Emily and Chris

Friday night was the rescheduled Billy Joel and Elton John concert! It was originally scheduled for the day before my birthday but Billy Joel had swine flu. The plan the first time was that I would get to make a Build-a-Bear for my birthday. So, I got to make 2 this time
We didn’t really celebrate Valentines day on the 14th because the new Farm Bureau claim center that Chris has been working on for a year went live the next day and he was a little overwhelmed. So we had a nice dinner in Salt Lake and made that our Valentines day. Chris was calling it my Valen-Birthday.
The concert was AMAZING! It was awesome to hear Billy Joel and Elton John singing each others songs. We had super noise bleed seats, but it was totally worth it!

I can’t believe that it is 2010 already!  I really didn’t do a very good job keeping our blog updated last year.  I am going to try harder this year

I hope that everyone had very happy holidays!  Our Christmas was a little crummy this year.  We had dinner at Aunt Mollie’s on Christmas Eve and then went to church with Papa and Sue.  Right when we got home to change and head up to the Joslin’s to open presents, Chris got really sick.  We are not sure if he food poisoning and just a bad case of the stomach of the flu.  He was up sick all night long and a good portion of Christmas day.  By the 26th, he was feeling better so we did presents that day instead.  We got a lot of very nice things from everyone.

We spent New Year’s Eve with Breanne and Aaron.  Breanne likes to cook and so do I and Aaron made hot wings!  We had enough food for at least 15 people and it was just the 4 of us!  We watched “The Hangover” and played some Mario Kart before we watched the ball drop.  It was really fun!

On the 1st we had a Goody’s party.  We invited everyone that I work with over to play cards and hang out.  It was SO fun!  I really like my job and the people I work with.

School starts again on Monday (the 11th) and this is my last semester of real classes.  I am taking several things that I think are going to be very interesting and am looking forward to putting it behind me!

That’s all for now! I’ll be back soon I hope!

I’m not sure why I didn’t get anything written this summer.  We weren’t particularly busy, we did a lot of nice things though.  We played in the Farm Bureau Golf Tournament again this summer and it was really fun!.  We started regularly biking (mostly to Goody’s).  My mom came for a wonderful visit.  We had SO much fun!  Sheri and I had a fabulous time visiting many many many garage sales and finding treasures this summer.  Chris took a wonderful trip to Canada with Phil to go fishing.  They had a great time!

I guess one of the biggest things is that I’m not doing band this year.  This is the first time since 5th grade that I haven’t been playing my flute.  It is really odd and I miss it.  Brooke and Zach aren’t here anymore though’ so it wouldn’t be the same anyway.

Summer is over now and it is back to school.  I had a really tough time getting in to my classes again this semester, but I am finally now registered (The second week) and I’m now just waiting for my financial aid to go through.

I got a job at Goody’s, which is wonderful.  Chris and I joke that my benefits  are better than his because we get 50% off all of our food now   Also, I have started baking and selling my cookies there.  The first day they ALL sold out in 3 hours!

Chris is still loving his job at the  Bureau and he is of course very successful at it.  He is really looking forward to college football starting on Thursday!

I am sure now that I am sitting in class all day everyday I am sure that I’ll be back on here all the time again!

We had lots of fun riding our new bikes this summer.

On our way home from the FB golf tourament

Chris and Phil at Hatchet on their fishing trip

My Mom and Me at Charley's for the Drag Show

This weekend was Grandma’s 85th birthday.  Family came from Wyoming, Lewiston, California and of course all over town.  It was so nice to see everyone.  I feel like I don’t even see the people who live in town enough!  Brynn and Noah are SO grown-up and adorable!  Friday was pizza at Grandma’s with the family.  23 of us plus dogs in Grandma’s nice warm house   Saturday Lori and Guy had a BBQ out at there house, the weather was awful but the food and the party were great!  We did a really fun thing for Grandma.  I made a poster of 85 reason why we love her.  We emailed the whole family, but of course, I waited until the last minute (didn’t think of it actually) so a lot of family was traveling already.  We came up with most of reasons ourselves, but tried to make ones that applied to everyone.  It was really nice.  Chris read it out-loud at the party and everyone was all teared up and laughing.  I think Grandma really liked it.

Here is a link to the PDF if you are interested in looking at it.

85 Reasons Why We Love Grandma

I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas.  We had a very nice Christmas with dinners, breakfasts and presents with both families.  It was nice to spend time with everyone.  We received many (MANY) very nice presents that we are very thankful for.  Of course, the blizzard kinda put a cramp in things…  We have gotten right around 18 inches of snow in two days!  It has been like living in a snow globe!  Tilly hates it!  She gets lost in the snow!  I hope had a fabulous holiday and that everyone is safe!

On an unrelated note, most of my grades are posted… 1 A, 1 B, and 3 B+’s! I’m still waiting on one grade and to be able to register for classes next semester.