Why I love my family part 4: Mom

1) I love her because she is the most thoughtful and giving person I know.
2) She wants what is best for me in life.
3) I love my mom's cooking!!!
4) She hablas espanol muy bueno...her sense of humor :)
5) She is the best present-giver. She always knows exactly what to get someone.
6) She's a perfectionist, but is always does her well because the creations that come out of it are amazing.
7) She has seen me through the highest and lowest times always being there and knowing what to say.
8) She's a no-techno mama, but she tries :)
9) One of the funniest things about my mom is her memory about movies, first of all she pretty much always sleeps through any movie she watches, but then will buy it later and say, "it was great! We went to see it, remember?" Even if it was a terrible movie, haha. We've got some pretty weird movies from the 80's that she's bought "remembering" them to be great! HAHA!!
10) She loves her family. All of us, the same despite our flaws.

Why I love my family part 3: Daddyo

1) He and I can talk about things together that I don't feel like I talk to anyone else about.
2) He loves my mom more than anything.
3) He is a pillar of strength and hard-work.
4) He's got great hands for massages.
5) Like Clayton, he's a big tough guy on the outside, but a softy on the inside.
6) We rock out to oldies together in the car.
7) I think his number goal in life is to make his family happy.
8) He's almost as goofus of a dancer as I am.
9) I love listening to stories from him growing up.
10) He would do anything for me.

Love you, Dad!!! See you tomorrow :)

Why I love my family part 2: Claymeister

1) His name is Claymeister
2) He is my other best friend.
3) He likes to show off his muscles and peach fuzz to make him feel manly.
4) We know how to tease each other.
5) The kid is strong as an ox and will help you with just about any chore that proves this.
6) He is super athletic, and we can go play anything together.
7) Even though he's got the manly exterior he's a softy on the inside.
8) He never sings the lyrics right to songs, and it makes me laugh so much!!
9) He has a powerful drive to do his absolute best at everything he does.
10) We can talk about anything forever!

LOVE YOU, BUD!

Why I love my family part 1: Janelle

1) She loves her family more than anything in the world!
2) She is a best friend!! -->stay tuned for who the others are
3) She made my totally awesome blog layout for Christmas :)
4) She makes the best grilled cheese sandwiches and other stuff, but I just can't make grilled cheese sandwiches like her!!
5) She thinks stupid things are funny with me when no one else thinks they're funny.
6) She gave me a niece.
7) She is brilliant!
8) She has such a solid foundation in the gospel...that goes along with her brilliance.
9) We tend to go crazy together when no one else is going crazy, like when we broke a bed from bouncing around too much on Christmas Eve, haha
10) She loves to share joy. Whether it is learning to make something new, sharing a YouTube video, telling funny stories, or serving others, she loves to SHARE THE LOVE!!!!

For your Christmas viewing pleasure, part 2

This was the Disney special on ABC this week. I thought it was really funny and super creative :) It's about 20 minutes, watch it!!

For your Christmas viewing pleasure

This will make you laugh, I promise. If doesn't, you are too stressed out :)

Calm before the storm

I got to go home for Thanksgiving this year, well sort of. I went to Cleveland and the family was there and then we drove back to Connecticut for Thursday and flew back to Utah on black Friday. Being with family was so nice. I think the older I get the more I love them! Not that I didn't love them before, but I am appreciating them and yes, loving them more than I think I used to :). Miss Julie (19 months now) is growing so fast. She looks JUST like Janelle did. She loves to be a big kid and drink out of adult cups, and in this case a water bottle. She actually did pretty good at swallowing the water and not letting it all dribble down, so cute :) This little video also has Gramps doing his Donald Duck which I hadn't heard in years, I love you dad!!! Julie, wasn't sure what to think of it:

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Here's some pictures I've posted from the semester

The reason I came back to Utah on Friday was because I REALLY wanted to go to the BYU-Utah football game. I am so glad I did. It was the best football game I have ever been to, hands down! I couldn't have asked for a better game as my last as a student! I hope to some day be able to go to another BYU game at Lavell Edwards Stadium, if I don't get to go, I can die happy. I watched BYU beat Utah, at home, in overtime! Wow! Wow!! My favorite picture from all the post-game stuff:

The fans rushed the field as soon as Andrew George was into the end zone with the winning touchdown, it was incredible! I couldn't believe it. The stadium literally exploded!!!! I was a little too far up so I didn't rush it but I took some sweet pics of the whole field. I lost my voice for the next two days...I can die happy :) :D

Other good news (almost as good as the 26-23 win) is that I know where I'm going to be for clinical next semester and I got my first choice!! I'm going to be on a Thoracic ICU, which is exactly what I want to do after graduation! YES!!!!!! I super stoked about that!

Finals are almost here, and I'm feeling the pressure, so don't be surprised if I don't post until Christmas :)