Nicole, Ursula, Me and Mandy
January 2008: Dinner at Ursula's Apartment before she got married, left for Florida, and had a baby boy. This was a good night of cooking an Argentinian meal, stalking a boys house like a bunch of teenage girls and then watching a movie.
January 2008: The start of 2008's car repairs, Jaden and I at the repair shop before his first Jazz game at the Energy Solutions Arena wearing his Boozer jersey he got from Santa. After the game I caught him eating out of other fan's popcorn buckets that they had left I think he thought it was free.
February 2008: Sure Kym I'll go with you to look at Condo's for sale just for FUN! Escrow, Appraisal, Refinance, Seller Disclosure, Home Inspection??? What am I doing and I was just looking for fun, and did I learn all of these words in school?
Amy, Kym and I
March 2008: March bumped my dog sitting job to a new level. Besides watching Missy and Jim Tschabrun's dogs and cats, President and Sister Lattin asked me to be their dog sitter! Here is Muffin who is diabetic, old, and a very picky eater. You have to mix human food with her food so she will eat. I love the Lattin's and am grateful for the time in their home as well as the times spent together when I'm not dog sitting for them. I am so glad for their support!
March 21, 2008: Closing day and the most stressful day of my life! 40 pages with my signature and 30 years of giving my money away. Moved in the next day with load after load and my brothers and brother in-law saying they would never help me again because I had too much stuff. I remember thinking I hope I get good neighbors! The Shaw's next door moved in the same day but it was about 3 weeks later before we actually talked. Now we want to be each others neighbor forever! This is mine and the Shaw's front doors mid renovation aren't they gross? I'm on the right.
Mason and Brackston
April 19, 2008: One year since we lost our sweet Tanner and it's evident every day how much we still love him and miss him! In memory of Tanner I went with my good friend to the Salt Lake Temple and did a session and will continue it each year in honor of his memory.
May 2008: I left the singles ward for a family ward. After 12 years in a single's ward I didn't know what to expect. I went with the Shaw's and knew within 5 minutes that it was exactly where I was supposed to be. More opportunities for dog sitting this month for the Lattins and the Tschabrun's!
May 2008: My Friend Brandy's husband is a mountain bike racer and I was lucky to go with them to a race in Midway up by Heber. It was a beautiful day of sun, racing, and just getting out of the valley for a while. This is me and Brandy with only a small portion of the race behind us, the rest is up in the mountains so there are portions of the race that we did not see. It was a long race so we came back had naps and then went and saw "The Chronicles of Narnia 2" in the theater.
May 2008: May also brought my first opportunity in years to be of help at the Special Olympics in Provo. I was score keeping for T-ball all day and had a blast and a sunburn to follow. Here I am giving out a medal during the medals ceremony. They were so great to be around.
June 2008: Went with Amy and some other friends to an outdoor concert of Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband and it was nice til it got dark and then it was cold. Later that week I got free tickets to the LeeAnn Rhimes concert so Nicole and I were lucky enough to go downtown on a beautiful night and be at one of the best concerts at Abravanel Hall.
June 17, 2008 marked my 8 year Temple anniversary. Mom, Dad, Kizzi and I were able to go to a session in the Logan Temple that night.
June 2008: June brought another Bird Family reunion that doesn't come around very often. We went to a park in Hyde Park and ate and talked for hours. Here is Aunt Janice, Me, Kizzi, Brackston, Mom and Grandma Bird doing the old sitting down and talking.
July 2008: Aunt Maryann got us tickets for the Twin Falls Temple open house which gave Me, Mom, Dad, Richard, and April the perfect opportunity to head to Burley and stay with them. The Temple was beautiful and very different from the large ones. We had Loads of fun and didn't want the weekend to end. Saturday morning we drove outside of Burley to the ski resort and got to ride the ski lift to the top. It took a lot of bribery to get mom on it but we did. I took this from my seat in front of them but here she is with dad holding on for dear life. To not think about the ride she started knitting wash clothes! She takes her knitting everywhere!
24th of July weekend brought out Rebecca, dogsitting, staying with a lady named Eleanor till she could get back on her feet from falling, and fireworks at a mosquito infested park with bites later to prove it!
August 2008: More dog sitting for the Lattins and Tschabrun's, the start of a new school year, waiting for my first purchased bus and the announcement that Richard and April are getting married.
September 2008: Tony Grove Lake for Labor Day with all different weather, Sunshine, Rain and Yes SNOW! We woke up Labor day to find snow and most of the campers already packed up and heading out. We of course turned on the heat in the trailer and started taking pictures.
September 2008: By mid September the siding of our Condo's got finished and it started to look like we bought something good. My windows are on the second floor, and yes they have since added nicer lamps to the building and new landscaping. Best of all was the doors improved!
September 2008: Flowers for the wedding and many nights of little sleep to get them done in time for the wedding.
September 5th, Bridal Shower, September 6th Richards Endowment in the Manti Temple. Katelyn and I outside after the Endowment., Angie and Edward's rental vehicle was a suburban with a DVD player so of course all the kids and I had to ride in one vehicle with the movies. It was actually really fun. After the Endowment we took pictures and then ate at a little malt shop and I got to eat at the table with all the kids.
September 12, 2008: Richard & April's Wedding at the Salt Lake Temple. The original Bird's and April.
September 13, 2008: Richard & April's Wedding Reception in Orem. Here with my nieces helping me to model the cake I decorated.
September 2008: The passing of a very dear friend after a lifetime of struggles and never complaining left me to make sure that when I receive any kind of prompting to follow it and not ignore it!
October 2008: The loss of my locks to "Locks for Love" I haven't had this short of hair since the 11th grade so it will take a bit to get used to. Special Olympics in Salt Lake and judging Bocce Ball this time, and an even worse sunburn this time, even in October.
October 2008: Kym Amy and I love Walking at the Olympus High track and surrounding neighborhoods. In October it became our favorite Tuesday night activity to do together. After awhile we added other things with it so that we spent the whole night together. This is at Kym's house
before we set out to walk.
October 2008: Jaden turned 8 in September and was baptized in October. It gave the family another chance to all be together again. We ate pizza at Angie and Edwards after and Kizzi talked me into starting my blog. So without this day there wouldn't be my blog. With more dog sitting in October for the Tschabrun's 4 big dogs and 2 cats, I realized that this year has been full of dog sitting jobs , does this make me a professional?
Emily, Sarah, and Me
November 2008: Was the month for free tickets. I went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert at the E center with a great dinner and seats in a suite. Ballet Tickets to the "Tempest" which I was lucky enough to take Katelyn with me. New Kids on the Block but was too tired after the ballet to go. And the Bells on Temple Square concert which was really beautiful.
Thanksgiving 2008: At home in Cache Valley. Almost everyone came. We didn't get to see Mason and Aubrey. Here I am with Brackston wearing dad's old scouting hat he had when he was little he loved wearing it all Thanksgiving weekend til Jaden took it home.
Amy, Me and Kym
December 2008: Kym Amy and I celebrated my 31st Birthday at a little Mexican restaurant called Cafe Cancun. It is becoming our Birthday Traditions to eat out on each others birthdays and see a movie if a good one is playing.
Christmas 2008: After the first 3 weeks in December being a crazed hurry, I got to go home to Cache Valley for a week during Christmas. It was full of laziness, reading, movies, snowy days, throwing out my back, staying up way late with mom, shopping with mom, and reading books with Brackston which from the picture put him to sleep while we were sitting in the kid rocking chair.
Mandy, Nicole, Me, Kati, and Kristy
Nicole, Me and Kati
Mandy, Kati, Me, Kristy, and Nicole
Thanks to all my family and Friends for making 2008 memorable and starting out 2009 with the hopes of good things!
Hey girl! You don't seem to stop for one minute! Do you have a dog of your own? You'd be a great owner! That was so fun to read about the big events of last year. I can't imagine how long that took to put together! You did a great job! I love your hair! Long or short...you look great! Still liking your new condo? They are a good investment! Just think how nice it will be when you do taxes this year and can write off all that extra stuff because you bought that condo!!
ReplyDeleteI think that it was one of my favorite New Year's of all time....and I will remember it forever. We are so blessed. God works in mysterious ways-- and I find that it often ends up being so much more than I had ever imagined! :) Thanks for sharing so many good, fun times with me. I am so glad we're friends!
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