September - December 2011
September: Had a quick weekend trip to Vegas for a National ABPA Board Meeting, never left the hotel, barely left the meeting rooms. The President appointed me as the Magazine Committee Chair, despite my refusing it twice.
October: Joey and Dad had wonderful birthdays. President Cook, my former basketball coach and Stake President, spoke in General Conference, my Sunday School class had a party and watched it with me.
You can watch it here. http://youtu.be/znvTtWYWvtM
Wendy and I played our favorite form of lottery, and lost in more ways than one.
Had a fun Halloween, Ray and Amee brought Aiden to our Ward trunk or treat, he was the cutest dinosaur anyone had ever seen. Due to Wendy and I being so inactive, socially, in the ward, everyone thought we were the visitors and Ray and Amee and Aiden blended right in.
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November: November was the most exciting month ever. Remember my friend Ana?
She had a baby!!!! Gavin was born November 12, only 20 minutes shy of being born on the 13th. I sat in the waiting room anxiously until he came and got to stay with him in the nursery while they checked him out and gave him his first bath. My first sobrino latino, and he's absolutely perfect. (on a side note I also killed a mouse the night Gavin was born, it was horrid, Hurley is a terrible mouse hunter)
Ana's mom flew in a couple of days later and we spent lots of time together the first week. Apparently from my visit in March my ability to communicate in Spanish was pathetic. We spent 30 minutes looking for soap and bread, until I realized she wanted to get some soup. =) Ana's mom is wonderful, and one of my most favorite people.
I tried a new wonderful recipe for rolls http://allrecipes.com/recipe/quick-yeast-rolls/Detail.aspx?src=ShareOnFacebook&recipeID=13827. They're fast and delicious.
And I killed my Kindle. Less than one year old, it couldn't keep up with me. Amazon sent me a fast replacement, which was put to use immediately.
A few weeks later they all came and spent Thanksgiving with my family it was a lot of fun, and everyone thought Gavin was the most guapo chico they'd ever seen.
In the spirit of thanksgiving a week after the holiday I had a first in dealing with upset customers, someone threatened to use their water meter as a toilet, maybe not in that nice of terms. A thorough inspection of the meter the next day proved he was full of crap, pun intended.
December: I quickly learned to love to visit Ana's as often as possible, Selma makes the yummiest Mexican food around. My favorite this trip was the gorditas, there is a better word for it but I'm not going to guess how to spell it because last time I did, it brought up pictures on Google that somehow didn't get caught in the parent filter. =O
Marlie was baptized by her dad, my brother, Jimmy. It was an exciting night, she was super happy.
We also had a wild home invasion. Wendy opened our front door to get something, and apparently a bird had taken roost in our wreath. It decided to come inside out of the cold and hilarity ensued as Wendy and Hurley chased it around the house until we trapped it in my bathroom. The bird left a special present on our tv, it was like 3D without the glasses. There must be something about the wreath, another...or the same one?....was napping in there again, but luckily we got the door shut before it broke in again.
Ana, Gavin and Selma all came to visit us on Christmas eve, the four of us went to midnight Mass in Ogden, which is beautiful, and the priest was a character. My favorite part of their visit, besides holding Gavin, was my grandma being so nice to Selma and trying so hard to talk to her and help her feel welcome. Some how they talked about all kinds of things, and even found a common interest in knitting.
An exciting end to an exciting year.....
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