The holiday's 2009-2010

SO strange to write 2010! Now that the holidays have flown by I figured I should post the pictures before we get too far into the New Year!
The holidays were amazing and completely wonderful, but they flew by! We spent Thanksgiving with my Mom and David's family...which was great to have the traditional turkey dinner followed by African food that night. Christmas Eve was spent at our house and became bigger than we expected once my Grandma got sick and my Brother, Sister Sarah, and her boyfriend Spencer ended up at our house with David's Mom and Aunt. Rather than one roast chicken I ended up with three! Everything turned out great though and we had the best time sitting around and talking! Christmas morning we headed to my Mom's where her entire living room floor was covered with gifts. She had 17 ppl. sitting around tearing into gifts for about an hour...it was pure craziness! After lunch we headed up to my Dad's where we were able to see my Grandma and Grandpa Owens, along with my cute-as-ever cousins Kiki and Grant.
Sorry...lots of picture

**The girl's on my Mom's birthday**

Christmas Eve at our house...

Christmas Morning at our House...

Mom's House on Christmas Morning...

**John was so tired he fell asleep while texting! :)**

*The Johnson Family**

**Grandma and Benji the reindeer**

**The Swenson Boy's**

**Aunt Lydian and Bobby**

**Grandma and Uncle Kevin**

**I told you her floor is covered!** :)

**Mom and her new cupcake set**

Dad's House on Christmas Afternoon...


**Kiki and Grant**

**Sarah and Spencer**

**Dad and Beth**

**Grandma and I**

**Landen and his new air gun**

Update...

So, I have not posted in awhile, mainly due to the craziness of nursing school, but I wanted to share a quick update.

Well, nursing school has been overwhelming, but so much fun so far! I have loved every minute of it, and I cannot wait to start clinicals in a week! I have had quite a few exams, and skill tests to measure my ability to correctly administer oral med's, injections, put in a catheter, take vital signs, etc... (all on medical dummies) :), and I am so thankful that I have grasped all the concepts and done really well! Only 3.5 semesters left to go!! :)

David and I headed off to Vegas in Sept. with our friend Leo for a quick vacation! We had such an amazing time, and we even got to eat at one of my favorite restaurants from NY...Serendipity!

**Serendipity Banana Split**

**We have season tickets for ASU Football this year with our friend's Brad and Christy Minor**

**We had Christy's Bridal Shower on Oct. 4th...we made it fall themed to go with her wedding, but we added a few fun touches with a Ice Cream Sandwich Bar and Raspberry Honey Jar favor's...thank you SO much to The Lundberg's for letting us use their house!!**

**Christy and Alexis with their cute bellies...the are due two days apart!**

**Mom making the ribbon bouquet with the help of Justin**

**Christy even got some baby items for her shower**

**Sarah setting up the Ice Cream Sandwich Bar**

**Our friend's Katie and Jim got married on Oct. 10th...they had such an beautiful wedding and the weather could not have been more perfect**

It's a Boy!

Although they say it's only 80% Christy and Ryan were confident enough to announce they are having a boy!! :) David and I cannot wait for our new little nephew, Jackson, to arrive and Christy and I have already started the fun part of planning his new nursery. There are still 5 more months until he get's here, but he will keep us all busy planning in the meantime!

New Niece, Nephew, possibly more?!

I can officially announce now that I have a new niece or nephew, or possibly one of each, or two of each :), on the way! My sister Christy and her Husband Ryan are expecting the first(s) and I could not be more excited!! She called today to tell me that she is measuring 6weeks bigger than she is expected to be, so hopefully tomorrow they will find out if there are multiple babies, which I have been telling her from the beginning, or that maybe she is just farther along than expected! :) Either way I will be sitting on the edge of my seat to find out, especially if they can also find out the gender, because I am so ansy to be able to start all of my baby crafts I have planned! :)
WOO HOO!! :)
So besides being so lucky to be a Matron of Honor for Christy, as well as for one of my best friends Erin, I am also blessed to be a future Aunt! I have lots of planning ahead of me though (2 bridal showers, 2 bachelorette parties, and 1 baby shower), but all are great and amazing things!!

Happy Mother's Day!

I know this is one day late, but I figured it was better late than never! :) I wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to my amazing Mom and Mother-In-Law! We were so lucky to be able to spend time with both of them on Mother's Day, and I hope they both had a wonderful day too!

Christy and Ryans Engagement Party!

My Mom and I hosted Christy and Ryans Engagement Party on May 2nd for 60 ppl.! It turned out so wonderful and the weather, which has been wavering between comfortable and hot, was perfect! The party was held outdoor's at my Mom and Mark's house and we served appetizers, Italian food, and dessert (cream puffs, tiramisu, and homemade cupcakes). We also served sangria, wine, and beers...along with non-alcoholic drinks :). Thank you to everyone who came and all those who helped out to make it such a fabulous evening! Congrat's Christy and Ryan...we can't wait for the big day!! :)