Full of Memories... Here's to 2008

Since it's obviously the end of 2008 I thought I would do a little recap of events that have happened this year. Its been crazy! I know there is no way I can put everything that I happened this year into one blog but I thought I would try to do a little glimpse of 2008! I think I probably say this every year but I think a lot of life changing events have occured this year. I also feel like I was more aware of everything going on around me kinda soaking it in and really doing some deep thinking about it all.
Ok well I'm just going to start at the beginning of the year and obviously work my way to the end.
In Februrary my grandpa Parry passed away. This was my first grandparent to pass so I took it a little harsh. It also came as a shock because out of all my grandparents he was probably the healthiest. His health took a deathly toll in December of 07 when he tripped over a cord in his room and broke his leg. First a broken leg, then pnoemonia, then his body began shutting down. It all happened within a few weeks. My grandpa was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. He was so sweet, innocent, caring, thoughtful, and funny! Some of my favorite memories of my grandpa are that he shared my love of doughnuts especially apple fritters and whenever he knew we were coming to visit he would buy like five apple fritters just for me! He also loved apple beer (its not real beer). I remember one time we were having a get together and we were all talking and we asked my grandpa something and he didn't respond... his eyes were open and all but no response... finally someone yelled GRANDPA and he reaches down and picks his hearing aids up off the table and says what did someone say something? LOL Hillarious!
I love you Grandpa! You are greatly missed but I know that you are in a better place and that you are watching over all of us.

Next up... On June 6 I met the love of my life and best friend Ben Weber. For those who don't know how we met... read on. I have a friend Angela who's married to Luther who is Ben's brother. Angela and Luther invited me to go to a drive in with them and said it was just a bunch of friends hanging out. On the other side they invited Ben and told them they were setting him up on a date... So Luther and Angela come to pick me up and then say ok lets go get Ben. I'm like ok whatev... so I'm sitting in the truck and this handsome curly haired blonde guy gets in and sits next to me and this amazing aroma fills the truck so what do I say??? WOW you smell amazing and he says Hi my names Ben.... sigh!!! We totally hit it off we stayed out until about three in the morning and we were talking and laughing the entire time! (I swear Ang will vouge for me) I saw Ben the next day well actually a few hours later at a friends farewell and Ben got my number and well thats just the beginning.... Ben is so amazing! I honestly don't know what I would do without him. He has helped me become a better person. He loves me for all my craziness and I love him dearly. He is such a sweetheart, so patient, so thoughtful and caring. He is my world and my absolute favorite. He means everything to me. I love you Ben!

In July we had an open house for my brother who was getting married. They got married in Ohio so we had an open house in Utah so that everyone here could celebrate with them. It was a blast. We had it in our backyard and it was a party! It was so much fun! Instead of gifts people were just asked to give gift cards or money.... GENIUS! They made bank LOL no I"m serious they did!
In August Trevor (my bro) and Amy were married in Ohio! It was a beautiful amazing wedding! It was a Catholic wedding and I was in the wedding party. It was a whole new experience for me but it was really cool. My brother is so happy and we love our new family addition Amy :D After the ceremony there was a fabulous dinner and I had to get up and say a little somethin somethin and then it was PARTAY time! We were dancing until about midnight! What a blast!


From left to right: Morgan, Dad, Mom, Trevor, Amy, Karlie, Jason, Me


Morgan,Karlie and I been goofy at the wedding :D


These are the girls in the wedding party. Cute little flower girls and doesn't Amy look Fantastic! Simple and elegant! I love it!

This was not the only wedding of the year though! One of my really good friends Emily got married as well! I am so happy for her! I don't know the guy to well but he seems like a great guy and Emily is definitly happy! Her wedding was beautiful as well and so original and unique. She did wonders with the cultural hall at the church! FYI - Emily's wedding is the 5th wedding I have been a part of. I love being part of such a special day and I am greatful for the opppurtunity!)


These are all of the bridesmaids along with the mother of the bride... I don't know where Emily is in this picture:(
Emily's theme was totally retro and totally her!

Here is Emily with her new husband David! Isn't she beautiful?!

Well that about wraps up 2008. I definetly was not able to cover everything that would have been a whole book! 2008 was an amazing year though and I am so excited for whats to come in 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sledding!

Ben, Morgan, Cheyenne, and I have been wanting to go sledding for a while now but because of colds we haven't been able to :( Finally the day came and everyone was feeling well. So we bundled up and headed off for our adventure. We assumed that one of us had some sleds. None were to be found except broken ones so we thought no biggie we will go buy some new ones... NEWS FLASH: Christmas + Huge Snow storm = NO SLEDS!

Finally after calling different places we found some. They only had one kind left and they were the cheap plastic kind. But thats ok! So we headed to the golf course. There were tons of hills! Ben and I sat on a sled and started to take off... and then the sled slipped out from under us and we stopped! Same thing happened to Morgan and Cheyenne. The snow at this part of the course had not been patted down well yet.

So we headed to a different part and WE HAD A BLAST! We were zoomin down the hill, tipping over, knockin into people! Loved it! A snowboarder zoomed past my head while I was making a snow angel. His board went right over where my angel head was. If I hadn't of moved eye yi yi.

It was so much fun! I love sledding! I can't wait to go again! I can't manuever very well by myself but Ben and I make a great team we were flying down the hill!

Here's a pic of Morgan and I before we left to go sledding

Christmas ... and more...wink wink

Christmas was way fun this year! I kinda was a little behind on the whole presents thing but it all turned out well! I was wrapping presents five minutes before they opened them LOL I made Ben some PJ's for christmas... they are red and really soft :D I wish I had a picture I will try and get one. He kinda looks like Santa on a diet without a beard... you get the idea.

My cute grandma who has alzeihmers ( I can't spell it) had been asking to open her presents like a week before christmas and my grandpa kept telling her NO! Too cute! This is my grandma with her coat on that she got for christmas

Thanks to Morgan we got up early to open presents then we had a fun brunch at my house and played games and such until... the power went out. So then we went back to my grandparents house to watch a movie and eat some more. Then it was off to Ben's house. We watched a movie and spent some time with his fam.

Well that night we dropped off Ben's brother Mitch's friend. He lived just around the corner. Well as you all might remember there was a crazy snow storm that night. Well we decided that we would be fine taking my car instead of Ben's dad's truck... NOT! We got stuck in a ditch. After working on it for about an hour with Ben's dad and brothers we decided to just leave it for the night. As we are pulling out a tow truck comes up and says he needs to do his good deed for the year so... he pulled my car out! So then we get going and we turn a corner, Ben's driving, and we start sliding and Ben has it under control and then my car slowly drifts again and into a car in the right turning lane. So we get out and the guy gets out and is all eff this blah blah blah.. I was like ok enough it's christmas take a chill pill. He wouldn't call the police blah blah blah... he was a wierdo. Anyways... this whole time Ben's house is literally like five houses away. Suck a duck ya know what I'm sayin! So finally the police man come's and he gave no on a ticket thank goodness so its no ones fault. oh and get this... the guy that we hit said it was a rental car and he didn't have insurance on it..... wow.... wow wow.

Anyways... so now my car has a crack on its taillight cover which will cost about $200 to replace...eye yi yi.

But I did have a fabulous Christmas needless to say! It was so much with Ben! He is so amazing! I love it! I wish the rest of my family could have been here but I enjoyed the ones who were here!Here is a photo my mom had us take for our christmas card .... and the one below it is mine and ben's that we wanted to put on a card but ran out of time :D

When one door closes another one opens... bigger and better :)

So as of monday I lost my job. Yes I was another victim to this stupid economy goodness going on lately. They gave me no notice no nothing and then they wouldn't pay me for last week but I won that battle! :D Dont mess! Luckily I was planning on leaving this job anyways so for the past month or so I have been applying at all sorts of places.
Right after I get off the phone aruging with some stupid lady about what hours I worked I'm crying to Ben (bless his heart) and my phone rings and it's Discover Card asking me for an interview! So after five hours at discover card...lots of papers, drug test, follwing people finger prints, and picture for a badge I was hired!!! YAY! I start on January 12, 2009! I will be working in the mornings. Medical and dental benfits start the first day along with 90% tuition reimbursement! YAY! So I'm really excited!
Unfortunately Ben is still stuck in his crappy job so we are working on getting him something new :) I hope soon. He's amazing though so I am sure he will get an amazing job :D And no matter what I love him dearly.
So for the next 3 weeks I'm doing the home thing and just getting lots of nick nackish stuff done. Trying to save money not spend a lot even though its the holidays! So thanks to BEN for all his support as well as my fam!

Neglecting my blog....

Yes I'm still alive and have A TON of things to write about but literally NO TIME! I'm going a million miles a minute from 6 am on! Hopefull this weekend I will have some time to give you all a jumble of an update and fun stories... Birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, DC, Weddings, Lava Hot Springs and so on!