  So hopefully I can have the motivation to do good and work hard and lose a lot of weight.

Goal #2
After lots of encouraging from a couple of friends and talking with my Dad and Branch President I have decided to start Temple Prep in January.  So hopefully I will be able to go through the temple and recieve my endowments in February!!  I am very excited for this step in my life and can't wait to start!! 

Now that I have set a couple of goals I hope that I can achieve them.  You will all have to help keep me on track and do my best!!!!

December is busy, busy, busy. . . .

So the past month has been extremely busy around our house, but I love it!!!!  Thanksgiving was good, we ate dinner at Grandma Burgeners house, had dessert at Aunt Melanies, and went home to watch the traditional Christmas Vacation.  We also put up all of Grandma's Christmas decorations while at her house as well.  But as soon as we were done eating me, Lisa, and Kari all went in the livingroom and layed down and fell asleep.  Needless to say we got out of doing the dishes this way :) lol

Our family also had a pleasant surprise when Kari got a call from Mike Rose (he is our pretend brother, served his mission here and we got really close) saying that he and his family were here and wanted to come see us.  So Mike, Melinda, and Ethan came over on the Monday after Thanksgiving and stayed at our house all evening.  It was so good to see them and talk to them, plus to meet little Ethan, who we have never seen.  Plus we found out that they are expecting baby #2, YAY!!!!

This is cute little Ethan!!!  We had a blast playing with him and watching him dance.

The other GREAT part of Thanksgiving was the fact that both my cousins that live in Hawaii came up.  It was so nice to see Beth and Jess and David and Amanda.  I think that the last time I saw Beth was before she moved to Hawaii, and it was so nice to see her kids.  I can't believe how big they are.  It was also nice to see David and Amanda and their children.  They are also getting so big I can't believe it.  Amanda is awesome and told me that I should come hang out with her and the kids while David is out serving in the Navy for 5 months.  I am seriously considering doing just that.  If I can afford the airplane ticket, I just might go to Hawaii.  Why not right?

So anyhow, Thanksgiving was great and we got to see a ton of family and catch up with them and I loved every minute of it.  And now the preparations for Christmas are done, and it is well into the party season.  My sisters and I had a party this past Saturday with a bunch of our friends and had a blast.  And this week is going to be a lot of fun too.  We always go to the Voice Male Christmas concert, it is our families tradition, so we are doing that this Thursday.  Plus I have the YSA Christmas Party on Saturday and the Johnson family Christmas party on Sunday.  I love the party season, lots of good food, fun, and visiting with those that I love.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!

Thanksgiving. . .

As the Thanksgiving holiday has been rapidly approaching I have been spending a lot of time thinking about those things that I am greatful for.  Those of us who live here in America have a lot to be thankful for, our country is VERY blessed and I am so greatful to be living here and for the freedoms that we have.  I am also very greatful for my wonderful loving family, they are everything to me and I love that we spend so much time together.  I love my family with all of my heart and I am very excited to spend the Holiday weekend with them.

I am also very thankful for great friends that care about me.  I have had a blast over the last couple of months hanging out with my many friends, going to movies, going to Disneyland, and doing all sorts of random activities.  I am greatful for a warm home to live in, for a car to get me to and from work, for my job, for the opportunity we have to get an education.  And the list goes on and on. . . .

Anyhow, I hope that everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving and can find several things that they are thankful for!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!

First Go at Blogging

So I have to do a research project for work about social media. In doing the research thus far and talking with one of my co-workers I have decided to give this a shot. I don't really know what I am going to write about, but we will see how it goes. . . . .

For those who don't know I did go to Disneyland in October with one of my very best friends, Hilary. Here are a some pictures of our wonderful adventure in the Magic Kingdom.

And for anyone who wants a good laugh, we were supposed to fly home early Saturday morning on the 24th and we both slept through our alarms and missed our flight, so we ended up spending an extra day in California, it was a blast!!