HaPPy NeW yEar

It feels so great to start another year. We can't believe how fast 2008 went by. Crazy. I am sure that this year will fly by too. We have become boring people here in Utah. I asked Matt what he wanted to do to bring in the New Year and he said WORK. Who works on New Years? We decided to stay home and celebrate with watching MoVIes and eating PopCorN from my new air popper! Sad to say we almost fell asleep before the New Year even came around. New YeARs day we headed for AmerIcaN FoRK canyon to take BerKLeY out for a nice hike in the snow. We hiked for about 2 hours and then headed for home. Hiking in the snow takes a lot out of you. We really enjoyed the day and are excited to what this year brings us. A few things we want to accomplish this year are: ScuBa DivInG certification, TroPicAl VacAtiOn, bUy a HouSe , tRaVel, teAch BeRklEy how to HunT, become morE fiT, Eat HeAlTHieR, grow SpirItuAlLy, and EnjOy evEryThinG iN liFe.

HiKinG on New YeArs DaY

So tHiS is ChrIsTmAs

ChristmaS FuN

We love ChrIstmas! We left in a blIzZarD for CalIfoRniA It was great to spend time with Family again for the Holidays. We enjoyed bonding with our little NephEw TyLeR who was super excited for Christmas this year. BeRkLey was super excited too. He even opened his own present from Matt's parents . We enjoyed a great trip to BalBoA IslAnd with Matt's family for the Annual BoAt ParAde. This year was the 100th AnNiveRsarY and very crowded. We took the FaIrY across which is always a treat. SunDaY before ChrIstMas we spent time with my family at the HoLmaNs for DinNer. It was great. We enjoyed lots of Holiday shopping for last minute gift ideas that needed to be completed. We even spent 2.5 hours in TiA PaN TradIng. I got a little loopy and tried on some cool ChristMas trees as HaTs. ChriStmAs eve was spent at GrandpA FawcEtT's house with our local cousins. It is great to keep the TradiTion up even though everyone can't come all the time. We spent the night at Matt's Parents house. Then ChristMas DaY was spent everywhere. BreaKfAst with MaTts family, brunch with My FamiLy, Lunch with MaTt's family and dInNeR with my FamiLy. CRazY is the only word that describes that day. We loVed every minute of it. The best part of ChriStmAs this year was at 7pM the pHoNe ranG and we were all able to talk with my LittLe BroTheR ElDEr FawcEtT who is in MongOliA. What a perfect ending to ChrIstmAs.

BerklEy aNd JoEY

oN the FAIrY

BeRks opeNiNg toYs

ThAnkSGivInG 2008

We just love TurKey day! FamIlY, fOoD, ThaNkfUl HeaRts, tRadItiOns, ShoPPiNg, FoOD. This year we were able to spend about 7 DaYs in SunNy SouThErN CalIfoRniA. It was GrEat. We loaded up the car with all our stUfF and BeRkLey and headed out of the cold state of UtAh for a WeEk of SUN and WaRmtH. Berkley did so well on the CaR ride he just slept in his kennel. what a GooD dOg!!! We are so lucky to have our parents only 5 BlOCks from each other which made it nice to be able to visit with everyone. We enjOyed 2 ThaNKsgiVing meals this year. First at RiLeY's FarM with my FamIlY and then in RedLaNds with MatT's faMiLy! Both meals were GreAt. ThaNkS so mUch eveRyoNe.

NeW AdDitIoN

Introducing BeRKleY the Lab to the FAmily

LoOk @ mE

He loVes TenniS Balls

The jOys oF a PupPy @ 5 am

CheWiNg

SleEp is grEat

Boo

MaTt & I had a super fun Halloween. We spent the evening handing out candy, watching scary movies, pie eatting contests and spending time with our best friends.

Matt as the Joker Nurse from The Black Night & Nicole as the Jokers Sidekick

The Girls

JamiE, NiCoLE, JaCKIe

Jack-O-Laterns

I LOVE FaLl especially now that we are living in Utah when we actually have a season to enjoy. I love driving up the canyons to see all the trees changing colors and leaves falling off. I love the unpredictable let it snow one day and then 75 degree next day weather. Most of all I love the Holidays that come with Fall. HaLLoWeeN, Thanksgiving and then of course Winter comes and we have Christmas.

We finally found time this past weekend to get into the Fall Spirit. We carved pumpkins, enjoyed an outdoor play "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow", cooked and ate pumpkin seeds, enjoyed fresh homemade pumpkin rolls and most off all enjoyed each others company. Our friends Cory and Jamie joined us at our house Friday night for a pumpkin carving adventure. It was lots of fun to use our creativity to carve some interesting Jack-O-Laterns.

21 !!! Here we come Vegas

Well, I finally turned 21 last week. Vegas here we come. Matt and I headed down to Vegas last Wednesday night to meet up with my Grandparents. They were so kind to let us use their timeshare for the 5 days we were in town. We had a lot of fun. The first night we met at my Uncle Sid's house and visited with the cousins a bit. They are all so big, one is even taller than me. Then we headed out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa. We ate at the Tenders Steakhouse inside the Luxor. It was a great dinner and a wonderful time to catch up with everyone. Finally at 12 am we made it to the timeshare. Matt and grandpa both felt lucky so at 12:30 the boys hit the casinos and they finally came home about 3am. us girls were already in bed. Grandpa was lucky he won $800 on slots, Matt not so lucky but he had fun. Thursday morning Grandma and grandpa headed back home to So Cal and Matt and I headed out to Las Vegas Blvd for some shopping, walking and to try our luck at the tables. Thursday night we went to Tournament of Kings, which was a lot of fun. Friday was a work day for Matt, he has lots to do and no matter were we go he always has appt with someone. I did some more shopping and then we met up with Brett and Bree. The boys went golfing while us girls shopped. Friday night Jamie and Cory came into town so we went out to dinner and then walked the strip. Lots to see on a Friday night. Saturday us girls enjoyed more shopping while the boys enjoyed the massage chairs they found at the mall. That night we headed to Mesquite were we stayed. We enjoyed swimming, gambling on cheaper tables, and a movie. Finally Sunday afternoon we headed back to reality and home. it was a great break but we are glad to be back into normal life.