...christmas day...and nothing to do...

hey there. well, it's christmas day...and i have nothing to do. we opened presents at 630 this morning...and that's about all we have planned. when i was younger, we used to be able to play with presents all day...or use them, like gaming systems like the N64 and such. now that i am older, it is kinda hard to use a bunch of clothes all at the same time. and i as i get older(i say that like i have some years behind me), i realize more and more that i would love to spend this time with that special someone that i haven't found yet. someday though i am sure. i did get something i could use to pass the time, but i already watched it. i got the blue man group concert tour dvd. and we watched it already. and it is only 1145 in the morning. i am done watching tv though. i want to get out and do something. i am tired of being lazy. i guess i could go and finish my chores that i didn't do on saturday.
saturday was a good day. went and cleaned the church in the morning after shopping for kati, then watched football all day. first was the trinity game on tv, which they won!! and then it was the BYU game, which they barely won but should have won by alot more. they are such a much better team than they played that night. it was frustrating. but they won and that is all that matters.
anyway, back to christmas and boredom. on a lighter note, i did take some pics of christmas and found some pics that i said i was going to post from holloween. so here they are.

This is nick. he got this guitar for christmas. sweet.
this is mom. just hangin out.
even the dogs were tired from waking up so early...
rayo got a 30GB iPod. we don't even own 30GB of music anywhere in the house.
remi also got guitar strings for his guitar. that one that he has he got for free though. someone gave it to him...lucky, though i prefer the acoustic.

this is me and dum at halloween.
this is me, dum, and courtney at halloween.

and this is my bishop and his wife. this was before Dog got in trouble for being racist.

...christmas eve...and good friends

well, it's Christmas Eve, and i am here in texas with the family. just about to head to bed. it is kind of early for me to go to bed. i am normally in bed after 11 so 9:45 is pretty early. on christmas eve we always have pizza for dinner and always watch the movie white christmas with bing crosby and danny kaye. we also always get to open one present, which is always pajamas. i didn't want to get into my pj's this year, but i was kind of forced to. oh well. tradition is tradition.

i wanted to take a sec and just make a comment about friends and how awesome they are. before i had dinner, i was able to talk with a friend who is in utah right now. before i talked to her i was having a fairly rough christmas holiday. some things in my life have been worked out and some were and are having some difficulty being worked out. i know about school and work now, finally, but relationships and family life are a bit rough and were causing a lot of problems for me. all i had to do was just talk to her and everything was ok. without really realizing it, i think she made my day. it was really good to just be able to talk to her as just a friend. so, if she ever reads this, thanks and i am looking forward to seeing you again in the summer, you and all of my other friends up there. i miss you guys a lot. anyway, thanks and merry christmas!!

...happy 80th Pop...

hey ya'll. i said i was going to post pics from my grandpa's 80th and our thanksgiving in Cali. so here they are. they aren't really in any particular order. i wasn't the one taking the pics or there might be a lot more them and better ones maybe...not saying that i am good, but i am way better at taking pics than anyone in my immediate family. and i am way more humble than them about it too. ;) just kidding. happy 80th Pop. love ya.

this is my mom and our second cousin. her neice had a second baby.
this is three generations. sleeveless is my aunt anna, behind is my cousin heather, and then there is her daughter.
left to right is grandma, aunt natalie, matthew, patrick, kyle, and rayo. in the back in dad.
this is the actual 80th celebration for grandpa and his kids and grandkids. extended fam was the day after(which we missed because of a two day trip to texas).
this is a close up of the man.
this is probably the best pic of the whole trip. that is nick asleep on the couch. my mom got that one. i could not have done better myself.
we thought that we were going to give kati's dog away, so we took her with us. we ended up keeping her, which a lot of us are happy about, because she is such a sweet dog. she loved it at my grandparents house. the backyard and garden have been having squirrel problems. squirrels aren't problems for roxy, they are playthings, so my grandparents fell in love with her too because she chased away the squirrels. she could see them through the glass and just watch until she could be let out. it was so funny.
this is an interesting head shot of my cousing greg. i have no idea who took this one.
left to right, ali, kati, amy, and jessie.
every year for christmas, my grandpa hangs these ornaments from his ceiling by fishing line that runs to the door. it is taped to the door so that when it opens or closes, they come up and down. that is a fond memory from my childhood. i put them up this year. i am the tallest person on that side of the family. lucky me.

:) fun...

well, it has been a long time since i have written...or posted pics for that matter. i really need to get better at taking pics. i guess i could post the ones of my grandpa's 80th, i don't have the camera though. i think my parents have that one. i could get them i guess...someday. hopefully soon.

when i first started this blog, lindsey tried to convince me that i should try and write 100 things about myself and post it like she did on her blog. needlesstosay i was less than enthused about doing it. i didn't think i was interesting enough to have 100 interesting things about me. i still may do that someday, but now i want to do something similar but less time consuming and less brain racking.

Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular order.
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Milker at a dairy in Rexburg, ID
2. Lawnmower....also in ID
3. Pipe mover....once again, also in ID
4. Wrangler in Park City

Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. White Christmas
2. Indianan jones
3. emporer's new groove
4. Pride and Prejudice(the five hour one)

Four places I have lived:
1. SoCal
2. Aurora, CO
3. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hertzegovena
4. Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Four TV Shows that I watch:
1. The office That's actually all!

Four places I have been on holiday:
1. Sugar City, ID
2. Fort Worth, TX
3. Ventura, CA
4. Goblin Valley, UT

People who e-mail me the most: Personal, not counting lame work emails (:
1. Dina Bula
2. Dad
3. Brianna
4. Lindsey

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Lasagna
2. Adobo
3. Burgers
4. Chips

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Somewhere else
2. In Utah
3. At BYU
4. ...married...

Four Favorite Books (we could just take this section out and it wouldn't hurt my feelings any)
1. Tennisshoes Among the Nephite series
2. Miracle of Forgiveness
3. The Scriptures
4. The Lord of the Rings series

Things I am looking forward to next year:
1. School!!!
2. Moving back to Utah
3. Getting wiser
4. Making new friends

so that is that. i will try to write more often.