80's Bowl-A-Thon

At work we had the opportunity to raise at least $100 a piece and we then donated it to the Junior Achievement to send kids to school that don't have the opportunity to go. The foundation rented out the whole bowling ally today and there was such a great turn out. It was super fun getting our outfits together. I just went to Savers and found this fancy shirt of mine and then found some leggings too. We got to bowl 2 games. The first one I stunk it up, but the second I bowled a 105. I'm so lucky to work with such a great team! There is never a dull moment at the bank that's for sure!!!!

Left to right: Melissa, Jamie, Me, Donnelle and Brigett. (There was another girl that showed up a few minutes later...sorry I missed ya Jodell!!!) Wow, I didn't realize how BIG my hair was until the picture was took! Haha

BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

This last weekend we got a chance to go home. My brother and his family from Washington were able to come and visit too. We haven't seen them since July so it was great to catch up on things. To say the least we had a blast! Friday night we didn't go to bed tell 2:30 and then on Saturday night it was about 1. Ava's birthday is on the 20th of January and then Brogans is on February 2nd and so we thought we would have a party and celebrate them together! We went bowling on Saturday night and had cake and ice cream and watched the little kids bowl. It was a blast.

And of course I forgot my camera and so I had to put a picture of Ava on here too. We got her a Dr. Seuss puzzle book. She is my little buddy! Every time after she would bowl, she would come and give me a "high five"!! Here is a cut picture of Brogan in his shammies...HE just melts your heart...he is a miniature Clint too!

We gave Brogan and remote control Dinosaur. I couldn't wait until the party so I gave it to him before we went! We are horrible making them wait!!!

Here is little Miss Vylett....my mom gave her a new gymnastics outfit and so she went and found some high heels and a cowboy hat and she was all strutting around! I just love my nieces and nephew!!!!! Thanks guys for a great weekend...can't wait to see you soon!!!

P.S. The reason we have a Groundhog Blog is because Brent and Brogan's birthday is on Groundhog Day!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Today is our 2 year Anniversary! We both took the day off and we slept in and we woke up with a few inches of snow on the ground! That made me excited. We then got to watch cartoons. (For those of you that don't know me, I'm a cartoon fanatic...we watched Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry...the classics!) We then went to the movies, YES MAN ( It was an okay movie, very random) and then we went to the Cheesecake Factory and had a yummy dinner and some wonderful Blueberry Cheesecake! I'm so grateful that I met Brent and for having such a wonderful husband! Love you Brent!!!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Years

Wow where do we begin? We have been out of town and when we aren't out of town we are hanging out with our friends and working! We had a great Christmas. We ended up going home on Christmas Eve and we went over to Brents brothers house for a party. I thought I would do a fun game and so I got on the Internet and found a good one where you get pantie hose (a new pair) and then you get balloons and then you make antlers and decorate it with bows and etc! Our nieces loved the game...it was really fun. We also played Bingo and open some gifts.

Lucky I got off of work early on Christmas Eve so we were able to make it to Burley before the storm hit. After we left Scott and Amber's house we went to Brent's parents house and the wind was picking up. It was blowing very hard and they had some pretty fluffy snow. We played games and then we went to bed so Santa could come and Brent work up at 4:30 insisting that we should open presents but I talked him into sleeping in for a while longer. When we woke up we really had a WHITE CHRISTMAS!! There was drifts all over the place and I didn't think that we were going to be able to make it over to my mom's house. We saw the snow plow go past the house a few times and we decided to venture out. We made it to my moms safely where Santa had visited us there too. We had breakfast there and then my brother came and hung out and then we went over to my dads for in the evening! We really had a great time getting to be with our family's for the holidays! It was nice because we didn't have to go back to work on Friday so we didn't feel rushed at all. When we were going back to Brent's parents house on Christmas night the wind had picked up again and the roads were really bad. We were busting drifts and snow was going up and over the car. It was pretty crazy!

Here is a picture of a BIG SNOW DRIFT in the back of Brent's parents house. Scott started to build a fort out it! We ended up going over to my moms house on Friday night and we went bowling and played games the rest of the weekend! It was a great Christmas. I was really sad to have to leave our family's but we had to go back to work on Monday.

(I love this picture of Lee Ann drinking her Lemonade! I should of took more)
Last year Brent's parents came up to Boise for the New Year and they played games with us and ate pizza and what not. It was super fun. They decided to come back again this year and we did the same. We played games and ate pizza and went shopping on New Years Day. That was really fun...I always love to shop! We can't wait to see what the new year had in store for us with moving to Utah for the summer with Brent's internship and he will be Graduating in December and then we will be moving onto our next chapter in life!!!

Its Beginning To Look A Lot like Christmas....

Well it is December 13th and its finally starting to look a lot like Christmas. Last night we hung out with our friends Brandon and Ashlee and we made a Sugar Cookie Ginger Bread House. We don't have any pictures at the moment but we will get them. YES, it is finally snowing today...which we are totally excited for because I AM DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Brent and I are going to my work party tonight and we are suppose to bring a favorite Christmas treat and I love to make Sugar Cookies with red frosting and sprinkles!

Last but not least, this is our wonderful Christmas Tree! Its a bit blurry, sorry about that...I couldn't stand still when I was taking the picture I guess. We are really excited for Christmas to come and to spend some time with our family's!!

Yes, Brent has been a good boy and there are some gifts for him under the tree!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend! Both me and Brent had to work on Friday so we ended up staying home on Thanksgiving Day and had dinner with just the two of us. It was great. We still had a big dinner with potatoes, rolls, turkey, stuffing and Martinellias to drink!

We then topped off our meal with this wonderful home made Dutch Apple Pie with Carmel! Boy that was the best part of Thanksgiving. After we had lunch, we both took a nap. Another best thing was we didn't even have to get out of our jammies. That's the way EVERY Thanksgiving should be!!!

We ended up going to Rupert/Burley for the weekend. We had Thanksgiving Dinner with my mom's side of the family. My one brother was there with his wife Joni and daughter Ava. Me and Ava have had a great bonding since she was born. When she was a baby we used to hang out on the couch and watch cartoons all morning! (Watching cartoons is right up my ally too.) So on Thanksgiving she was my little shadow. We were hunting for Rabbits for most of the day. She was so stinking cute that I just had to take a picture of her with her little mouse ears, toy gun, and my little bike that I used to ride when I was her age. Then after we were done hunting Rabbits we played Barbies and ate Otter Pops!! (Clint, I thought of you guys and knew you would love this picture!)

We also got to see 2 of my mom's sisters. One of them is from California and Brent has never met her so it was nice to see her and her family. We then went over to Brent's parents house and had a great time playing games and hanging out!! The weekend went by all too fast but that is just the beginning because Christmas is right around the cor nor!!! We are so grateful and thankful to have such a great family!!!

Birthday Weekend!

My Birthday was on Monday Nov. 10th. I like to pretend that my birthday is more than just one day. Two months ago Brents parents called and wanted to come to Boise the weekend of Nov. 8th to go to a football game. I then linked going to the football game to my Birthday and that we would have just one FUN weekend! Brents parents came and we got to go out to eat, shopping, played games and went to the football game. I would have to say that it was the best weekend EVER!

My mom then decided that she wanted to come and visit also so her and Steve came on Sunday and spent the night with us in our little apt. I did really good at not opening any of my presents. But as soon as my mom arrived, Brent made my birthday cake and then my mom gave me part of my gift on Sunday. Brent then wanted me to open his. I was going to save my cake until Monday but at about 10:45 on Sunday night I couldn't stand it so we lit the candles and they sang Happy Birthday to me! I made sure to make a really good wish!!

Then on Monday my ACTUAL Birthday we went shopping and had a BLAST! We went met up with Brent and had some yummy lunch and they gave us some ice cream for my Birthday. I would have to say that I have had the BEST Birthday by far. I got lots of wonderful gifts and I'm so lucky to come from such an awesome family!!!