Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (a little late I know) and a Happy New Year (just in time). We had a great Christmas at my parents house, and have enjoyed the time off and the relaxation. Tori woke up around 7:00 AM, I had booby-trapped her door so I would wake up when she opened it (bells, tamborine, etc.) and I asked her if she thought Santa came. She said, "No, I don't think he came. But we will know for sure if all the cookies are gone that he did come." I thought that was pretty funny, no mention of all the toys she asked for, but if the cookies are gone, then he must have come! Kinda funny. Anyway, here are some nice pics of us that are recent and from Christmas Morning.

My love, for him

For those of you who don't know, I'm currently in Washington with my family. Brad is still in Utah working hard for our family, and will join me this coming Thursday (I can't wait). We've been apart since the beginning of this month, save last weekend for one full day.

Times like these, when Brad and I are apart, certainly make me appreciate my incredible husband much more than when I get to see him every day, especially in hard times when our future is unsure.

I just want to share with all of you who are reading this that I love my husband more than I ever thought I could love any one in my entire life. Our fairytale beginning is just the start of an incredible life long journey that I get to spend with my best friend in the universe, and what is even better is that I know without a doubt that we will have a happily ever after.

I've been able to reminisce as I've come back to Washington and I see all the places I went in high school and memories have just been filling my mind daily of childhood. I can hardly believe I'm three years away from 30. But I look at my life, and where I was born, and to what family, and to my husband, and even my children, and I know that I've been so grately blessed beyond any comprehension that I could have in this life. I look at the world today and find it so sad that so many people in this life don't feel the love for their spouse as I do, and on top of that, feel it back.

Words in the English Language, and any language on this earth, cannot fully and completely express the love that I feel for my husband.

If I could summarize the entire year into one sentence...

It would have to be the title of my blog, "What fun would life be if it wasn't changing every day?" When I think back on the year, I think of it in two sections. For the first six months of the year, we lived in the same house we had lived in for a year and a half, same ward, same job, everything was stable. Brad's job even seemed stable. We had just refinanced our home and were doing great, almost out of debt, and felt like everything was.... stable.

Then came the change. Brad's company was going through a merger and the merger fell through, it didn't happen. So the company went from 250 employees to 15. Remarkably, Brad was one of those 15. We felt so blessed. Two weeks later, after all the other employees got jobs around the area, Brad was also let go after they rearranged the job responsibilities and he no longer had any. They offered to let him do a different job for 30K a year and we said, "Um, no thank you." So we went to the temple. It's a long story, but we ended up selling our home, and relocating to Cedar City with the intent to move to Saint George in December.

Some opportunities came our way through the months and we ended up back in Utah County with Brad working with a group of investors and now good friends on building a Vinyl Fence Company. He is currently the Vice President.

I feel like this year has thrown us a bunch of turns and surprises and forks in the road, and for some reason, I don't feel like its over. We are waiting on a few things to happen in these next two weeks and I'm anxious to see what life, or the Lord for that matter, has in store for us.

I will comment on what I would like to experience and/or accomplish in 2008. Which I believe will be our most exciting year yet, besides the year that we got married, that was a really really fun year :)

I will go on my long awaited cruise
I will have another child (or twins, we'll see)
I will have a new, BEAUTIFUL home, that we will be in for the ENTIRE year
I would like to read an entire book from cover to cover. (besides the book of mormon)
My hair will stay long and be past my chest by the end of the year, a great accomplishment for me!
I will be a successful investor in the stock market, helping to support our family and contribute to our savings
I will be out of debt

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More Halloween Pics of the girls

Triaminic Grape Flavored Night Time Cough Meltaway Strips

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China Doll

So Tori is on a new "Chart System" where she puts up stickers for chores and "tick marks" for doing naughty things or disobeying. So she earned a baby doll. She wanted Amazing McKayla, but I didn't realize that a baby doll could cost $80.00!!! So sweet Victoria told me she could get a different doll because she didn't want to make me buy her something expensive. I about melted! So we found a GREAT doll that Tori says is "even better" than Amazing McKayla. This doll was a $7.88 special at Walmart with all the accessories that she has somehow managed to keep in a ziploc bag and not lose! It's a doctor one where she has measles and they disappear if you rub them. Anyway, so Tori is learning to read and she saw some letters on the doll. She started reading it and she comes to me and says, "Mommy, what does that say?" I helped her read it and said, "China." I kinda snickered. She said, "What does that mean?" I said, "Your baby is from China." And snickered again. She said, "WOW! All the way from China!" So today she went to play outside with a friend of hers that is our neighbor and she said, "Guess what?! My baby is from China!" I just thought it was so cute, its so AUTHENTIC! eheheh.