HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe New Year's Eve. I wish everyone the best for this new year that is upon us. Hopefully I can stick to my new year resolutions and have some big accomplishments! I will be at work this evening, hopefully things go well.

SURPRISE!

Mom and Dad tricked me! They got our family a Wii! I had asked for that a long time ago, and they said we couldn't afford one, and couldn't get one this year. And we went out to reserve our movie tickets, when we came back, mom said she left something under the tree. I look under there and there was a bunch of packages not labeled. And when I saw the big rectangular box, I knew it was a Wii! It was a total surprise, because I had accepted the fact that we weren't getting one this year. Thanks Mom and Dad, so cool!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Well Christmas came! We opened all our presents by 10:30A.M. WE woke up at 9:00. My parents decided we could open our stockings last night, Santa came early. We had gone to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse, where I work, and had dinner. Then we went around in the car and was looking at Christmas lights. We came home and opened our stockings, watched a couple home movies of when I was a child at Christmas time, and then watched the Polar Express, and then headed off to bed.

So today finally, I got my own digital camera, and it's PINK! My brother, Jeff, will be so happy, because when I was in Arizona, he made fun of me for still using a film camera. I liked my film camera just fine though. But my new camera is pretty cool! All these pictures on here, I took with my new camera, Jeff would be proud! I also got some pajamas, I love pajamas, I am wearing them around the house all the time, so I like to have a bunch. I got some good gift cards to places, and some other fun little things. Well we will be making Christmas dinner soon, and then going out to a movie, to see, Marley and me. Looks cute. Merry Christmas!


Here are our Build a Bear animals that we got for Christmas decorations. So Cute!

Here is right outside our house, here is my car, and it is snowy and windy today.

Here are our stockings hung by the chimney with care.

Here is our dog Brandy, she is really enjoying Christmas. She went to the groomers and got a nice bath on Tuesday, and she got a brand new Christmas blanket to lay on. Merry Christmas Brandy!

Jamie's Christmas Memories!

Well, Two days until Christmas, and I am so excited! The sad part is that it will just be myself, my mom and my dad, which is fine, but we also like to be surrounded by more family. We understand that Jeff and Lindsay can't travel this year, and we can't afford to travel there. And we switch of holidays with Joni's mother-in law and Christmas is theirs this year, but it will be somewhat lonely. Christmas isn't as much fun without little children running around. But I guess we will make due. I just remember all of the fun Christmas traditions we had growing up, that my parents still carry on, just we are all older now, I hope to carry on some of the traditions with my family, when I have one, which will hopefully be soon! I remember waiting until Dad said we could either come down the stairs, or up the stairs depending on where we had slept the night before. Dad would always get his video camera out and take pictures of the tree and all of the presents from Santa, before we could come in the living room. We always had our Santa presents unwrapped and all set up, because then we could see all of the great things he brought us and we would freak out and be so excited. Then as little kids, we would tear through the rest of our wrapped presents, and ask what else we got, when we were done opening all of them. That included me and Joni who were crazy and didn't take our time. Jeff on the other hand always took his time and was slow and patient.

After opening all the presents we wanted to open our stockings, but we couldn't do that until we ate breakfast. My mom would try to space things out as best she could, even though we went so fast. Mrs. Clause aka my mom, would have the best stockings for us. She went around to so many stores finding the cutest things to put in our stockings that were always a surprise, I always loved our stockings, and they cost a lot of money to put all that stuff together. Thanks mom. Also Santa aka Dad would be up late on Christmas Eve with mom putting all the presents together, I don't know how many tiny barbie things Dad put together for me, but I appreciate all of their hard work, on our Christmases. We always had the best Christmases, thanks to them.

One thing we will miss this year is going out to eat, with my mom's side of the family, we did that every year, and my Grandpa Jack would buy everyone dinner, last year he passed away in March, and last Christmas was the first year having that family dinner without him. Grandma Ruth, his wife, did come though, and she surprised us and bought us all dinner, that was nice of her. This year since we won't be in Pocatello, we won't be able to attend the dinner. Unfortunately that tradition is fading, because Grandpa's kids are all moving on, having their own Grandchildren and creating new traditions. I will never forget those many great dinners though, with all of us together. Although one sad thing every year was that Aunt Jill and her family couldn't attend because they live in Omaha, NE, but we did always think of them and miss them.

Well hopefully this year will still turnout good. I would like to say to all of my family and extended family, I love you all and miss you all, and wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year!

Nine Days Till Christmas!

I can't believe it is only nine days until Christmas! I am very excited, the only bad thing is that it will just be me my mom and dad here for Christmas. I may have to work Christmas Eve, but I'm not sure and it is too expensive to go up to Pocatello, ID anyway, or to Gilbert, AZ. We will miss Joni and her family very much, as well as Jeff and his family too. Maybe next year we will get to be with one or both of them for Christmas. Well I finished my first week of work at Texas Roadhouse. It was very hard, not so much the work, just the ware and tare on my body. My back is killing me! All well, I am making some friends though, so that is good. I am very excited for Christmas to come I just have a few presents left to buy. Me and my mom have been watching home movies, it has been fun to look back on all the wonderful Christmases that we have had. My parents have always given us a great Christmas. I just finished writing a family Christmas letter, and I will be sending it out once I get extra copies of pictures back from Walmart to send out as well. I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday and a very Merry Christmas. I'll write more as something interesting comes up.

First Day of WORK!

Well I did end up getting a job. I now work at the Texas Roadhouse in West Bountiful, Utah. It is great to go back there because they always make you feel like family. Also the good thing is that I did use to work there in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a couple years ago, but for some reason I have a really good memory of weird things. I remembered all of my table numbers, the menu, the computer screen to put orders in. So that really helped me. So yesterday, my first day on the job, they had me follow someone around to make sure I remembered everything. After she waited on the first table, she let me take the second. Everything came back to me, so for the rest of the night, we both waited on her tables, just both making sure they were taken care of. Funny thing to find out about this girl, her name is Jenny Hunt, and crazily enough we went to High School together in Pocatello, Idaho. I was a sophomore when she was a senior. I don't think we really knew each other, but it was cool to find out. At the end of the night management talked with me, said that I did a great job, that I had a good memory, so I am ready to serve tables on my own from now on. So that is good no more training, so now I can make money. The great thing is that this Texas Roadhouse has only been open for like 6 weeks, so I have more experience than almost all the servers there. I am not overconfident, but it is nice to know, that I know what I am doing, more than most of them. I am glad I am back to work, now I can make money and friends and just have fun.

Thanksgiving and My BIRTHDAY!

Well we had a great Thanksgiving, and I had a good Birthday. It was so nice to have Joni, Daniel, Jaden, McKenzie, and Spencer down for Thanksgiving. I am very glad they came and so are my Mom and Dad. We had great food that I made, I love to cook! So I didn't mind slaving away making food all day! My Dad helping me keep all the dishes clean. And my Mom directed me on how to cook the turkey and she helped mash the potatoes, she is the best at mashing them.

After dinner we watched a movie with everyone and played a couple games. Joni and Daniel and Spencer were going in the morning for Black Friday shopping, so Jaden and McKenzie slept over at our house. I gave them a bath before bed and read them a holiday story and they fell asleep. I set up a blow up twin size bed so they could sleep on that, so we could all get some good rest. They were both really good at our house.

So for my Birthday, Joni and her family gave me an itunes gift card which I love, I like to get my songs for my Ipod from itunes, and they gave me a snow globe from JCPenny, I just want to thank you for my gifts. Mom and Dad gave me on Sunday, my actual Birthday, some itunes gift cards, and a gift card to Macy's so I could get some Clinique makeup. That is what I asked for. Thank you very much Mom and Dad for a great Birthday. They made me dinner and we also played games, we had fun. Later this week they are going to take me out to dinner for my Birthday. Overall I had a great 24th Birthday. Jeff and Lindsay sent me a present so I haven't gotten it yet, but thanks in advance.

Also Saturday night, me and my parents went to my friend Jennifer Holt's wedding reception, November 29,2008. Me and my parents were good friends with her family, my Dad and her Dad were close, my Mom and her Mom were close also, and me and Jennifer would good friends through Jr. High, and their two sons use to mow our lawn in Idaho. It was a very nice reception and it was good to see them all again, we haven't seen them for years. I also caught the flower bouquet, so hopefully that will bring me good luck in my love life. I also got a new job. I start at Texas Roadhouse in Bountiful on Wednesday. I am excited to go there, I always had fun, and I have worked there before so I remember how everything works. I am very excited. Other than that I am excited for Christmas only 24 days left! I also want to wish all my friends and family a Happy Holiday Season! Sorry there are no pictures, I didn't get a chance to take any when Joni and her family were here.