Happy St. Patrick's Day!

So, for a quick recap of the past couple months, wow, I can't believe it's been that long already...n e way... January was pretty mellow so nothing new there... February, however, was quite eventful with Valentine's Day and... I GOT IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND TOTALED OUR CAR!! OOPS!!... BIG OOPS!! Yep, you heard me, on February 5th I got in my very first car accident ever! and it was so scary - the airbags went off and everything. Unfortunately, it was my fault b/c I pulled out in front of a guy, who in my opinion was speeding, that I totally did NOT see coming - he literally came out of nowhere. He was going so fast that he didn't have time to stop or slow down really! Luckily, I wasn't hurt! I think I got a little bit of whiplash and a couple bruises but other than that I was fine! The most embarrassing part was that it was early in the morning and I was dropping Micah off at the train station (he takes a commuter train to work sometimes) and I was still in my pajamas, no bra!, no makeup, hair in a messy ponytail, you name it! Yeah, embarrassing! Police had to come and then they had to tow my car home b/c it was so damaged! The surprising thing was that I totally held it together... until I got home... and then I completely lost it... and then... I had to call Micah to tell him the great news that I had just completely destroyed our ONLY car!... Of course, he was so sweet and understanding and didn't care about the car - he was just glad that I was OK. I love him so much, I married that most amazing guy in the world!! All in all, I was very lucky and we ended up donating the car to a charity and purchasing a new one, well, new to us. We just bought a used black, Honda Accord that we now love! I'll post some pictures of it soon.



On a lighter note, our Valentine's Day was wonderful! My amazing hubby surprised me by getting the day off of work for me, which is the sweetest thing ever, since I normally have to work every Saturday, bummer - I know! So he gave me a dozen pink roses and told me that we would get to spend the day together! So I made him/us a big V-Day breakfast with heart-shaped pancakes and eggs and gave him a giant heart-shaped cookie and home-made card that I had made the previous day. He then surprised me with us going to get professional massages! which were so wonderful, especially after being in that dumb car accident!! Afterward, we went to lunch and did some shopping and then that night he took me to my favorite restaurant in the whole world that has the most killer bread pudding for dessert! We ate ourselves sick!! It was so great! After that, he was planning on taking me dancing but we were both so full that we literally couldn't move, let alone dance! So we rented some movies and went home and cuddled on the couch. It was seriously, the best Valentine's Day I've ever had! I felt very loved and special, what more could a girl ask for?!! Sorry girls, I married the most amazing man ever!! I feel so lucky!!




Well, I hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day tomorrow! I'll try my best to update this thing more often. I just don't feel like I have a very exciting life or cute kids to blog about like most of you do, but I'll still do my best! Until next time!... TTFN!!

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Wow! I can't believe that it is already 2009!! Crazy! Time really flies when you're having fun, I guess! Well, we wanted to wish you all a very happy new year and hope that your holidays were special. Can't believe they've already come and gone too! We spent Christmas and New Year's with my family in Springville, UT at my grandparent's house and it was wonderful! So, for a quick re-cap... my amazing hubby surprised me with my Christmas present by taking me to see "THE Phantom of the Opera" in San Francisco and it was incredible! There aren't even words to describe it!! I have ALWAYS wanted to see it, so needless to say, I was in awe the whole time! In turn, I gave Micah golfing lessons for his Christmas gift since he has always wanted to really learn how to play, so he was excited about that, I hope.

We finally got the chance to meet my new little nephew, Ethan Tyler Johnson, my brother Jace's new baby boy. He is so dang cute! We absolutely ate him up!! Particularly my mom! Poor Jace and Jill, they hardly saw him the whole time we were there since we all took turns holding him and taking care of him. It was so much fun! Talk about being baby hungry! They are a darling little family! Thanks Jill for being so generous with your little angel, you were so great!!

So, this silly picture of my husband and three brothers in matching pajamas is to give you a small idea of how quarky my family is at Christmas! I love it! In our family we have a Christmas Eve tradition of opening one gift and it is always new pajamas and this year my mom gave all the boys identical "Grinch" pajamas! It was hilarious! I'm sure they weren't too thrilled with the idea, especially my husband, but they're good sports and went along with it anyway. Don't they look so intimidating?!! We had a lot of fun, what can I say!?! We also played tons of games (we love pictionary), watched lots of movies, ate way too much, went snowboarding, ate some more, and lovingly passed around the flu! With 16 people staying in one house, it was bound to happen!

After New Year's Micah and I accompanied my family in taking Jantz up to his first semester of college at BYU-Idaho. It was so fun to go back and visit good old Rexburg! We couldn't believe all the changes! Best of all I was able to get together with my old girlfriends from high school - Skye, Kim, and Rainey! It was so much fun and so nice to catch up! It helped me to realize how precious friendships really are. Thanks for such a great time girls!

Well, we're now looking ahead to 2009 with high hopes and great determination to make it better than 2008! Lets resolve to continue to keep in touch! Happy 2009!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

We just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! We hope you're enjoying the holiday season as much as we are!! We can't wait to start receiving your Christmas cards! We just love getting them! Love to you all and Happy Holidays!!

Our Thanksgiving Trip!!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is only two weeks away!! Craziness!! So, we went to Micah's family's house for Thanksgiving this year in Bend, Oregon. It was such a wonderful trip! It went by in a flash and we loved every minute of it! This is a picture of us lounging after the big Thanksgiving feast, feeling extremely full and sleepy. Who doesn't love that feeling?! We were able to reflect upon our many blessings and were so thankful for the time that we were able to spend with Micah's family. We even all went shopping on "Black Friday" at 4:00am!! The whole fam went too!! I was so impressed!! It was a blast and we got some great deals!! We truly cherish every minute we get to spend with family and can only wish that we all lived closer together!

We went to the Portland temple with Micah's parents and performed some sealings, it was a really neat experience. It was so nice to do that with them and it was the first time I'd ever been to the Portland temple, it is so beautiful!!

We were able to visit Micah's grandma in Portland while we were there. It was so good to see her since this was only the second time that I have ever seen her! How sad is that?!