First trip of the season:Snowboarding

It was a blast! We went to Snowbowl in Flagstaff and it was def a good first trip. The snow was wonderful, lots of powder. We left early Sat. morning and Jared drove. We did not get any pictures so this one was one that I got off the website.

I must say that Snowbowl is realy really small, much smaller then Sunrise. Since I did not go a whole lot last season I was able to pick myself up and start learning again. I think I am comfortable enough to do some jumps next time. I love snowboarding so much, I wish Ryan enjoy it too. :(

I was sad that Ryan could not go. He had to work the night before and the night after. I was sad and I missed him a lot. He was so sweet, when I got to my car to drive home Ryan had left a wonderful note that he missed me and love me so much with a lil bag of Ghirardelli chocolate. He is such a wonderful husband.

Oh, and Jared and Ashely was on 15 news. I guess they were doing a report on the snow on opening day. So Jared and Ashley was on TV. What else....Bryce and Tyler was ripping it up. Scott biffed it a lot. Tyler was interestingly enough to fall while in line for the lift. haha. that was so funny. The End

Christmas Fun!

This is Ryan playing with Freedom. She is loving the attention :)
Ryan is dancing with Freedom so she can have a piece of orange. That little sucker loves cuties.
This is our Christmas tree. It is more fun to look at in person.
Ryan and I made some Christmas stockings for our lil family. One for Ryan, Freedom, and Sunny. It took me so much longer to make these then I thought, but they turned out pretty good. Here is a close up.
Here is a story for you that I got from Wiki about Christmas stockings. Enjoy!

"While there are no written records of the origin of the Christmas stocking, there are popular legends that attempt to tell the history of this Christmas tradition. One such legend has several variations, but the following is a good example:

Long ago, there lived a poor man and his three beautiful daughters. He had no money to get his daughters married, and he was worried what would happen to them after his death.

Saint Nicholas was passing through the village when he over heard the discussion of some villagers who were talking about the situation of the three girls. St. Nicholas wanted to help them, but he knew that the old man won't accept charity. He decided to help in secret. He waited util it was night and crept into their house through the chimney.

He had three bags of gold coins with him, one for each girl. As he was looking for a place to keep those three bags, he noticed stockings of the three girls that were hung over the mantelpiece for drying. He put one bag in each stocking and off he went. When the girls and their father woke up the next morning, they found the bags of gold coins and were of course, overjoyed. The girls were able to get married and live happily ever after.

The word about St. Nicholas being so generous spread throughout the village and then all over the land.

^[1]This led to the custom of children hanging stockings or putting out shoes, eagerly awaiting gifts from Saint Nicholas. Sometimes the story is told with gold balls instead of bags of gold. That is why three gold balls, sometimes represented as oranges, are one of the symbols for St. Nicholas. And so St. Nicholas is a gift-giver."

Home sweet Home

***this is not my house, its a house that we want but now sold***

ok so here is the news. Ryan and I are looking for a house to live in perminantly. We have a huge problem as to live in the city or live in QC. Here is the dilema, people say that for first time home buyers they are only in their first home around 5 years. (keep that in mind)

city-less house, older house, but value will go up faster

QC-more house, new house, take longer for value to go up. (10-15 years)

i dont know what i want to do. i work in phoenix, ryan works ....where ever. we want a nice house but then if we move in about 5 years QC might not be worth it. I dont know....what do you think?

School Is Out!!!

This will be the last time that I will be looking at this....I hate school. So last night I turned in my final project for these two classes. I must say, my grammer sucks more then a dyson vacuum. Ryan helped me to correct my grammer for both of my finals and I feel so dumb and unable to write a decent paper. I cried and cried, thankfully I have a compassionate husband. He really helped me to feel better. He was so helpful and i am so greatful for him. I am just glad that school is over.

My plan now is to go to MCC or something. Gotta do that hands on stuff, writing really is not my thing.

Keep Christ in Christmas

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

I have to say, this news was one of the many that happened on black Friday. What has gotten into people? Why has this holiday been turned into rude people in bad moods because of the stressfulness of getting presents? Are presents really what the holiday is all about?

I am not going to lie, I love presents. I just think that we need a good reminder that presents is to symbolize the gifts that Christ got when he was born. We are celebrating his birth and we really should do it more justice.

This holiday is a great chance to show more love and stand out of the crowd of angry mobs that are not getting their way, great chance to do more charity even in your own home, family, and friends. Help each other to make this holiday more joyous for all.

I hope that each of us will take the time to remember the significance of the holiday. I love you and have a safe and blessed holiday.