Happy Holidays!

I wanted to write one more entry before I leave tomorrow to say: MERRY CHRISTMAS and I hope everyone has a fabulous holiday vacation! Tomorrow I'm on my way to Texas and of course very excited to see Austin and spend Christmas/New years with him and his family! Just the fact that it's Christmas time is exciting enough. It looks like quite a few people might get a white Christmas even. It seems like everyone is getting snow. I had a near heart attack when I found out McCarren (Las Vegas) airport was closed due to snow, but recovered when I figured out I probably and most definitely hopefully won't be affected. A lot of flights were canceled, but today things have gotten a lot better so I hopefully will be ok. All day today I've been trying to get things ready to go (as you can tell I'm accomplishing great things at the moment) and attempting to fit everything into one suitcase...gonna have to squeeze! Anyways once again, have a great holiday!

we were told that you're never too old to sit on Santas lap

Us girls in front of the bridge

Me and Britney

Ciara and Daniel

the three of us again

We had a great idea to set the camera on the steps and use the self timer...it worked! After a few tries...

Coffee and cold winter nights go together

Ciara did my hair and I thought it was really cute

The before...

and the after.

The Hightower girls (Britney and Ciara) came up to Havasu and spent the weekend with us. We go down there (Blythe, CA) for union meeting and have endlessly talked about getting together other than union meeting...finally it happened, and for the most part we had a blast! Friday night we had pizza and played games...Saturday morning we went shopping and than in the evening we went down to the bridge, which is becoming quite regular for me. Of course it was fun to once again be down there...the atmosphere is great! We even got to sit on Santa's lap, haha. Then we warmed back up with some starbucks...believe it or not it gets pretty chilly here at night! Sunday we had meeting and lunch and a couple games...then the not so fortunate event happened. Britney long-boarded down our hill and crashed (I did the same thing on a skate-board one time, except I didn't get hurt as bad...I think we've come to the conclusion that it's not a very good idea). She scraped up here arms and legs and tore her shirt open, but the worst of it was on her face...she got some bruises, a big bump on her forehead and a chunk out of her nose (not sure how else to put it)...there was lots of blood and needless to say we were pretty worried for awhile...We cleaned her up and put ice on her head and had her rest for a long while and she looked and felt considerably better...Anyways she's ok and we all learned our lesson. We ended the weekend at cold stone to try and end on a happier note. Sorry to go into detail, but that was a big event of the weekend...just glad she's ok and they insisted they STILL had lots of fun.

Boating in December

Kirk let Daniel back the boat in and park...all went smoothly =)

Cruisin'

We fed the ducks wheat thins...they started to get pretty comfortable with us and would snatch them out of your hand.

Thursday, Kirk Shroyer took me and Daniel out for a spin on his boat. It was a gorgeous day...a bit chilly when you're cruising, but laying out and soaking up the sun on the lake was wonderful! We ate lunch on the boat and had some nice chats...over all it was a great afternoon!

Weight Watchers

Today I reached two of my goals...My first goal I reached was my weight watchers goal (the weight they say I should be) which is 130, and my second goal was to be in the 120's before Christmas break and today I was 129.4! So I'm very happy and excited...i've lost a total of 57 pounds and have approximately 15 lbs to my personal goal. It seems like it's taking a very long time, but it has definitely been worth and I feel so much better...I just can't wait to reach my goal. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me along the way...it's a big help!

Gorgeous sunset

The other night we had this gorgeous sunset (actually lots of nights we have gorgeous sunsets) so I ran and got my camera and took a couple pictures. Sooooo pretty...right from our back yard too! I want to live somewhere with seasons, but I would sure miss awesome sunsets and palm tree silhouettes.

Christmas boats

Me and Daniel

Daniel built himself a little mound to lay on

Me and mama

Boats getting ready...these aren't the 'real' boats...they just follow at the end

The other night Daniel, mom and I went down to the lake to watch the Christmas boats, a tradition in Havasu. Anybody can enter it and basically you decorate your boat with Christmas lights and decorations...some of the boats even play music...and there are prizes for the best. There were some very creative and fun boats...it was entertaining to watch. I unfortunately didn't get pictures of any of the boats because my camera was having issues, except for the couple on here.

2 weeks from tomorrow until I get to see my...

Sweet

Silly

Handsome boy!

I am so excited as the time is getting nearer that I get to see Austin and the rest of the family to spend Christmas together! Been doing some Christmas shopping, but ideas are welcome =)

Down to the Bridge again

View of the village from on top of the bridge

A sweet old man offered to take our picture...turned out a bit blurry but thats ok

And the English village again

just having fun =)

Me

Emilee

"The" London Bridge...all prettied up for Christmas

So pretty...pictures don't fully capture it though

The other night Emilee and I went to the Bridge just for something fun to do...It was great just to walk around and listen to the Christmas music and look at the lights and take pictures! It seems crazy we're already into December!