December 2008

2nd

My sweet friend, Elyse, was headed off to married world, so we hit up a dollar movie. True to the amount that we paid, the filmstrip broke and we waited and waited. So we took pictures...

And then we skipped out to another theater...and saw parts of that then parts of the original flick. I'm not even sure what movies we saw that night, but I don't think that either of them count.

12th-14th
Thanks to the whitening fundraising we did in 2008, Garth Brook's foundation, Teammates for Kids, whisked our office off to Las Vegas for the weekend.

Groups of our size travel best in limos.

Caesar's Palace isn't too shabby.

Meet in Greet with Mr. Brooks again. :)

They sure knew how to feed us.

Bobbie may or may not have gotten stuck at the Bellagio. We seriously couldn't stop laughing.
Got a little shopping in, thanks to Dr. Blackwood's Christmas bonus arriving just in time.

We attended a live auction hosted by Jay Leno fundraising tens of thousands of dollars for children. Needless to say, I didn't bid on anything.

The one and only entertained us for the rest of the evening.

This little delight made the weekend even better.

15th
December wouldn't be complete without some service at the food bank.

17th
In true tradition, our office went bowling for our Christmas Party. Pregnant Bobbie & Jeffrey

Doc & Rach

Jake & Brunette Mindy
And our new addition, Dave & his wife, Laura.Mindy made us these sweet braclets. Thanks Mindy!

17th
Roomies and I went to the Bombay House for our own Christmas Party.

Gifts were exchanged...

and enjoyed.
Marin & Jen have made for good times.

20th

My nieces performed in their winter ice show.
(shown here with morgan's bffl)

21st
We attempted our own Christmas card, but kinda waited too long to do it.

24th
Christmas Eve is huge for my family. My mom makes the most deliciousness.

My sister, Heather's cute family.

My sister, Lisa & Brian.

We played the White Elephant game.
Nephew, Mushy, had the final decision.

We read the Christmas story.

And there was lots of singing. Thank you Lisa for joining me.

25th
We had a beautifully white Christmas. Max enjoyed it.

But it delayed our traditional trip to Ogden for dinner.

26th
Amanda got great basketball tickets from her boss for Christmas. So we hit up the favorite Beni Hana...

and got our clappers ready...

for some sweet seat action...

in the dead of winter.
Thanks for taking me with you Amanda. It's always a good time.

27th

Our postponed Christmas dinner at Lisa's helped us hold on to the season just a little longer.

wonderful hosts nieces :)

31st
New Years Eve started with a fancy dinner with Julienne's friends at Cucina Tuscana.

Then a quick wardrobe change and up to the institute for the ball drop with the wardies.

Then back to the big house for some good company...

sparkers...

martinelli's and dancing.

2008 came and went before I even knew it. Seeing how it's already April, I suspect 2009 is going to follow in it's footsteps.