Valentines has come and gone, again! I have to say it was pretty lame around here. I made some chocolate chip cookies for Jared and got some nice Valentines from the kids in my class. We are going to go to dinner one of these nights, just hasn't happened yet.
Maren had her pictures taken last weekend. I am just waiting on the cd to come so I can post some. I know they will be really cute! Only a few more months and Maren will be a year old! Where has the time gone??
Not much else happening now. We are looking for somewhere else to move in April. There is a house in our old neighborhood that could be a possibility, which I would LOVE! We just need to check into it a little bit more.

A girl I grew up with lost her 20 month old son in his sleep the other night. It really makes you stop and think about life. I am so grateful to know what I know, that we will live together as a family again after we leave this life. It would be so devastating to loss someone and not have that knowledge. I don't know how anyone can cope with the loss of their own child, I hope I never have to experience that! It makes me stop and think about the plan of salvation and realize how truly blessed I am to have that in my life. My heart goes out to this friend and her family, may the spirit of the Lord be with them at this time.

I'm not super happy with my neighborhood, we have been here 8 months and know about 3 friendly people. We will move in April and hopefully that will change. I just miss my old neighbors!

The show The Bachelor - hooks me every time! Michelle from Utah is super annoying and I hope he doesn't keep her long.

My all time favorite reality show is "Big Brother"- love summers because of it!

If Maren doesn't get a nap she is cranky! Night time especially- so nap time is great around here.

I am ready for the snow to be through and it's only January.

I need a good book to read- something that will really hook me. I have tried a lot of the books from my old wards book club and the last one I really liked was "The Help". Any suggestions?

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was fun with Maren. We went out to breakfast on Christmas Eve to One Man Band. That night we had our party at Jared's parents house. That is always fun, and tons of food. We opened some of our presents that night.

Christmas morning we opened presents at home - Jared bought me tickets to go see "Back from the Future" at Desert Star Theatre in January. My Mom and Joe got tickets from his kids for Christmas so they decided they will go with us. It will be a fun night. Anyway- after we opened our presents we went to Jared's parents for breakfast and more presents. Afterwards we headed to my Grandparents house for presents. I made my Grandma a calendar with all of the grand kids in it. I think she loved it!

Then we went to my Mom and Joe's for more presents and dinner. It was fun to see what everyone got. Jared got money so he decided to buy a new camera- pretty little and nice! Overall we had a good year, Maren was spoiled with lots of toys and clothes! It was a fun year with her, we are so blessed to have her in our lives.

THE DIGITAL STORY OF THE NATIVITY

Loved it so I had to share! Merry Christmas everyone!

Just busy getting ready for Christmas. We are excited that Jared's sister and her family are coming this year. It will be fun for Maren to have her first Christmas even though she will have no idea what is going on. I have 3 more days of work this week and then 2 weeks off for Christmas break!