"I'll Be Home for Christmas!"

Right before I headed home for the Holidays I threw in some last minute activities. First of which was a date with a nice Texan boy, Jimmy. He was my "cow" (or crush of the week) at EFY the summer of '08. He's now a freshman at BYU and so we finally made the time to go out. He took me to see "New Moon" :) What an excellent boy.

Me & Jimmy after seeing "New Moon"

I babysat Rachel Potts (you've probably seen her featured in my blog before) Friday morning while her parents went skiing. We had a ton of fun decorating their Christmas tree and making music videos to random songs in their kitchen.. Good times.

Babysitting Rachel Potts :)

Eating our breakfast! Yum :)

Hanging our handmade ornaments on the tree!

I cute it out, and she colored it..

and she took the picture. Precious.

Natalie and I flew home Saturday early afternoon and had a nice layover in Chicago. I ate a delicious baked potato for lunch while natalie ate some veggie pita thing.

Nat and I waiting in the Chicago Airport..

Sunday I was able to head to church, both wards I used to attend- Springfield and Rolling Valley and visit old friends. I saw old leaders, old friends, new friends, and met a few newcomers in the ward. It was so good to see everyone :)

Finally home :)

Me, Julie and Ariel.

Signe, Elise, Me, and Tawny <3

Me and Heidi...

I love her more than anything.

Tawn, Me and Kim

Tawn and Me @ Church!

Daddy & Me (sunday night)

Mommy & Me (I was for real laughing.. :D)

I've missed my parents!

Monday morning I got my wisdom teeth out... Fun, huh? I got all 4 out, and goodness does it hurt. I think it hurts more and more every day...

BEFORE:

RIGHT AFTER:

HOURS AFTER:

DAY OF:

Me & Nat at the Christmas Tree Farm

We used to play on that play set when we were little..

Mom and I next to the FIRE :)

Daddy & I on the Christmas Tree Farm

Kids with the pitiful tree.. Loved it.

Oh heyyy! :)

So pretty much it wasn't too bad at all, but I definitely over worked myself, and now I am in constant throbbing pain. But as you can see from the Christmas Tree pictures, I wasn't too swollen at all and that was only a few hours after the removal of my wisdom. ;) Anyone have any great wisdom teeth stories they want to share? Ha ha.

Oh, and I finally got my own Menorah! Beauty isn't she? (pictures coming..)

Happy Hanukkah! (Started on Saturday.. goes until Sunday.)

Thats all from this teenage drama queen. More confessions to come.

- J

"Fa la la la"... Fall is gone, winter is HERE!

Natalie and I decided to try the whole double dating thing.. Yeah.. It was fun, but awkward at times. We went to the BYU basketball game vs. San Francisco at the ESA (Energy Solutions Arena- where the Jazz play) and then went to dinner at temple square and looked at the lights a bit. Let me just say it was FREEZING! But well worth the cold and the scary snowy driving and the traffic for some good times with the sister.

Basketball game!

4 of us... Matt, Natalie, me & Dan

Outside with the lights

Up 10 floors at The Garden restaurant

Temple Square <3>

Nat and I at the temple

I helped plan and carry out our December ward activity. It was a "Christmas in Hawaii" and we had catered Hawaiian food and leis and sang some christmas songs, and it was just a good time :) I convinced Nat to come with me, and she was a terribly good sport. I love that sister.

Me with my little friend Rachel Potts

Dewey Potts and I :)

Table at the party!

(Thats my bishop back there.)

Some of my best friends in the ward!

Bethany, me, and Heather

Nat and I waiting in line for delicious food!

It FINALLY snowed in Utah! Some kids in my ward went out in the snow to make snow angels and have a giant snow ball fight! In the end, we had a sort of dodgeball version of a snowball fight and 3 hits-you're out. It was way too fun. I made it to the last 5 then BAM I got my third hit.

Bethany, Heather, me!

Me and Heather eating snow! YUM!

Me with my glorious snow angel!

Lastly, we went to the whiteout basketball game byu vs. ASU. It was a pretty close game, and we didn't play that well. But with a few high scorers, we ended up sliding in a win. Woot!

Carter & Me

He goes on his mission in 3 weeks...

I'm gonna miss him.

Me and Nat with our matching white shirts!

Me and Emily messing around ;)

Nat, Emily & I! We love them basketballs.

Some Videos, Lots of Pictures, And a Million Memories! "We do not remember days; we remember moments."

Okay, so we're starting with the best here! BYU vs. UTAH. If you watched this game, you were probably freaking out about as much as I was. I almost left cause we were pretty far ahead and then all the sudden... BAM! Utah and BYU were tied. AHHHH! Then in overtime, Utah got a field goal, and then we had a miracle touch down! Woot! Gosh it was insane! Take a look for yourself:

Can I just say how AWESOME! it was to see all that red?

Lyndi let me sit with her and her bf. It was so fun!

The coolest thing was during half time..

BYU and Utah's Marching Bands performed together!

It was actually kind of touching...

I gave them a standing ovation! Bravo!

Guess who I found?! Levi, Joe, and Becca!

Can I just say I have really! missed them, especially Levi :)

BYU's Winning Play/Touchdown in overtime!

This was the ending score after overtime. And yes, we won!!

Rushing the field.

After rushing the field!

Joe, Becca, and Me! After rushing the field and celebrating the win!

So what else happened this week? Of course, there was some basketball! There were 2 games actually, so here are some pictures from those two games:

Our group: Nat, Me, Nick, Tyler, and their little sister Rachel.

Rachel stole my glasses... :)

Rachel is only 3, and she took this!

Oh I love her!

We creamed Southern University!!!
I was surprised how good Weber was!
He is hilarious.
We were messing with the Camera, how neato is that.

I love Kaitlyn, she is one of my best friends from my freshman year :)

And then there was this holiday I think is called something like THANKSGIVING! I had such a blast! It was way fun to spend time with some "family" away from my family!

Brandi and I playing "Candy Land" at her house in Payson.

Both of my players won (1st & 2nd place)! Go me :)

Nick, Brandi & I at Brandi's House.

Me with Brandi's Cousins :) So cute!!

Me with Brandi's Cousins :) So so cute!!

Playing pictionary with Brandi's family.

Our team DOMINATED!

Thanksgiving dinner @ the Potts!

They were so wonderful to invite me :)

At the Turkey Bowl- Jessica and I were totally matching.

Even our shoes were matching...

Other random pictures/events from the week:

Tucanos for Lunch on Monday!

Lunch and company were fantastic!

The bill and splitting the bill... SO was not.

FHE at Zack's House Monday night.

It was small, but way fun :)

Hangin' with Skyler @ the Smiths.

Just lovin' my sister Natalie :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIAH!

(We celebrated her birthday last Sunday.)

Thats all from this teenage drama queen. More confessions to come!

- J