Hi, Merry Chirstmas and a Happy New Year :)

  I hope everyone is having a great December, I know I am :)  In November, a cat was abandoned near my house and my mom and I decided to take her in and we made it official in the beginning of December by buying her a collar.  Her name is Maggie, she is such a great cat and loves me and my mom very much and vice versa.  This Christmas we decided to do something different and we bought a really pretty Christmas plant, not sure what it's called though and we still have more decorating to do.  My mom got me a 24 Chocolate Days Til Christmas, it's so yummy and anything with chocolate makes it even more better.  Yesterday I went to the Temple with my church for our FHE to see the lights.  Every year the church members go and decorate the Temple in lights and it was so beautiful, they did an amazing job.  I love always going to the Temple and feeling the Spirit that is there on the grounds.  For Christmas this year my mom and I are going to Lyle and Rose's again, I am always so thankful that they invited us into their family.  May everyone have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year and may we remember the true meaning of Christmas :)
   Christmas morning:  My mom and I tried to keep it simple this Christmas because of our trip back in September.  I surprised my mom with a picture frame with pictures that my Aunt sent of of Matt's recent visit to England in May, and I got her a few a her favorite cookies.  I was very happy with the way the frame turned out and she was very surprised and happy. I did very well myself :) I got a Hunger Games 2013 Calendar, Pretty Little Liars season 2, and other goodies such as chocolate from my mom.  From Betty, my mom gave her a list I had made up and she got me a few things off of it, The Snow White and the Huntsman DVD, Insurgent (the second book following Divergent book) and a few other goodies from my mom's friends. I am a very lucky girl and feel very blessed.  Maggie got some stuff too, my mom and I got her her own food bowl and Betty got her some Advantage flee stuff.  Maggie is becoming more comfortable in the house and is now beginning to lay and sleep on our beds, this is becoming more her home every day.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Breaking Dawn Pt2"

  I just got back from watching the latest and final Twilight movie with Kimberly, and it was great.  I had been looking forward to seeing a few things in the movie: Meeting the new vampires and seeing their powers, Bella as a vampire her playing the protective role as a mother, and her arm wrestling with Emmett, and of course meeting sweet Renesmee, she was so cute.  This movie was the best one out of the four and I cannot believe that it is the last one.  I like watching the family moments especially the ones with Edward and Renesmee.  I loved the 'battle scene' and all the fighting, but it was sad when I saw characters I loved die but since it was a vision from Alice I felt a little better.  I loved the ending with Alice's (I love her, she's my favorite character) vision that everything was going to turn out the way everyone wanted.  The ending was very special and I got a little teary eyed and I like the way they payed tribute to everyone who where in the four movies.  Thanks for a great ending to the series.

 Kimberly is really excited for this movie to come out

We're Back

  Well, as you can tell we are back.  We had such an amazing time and I was so sad to leave, but I got what I wanted out the trip some cool weather, peace and quite, and some amazing memories.  Sorry again we have had some problems with the computer again and now that it's fixed I can finally get some pictures up :)  It will take a while but I promise they will be up.  I got to have my birthday dinner with my church friends and had a good time with them.  I am so grateful that they were able to make it.

 

Family Fun

  This evening the whole family came by for dinner, it was my birthday dinner and it was a great night.  For dinner my Aunt made me a lamb dinner with all the fixings and it was very delicious.  While dinner was being prepared we took some family photos as they came around and they turned out great.  The starter was prawn cocktail and smoked salmon, main was lamb, followed by a birthday cake, and last cheese and biscuits.  It was all very good and it was really sweet of my Aunt to prepare such a nice meal.  We spent the rest of the night talking and playing games and it was really crazy here as it always is but it was a fun crazy.  I have such an amazing family and I wish at times that I lived closer to them, I miss them a lot.  But every time we get together it is a lot of fun and I had such an amazing day.

 My Aunty Sheila and My Mom

 Me and My Mom

 My Uncle Dave, Me, My Mom, and Aunty Sheila

 Me and My Aunty Sheila

 Kimberly and Me

 My Uncle Dave and My Aunty Sheila

 Megan and Me

 Steve, Me, and Pete (My Cousins)

 Megan and her Daddy (Steve)

 Megan, Steve, and Nina

 Steve just being Steve :)

Clovelly

  Yesterday was a very early morning for us as we embarked on a three hour journey to Clovelly.  My Aunt sent us a post card one time of the village and it was so beautiful I wanted to go.  When we got there it was very beautiful with streets of cobble stone with houses and gift shops.  We started to ascend down the steep cobble stone streets to the bottom and took a walk along the coast line looking out into the Atlantic Ocean.  We made our way into a tiny pub to get a bit to eat and I was able to get my bangers and mash, it was very good.  With our belly's full of delicious food we made our way back up the street with making some stops in the shops so we wouldn't get too tired.  As we got to the halfway point they wanted to stop but I keep on doing cause at the halfway point they had donkeys and I wanted to see them.  It felt like forever to get to the top but it was a very nice view, when we got to the top we looked around in the big gift shop.  We rewarded ourselves for our hard work that day by going to the Hoops Inn for a cream tea which was very good, it's scones with jam and clotted cream.  I had such and amazing time and today the whole family is coming over for dinner so it is going to be another good day.