JANUARY 1 We had our Christmas party for the beach and Ryker was my date. While he was in town we invited him to join our pre-planned Pirates of the Caribbean movie marathon. Benny had also invited some of his friends over Logan, Jake, Will, I think there was somebody else, and Jarom. After each of the movies we would have snacks, but in this particular picture we went to Taco Bell. One of Benny's friends wanted cinnamon sticks but Benny asked for "Slytherin sticks." We also learned they were out of nacho cheese. Ben asked if they had sour cream and then asked them to hold the sour cream on his order. It was a longer event than we had planned. Jarom, Ryker, and I were the only ones who made it through all four movies and it ended 7:30AM!
JANUARY 2: We got together at Jeff and Katie's house for our New Year's tradition of breakfast burritos and games. The game we played was HeadBanz--so fun! However despite all the fun we had I decided this would be my picture of the day. Aren't those beautiful toe nails! They belong to none other my BOY cousin Parker. He was pretty proud of them and put them up so I could see them.
JANUARY 3: One of the things that had worried me with serving a mission was that I would have problems with the endometriosis. There was always one day every month where it would flare up and I was worried it would affect the work. The blessing and miracle was from January 2010 to July 2011 I never had one flare up! It was such a blessing and I was grateful that Heavenly Father took care of that for me while I was out serving. It was a reassurance to me that I was exactly where he needed me to be. Since being home I had had some pain, but it wasn't anything like it had been prior to my mission and I was hopeful I had lucked out, however this day was a reminder to me that it is still there and it made it a memorable day haha.
JANUARY 4: Due to the pain from above I had had not a good night's rest, but when I woke up I found a wrapped piece of banana bread from Mom. She had made homemade banana bread and saved me a slice. It was delicious and still one of my favorites! The other thing about this day was when I went to work that night it was 61 degrees outside! What is with this weather! It has been quite interesting, but I am enjoying it none the less.
JANUARY 5: So I was too lazy to wash my face upstairs in the bathroom that night and realized I hadn't taken a picture for that day. I took a picture of the baby wipe I used to remove my eye make up because I will tell you that although I love makeup and think it is so much fun, I also love the feeling of right before bed when I take out my contacts and wash off my makeup and floss and brush my teeth. It is my winding down routine and it feels wonderful!
JANUARY 6: Mom made her yummy orange rolls! It has been forever since I have had one and they are still just as delicious as I remember! We also had an allnighter where we were scrapbooking! We watched Red Riding Hood and Dinner with Schmucks as we worked!
JANUARY 7: Ryks invited me to go to a movie. When I got to the theater I got a nice surprise to see Grant and Creighton were joining us. We watched Mission Impossible 4 and then got tacos at Taco Treat (lesson learned on the 99 cent special haha) and went to Walmart where Grant kept hinting about his Snickers icecream. They came over to our house and we all had icecream. It was a good night and I always enjoy hanging out with all the brothers, mine included!
JANUARY 8: So this one has two pictures to go with it. Mom and I came home from church and wanted a fire so out we went to get the wood and Mom chopped some wood. The best part was we were still in skirts and heels.
JANUARY 9: My shoes arrived! Aren't they gorgeous! They are part of a gift from Grandma and Grandpa and I already love them! They are a champagne color, with black lace over the top, they are 5 inch heels and have a peeptoe front with a bow.
JANUARY 10: The things I wanted to remember from this day would have to be 1.Going to Sherlock Holmes 2 with Creighton and Ryker, 2. We actually got snow! and 3. That Ryker and I wore our matching coats! 
JANUARY 11: This was a day where I looked forward to coming home and putting on my pjs that night. I wore my VS pjs that I got for Christmas this year and you can see my new bag that holds my scriptures and manuals (it is a perfect fit!), but it is also because this was a night I had a lot of reading before bed. I had my chapters for institute to finish, 7 chapters to read so I am staying with Holly (still think it is so great you read so much!), my chapters with Ryks, and then a few topics I had been studying. It was great to be in my scriptures for all that though. I will try to stay on top of posting new pictures each day so you can stay updated and also so that I will do better about blogging! Love you all and hope you have a fantastic day!
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