Really a New Year??

Where did 2009 go? That year went by so very fast, i don't even think i had time to enjoy it! haha :) Or maybe i did. Lets see....what was the main thing that happened last year?? 


*I was moved to the new HIGHLAND Branch for Alpine Credit Union. 
*I became a LOAN OFFICER, or MSR, which ever you prefer. 
*Lived at HOME with my Parents and Brother, Brandon. 
*Watched while my Brother fall in LOVE with Carolyn. 
*Helped my best friend Aislynn get ENGAGED. Sent her off to get married! ;) 
*Got my FIRST KISS! 
*Got my first BREAK-UP! 
*Turned 22 in September! 
*Moved OUT to Orem for a few months. 
*Took my FIRST PLANE RIDE in May to visit my sister, Angela, in Nebraska. 
*Took my SECOND plane ride in October to visit my Aunt and Uncle and Cousins in Idaho. 
*Got a NIECE in October. 
*Moved back home from a DISASTER experience living in Orem. 
*Watched my Brother get married! 
*PAYED OFF MY CAR!! 
*Became a Relief Society TEACHER.
*Went from a long BLONDE hair girl, to a short dark BROWN haired girl. 


That's pretty much the main big things that has happened this past year! I know next year will bring as many events as this one. I'm quite excited for 2010! I brand new year to start over! haha I know it will start off great! Let's hope it will end great as well! 


I've strapped in and i'm ready for the ride! LIGHTS....CAMERA...ACTION!!!


Hope you all have such a great NEW YEAR as well! I wish you all good luck! Have FUN! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I just wanted to tell you all to have such a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!! I hope that we all can remember the real reason of Christmas, and not get caught up in the presents and shopping. Remember that Christ is the real reason we celebrate Christmas. His birth in a stall, with his mother Mary and father Joseph. Make sure we center our Christmas around Christ. 

I LOVE YOU ALL AND WISH YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Don't Worry!!

Don't worry! I am still here! I know you all were wondering where I have gone off to! ;) HaHa Totally kidding! It's been busy lately and i haven't had time to get on here!

Thanksgiving was great! We had all but one sibling from my Dad's family here for Thanksgiving. It was crazy but so much fun! We never do get to see them that often, so its good when we do. My Grandpa Marcus past away as well that week, so while we had everyone here for Thanksgiving, we got to have them here for his funeral. It was a great funeral. He now is up in Heaven with my Grammy! I miss them both!

Other than that i have been getting ready for this Christmas Holiday and just trying to stay busy at work. Hopefully it will get more busy with Christmas coming around.....or not. I love being home again. Especially to be there and see all the excitement, and to give my parents some company! We will DEFINITELY be missing all the family who won't be with us the Season.

I will try to get some new pictures up on my other blog for you all to enjoy. Now that it snowed i can get some pretty pictures, and not just of dead trees! ;)

New Blog

So I wanted you all to know that I have another blog as well as this one. My other blog I got the idea from my brother and I took him up on it! It's a blog of all my photography! I really want to become a photographer and so this is just my start! I'll just put pictures on the blog and hope to recieve comments on them and then maybe it will become a portfolio or something that will help me later on! I'm all about the digital photography. No developing and chemicals and such. Just digital! Well wish me luck! Cause i sure need it! Hopefully it will go where i want it to go. Check it out if you want! www.jkiddsdigital.blogspot.com. If you wish to see it let me know and i will invite you! I have put it on a private listing, and will soon be putting this blog on private as well! Let me know your email and i will invite you! Thanks!!

Plane ride #2!

It took me a while to put this on here but I'm finally here! My trip this time was to Idaho! ;) My Aunt Kalynne and Uncle Brad flew me out to their house in Post Falls to babysit their kids while they went to a conference thing in Chicago. So i got to go on another plane ride! Never knew i would ride so many in one year after never having been on one before! Anyway it was a lot of fun. I got the window seat on the way there but it was cloudy the whole time as you can see in the picture. I really enjoyed going out there. I got to see a lot of what my relatives do and where they live. We don't see them very often so it was good to visit with them for a weekend! Kalynne didn't end up going with Brad to Chicago for a few reasons. But i still helped with baby Mason and cleaned the house while she got a things done that she needed to. It was fun to hang out with the kids. Camille and her friend went to a stake dance dressed up for Halloween, and i got to do her hair. It was fun to be able to do things and help out with things like that! It was a very well needed vacation from my work and everything! Thanks Kalynne and Brad!!

Next item of business....I've moved back home! :) That's right you heard me. I have told my parents that when i moved out that i wasn't coming back. Little did i know that i had to take that remark back and hide it under my bed! ;) I did a lot of thinking in Idaho about what i needed to do. I wasn't happy where i was living and my mom gave me the option of moving back home. So i thought about it and i came back home. I've been here about a week now. I just couldn't take my roommates anymore. I was done being their "little mom". I wanted to be somewhere where i would feel welcome and not out of the loop and not be their little care taker who would clean up after their messes! I would try not to, and just let the dishes sit, or leave stuff all over the counter and floor, but i could only take so much. After a while i would just end up doing it anyway, even if it wasn't my stuff just so that we would have a clean apartment. I was ALWAYS doing the cleaning. I'm the only one with a full time job, so they have plenty of time to clean themselves, but nope. They wait till i get home or on the weekends while they are all still sleeping from their late night and let me clean up after them. I WAS DONE! Let them figure it out themselves of how it's supposed to be done.

So I'm glad to be back home, loving having my own room back! I can actually get dressed with the light on and make as much noise as i want without waking anybody up!!! :) I'm going back to my old singles ward. I went there last week and i felt so very welcome. I haven't felt that at a ward in about 2 months!! Sad i know! But this is my ward, my home. So we will just have to wait and see what life has in store for me next!

Till next time! :)