The holiday season, oh what a joyous time!!

I got to spend Christmas in Snowflake with Will, Tara, Mom, Landon, Tristan, Avery, Erin and Brent... I had so much fun, even though it was freezing cold there!! I drove out there on Tuesday afternoon, and lucky me on the way there I hit a nice little snow storm... Those of you who know me well know that I hate driving slow, it sucks and it makes trips seem 10 times longer than they really are... But, alas, I made it safe and sound... I was so excited to see everyone, expecially my Landy, T-Birder, and Miss A... Every time I see them I think they have grown up so much since the time before... I got to have little Miss A follow me around like a little duckling of mine and yark (yell and bark) at me until I would pick her up and lug her around with me... Then Mom came out on Wednesday and we got to spend time with her... It was so much fun hanging out with everyone... Christmas day was awesome, the kids were so excited to open presents and I just remember back when I was their age and how exciting it was on Christmas morning to get up and see the presents... It just reminds me how simple their minds work and that it doesn't take much to please them... Kids are amazing, and they're so innocent and simple!! I love them...

Mom, Will, Tara and the chitlins came out here to Queen Creek and spent some time here, the twins were here already visiting my Dad and we all got to hang out... All the cousins, (Landon, Tristan, Jaxon, and Avery) had an absolute blast playing with each other!!

Today we all went to the Superstition Springs Mall and hung out for a while shopping and just walking around... Now, the reason I write this post is because my lovely sister Tara did the most embarrassing thing in the entire world... Not only did Tara do something but so did Will... So this is a shout out to the two of them... Way to go!!

Okay so after all the shopping we decided that we were all hungry and went to this nice little Mexican food restaurant to eat called Cravings... It was delicious by the way, ever want to know where it is just let me know I will give you directions!! Anyway, so everyone was pretty much done eating and Will gets up and says something to the waiter and I asked him, "Hey were you telling him it's Preston's birthday?" (because it was earlier this month) and he responded with a, "Yes" (giggle giggle, coming from Will) I high five him and all. A few minutes later a bunch of the employees come out clapping and singing and I am totally laughing cuz Preston (who I think it's for) is clapping with them and totally oblivious that they're coming to our table, come to find out Will told them it was my birthday, (not true) and lied to me about telling them it was Preston's!! You big jerk!! So yeah, I'm sitting there bright red in the face, cuz ya know, it's embarrassing!! Okay so a few minutes pass and I get over it, and Tara asks me if I think the waiter is cute, and he was so I reply with a simple yes... K, so he comes back around and I hear Tara ask him,
"Hey, are you Mormon?"
He says, "Yes."
Tara, "Are you single?"
He says, "Yes."
She says, "Do you wanna date my little sister, Jennifer? She's a sweet girl..."
Yadda yadda yadda... So now this guy probably thinks we're the creepiest alive and he has my number!! Goodness I have a crazy family... Cross your fingers everyone that this goes well, cuz right now it's not lookin good to me... Haha...
Now I am headed to bed, until next time!!

Temple Christmas lights, and Nicole!! Haha...

The temple!! It was gorgeous!!

Okay so Nicole and I went to the temple last night out here in Mesa cuz we were bored sitting at her house... We had so much fun!! We walked around for a little bit taking pictures, walking like we couldn't bend our joints, you know the usual with Nicole!! Haha... So we played wiggles and got some ridiculous shots of our faces!! We cracked up sitting there, and at one point we both laid down and put our heads next to each other to take a picture and this little boy, Cedros, got right up in our faces and asked us like five times, "What are you guys doing? What are you guys Doing? What are you guys doing?" Haha... Then proceeded to, "TICKLE, TICKLE, TICKLE!!" my feet!! We took a picture with him just for good measure!! Haha... Thanks Colie-oh I really needed the time out!!

Playing wiggles with Nicole!!

Our feets... Yep we're dumb and wear flipflops in the dead of winter!!

This was right before Cedros came up to us... He was so so so cute!!

Me and Nicole with Cedros!! He was the cutest five year old alive!! I will always remember this night!!

Thanksgiving with the fam...

The purses me and Heather bought mom and tara... Oh and the tiny wallets!!

So I got to go to Cottonwood for the day and spend Thanksgiving with lots of people... Ready for this?? Mom, Elmo, Emily, Josh, Joey, Victor, Tara, Will, Landon, Tristan, Avery, Heather, Preston, Jaxon, Erin, Shawn, Shane, Nan, Pop, and myself... (Dang that was a mouth full!!) It was an absolute blast!! A little on the crazy side but definitely worth it!! I was very grateful to have been able to spend what little time I had with my family!! I love all y'all!!

Willy T watching some of the chitlins!! He's amazing!!

Jake came by and visited, it was way good to see him!!

Thanksgiving turkey time!! Yummmmm...

So I'm pretty excited cuz I get to see my family soon!! I don't think it will come soon enough tho that's the problem!! Stupid work, if it wasn't for them I would be in Cottonwood right now!! Can't wait to see everyone!! Just thought I would let every one know how excited I am!! Haha...

YAYYYYYYYY!!!

Stupid men...

Single again... Buh!!

Not gonna lie DATING SUCKS...

That is all I have to say!!

Tag you're it!!

So I was reading blogs and I'm super bored right now sitting at home so I thought I would do this to pass the time...

5 things I was doing 10 years ago...
1. School
2. Hanging out with friends that I don't see anymore
3. Probably playing in the ditch with neighborhood kids
4. Living in Cottonwood
5. Hmm... Not working!! Those were some good times!!

5 things on my to do list today...
1. Take a shower
2. Get ready
3. Eat eventually
4. Wash my car
5. Go to Walmart

5 snacks I enjoy...
1. Brownies
2. Chocolate chip cookies
3. Chips and salsa
4. Chocolate anything
5. Apples covered in caramel and chocolate

5 things I would do if I was a millionare...
1. Pay off all my debts and families too
2. Buy a house
3. Buy a big truck
4. Donate to some charities
5. Invest the rest

5 places I have lived...
1. Cottonwood at my moms
2. Cornville with a roomate
3. Cottonwood with some more roomies
4. Corona, CA
5. Queen Creek, AZ

5 jobs I have had...
1. Cottonwood Shoes
2. Sizzler
3. Wells Fargo
4. Nanny
5. Best Buy Mobile

4 things I'm passionate about...
1. My famly
2. Kids
3. Reading the twilight series
4. Life in general

4 things I say often...
1. "I'm not gonna lie."
2. "LAME!!"
3. "I kill you!"
4. "What?"

4 things I want to do before I die...
1. Get married and have kids
2. Go skydiving
3. Go through the temple
4. Travel the world

4 things I want/need...
1. A relatoinship that actually works
2. New pants
3. A team Edward shirt
4. My own family (someday)

4 places I want to see/visit...
1. Paris
2. Germany
3. Hawaii
4. New York

4 TV shows I can't live without...
1. House
2. NCIS
3. Extreme Makeover Home Edition
4. John and Kate plus 8

4 things you don't know about me...
1. I hate it when my toes or hands are cold
2. I hate doing my hair and makeup
3. I don't like cake
4. I don't like peanut butter

Tag 5 people...
1. Heather
2. Tara
3. Erin
4. Nicole
5. Lindsay
And whoever else reads this!! haha...

Babysitting Baby J

So last night I watched Jaxon for Heather and Preston while they went on a "date"... He was so stinkin' cute!! At one point he was sitting on the opposite side of the couch from me and was niffin my toaders... (sniffing my toes) It was hilarious cuz he just kept doing it!! I'm not gonna lie, my feet smell amazing!! Haha... Or he wouldn't have done it multiple times!! I love you Baby J you crack your Auntie Jenny up!!

The fantastic four...

So last night I was lucky enough to have my three best friends call me back... And boy you should have seen the trouble I went thru to have all of us be able to hear each other!! It's rare that all four of us get together and rare that the four of us are able to talk at the same time on the phone!! It was an experience let me tell you!! I had Natalie and Lindsay on my cell phone on a three way conversation and Nicole on my other cell, which lost service like ten times, so we called her on my dads cell and couldn't figure out how to turn the speaker phone on... So then I had her call the house phone so I could put her on speaker and we could all talk... There were many occasions that I couldn't understand one word anyone was saying because we were all talking at once but we had the best time talking for like 2 hours about everything in life... I haven't giggled that much in a really long time!! You should have seen it though!! I was stuck in one spot on my bed... My cell phone was dying so I had to plug it in and those of you who know me well you know that I do not like windows... I had to sit by the window with a light on just in case I needed to get up and do anything... It was hilarious!! Linds wanted me to get someone to take a picture and post it but I was having none of that!! No way Jose!! An update on the girls tho... Nicole and Chase are living here in Mesa and both are planning on going to school... Nicole massage therapy and Chase last time I heard was to going to get his helicopters license... They're doing good tho... They have two boxer puppies and those are their kids right now!! They have Jentry and Cole living with them... They enjoy it!! Natalie and her new hubby are living in Flagstaff and going to school... Jacob works at Fry's in the deli and Nat is watching kids, so I guess you could give her the title of nanny... Lindsay is living in Tucson with her little brother Dallin... She is working at a doctors office and if I remember right she's done with school or pretty darn close to it, she's also getting things figured out so she can go on a mission... She's on the 10 year plan... Go on a mission come back and fall in love and have a baby... She's pretty much crazy but that's why I love her!! Haha... I miss the girls and we have decided that sometime in the near future that we all need to take some time away from our busy schedules and have a girls weekend!! Without boys or anything!! I love and miss you girls!!

Spending time with Miss A...

So Tara and Will bravely put Auntie Jenny to the test... They let me have Miss A all to myself for a full day... Thanks!! I really had a blast!! We went and visited some friends from work and hung out with Jackie... Tara kept telling me that Avery probably wouldn't sleep through the night but let me just tell you that the little duffer didn't make a peep once!! She slept so good!! I didn't but she was so good!! I kept getting up and checking on her!! Then I got up early Saturday morning and got ready for the breast cancer walk out here at Tempe Town Lakes... I woke Avery up, got her fed and dressed and we started driving towards Tempe... She was super amazing, just sat in the stroller and kicked her little legs!! Everyone kept telling me how good she was and adoring her!! I got to have some bonding time with her and then shopping time with Heather and Tara... We had an absolute blast this weekend!! It was definitely needed for me.... Got my mind off of many things I needed to get my mind off...

As Tara said in her blog she and Will got to meet the boy... He blended in just fine, thought that everyone was hilarious!! If any of you have ever hung out with my family long enough to know that nothing is sacred in our family you'll know what I am talking about when I say he thought they were HILAROUS!! He was quiet, as Willy T told me, but I think he was just being observant... Plus I left him in the livingroom with all of them while I layed down in another room and read New Moon before I shot Preston... I have to say though that I got into a water fight with him and won!! Haha... So there!! Mom, Elmo, Shane, Shawn, Landon and Tristan came down yesterday before I had to go to work and we hung out at the mall... It's always good to get everyone together and have some family time!! I didn't realize how much I missed my family until I had moved away from some of them... I'm lucky and get to see Heather, Preston and Jaxon whenever because they live down the street... Keeps me sane since I don't get to see everyone else... But I definitely cherish the time that we get everyone together to spend some time together!!

Thanks again for the good time!! Love all you guys!!

Halloween Fun

So I'll be honest I was totally lame this Halloween!! Maybe someday when I have chitlins of my own I will be more into it!! I didn't have to work so I hung out with Heather, Preston and Baby J... We were going to go to Preston's work to show Jaxon, I mean Shrek, off to all his fellow co-workers!! But lame-o's shut down early so we went by my work instead!! Everyone had a blast checking Jaxon out in his costume!! He looked so stinkin cute!! Met up with Preston after and ate... Jaxon went trick-or-treating at Grandpa's house and then around the neighborhood!! Heather and I then decided to carved a pumpkin on Halloween night... I know it sounds stupid but we had fun with it!! I didn't get to hang out with Wes that night =( because he was sick but someday I will get over it!! That's about it for our halloween fun!!

A Wes side story...

So I went on a date with this guy and I am happy to report that things are going AMAZING with him... If you couldn't tell by my title his name is Wes (Short for Wesley Robertson)... So our first date we met up at a chinese resturant and ate, then we went over to the Mesa Fiesta Mall to a haunted house (it was lame, I'm not gonna lie) and after went back over to my house to chill!! On the way to the house we discussed what we were going to do out there and came up with we could watch a movie and somehow we thought of the idea to dye his hair!! We stopped by Wal*Mart fall apart to pick some up and that's exactly what we did!! He was hilarious looking so I took a picture!! Knowing that I would totally put it on my blog!! He doesn't know this but what he doesn't know won't kill him!! After I finished putting the dye in his hair he told me to dye his eyebrows while I was at it. That I didn't think I wanted to do so he did it himself!! I should have just done it cuz it ended up all over!! Anywho... Things have gone great!! Heather and Preston met him at dinner one night and said they approved!! So did Nicole and Chase!! So far so good with the boy!! The only bad thing is that we don't get to see eachother very often seeing as I live in Queen Creek and he lives in Glendale!! (totally opposite sides of the Phoenix area!!) Plus my work schedule is all over the place and he has school starting tonight from 5 until 11:30 at night... Sad day for me... I think I might just go pout in the corner now!! That's about it for the love life!! Oh and anyone wants to know... He has no kids and is not in the military!! Yay me!! Look at me go!!

Birthdays in Snowflake

So I have been a slacker about blogging and have finally gotten around to blogging about my stay over in Snowflake... Everyone (Preston, Heather, Jaxon, Mom, Shane, Shawn, and myself) made the long trip out to Snowflake to celebrate Erin and Avery's birthdays!! We had an absolute blast!! We spent the 11th going to the fall festival (Snowflake has the smallest festivals I have ever seen in my life) and riding a Shetland Pony named Bob!! The kids were just tickled that they got to ride around on Bob. He was lazy and a little on the over weight side for his small stature!! Willy T went in and cut some apples up and brought out those and some carrots so Landon could feed Bob. After the long rides with three little boys on his back I'm sure he was grateful that he got a little snacky poo.
I was sad to leave after spending four days there but it always reminds me of how grateful I am for my family and the time that I do get to spend with them is cherished!! We all enjoyed each others company and had some good laughs.

Mom and I got the opportunity to sleep on a blow up mattress together and the first night she curled up right next to me in the middle of the night and told me, "Jenny, it's cold!!" Then early the next morning Miss A decided she wanted out of her cibbers and no one else would save her but Auntie Jenny. I went in and got her and she fell back asleep on my chest for about another 20 minutes. It's moments like that that I will always look back on and remember!!

6 Quirks

Okay, I was tagged a few days ago by my cousin, and again yesterday by my sisters, to blog about 6 of my quirks. Buh... Who really likes to know about those stupid little quirks?? Obviously more people than I thought!! So here go nothing!!

1. When I'm tired I play with my hair, twirl it in my fingers run my fingers through my hair. If I'm extremely tired I pull the mascara off my eyelashes!! Gross huh?? That one I got from my mom...

2. I'm afraid of windows... True story!! They scare the crud out of me!! At night I will do everything in my power to keep lights off in whatever room I am in... If I have to shower I shower in the dark, I change in the dark!! Even if I just want to sit on my bed I have to do it in the dark!! Don't ask me why because I can't make it go away!! All I have to say is I am really good at most anything in the dark... Haha

3. I pop my knuckles all the time... Not only my knuckles but every joint in my body pops... Enough said...

4. Like Heather I am weird about my laundry!! Even if you think you're helping me I will go back through and re-fold things and hang them up the right way... All my clothes in my closet are color coordinated and hung the same way... Sweaters are with sweaters, shirts with shirts, dresses and skirts with dresses and skirts, jeans with jeans, and dress pants with dress pants. Laundry I fold are folded a certian way but are not in any order!! Crazy OCD...

5. I'm a germaphob... Animals to me are dirty... I don't care if they are indoors or out... They're dirty!! Dogs may have cleaner mouths than humans but I do not know of anyone that licks their butts and then licks another person... Talk about nasty!! If I touch something I think is dirty I have to go wash my hands right away or it sits in the back of my mind until I do it... (I hate it when animals lick me, too!! BUH!!)

6. Like I said in number 4 I have some OCD issues... When I chew things in my mouth I have to have even amounts on each side... Don't get me started on M&Ms and skittles... Color coordinated and even amounts on each side... Sound crazy?? It totally is... In my mind I think, "Self, why are you doing this?" but I can't not do it... I don't step on cracks if I can help it and I don't like to touch handles on any doors!! They're all yucky!!

Wow... I could probably go on but I don't wanna freak every one out!! Haha... Now as for everyone that has yet to do this get to it... Tara said it's therapeutic, totally true!! First step is to admit it... Just do it!! I'm not gonna lie it's kind of fun!! K off to bed I am... Enough blogging for one day!!

Again, been waiting to publish some of these pictures and thanks to Heather I finally can!! I had the pleasure of going to Snowflake to visit and right before I left I took some pictures with Landon, Tristan, and Avery!! None of them had all of us looking at the camera at once but hey it shows our true personalities!!
Today was my day off and I got to hang out with Heather and Jaxon and since the last couple days have been super nice outside we decided to take Baby J to the park... We had an absolute blast!! From him telling us that there was a kite (big balloon in the air), to throwing sand and getting busted for it!! Heather tried to be stern and put him in time out but it didn't really work out!! I just laughed at her and Jaxon continued to throw sand!! It's always a good time hanging out with my nephews and niece!! Love em love em love em!!!

Utah, Nat's wedding, and the single girls...

K so I have been meaning to do this for the longest time but haven't had the resources to do so... The great, almighty Heather helped me!! Thanks Heff!! This is a video of my utah trip for Nattie Sue's wedding!! We had a blast, playing the skittles game before heading to the wedding, and then going to the wedding and getting to see the beautiful bride come out of the temple... It was awesome, there was some drama but hey it happens!! Being at the reception with Lindsay, Natalie and Nicole was awesome... The four of us haven't been together in over a year I think... I am pretty positive that the last time the fantastic four were all together was at Nicole's wedding!! We always have a blast getting together and catching up on the old times!! I love my girls!! I can't forget Miss Katie... She is now part of the group so I guess technically we're the fantastic five!! Hot dang!!
Anyone want to make bets on who gets married next? Will it be me, Katie or Lindsay?? Stay tuned to find out...

Snowflake, Hawaii, and the boy of course...

Wow... So I am totally lame cuz I started this and haven't done anything with it since!! Sad day... Life hasn't changed much... Just been working lots and last week I got the opportunity to go out to Sanowflake and visit some of the fam... It was way fun being there, Tara says that it wasn't much of a vaca for me but it was!! Being away from work and all the stress here in Queen Creek I can't complain too much!! I got to see Landy, T-Bird and Miss A!! I miss them so so so much!!
Heather and Preston decided to go to Hawaii for two weeks and took my Baby J with them!! I miss that boy too!! Heather calls me every once in a while and I get to hear about all the fun stuff that she's doing in Hawaii from her (by the way H I am way jealous that you are there without me) and I get to talk to Baby J!! He makes me giggle every time I talk to him!! He gets on the phone and in a little high pitched voice says "HI JENNY!" So cute!! I can't wait to see him when he gets back!!
As for the boy, we are still seeing eachother on and off!! Nothing serious... Just casual!! Although I have tried to cut all ties with the others because I'm hoping that maybe sometime in the near future things will be a little more serious!! He's already talking about going snowboarding this winter with me, so I have my fingers crossed to see if things even pan out that far into the future!! Plus he goes to New Mexico to race here in about a month and I might try to go with him to watch!!
Well that's about it for my exciting life!! I am going to have to add the pictures of me and the kids in Snowflake later cuz I don't know how I am going to get them onto this computer from my camera!! I will eventually tho!!

So here goes nothin...

K so Heather and Tara both have blogs and it keeps me up to date on things in theirs lives. I decided that even though I am single and have no chitlins running around I could still do the blog thing... Life in CRAZY right now, been working lots and hating it most of the time!! I really don't have much time to myself!! Been dating but nothing serious, we all know how that goes... It's the story of my life!! Haha...
Right now I am working at Best Buy as a Mobile Sales Consultant... Sounds professional right? Haha... Yeah, basically I sell cell phones and get to deal with grouchy people all day!! It's a good time, just exactly what I love to do. Trying to find something else and waiting for a lady to call me about another possible nanny job. I figure that I would like this nanny job more considering my family is closer than they were when I was in California.
As for the love life you ask? Right now I am seeing a guy, Jeremy... Very nice guy, but we'll see how it goes!! I don't hold my breathe anymore!! It seems that when things are going good something terribly wrong happens and that's the end of it. Believe me though I am in no hurry to get married!! I sometimes think that it would be nice to be married but then I think about having to share things and that doesn't sound any fun!! I like sleeping alone cuz I can spread out on my bed, and I like having my own food and not having to share my sweets. Is that so bad? Haha... I think not!! But hey that's just me!! I have decided that I am going to become a mormon nun... (not even possible) I thought it was somewhat funny...
So yeah that's me!! Takin' one small baby step and livin' life one day at a time!! Good times, good times!!