Merry Christmas!!!! December update!!

Wow....where have I been? This month has definitely been a crazy but eventful one. Life is so busy I haven't even had time to blog!!! Let me give you a little update about what's been going on. At the beginning of the month I stopped working at Nuvont and started working at a Law Firm as a case manager. It was really hard for me to leave Nuvont because I had worked there for over a year. But sometimes it's time to move on. I love my new job and it is really stretching me. It is quite the challenge but I'm facing it head on and growing and learning so much from it. Joel has been busy finishing up the semester at BYU and his finals are finally over!!! He will walk in April and we can't wait!!!

I have had so much fun actually decorating a lot for Christmas this year. Joel and I are staying here for Christmas for the first time. Joel's sister Janelle just had her baby last night so Joel's family is coming here for Christmas!!!! Janelle and Jeremy's baby is soooo cute and healthy!!! His name is Brody Owen Jensen and he weighed in at 10.1 pounds!!!!! We are so excited to have him here for Christmas!! My parents are also coming and spending Christmas with us too!!! Both of my brother's will be at their wives houses so I couldn't just leave my parents home alone for Christmas.

We also found out that my other sister-in-law Shauna is having a girl!!!! We are so excited to finally have a niece. We have three nephews so it will be fun to have some pink around!!!

Below is a picture of my first Nativity Set. Last year at Christmas my mom and dad pulled out this box and said that they had something very special for me . My Grandma Osguthorpe died when I was just 4 years old and before she died she gave my mom her Nativity set and said give this to Monica when she gets married. So 17 years later my mom pulled out this amazing Nativity and gave it to me. As you could imagine I was in tears and I can't even express how much this means to me!!! I was so happy to be able to put it out this year.Here is a picture of our family room at the beginning of the month. The tree is now covered is red and silver ornaments but I didn't upload a more recent picture.

On Tuesday I had my work Christmas Party. We went ice skating and had a very yummy dinner!!! I even got a Christmas bonus and I had only been working there a week. Not to shabby!!!

I don't know if any of you knew this but Joel and I are actually related to Tila Tequila!!! She is our second cousin!!! It is crazy how practically famous we are!!! And no that isn't Bobby below. Apparently that didn't work out so now Tila is dating Carlos!!!

We even decorated Gingerbread Houses at the Christmas party. We didn't fully finish decorating ours but hey I think we were off to a good start!!!

I just want to say Merry Christmas to everyone wherever you may be!!!! Have a great New Year and drink a Martinelli!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Joel and I went to Colorado this year to spend Thanksgiving with my family. We had a blast and a little taste of some snowy weather as well. It was kind of nice seeing how it apparently doesn't snow in Utah this year. Knock on wood...we will probably wake up to a foot of snow tomorrow now that I said that. I didn't have time to blog while in Colorado so I am finally getting around to wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. The first day that Joel and I were in Colorado we went bowling with the family. Jaden, my nephew below, loves to go bowling. Not even to actually go, he was bowling all weekend with water bottles and a volleyball in my parent's house. He is growing up so much I just can't even believe it. He is so cute and I love his shaggy hair. He has moved on from the fo hawk.This is my mom and Jaden at the bowling alley.

Jaden almost got a strike!!!

Thanksgiving dinner....where do I even begin. First of all my mom decorates for every holiday like she owns it. She has so many decorations it is insane. Good thing they have a HUGE storage closet to store it all in. She decorated the dinner table so cute. Jaden also helped by making turkey name tags for the table with his hands. He has done that for the past three Thanksgivings.

Uncle Joel and Jaden

Aunt Monica and Jaden. And Shauna I did not sneak Jaden a chocolate leaf before dinner.....hehe

Most of my family. My mom took the picture and we sure did miss David and Amanda!!!

It was so fun to have snow on the ground!!!

Jaden loved this basket. He kept crawling in it and I think I captured quite the cute picture!!

On Saturday night my parents took Doug and Shauna and Joel and I out to dinner at Macaroni Grill and then to a play called White Christmas in down town Denver. The play was so much fun and got me so excited for Christmas. And then I saw this..... This is the City Hall building in Denver and they covered it completely with lights. This was so amazing and beautiful. I asked Joel how we could make our condo look like this!! Haha!! They had music playing and it really was just like a christmas wonderland.

We had so much fun in Colorado with my family and it was really hard to leave. We wish we didn't have to come back to work and school and reality. Thank you so much mom and dad for everything. We can't wait to see you in Provo for Christmas!!! We love you and miss you guys already!!!

BOOM-O!!!

I am so obsessed with this new game Boom-O that I just learned about!!! We played games with our friends a couple weekends ago and they brought this game. It is like UNO but with bombs. Now here is the catch, they don't make Boom-O anymore so you can't find it ANYWHERE!!! I went on ebay and someone was selling it. I bid, and bid, and kept bidding.......I won't tell you how much I paid for it but I have BOOM-O now!!!!!!!! It came in the mail this week and Joel and I have been playing it every night. It is so much fun. Joel said it's a good thing I don't usually shop on ebay because we would be broke. I just love winning!!! :)

Happy October!!!

This month has been a very busy and eventful month. I haven't posted in a while and thought I should recap on our fun month. Joel's parents came into town for Janelle's baby shower that i put on for her. It was so good to see them and have a fun weekend together. Janelle is having a boy and we are so excited to add another nephew to the family!!!That same weekend was the World Series. Joel and I were sporting our Rockies gear and cheering for them the whole way through. Unfortunately they lost, really bad.....but hey at least they actually made it to the world series. I still love the Rockies!!!

Happy Halloween from Nuvont!! This is the clan dressed up for Halloween. Starting from Left to right we have Micah as an IRS auditor, Dave as God's gift to women, Katie as a pirate, Becca as a carnival cruise line dancer, me as Avril Lavigne, Greg as a corn on the cob, and Andrea as fish food. We had a very fun day at work all dressed up!!! I went to the bank and as soon as I walked in everyone yelled AVRIL!!!!!!!!!!! I guess you can say I pulled it off!!

Joel and I were invited to the Jazz game and we sat in a box. We had a blast!!! To bad they lost but hey I really just enjoyed the loud fan things that we got to slap when the Jazz were doing good. Go Jazz!!!

So that kind of sums up what we have been up to lately. It is so hard to keep up on this blog when life is soooooo busy!!!! It will be nice when Joel is done with school in June and we can have more time to play.......haha I guess it doesn't look like we have a problem fitting that in, but you know what I mean. For some reason having him in school just takes away from so much. 7 more months and then we will be free from School!!!

Tagged!!!

Four TV Shows I watch:
1. The Hills
2. The Office
3. Anything on MTV pretty much
4. Reba- I know I know but I like it

Four Jobs I've Had:
1. Executive Admin at Nuvont Communications
2. Regional Admin at Atlas Marketing
3. Lifeguard at Green Valley Ranch Hotel and Casino
4. Secretary at Nevada Osteopathic Medical Association


Four Favorite Foods:
1. In-N-Out
2. Fettuccine Alfredo from Olive Garden
3. Pork burrito from Costa Vida
4. Sun Flower Seeds (this whole new baseball experience has got me hooked)

Four Movies I Love:
1. How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
2. The Holiday
3. Happy Gilmore
4. Mine and Joel's wedding video

Four Websites I visit Daily:
1. hotmail.com
2. whiskeymilitia.com
3. johnsonjabber.blogspot.com
4. evite.com (for the baby shower that i'm throwing)

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Cabo San Lucas
2. On a Cruise
3. Home
4. with Joel

OUCH!!!

What do you get when you mix a deer and a black Mazda 6?This.... I was driving tonight to go to the store but I didn't make if very far. We live up in the mountains in South Provo and it came to my attention that deer REALLY do live up here. I saw the deer jump into the road and I swerved off the road and heard a huge thud. The deer ran right into the side of my car. I am probably the craziest person I know right now for blogging after I just ran into a deer but I figure this is the only thing that can slightly take my mind off of it.........well maybe this just keeps my mind right on it.........ya I'm the craziest person I know. Anyways, if I were just 2 seconds later I probably would have had a deer come right through my wind shield. After crying my eyes out for what happened to my new car I realize that I am completely fine, except for maybe being a little shooken up. I could have been severely injured. So the lesson of the day is PLEASE be careful this winter and watch out for deer. I always heard of people hitting deer but I never thought I ever would. Well I did.....

Winter Wonder Land!!!

We woke up this morning and looked out the window and this is what we saw!!! We woke up to a winter wonder land. I have to admit that that is one thing that I love about living somewhere where it snows. I love going to bed at night when it's not snowing and then waking up to snow. I get so excited about it. The only thing that I don't like about it is when I wake up and I can't crawl right back into bed. When it snows I want to make some cocomotion and stay in my sweats ALL day!!! And in my case right now read the first book of the Twilight series. That's right I have followed in the footsteps of my peers. But hey I don't mind a vampire romance every once in a while!!!

ROME!!!

I took this quiz off of Brian and Liz's blog. It's pretty fun!! Try it out!! Where do you belong? I belong in Rome. I've been there and it is very magical. I don't mind belonging in Rome!!!

You Belong in Rome

You're a big city soul with a small town heart Which is why you're attracted to the romance of Rome Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand And gorgeous Italian people - could life get any better?

What City Do You Belong In?

I Am Not Talking About the Rockie Mountains!!!

For those of you who are not Rockies fans you should be!!!!!!!! They have come out of no where this season. Now for those of you who really know me I'm not one to sit around and watch a series of sports games. I mean of course I watch the Super Bowl once a year but I have never been into Baseball that's for sure. I AM OBSESSED WITH THE ROCKIES RIGHT NOW!!! The games are actually really fun to watch. The Rockies have made it to the playoffs for the world series. There are seven games in the playoffs and whoever wins 4 of the seven games makes it to the world series. The Rockies so far have won the first THREE games against the Arizona Diamond Backs. They have won the last 20 of the 21 games that they have played this season. It really is CRAZY!! The next game is tomorrow night and if the Rockies win they will have SCHOOLED the Diamond Backs!!! I have to thank my Dad for coming into town and watching the first game of the playoffs with us. It totally got me hooked. And I think I need to represent and support where my parents live now. All I can say is I need some sunflower seeds and a pepsi the next game I watch. I get so into it and I need to feel more like I am actually at the game. I will be going to the store tomorrow for some seeds!!!

Avril Lavigne Plays Bunco!?

I am in a bunco group and we play bunco together on the first Thursday of every month. This past Thursday I had it in our condo. I love Halloween SOOO much!! I had all of the girls dress up in a Halloween costume for the fun occasion! Now most of you might know that people mistake me for the punk singer Avril Lavigne all the time. Ok maybe not all the time but I have had quite a few people tell me that I look like her. So I thought what a better time to actually dress up like Avril Lavigne than for Halloween. After looking at a ton of pictures online i came upon this one to dress up like. I don't know you be the judge...Do I look like her or not?

Here are some of the girls in my Bunco group. We have so much fun together!!

I'm sure this was Joel's favorite night because he got to take a picture with Avril. Word on the street was that Avril was all over him.......Do you think that will make the tabloids? "Avril Cheats on Sum 41 Husband With Guy Named Joel"

I love decorating for Halloween and I have to thank my mom for a lot of my decorations. It is her favorite holiday too!! Here are some pictures of our condo all spooked out for Halloween!!!!!

Snow!!!

On Saturday, September 29th, we had our first snow fall. It snowed in Provo but didn't stick. I can't believe that winter is coming already. It is a sad time to see the tan lines go but a fun time to look forward to snowboarding. Joel and I went to our friend Ryan's reception up in Heber and it was snowing like crazy!! It was beautiful. After the reception we went to Park City to walk around. That didn't last to long though because it was freezing.

It was fun seeing the decorations down Main Street

Great Buy!!!

When I find a good deal I just feel as if it is my responsibility to share what I have found. I mean what are friends for right? So at Wet Seal online they are having a huge sale where a lot of their shoes are $10!!! I got these ones below. They also have these in yellow and white. I know I have been getting a lot of shoes lately but can you blame me? These great deals are to good to pass up. So check it out!! www.wetseal.com

Triple Date!!!

Joel and I had the funnest weekend!! My really good friend Cindy came in town to see her boyfriend Jake and she stayed with us all weekend. Me, Joel, Amy, Taylor, and Cindy and Jake all went on a triple date on Friday night. We went to dinner at Shivers, which is a little diner up in Salt Lake and then we went to Boondocks where they have mini golf, go carts, arcades, and all sorts of fun things. Below are my girls!! Amy, Me, and Cindy!! I love them so much and miss spending time with them. These are always precious memeories to me!!

Here are the boys! Joel, Taylor, and Jake

It's all in the hips, It's all in the hips!!

Great Form babe!!

Go carts were so much fun!! We were all racing each other and laughing hysterically the entire time!

I wanted #1 because I was the winner of mini golf!!

This is Cindy as she was trying to pass me!!

Amy!!

We also played arcade games which were so much fun. We felt like little kids again and it was the best!

This girl gave Joel an extra attraction pass so he got to ride the go carts again!! The guy didn't take his ticket so Joel gave it to me so I was able to ride them again as well. Joel made this kid flip around. It was awesome!!

Here are our Johnny Nascar videos. I'm on the left and Joel is on the right!!