2012 yayaya!

Hi! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I spent the last week in sunny AZ with my super huge/loud really cool family and we spent one night in Vegas with more family. I know it's super cliche... but I'm doing one of those 'highlights of 2011' posts. Im going to split it into 3 sections, four months at a time because there are a lot of highlights! 2011 was a huge year for me, I graduated and moved away from home and had lots of incredible experiences. with all of the good came plenty of bad (so homesick sometimes! And since when do I get anxiety attacks!?) but we focus on the good around here! Welcome 2012! Best year ever.

JANUARY 

Hangin' with the Ward.

I was in Cinderella at the high school were I met some of the coolest people ever.

leadership workshop

FEBRUARY 

Mandonellle competition and Sammy's with friends

I sang in the Valentines Concert with Michael.

(video won't upload...)

We went to the Ice Castles.

MARCH

Mom and Dad went out of town, Nolan and Walker I had dinner and went bowling.

Myles came to visit!

Baseball in Arizona with Dad, Nolan and Steve.

We got our cute little chicks (they preceeded to get big and ugly and poopy)

Remember what Gabe wanted to name them?

APRIL

Choir Trip to Seattle and Canada

Easter

cynthias art show. so proud of my cute little baby hahaha

Prom

Hike with the Fam

Sleeping through General Conference

MAY - AUGUST to come soon!

A Christmas Duet

This is my Christmas gift to you. (probably the lamest gift you've ever gotten...) I was taking this seriously... my dad was not. He gave me bunny ears? How old is he?

you don't really have to watch this.
I'm putting it on my blog for my posterity to enjoy.
I hope the Internet is still a thing when my Grandkids are wondering how cool I was when I was 18...

A Very GRACE AND TODD Christmas Presents: Oh Come All Ye Faithful

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I made these as Christmas gifts for my closest friends. 

I'm super proud of them. 

Good job Grace! you made something kind of craftyish. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE! 

most wonderful time of the year

favorite holiday

I LOVE CHRISTMAS. 

More Christmas Talk

Favorite Christmas Movies! 

We watch a lot of Christmas movies around Christmastime. 

We ALWAYS watch Home for the Holidays. It's got to be one of the funniest movie ever. Plus it's always fun to see a younger Robert Downey Jr. 

I usually watch this movie by myself. About 678 times within 2 weeks. Sometimes my dad watches it with me... it's one of my favorite movies ever. 

Christmas with the Kranks... it's awesome. 

It's a Christmas Classic. If you don't watch it, you're a Grinch. 

We don't actually OWN Home Alone or Santa Clause, but they always seem to be on T.V. Home Alone is pretty dumb right? Well, I've always thought it was just kind of dumb how this kid is just running away from bad guys. BUT. if you have never watched this movie with three little boys ages 10, 7 and 3, you've got to try it. They LOVE when the bad guys get hit in the crouch or they slip downstairs. When we watch this, our living room is filled with laughter. 

I know there are lots of other really awesome Christmas movies, these are just some of the best. 

Over the weekend I...

• Finished Christmas presents for my little brothers
• Went on an awesome date with a very funny boy
• Went to Baptist church with Baptist roommate, aforementioned funny boy and a cute red-headed friend. 
• Took pictures of my 19 year old friends on Santa's lap. 
• Watched "Something Borrowed"(don't waste your time)
• Talked to my parents on the phone quite a bit

I had originally planned to go home last weekend but I'm glad I stayed in good ole Logan. 

Also: Who doesn't love Christmas scenes from Harry Potter/ WWOHP?

Via. 

Lets talk about Christmas.

People, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I get butterflies and a giant smile on my face when I think about it. I am in love with Christmas(time). What is not to love about it? Lights, snow, hot chocolate, sledding, Christmas songs, shopping, family, food, giving, 12 days of Christmas (we call our grandparents and sing to them everyday) chocolate advent calendars (which I left at home so I will have to eat 16 chocolates in 1 day. Yay!) Christmas parties and movies, sleepovers, and Gabe is 4.... Santa still comes to my house, and I think he will for a while. Having little siblings is the best. And just the feeling of love and happiness! it's the best. If you're not obsessed with Christmas, shame on you.

A few things:

• Lifelong dream is to spend Christmas in NYC

• Some favorite Christmas songs:

           -"That's what Christmas Means to Me" by Paul Young
           - James Taylor's, "Go Tell it on the Mountain"  (I love James almost as                   much as I love Christmas)
           -And really? Is there anything better than *NSYNC singing "O Holy                         Night"? (You should hear my mom and I belting this one in the kitchen                 while we cook)
          -and lets not forget Gabe's favorite, the Glee version of "We Need a Little                 Christmas." He is OBSESSED.
          -Plus lots of other incredible songs.

• This should be fun!
• Did you know why rings go on the left hand? (this has nothing to do with Christmas... except that my parents got married 2 days after Christmas in 1989.) 

Thanksgiving day

1. dinner

2. parents

3. brothers

4. backyard baseball

5. satchel 

6. pies

7. egg nog

the Howl.

Biggest Halloween party in the state. So much fun!

just another Easter post.

we're ready to HUNT. 

cheeeeese fondue. 

Dinner. can't wait for chocolate fondue tonight!

he found the golden egg!

trying to locate our baskets