Angels Forever: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Well Like most people, I took a moment or two to look back on this year. But I kinda went beyond that. It seems as if it were just last summer that I was graduating form beauty school and high school and moving out into the big world. But then I quickly realized that It has been three years since I graduated, I've done a lot the past three years.

I've lived the college life of staying up all hours of the night, then sleeping in all day.

I've been to Florida (Disney World) 2 years in a row. the first year I was there with my nanny family, and met Alex 2 days before, he told me that disney world is where he wanted to go on his honeymoon if he ever got married, and a year later we went there for our honeymoon!!!

I was a nanny in Connecticut for 2 years.

Took care of a diabetic kid...one of the hardest challenges I have been faced with. Counting Carbs on EVERYTHING that enter his mouth, keeping the blood sugar between 90-120, testing blood sugar every 2-3 hours, dealing with crazy mood swings.

I spent almost everyday of the summer playing at the beach, or on a boat in the lake behind our house. Kayaking, cannoning, tubing, and I tried to learn to water ski but didn't succeed!!!

I over came my fear of eating sea food.

I turned the BIG 21!!!!!

I rode on the back of Alex's motorcycles all summer long.

Alex proposed on Easter Sunday at the waterfalls in P.A.

I've gone to see the Broadway show Wicked in NYC twice.

Learned how to cook and present healthy delicious meals from scratch.

I cooked my own meal at a very expensive restaurant when I offered to take Alex on a date and conveintlly left my wallet at home. (The Melting Pot)

I am really proud to say that I have maintained my 106 pounds that I have been since I was 16 years old.

I have hiked to the top of Bear Mountain.

Successfully Potty Trained a 2 year old with very little help.

I planned the wedding/reception of my dreams.

I've blown money to be pampered in a Salon to my hearts desire.

Spent hours sitting on the dirty streets of NYC to watch the 4th of July fireworks.

This is the year that Alex and I got married and sealed as an eternal family!!!

These are just a few of the great things that I have accomplished in my life over the past three years. I feel so blessed with the events that have entered in my life, I have done some very hard things in my life and wanted to quit at times, but I am so grateful for the people in my life that kept pushing me to keep going, and the great support I have always had. I know I will continue to have hard things thrown at me, but I believe that the trials I have overcome in the past, have prepared me for future experiences to come. I continue to thank my heavenly father for all that he has blessed me with, I have so much to be grateful for. I am really happy to see all of the things I have accomplished and to see how much I grew as a person over the past years.

This last Christmas was so special I loved spending my First Christmas with Alex. We had so much fun getting ready for the holidays, and we were ready for Christmas to come!! We started the night off with a tradition that Alex and his mom have been doing for a long time, which was going to the Christmas service down at a little old church, afterwards we went to see the luminaries in a neighborhood that lined the streets. They were absolutely beautiful, we finished the night with my favorite tradition that was part of my family and that was eating chips and Salsa from Maya Cafe (our version of La Casita,) while getting to open one gift, which where our pajamas. Alex stayed up to make his famous to die for Spinach and Artichoke dip, and clean the house, while I went to bed, but Right before I was going to bed I remembered I needed to leave some cookies and milk for Santa, well I didn't have any cookies to leave for Santa this year, so he got spoiled and I had made some banana bread earlier, so he got a slice of fresh baked banana bread, nuts, and Egg Nog. But Santa did leave a little note I have to share it with you because It was so cute. HO HO HO, Thanks for the treats. That was very nice. I was not going to stop here since Mr. Smith has two houses, and you can't fool Santa, No one gets double the gifts (unless its foggy outside and you are a reindeer, ho ho ho. I saw a young man doing the late night cooking and cleaning, so I came back to visit. Merry Christmas+ Happy New Year. Take care of that great young guy. Also nice wedding pictures. Don't tell Mrs. Clause, but the young lady is smoking hot, (like my rear, after going down the chimney) Thanks again, Santa 2010

I am so glad that the magic of Christmas is still in my heart. The thing that made this Christmas so special was all the service that we gave to others, and how much love and greatly appreciated gifts we received from others. We felt so greatly blessed this season. Thank you so much to all of those who sent Christmas Cards and gifts. Well on to THE BIG STORM, one of Alexs many talents includes Snow Plowing. He has always been such a hard worker ever since he was little. He told me that when he was about 12 years old and they would have a Snow Day

and cancel school, he would walk around the neighborhoods with a big shovel on his back and knock on peoples doors and offer to shovel their driveways, to make a little extra money, most people already had a plow guy that did the service for them. So when he got old enough to drive he started his own plowing and through the years he has built his little business and now has over 40 driveways that he plows. The last storm we had was HUGE, he was out plowing for many hours around 30 with limited breaks. I went along for some of it and just sat in the truck and slept because i'm still scared to stay alone in our place. I am so proud of him and thankful for the things he does to provide a living for our family. New Years eve was quiet for us this year. I had to babysit that night so Alex joined me, he fell asleep at 8:00 along with the baby, I watched the ball drop on TV, then as soon as the parents got home I got really sick, and started throwing up. It was really embarrassing, but luckily I made it to the toilet!!! That wasn't what I was hoping for to start the New Year sick, but I'm better now!!! Well that is about all the fun things that have been going on around here.

Congrats Grandma and Grandpa Christensen on buying the house in Thatcher!!! I hope everyone is doing great, I know everyone is so busy with everyday lives, but thank you to those that take time out of your day to send a quick email or call, I really appreciate it alot!! I hope everyone had a safe and fun Christmas and New Years!!! I love you all!!!