12.31.2011

.. 2011 at a glance or a stare ..

well as tradition here is a recap of this year. oh boy was it a year. 

. january .

we hit up a jazz game. pretty much ruled, we got to eat in the VIP room and get unlimited snacks. it was awesome.



. february .

i found out i had TOS {thoracic outlet syndrome} and went through a battery of tests to determine i had a extra baby rib in there. scheduled surgery for august. yep august was the first opening. shoot me. and cody applied for graduation!



. march .

i convinced cody to get a new puppy. we flew to oklahoma to pick up the little pup who was a champ on the plane. he went through about 10 names until we landed on jet. 



. april . 

cody finally graduated {sort of. he walked and still had a class to finish off}. it was a party. and he applied for a job with the air national guard. he did get an interview which apparently is a pretty hard thing to do your first try but was turned down only because his one test score was 4 points lower than the other candidate. 



. may . 

i started to eat healthier and getting my butt kicked weekly , 3x to be exact by my personal trainer. who has successfully tightened me up and helped me loose quite a few pounds. cody still worked hard at school and i just worked. 



. june . 

while working hard cody gave himself a hernia. oh boy. we scheduled surgery for the last day in june so he could have the 4th of july weekend to recover. 



. july . 

our days were filled with work and then taking jet on walks all over provo to enjoy the summer. we also started working out plans for our cruise. it is going to rock.



. august .

we went on a 7 day cruise to the south caribbean and it wast the BOMB. i loved every minute of it, minus being sea sick the first night. i had that baby rib removed just 4 days before my birthday. had my 27th birthday, drugged while laying in the lazy boy and watching football and movies, might have been one of the best birthdays ever. 



. september . 

we decided to get jet fixed after a slightly embarrassing BBQ at cody's house when he proceeded to hump our 6 year old cousin. yep embarrassing. so he got the chop. he did great and was back to himself that night.



. october .

cody went to memphis for a week and got to see the millions of packages, miles of conveyor belts and hundreds of planes in operation at the FEDEX headquarters. he also got to fly in the $8,000 an hour simulator to paris. he was smitten. we also went to thriller, annual tradition. 



. november .

cody went to SEMA, the largest car show in the world held in las vegas every november. he loved it, every minute of it. we got to watch one of cody's brothers get sealed to his sweetheart in the SLC temple, it was a treat. we celebrated 6 years of being 'stuck' together, and cody's 28th birthday.. geez oldy pants. i had my two wisdom teeth pulled. it was smooth, minus the cracking noises. i was healed up in three days and no swelling. we had thanksgiving, great food. and prepped for christmas



. december . 

we got ready for christmas. i helped my mom recover from a knee replacement that happened the middle of november.  jet got to see snow, it is a love / hate relationship. he loves the fluffy stuff hates the slush. he is kind of a pris. oh well we love him.




happy 2011 to you! hope yours was as good as ours!

12.07.2011

.. helping a cause, a surrogate santa if you will ..

alright, so it is the season of giving you all.. and so i am going to give you another opportunity to help if you so choose. i think it is a great cause and could be super rewarding if you put in the effort.

my youngest brother j* is prepping his eagle project. he has decided to do a 'sub4santa' if you will. we are calling it 'surrogate santa'. we are trying to provide a christmas for multiple families that are in need of gifts and clothing. so if you have some spare change or wanna buy some clothes for those who need then this is the place for you. 

we are collecting stuff until the 20th of December and hope to have things dropped off that week to the families. so if you click here it will take you to the blog with all the info on it that you would need. or you can go to www.surrogatesanta.blogspot.com. and even if you can't help out, spread the word to those who might be able to help. remember every penny helps!

thanks peeps!!


happy holidays!!