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HOLA AMIGAS!...OR AMIGOS!!


Sorry I have been away for some time..but I have been busy!!!
With Happy Ho Ho and family and parties it has been a wonderful whirlwind...such a blast. I feel so blessed to have the family and friends that I do..




Holly is home! (YAY! God!) - Just thought I would let you know...




And the most exciting news... my parents, josh and I are heading out for a 7 day cruise to the Mexican Riviera :O) We are all so excited!!! It will be a great time to relax and just spend some good quality time together!! So unfortunately I will be gone for awhile... but I have been given the task by Kristi to have no less than 600 pictures!! (of course I wont post them all!)


Then when we get back its.... wedding Wedding WEDDING!


hahaha....


Anyways I love you all... sorry I have been a lousy blog poster lately... but I htink Christmas is a valid excuse ;o)


Here is the place we are going:

MAZATLAN

PUERTO VALLARTA

CABO SAN LUCAS

ADIOS!

JAKE!

So I found these pictures of our precious Jacob and HAD to post them!!!

Jake is such a sweet and vital part in our lives. He is so sweet and funny, little things he says or does has a tendency to brighten my day. I love the little guy so much. Alisha has done an amazing job raising him. She has taken on the role of two parents and I admire her for the faith, values and discpline she has instilled in Jacob. She has created a stable life for Jake and it is showing up in his everyday life. The other day I wanted to cry because my mom told me she made him a peanut butter and jelly sanwhich and all of a sudden he closes his eyes speaks some gibberish, folds his hands and says, "AMEN!" it was precious. I truly believe Jacob has a JEsus in his heart and knows the power of prayer, Alisha has faithfully brought him to church and you can see fruit in not only her life but her child's as well. So Alisha, you are an incredible mother...NEVER forget that.

New Hair!

Okay, so I colored my hair!!!

yes, its not too different, but worthy of a post...I went a lovely shade of dark brown.....

anyways, so thats that. lol

On the 12 day of Christmas my true love gave to me.....A Core Leadership Christmas Party!

So Here it is... my last tradtion (well for the contest anyway... we still have a week before Christmas and I will have alot more to show!!!) So Last night was our Core Leadership Christmas party... It was so much fun. Sherrissa and Ryane hosted it at their house, which is amazing might I add. It is so big and unique inside, I really liked it. Everyone one brought their favorite dessert and we drank hot cocoa and coffee and just visited. It was really nice becasue we are really starting to become a family, which is important for a leadership team. We really enjoyed eachother and I cant wait for teh next event. oh we even had a white elephant gift exchange.. it was fun! Josh got a starbuck card and I got a Frebreze wall smeller-gooder (haha the funny thing is I stole that!!! haha) So here it is guys!

The girls adorable christmas tree!

Brandi and I

Ryane... and of course Lance in the back
Lance and his white elephant git...bahahaha!

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to meeeeee....A wonderful evening with the Gibbs Fam-uh-leeeee!!

So here is my 11th tradition...a Christmas evening with the Gibbs family!

Every year we get together and have dinner, visit and give the kiddos their gifts... This year was even more special because we had a new addition to the Gibbs crew...baby Anastacia!!

Each year they come to the house and we have a gingerbread house ready for them to decorate... they look so forward to it every year. We love the Gibbs and they have become part of our family...

So here it is... we love you Gibbs Crew!!!

She liked her gift...

But she loved the paper!
Colton LOVED his toy!
"YAY! I got a little pet shop!!"

On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to meeee...A dinner with some Egles and a some lights in some BIG trees!

Well, its that time again... #10 is a doozey! (sp?)

Anyways, Josh and I had an absolute blast with a very special family..the Egles!!!

Every year we get together and exchange gifts....Because I am their FAVORITE nanny you know... lol just kidding I am their only Nanny... but they stil love me ;O) This year we started by going to dinner to the Elephant Bar, the Egle Nest, mom and dad, josh and i and Alisha and Jake.... it was sooo yummy!!! Then after dessert we took a wild ride to Candy Cane Lane (my mom tells me thats not what its called, but i think its festive!) It is an amazing neighborhood that is inhabited by tons of North pole elves who LOVE Christmas... they even give out free hot chocolate!!! It was beautiful!!! Shine Kameron Brooklin and Jak were so much fun to go with... and Kristi and Hugo were a hoot too!!! Anyways, I thought I would share our evening with you... The Egles mean the world to Josh and I, and we are so blessed to have them in our lives...

Have fun in Tennesse guys.. play in the snow and eat lots of treats and open TONS of presents (Brooklin I cant wait to see your Octopus!!!)

Love you all!

Getting ready to eat!.. Jacob was trying to decide... lolBrooklin was a Cheetah!

PRESENTS!

My Shiney Hiney!

Jake and Kameron are like 2 peas in a pod.. (haha I LOVE all the new words Kam is teaching him... Alisha might not though ;O)

Jake and Brooklin with Choo choos is hillarious!!

Shine trying to write down what she would like for Christmas!

This is my FAVORITE house .. i look for it EVERY year!

One house even put snow in their lawn! (Kristi didnt like it very much...lol)

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

On the 9th Day of Christmas my true love gave to meeeeee...Ooooey Goooey Gumdrops!

Ahhhhh!!! I can smell them in the oven, baking ever so perfectly. Oooey gooey centers and gummy gum gumdrops....Yes its time for tradition number 9. Mom's Gumdrop Cookies. Every year we make this yummy treat for Christmas..they are oh so good!!! First we have to cut up the gumdrops (minus the black ones.. those are for South Pole elfs) we put them in flour so they dont stick together and we cut them with scissors. Its so much fun because we sit and talk while we do it...eat a few gumdrops too :O) These cookies are more than jsut yummy .. they have so many memories... Whenever I taste one I get that warm fuzzy feeling all over because I know how much love is in them and its a family tradition.. My Grandma makes them and she taught my mom and my mom taught me.... anyways.. I am sure you all have your favorite holiday treats so go and enjoy!!!

NOTE: I would like to make a note that Holly and I no longer acknowledge the word "cookie" seeing as it does not make sense. You do not Cook a "cookie" you cook a meatloaf or a pot roast and you BAKE a cookie... so From now on we will be referring to the so-called cookie as

"BAKIE"

ExOh!

Bethany

Finals. Enough Said.

So I took my very first final today!!

It was at 11 am. for my English 105 class - Literary Criticism. I was expecting a pretty tough exam, but mom and I prayed in the car and it was a cinch!!! I loved that class so much. And to make matters even better my final seminar paper got a B!!!! I was super excited. This class is pretty much impossible to get above a C, just because the standards are high and the material is tough... but anyways, I am so thankful for my professor she has taught me so very much, Dr. Jenkins is the best, I am also in her Victorian Lit class (ahh that fianl is on wednesday. not as easy.. we have to do a passage identification test which means basically there is quotes from all the material we have read and we have to give what book it is from and what author. It wouldnt be so hard if we didnt read 32 books over teh semester...God will help me) So anyways.. what a good way to kick off finals week!

Heres my schedule:

Tonight: Study

Tomorrow: REALLY study

Wednesday: English 152 Victorian Lit (11:00)

Criminology 152 Psychology of Crime (1:15)

Chcano Latin American Studies 170-Brazilian and Mexican culture (3:30)

Thursday: Linguistics 140 Language and Culture of Society (ONLINE!)

Friday: Bake Christmas Cookies with mom and await Holly's return :O)

Happy Birthday Maxine!

So Our little Maxine turned one today :O)

She has become such a little part of our family... we love her to pieces. Seriously she has completed our family and we wouldnt know what to do without her! Ashley.. you remember the collar you got her before I even got the dog?? She TOTALLY rocks it!! hehe Who would have thought?? haha Anyways I love my Maxine, so heres to you lovey!!

On the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to meeeee.... CANDY CANES AND BOARD GAMES!!!

Whew....!! I posted this one just in time... minutes before midnight! So here is my 8th tradition... I like to call it "Candy Canes and Board Games!! Every year I always have a gathering with some of my closest friends.... So all us kids got together and played games and ate yummy food until wee hours in the morning... It was sooo much fun. My friend Megan bought me a new game "Pictionary Man" it was great!!! But anyways we had soo soo soo much fun visiting with everyone. I want to give a shout out to my Krizia.. thank you so much for coming and staying so late... I missed you so. And A shout out to Holly (who comes home in a week.. your presence was missed!!!) But anyways we had such a blast!!! Yay for Traditions!!

The invitation I whipped up on the computer

HAHA i was all ready to go in my elf hat.

Alisha!! She has great pictures too... Take a looka at her blog they should be up soon.

Jacob was ready too!

Of course Maxine was dressed as a Santa Baby!!

The girls looking at our engagement party book (post too come soon!)

YAY!

Lets play some games!


My favorite.

LOVE YOU ALL!