Christmas

I love Christmas time. I love spending time with the family, eating lots of yummy traditional food and just the feeling you get that comes with Christmas. I loved having Christmas on a sunday this year. It made church even more special and really brought out the true meaning of Christmas.Im grateful for the service that comes with Christmas and the lives that can be blessed with service from others. Im so grateful for everything that I am blessed with. Im grateful for my family and the joy it brings to have them in my life. This is the last and final Christmas with a missionary and I can't tell you how happy I am that its over!!! Next year we will finally all be together as a family :) LOVE YOU BO!!!

For Christmas this year I got a hot pink KitchenAid!!! I was so stoked!!! I have been wanting a KitchenAid forever and the hot pink is right up my alley!!! I also go yummy perfume. Camera/memory card adaptors for iPad ski pass, coat, and great stocking stuffers.

The Family all together for Christmas!!

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas!!!!!!!!!

Seattle

I went to Seattle to see my cousin, her husband and their 2 kids. It was so nice to get to visit and play with Carly and see baby Tyler. I hate that they live so far away but Im so grateful that I was able to visit and spend time together. We had a lot of fun going to the aquarium and seeing Christmas lights and doing fun christmas stuff. We even went to Kirks work christmas party (microsoft) it was amazing!!! I had so much fun!!!

Touching the Starfish

An Octopus!!! I have never seen one before!!

Coolest thing ever!!! I freaked!!

Lots of fish swimming above us

Seattle Aquarium

Christmas lights

more Christmas lights

Photobooth

Snowflake Lane Christmas Festivities!!!

Christmas with girlfriends!!!

Jenna and Brandon had an awesome ugly sweater christmas party at their house. Everyone came dressed up in their ugly sweaters!!! It was so much fun to see what everyone was wearing. Such a fun fun fun night!!!

Jenna, Kelsie, me and Alicia

Krisit, me and Felicia

All the Girls in their sweaters

Annual Santa Pictures : Me, Jorie, Alicia, Joy

Jenna, Santa and Meghan

Breaking Dawn

I love when a new Twilight movie comes out!!! This was the release of Breaking Dawn-part 1. We always hit up the midnight showing but this time we got tickets to an early showing (8:00 p.m.) it was so much fun to get to see it before it was released. I LOVED this movie!!! I think they did a really great job and they get better and better!! I can't wait for the final movie next year!!!

Me and Angie with our ticket stubs

Arches National Park

In November a group from my singles ward went to Arches National Park for a weekend get away. We went hiking and enjoyed yummy food and fun conversations around the campfire. Even though it was FREEZING camping in November we still managed to have a blast!!!

J took a really good picture!!

The group taking a break

Waiting for breakfast!! Yum!!

Hiking down a rock staircase

Sitting on top of sand dune arche

Me climbing down off the arche

Follow the leader... ha ha

Forget planking... owling is the new thing to do (even though I look like a monkey)

Sitting in Partition Arche

The group: Stacey, Kandi, Bobby

Dave, Emily, J and Me

China

A big group of my family went to China for 10 days. We had so much fun!! We ate yummy food, saw amazing sites and enjoyed some awesome shows. My favorite site was the great wall of china because I am obsessed with the 7 wonders of the world. My favorite city was Shanghai. Here are some pictures of things we did and saw... enjoy!!

The Forbidden City

Cousins by the giant lantern!! (national day decoration)

yes they really rate their bathrooms

The Great Wall of China!!!

Steep steps up one of the watch towers

The Birds Nest (2008 Olympics)

Rickshaw Rides!!! So fun and crazy!!

Me and Amy at the Summer Palace

A section of completed Warriors!!! Unbelievable...

This is the section they piece them back together

Love my Terracotta Warrior :)

My favorite meal!!! Dumplings... Yummy!!

"hanging" on the city wall in Xian

The Li River (on the 20)

Shops!!

Our whole Group

Cousins with the most beautiful scenery!!

Chinese Hats!!! Trying getting those suckers home :)

Reflexology... AMAZING!!

Pearl Tower glass bottom walkway

Me, Dad, Mom and Amy - the Bund

Me and Amy going down the river

stretching silk

Shopping in Shanghai

Yes... back room shopping gets addicting!!! I bought so much!!

Maglev Train- can go up to 360 miles per hour!!!

Me and Amys airport friends (there were 3 of them around the airport)

Im very blessed to be able to travel. I hope I can continue and see many amazing other parts of this world!!! Thats my goal!!!