Today is the last day of 2013. I took down my 2013 calendar today, and put up my newly schedule-updated 2014 calendar. As I was flipping through the old calendar, I thought- hey! I could do a recap of the whole year's events with this thing! A lot of people send out a newsletter at Christmas recapping all the years big events, so I suppose this is mine.
-We started out the new year at Andrew's parent's house with a party and some hot tubbing.
-I started my new cleaning schedule that I still stick to today. (Mondays: dusting, Tuesdays: laundry, Wed: bathrooms, Thur: floors, Fri: basement)
-We went tubing at soldier hollow with VoNique, Jared, Venicia, Spencer, Kevin, JaNel, Paul, and Mariam (Sp?)
-We went to St. George/Zion's national park with the Titensors.
-I started keeping track of my cycles (yup, marked it right there on the calendar!)
-We had our 6th anniversary which we celebrated in Moab when I, Laura, Dad, and Vince O. ran the Moab Half Marathon.
-My Grandma Ann got married to Elwood Clark
-We went to a session down town for General Conference in April.
-We took Malcolm to Physical Therapy to see why he wasn't walking yet. The answer: he just didn't want to.
-I went to Vegas for 4 days with my Mom and Sister and our kiddos. Where we learned that single parenting bites. :)
-The Hibberts came and camped out in our front yard in their RV for a few days and stayed for a week.
-We went to Bridget's Ice Skating recital
-Denali turned 1, and had a lemonade party.
-We went to City of Rocks with my family and did a little rock climbing. (Malcolm had been walking by then.)
-We went to the Scottish Festival.
-I went to girls camp right in the middle of when Ryan's parents were in town and we all went to the big Green Reunion. Also while I was at Girl's Camp, we gained a new neice. Ryan's sister gave birth to Soleil while her parents were down here with us!
-We went to my Grandma's annual 4th of july party, and the next day we went to Joes Crabshack, where the infamous post-night shift Ashley quote of, "We should hang out less" came from.
-My cousin Karina got married, and we all went to her reception and then of to Lava where we announced to my family that we were expecting baby #2!
-Malcolm turned 2 and we had a fire truck themed party.
-Laura, Andrew, and Denali moved in and stayed for 6 months.
-I became a charge nurse.
-We had dinner with all my old highschool girlfriends.
-We camped out with the titensors and the ovensons in the Uintas and spent lots of time fishing. Oh and drove all the way home when Malcolm wouldn't sleep.
-We had a week long vacation camping in Yellowstone with my family. We celebrated Ryan's birthday while there.
-We went to the state fair with the Titensors and Jordan and Kell.
-Ryan bought a motorcycle, and took motorcycle classes to get his license.
-Brenna had our new little nephew, Asher. My friend Mara, had her first little girl, Gracie.
-We went to the octoberfest and Ryan and Mal rode the Alpine Slide. We also watched the BYU/U of U football game. And Bronco didn't shake hands with Kyle Whittingham afterward, and BYU fans threw stuff at the refs when they left.
-We went to some jazz games and had some game nights with family.
-Ryan started singing with the Utah Voices Choir.
-We went to the Vandenberg Halloween party, and Malcolm was the cutest hobbit ever.
-We enrolled Malcolm in 6 weeks of swim lessons, which he ended up loving. (We still need to get back in the pool to remind him of his "skills")
-We went to a murder mystery dinner thrown by VeNicia and Spencer, where we laughed--a LOT.
-My Grandma Irene died from ovarian cancer.
-We had thanksgiving at my Grandma McAllister's house.
-Ryan sang with the Utah Voices, and I missed the concert because I had to work. :(
-Grandma Ann fell down her garage stairs a week before Christmas and remains in the ICU at Mckay Dee with a bad head injury. Hopefully good news will come of that in the coming new year.
-We had many a fun Christmas party, including a surprise party for Ryan's friend Sean who was visiting from Boston.
-We celebrated Christmas, after I worked a night shift. It was a pretty low-key day. We had so much fun watching Malcolm open his presents and play with his new things. And I would do something, then nap, then do another thing, then nap, then do something else, then nap. It was fun.
Now we look on to the next year full of much more fun. For one thing, we're gonna have a baby! Ack! and it's a girl! We hope to make it to Alaska for a visit, too. I'm sure we'll camp out some more, and have many more adventures. Here's to a great year and a great future!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The December Busies
Since I posted on Thanksgiving, the holidays have been in full swing! We've been a busy bunch. I can't even remember all the stuff we've been up to. I've tried to keep track though, so I can record it. 2013 is sure headed out with a bang!
First of all, I've been really busy myself picking up extra shifts. Because of some sick calls and vacation time, I got an email letting me know my benefits eligible hours were low and that if I didn't bring them up I could lost my benefits at the end of this quarter. Ack! There's a baby due in February, NOT a good time to lose my insurance! I spent about 3 weeks at about full time. I was beat! Then I got the paychecks... Whew! I should always pick up shifts just before Christmas! :)
Between extra shifts, we also made it out to some fun stuff. Allow me to look at my phone's notepad where I keep a log of stuff "to blog".
There was about a week, that every afternoon Mal and I were battling the lines at retail stores. I went to Costco, seriously, 4 days in a row. Ugh! I did the majority of my Christmas shopping online, but there's always something else. I'm pleased to say that I'm done! Holla!
Early in the month, we went for one of our favorite traditions of eating sushi and visiting Temple Square with Mary and Vince and Mara and Jae. Unfortunately, the Horrocks' didn't make it last minute, and we missed them. The night was freeeeeeezing, but we still managed to have fun. We brought along Malcomolm, (we usually leave him home for this one) and he provided a very slow light looking pace. Plus plenty of distractions we often forget about as adults. (Stepping in the snow, brushing all the snow off the planter edges, touching the lights, running down ramps!) We're glad our friends, the Oveson's, came up with such a fun tradition.
This last weekend brought a full Saturday. Laura threw me a baby "sprinkle" in the morning. It was so fun to see all the ladies from both Ryan and I's families and some friends too. They all gave me such great gifts, and though I still feel a little silly having a shower for a second baby (though I'm totally good with throwing them and going to them for other people), I feel so relieved having something to put this little girl into that's not covered in footballs and things. :) It was such a blessing. (Thanks Laura!)
That afternoon, I finally got my hair cut. I say finally, because I needed one so bad! My last hair cuts were compliments of myself, and then I let it grow and grow and it was just... not nice anymore. I ended up taking a recommendation from my Uncle, Tom, and while I was there, I saw his wife, Jana and cousin Hailey. Hailey was getting her hair done for a dance later that night. It's fun to run into people not in a family party setting. With so many people at a party it's hard to really talk to anyone.
That evening, we headed down to Provo and went to a combined birthday party for Jared and VoNique. They have birthdays that are right near Christmas and it's hard to fit in yet another thing, so they tend to throw a combo party earlier in the month. It was fun! They had everyone come to the Provo Rec center for wally ball, basketball, and swimming. I participated in the swimming only. Afterward, we went back to their house for games and food. It was so fun! We were Malcolmless, as he was having a sleepover + adventure time with grandma and grandpa and all the cousins that weekend.
The next day we had our annual tradition of a "Scrooge night" at my parent's house. We did fondue this year though, sort of as a remembering Hibby thing. Usually we have food that goes along with the parts of the movie. Though over tired grandkids had to leave early, we managed to stay through the whole evening and enjoyed ourselves completely.
I think that's a fairly complete recap of our lives these last couple of weeks. I'll try to keep up with my blog with all the soon to come parties and fun and Christmas!
First of all, I've been really busy myself picking up extra shifts. Because of some sick calls and vacation time, I got an email letting me know my benefits eligible hours were low and that if I didn't bring them up I could lost my benefits at the end of this quarter. Ack! There's a baby due in February, NOT a good time to lose my insurance! I spent about 3 weeks at about full time. I was beat! Then I got the paychecks... Whew! I should always pick up shifts just before Christmas! :)
Between extra shifts, we also made it out to some fun stuff. Allow me to look at my phone's notepad where I keep a log of stuff "to blog".
There was about a week, that every afternoon Mal and I were battling the lines at retail stores. I went to Costco, seriously, 4 days in a row. Ugh! I did the majority of my Christmas shopping online, but there's always something else. I'm pleased to say that I'm done! Holla!
Early in the month, we went for one of our favorite traditions of eating sushi and visiting Temple Square with Mary and Vince and Mara and Jae. Unfortunately, the Horrocks' didn't make it last minute, and we missed them. The night was freeeeeeezing, but we still managed to have fun. We brought along Malcomolm, (we usually leave him home for this one) and he provided a very slow light looking pace. Plus plenty of distractions we often forget about as adults. (Stepping in the snow, brushing all the snow off the planter edges, touching the lights, running down ramps!) We're glad our friends, the Oveson's, came up with such a fun tradition.
This last weekend brought a full Saturday. Laura threw me a baby "sprinkle" in the morning. It was so fun to see all the ladies from both Ryan and I's families and some friends too. They all gave me such great gifts, and though I still feel a little silly having a shower for a second baby (though I'm totally good with throwing them and going to them for other people), I feel so relieved having something to put this little girl into that's not covered in footballs and things. :) It was such a blessing. (Thanks Laura!)
That afternoon, I finally got my hair cut. I say finally, because I needed one so bad! My last hair cuts were compliments of myself, and then I let it grow and grow and it was just... not nice anymore. I ended up taking a recommendation from my Uncle, Tom, and while I was there, I saw his wife, Jana and cousin Hailey. Hailey was getting her hair done for a dance later that night. It's fun to run into people not in a family party setting. With so many people at a party it's hard to really talk to anyone.
That evening, we headed down to Provo and went to a combined birthday party for Jared and VoNique. They have birthdays that are right near Christmas and it's hard to fit in yet another thing, so they tend to throw a combo party earlier in the month. It was fun! They had everyone come to the Provo Rec center for wally ball, basketball, and swimming. I participated in the swimming only. Afterward, we went back to their house for games and food. It was so fun! We were Malcolmless, as he was having a sleepover + adventure time with grandma and grandpa and all the cousins that weekend.
The next day we had our annual tradition of a "Scrooge night" at my parent's house. We did fondue this year though, sort of as a remembering Hibby thing. Usually we have food that goes along with the parts of the movie. Though over tired grandkids had to leave early, we managed to stay through the whole evening and enjoyed ourselves completely.
I think that's a fairly complete recap of our lives these last couple of weeks. I'll try to keep up with my blog with all the soon to come parties and fun and Christmas!
Feeling Christmassy
It's 8 days until Christmas. I've wrapped presents. We've visited Temple Square, driven through Christmas lights, watched Christmas movies, sang all the carols... Yet I've felt like that "Christmas feeling" just wasn't there.
Until today. Today, I put on some Christmas music, and made Gingerbread cookies. It's not even something that's a tradition. I've made gingerbread at total of maybe 2 times in my life. It just sounded yummy. It totally did the trick! There I was, with Malcolm, punching out cookies and listening to the music and it hit me. Ahhh.... Christmas time.
Mal had a good time too. He ate so much dough! I never expected him to like gingerbread so much. He snarffed a TON of dough! Then licked the frosting off the beaters and frosted his own cookie which he ate completely gone in like 5 seconds. He loved the sprinkles!
The gingerbread hit the spot and made the whole house smell like Christmas.
Until today. Today, I put on some Christmas music, and made Gingerbread cookies. It's not even something that's a tradition. I've made gingerbread at total of maybe 2 times in my life. It just sounded yummy. It totally did the trick! There I was, with Malcolm, punching out cookies and listening to the music and it hit me. Ahhh.... Christmas time.
Mal had a good time too. He ate so much dough! I never expected him to like gingerbread so much. He snarffed a TON of dough! Then licked the frosting off the beaters and frosted his own cookie which he ate completely gone in like 5 seconds. He loved the sprinkles!
The gingerbread hit the spot and made the whole house smell like Christmas.
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| Showing off his cookie cutter. (Notice the cookie dough smear on his face already.) |
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| Our completed project. A little combo of gingerbread and sugar cookies. They were delicious. I might have eaten 3 or more... |
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