2009!

Alright. Its obvious. This blogging thing, has totally kicked my trash. But here we go!

Janurary:

DISNEY CRUISE!!! It was seriously a blast! I came back, totally wanting to get a job with Disney! They have so much fun together, and I just thought it would be awesome! It was SO relaxing, I think my favorite part was never knowing what time it was. It could be 10 in the morning, or midnight, and you just didn't have a clue. I could seriously get used to that life :)

Here is my journal entry that I started, but obviously never finsihed... from the cruise.

Yup. I'm serious. I just had one of the best weeks' of my life. I think I've decided what I want to be when I grow up :)
Last week, Ryan, Whitney, Mike, Stacie, and Kent and Deb and their families, went on an Eastern Caribbean Disney Cruise. It was seriously amazing. I loved it.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, we were at sea all day. They had tons of stuff for us to do. The kids each had their clubs to go to, they had pools, hot tubs, clubs for all ages with fun things to do, tonnnns of food to eat, all the time, movies playing constantly, in the theatre. We went to quite a few live performances, and they were awesome! You could catch a movie playing in the Theatre almost always. We stayed in the cabins midship, so there were no windows, which was awesome. We could go to sleep and sleep forever. . . never having a clue what time it was, because it was always dark (that, and you were changing the clock back and forth all the time because we were going through so many time zones.) The rocking was so awesome. . . especially when you were trying to go to sleep... Luckily I didn't get too sea sick.

This is Kylie and I, sitting in the window on Beat street on our way to Karoke night. Super fun, and obiously something was super funny because...look at our faces :)


Our boat was the one in the middle. The one that has Mickey Mouse ears :)

CORN ROWS!!! Funny story: Kylie and I went to get our hair braided. Disney does it on the ship, cheaper than you can get it done in Mexico per say. So Whit scheduled us a time, and we went up to get it done. They got almost done with Ky and asked me who was going to come up and sign for us. I told the lady that I'd go ahead and sign. She looked at me and said "Honey, you can't sign. You're Mom or Dad will have to come do that for you." I looked at her and said "Ummmmmmmm how old do you have to be to sign?" She said "You have to be at least 18 dear." Well, I had some news for her.....seriously. She didn't believe me! I seriously almost had to go track Ryan down, to come sign for us because she wouldn't buy the fact that I was 20 years old. When I told her how old I was, she looked at me and said "Oh my goodness. I thought you were 14" I still haven't decided how to take that....somedays people think I have 5 kids, other days I'm 12. What the heck!

Well, thats the most amazing vacation ever...in a very small nutshell. I will get caught up on everything else here....very soon :)

Thanksgiving and Christmas (Finally)

Sisters :)

I know I'm really slow, and very late, but I didn't want to skip right through everything that is happening in 2009 without doing a Christmas post. Its been a busy few months. I was so able to go to Arizona and see my family (Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins unfortunately my immediate family couldn't be there this year) for Thanksgiving. I spent Thanksgiving day and a couple days after with them. I flew down with Ryan and Whitney's family. I spent the nights with his family, and the days with my family. It was so much fun. We made lots of food, ate lots of food, played games, and had a great time. Its nice to know that I can grow up, and things are going to change for me, but my family stays the same. Everyone gets older and starts going their own way, but the love we have for each other never changes. No matter how old we are, we can all get together and laugh and have a great time. I surprised my Grandparents when I knocked on my Aunt and Uncle's door Thanksgiving morning. I was overwhelmed with the love my Grandparents have for me. It felt so good to be with them again. Unfortunately, I didn't get a whole lot of pictures at Thanksgiving, so I may have to bug the Aunts and see if they got any.

Once I got home from Arizona, I was home for 2 weeks and then flew home for Christmas. I spent 10 days at home with my family. Again, it was great to be home and spend time with them. Christmas just isn't the same anywhere but home. I was able to see and spend time with Rachel and Dorothy

They came and we gave each other presents, and then went to the store, and grabbed some food. It would have been nice to be able to do more with them, but Christmas time is hard with every one's busy schedules.

I also got to see Kendra and Doug. I went to their house and we made pizza. Doug called his friend Cody, and had him come over so he didn't have to be the only man in the house ;). Cody got there, and was hungry, so we went down the street to Dee's for breakfast at 11 and some hot Chocolate. It was so fun. Kendra's house is so cute. She is going to be such a cute Mom! (Somehow the camera was not out this night either. . . GRRR!)

Other than that, I spent time with my family, we played games, went shopping and baked a lot :) I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends, and even better an amazing family that has always been there for me. I love you all!

Jex family picture 2009 ( I kind of insist on one of these every year. The boys don't like it much. . .)

Game night with the Aunts, Uncle's and Cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's house Christmas Eve

Kari. .. .

. . . Obviously needs to update her blog. Yes, I know. I'll buy 5 minutes off somebody. . . :) I'll get right on that. Christmas is over, and there is still Christmas music playing on my blog. Sorry guys.

My little buddy :)

I had to post this, because of all the crazy terminology used in the McBride/Kari home, this is one of my favorites. Josh recently came to Ryan, and said "Hug a diddy". (Diddy. . Daddy. . ) Now when he wants you to hold him and cuddle, he will come to Diddy, and say "Hug a Diddy, or Mommy, and say "Hug a Mom?" . .. then there's Kari. .. The kid says "Mommy, Diddy, Ky (Kylie) Bubba (Connor) Jack Jack (Jaxon) and Mimi (Macie) but for the life of him will Not say Kari. Probably the easiest one of the bunch. . . two syllables, and short. . . We've come to the conclusion, I'm "Dat one". .. He's such a funny boy, and so much fun to play with. . . even if he won't say my name :) We'll work on that.

Haircut. . .

Have you ever just had a day, where you wake up and get ready, but just feel like your always the same, so you decide you want to change something, but just don't know what to change. .. because honestly, how do you change the way you look? I mean, its not like you can look at yourself, and go in your closet and come out with a 10 pound difference, you can't make yourself instantly tan, you can change your make up around a bit, but still, that's not really very drastic. I decided the only thing I could really instantly change, was my hair. SO . . . Kari made an impulse decision, and during lunch one day last week, went to get her hair cut. Lets just say, drastic change on impulse decisions. . . may not be my strongest point. . . Here is the before (This is the day of the cut, not great pictures. . . we had to take pictures to make it look like we were working, to send in for a portfolio that was being made, so this is the best I have of that day

So after this whole ordeal, and I left the hair cutting place, I thought to myself "I have just made myself look like a toilet brush" Not the plastic kind that everyone has now, but the kind that they used in the olden days that are cloth and then go all frizzy and weird when they dry. SO, needless to say, it took me a couple days to tame the beast, but I have gotten used to it, and it will grow back. Here's the after.

Tagged. . . again

Question and Answer: Answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then pass it on to seven others. Here are the questions:

1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Where is your significant other? Huh??
3. Your hair color? Brownish
4. Your mother? Smart
5. Your father? Softy
6. Your favorite thing? Happiness
7. Your dream last night? None
8. Your dream/goal? Family
9. The room you’re in? Family
10. Your hobby? Shopping
11. Your fear? Kidnapped
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Married
13. Where were you last night? Church
14. What you’re not? Sleeping
15. One of your wish-list items? Holland
16. Where you grew up? Utah
17. The last thing you did? Dinner
18. What are you wearing? Clothes
19. Your TV? Music
20. Your pet? Reggie
21. Your computer? Retarded
22. Your mood? Excited
23. Missing someone? Christmas!
24. Your car? Volvo
25. Something you’re not wearing? Hat
26. Favorite store? AE
27. Your summer? Hot
28. Love someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? PINK!!!
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? September

TaGgEd!

K, so Jana tagged me. . . and I started this like a week ago, so some of it is already over (election) but I didn't want to start over, so I'm posting it anyways :)


8 Favorite TV shows
I NEVER watch T.V. . . So this was difficult. . .

How Its Made
What Not To Wear
Surprise By Design
Full House
American Idol
Iron Chef
Football???
I'll have to come back to the rest

8 Favorite Restaurants

Salad Works
Five Guys
Cafe Rio (Anything Mexican!!)
Isaacs
Dipco
La Dolce Vita
Texas Roadhouse
Pizza City

8 Things that happened yesterday
Church
Skipped a Meeting (Don't tell)
Watched Mary Poppins
Sorted candy and THREW IT AWAY! (actually gave it to homeless shelter)
Laughed a lot
Facebook
Slept on the couch
Met the girl I visit Teach, and she's REALLY nice!
Didn't work out (But thats cuz its Sunday!)

8 Things I look forward to
Black Friday!!!
Going home for Christmas!
Mom's Christmas cooking
90 days to be over. ..
See High School Musical again!!
Shopping for Winter Clothes (am I a little late??)
My Wedding
Election Day to be oVeR!

8 Things I love about Fall
Since I don't LOVE Fall. . . only like it sortof. . .
Daylight savings time. I hate the fact that it gets dark at like 3:00, but I like the extra hour I get for a day. . .
The Trees
Warm baths
Wearing Hoodies
Extra Blankets on my bed
Hot Chocolate. . . sometimes
Halloween
School starts, and I don't have to go :)

8 Things on my wishlist
Um. . .
An Ipod?
Raise a righteous family
Go to Holland
90 days to be over (can you tell I hate diets?)
Ride the King da Ka in New Jersey at Six Flags
I'll come back to this when I have more things I want :)