Ahh, its resolution season!

Im channeling several people right now, one Progressive with my title, and John (friggin) Grogan from Marley and Me with how to wrap up my blogging dryspell, so here is my attempt!

Moved to a new house. Lost keys. Lost camera. Refused to blog because i didnt have camera. Blake won trip to Jamaica with his satellite store. Yelled at the company for not letting me go. Blake went to Jamaica. Found keys. Had Thanksgiving in Rexburg. Lost keys. Went to new ward, got called back into Primary, Blake still doesnt have a calling. Camie moved in. Callie came home, wants to move in. Met the neighbors, tried Amish friendship bread. Someone asked me "why did you want to be a nurse?" I said I like scabs. Best friend Ellen got married. Best friend Camie got married. Nephew got married. Made bets when Callie will get married. Did an accidental cookie with my car with oncoming traffic. Christmas Eve with the Summers, Christmas Day with the Heuers. Got new camera. Decided to blog again. (:

What a life (:

We are really enjoying our new place but we miss our old ward terribly! Blake's store continues to do very well and I still think i am so lucky and blessed to work with the kids and families ive been assigned to! We work very hard but the best part of the day is cuddling up with Blake in front of the fireplace(:

On Christmas blues...

It would be an understatement to say that there are many close to me who have found many many trials and tribulations this year. As the Holidays approach, we have even joked that the end of 2009 will be better than Christmas itself, and the best new years to date. I do agree that this year was certainly difficult.

There was certainly a lot of this:

And even a lot of this:
I will miss my friend Tasche Stone, her young life ended in January, two new babies and husband left behind. I will miss my wonderful cousin Kyle, who fought a horrible battle with mental illness until he was taken to our Heavenly Father. He was followed closely by both his grandparents. I will not forget my little patient, who I was just getting to know, and how her mom excused me from the room when we both knew her final minutes were gone. I wont forget friends near and dear to me as they have struggled for answers to their prayers.


But the trick to not letting a rough year give you the Christmas blues, is to remember to look around and find all the wonder and goodness and blessings around you... even if they seem hidden.

And my personal remedy, and one that I highly recommend, the healing power of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This year I am celebrating the Holidays with gratitude for being alive and awaiting more adventures for next year! Because they dont seem to end do they...?

Smile and have a happy holiday and a merry Christmas, and lots of love to all of you. (:

20 Days and Counting!!!!

WE are MOOOOOOVVVIIIIINNGGG! Wahooo! We are so excited!!! And for some reason this is all underlined without my doing, but I dont care I am too excited!!!

Blakes brother in law may have a house for us, but we are kinda sorta waiting for these people to take a hint with a nice little eviction notice... lets just say they are getting their commuppence...

So our 30 days is in , and the countdown is official! Good bye little one bed one bath of 2.5 years!!!

Good bye my little living room...

goodbye little dining room right next to our fride garbage and laundry room...

Good bye broken pieces of wood... jk. Wish us luck!

and I cant wait for december for my best friend in the whole wide world to get married!!!

piece out springs. Believe me, youll miss us and our too loud movie nights! Good luck with your leaky furnace that you never fixed! Bwahahahahahahahahahahah

livin the good life

What a wonderful life, maybe someday I'll have time to blog about it... (:

And thats the way the cookie crumbles... for everyone right?!?

Hotsprings, weddings, birthdays, meetings, working overtime, training 6 RN's, climbing the tallest mountain in IDaho, hope we can catch the fair, i almost forgot about visiting teaching and my best friend in the whole wide world is getting married and my husband took me cliff jumping again!!!!!

And there goes summer...

Goodbye.

Its sad when a child leaves us, but its wonderful the time we had with them on earth. For me, I am glad I had the chance to care, and hopefully leave an impact of love.

Sleep in peace Breana.

Bombardation!

I think I made up the word Bombardation, but my definition is a butt-load of pictures. Come on, who doesn't love pictures?

Its been a busy summer, but I have to stroke my own pony here and say well done to all we accomplished before August!
Beautiful Seattle

The Kirkland tradition, Spuds famous Fish and Chips, DE-LISH!


We had a ball at the Science center, especially with the camera that distorts your images...

Above: movie poster... Below: ???....

Callie and Michael Jackson???...

Mausoleum on the San Juans

Blake dancing on their graves...

Off to Buffalo Wild Wings and Blake and Brian HAD to do the Blazin challenge, good job boys!

We are normal so we had salads.

I love this, little Esme and her favorite uncle.

Cooling off at our business trip in Portland, me and my diamond gals!

And one of my favorite things we have done so far, a night Canoe ride!

Hopefully Kira will post her pictures of us on the river so I can steal them (: