The Big 31!!!

What a month! I still can't believe I turned 31 this year! Where does the time go??? I had a fantastic birthday! My roommates were fantastic! They cooked me breakfast before I left for school! It was Yummy! As many of you may know, I try my best to not tell my students when my birthday is.... That didn't last long. I wasn't in school 30 minutes before a fellow teacher had over heard it was my birthday (from another teacher)... It was all down hill from there. My students were great considering! It turned out to be a lot of fun. I now have many threatening to share my birthday with my class next year... we shall see!

It was a fun day! I got to go to dinner with my friends at my favorite restaurant in Bountiful... The Mandarin.

Silipa, Trina and I chillin' at dinner!



Rachel and Brian


Me and Shauna!


It was good to see friends from Logan, and friends here in Bountiful! Dinner was crazy! I can't believe how many people we had at dinner. After dinner we went to the house and had cake and ice cream. We broke out my wii fit and had a good laugh as Brian and Rachel experienced it for the first time!

As one of my birthday gifts... My dear sweet roommate gave me concert tickets to my favorite new group: Thriving Ivory!

A week after my birthday we went to their concert! It was amazing! I don't remember the last time I had so much fun at a concert! They can really put on a great show! We also got the surprise we were not expecting....

Yep that's right! We met the lead singer Clayton outside of the Murry Theater where they preformed!!! Totally unexpected!



Look at that SMILE! This band really put on a good show and i can't wait till they come back again!



Thank You Serena and Sharie for such a great night! It was so much fun! I didn't want the night to end!

Decembers Adventures....

Now on to DECEMBER!!!!

I had many adventures in December! I got to attend the Christmas Devotional with my friend Sharie!!! It was beautiful! There were a lot of unexpected events that took place this month... namely my first experience of ever having laryngitis. It took more energy to speak than to walk up our stairs! It was miserable! I had to have a sub for two days and I barely survived the end of that week. However, I was able to get lost of reading in during that time! Which worked out really well since every time I went to chat with my roommate, she would just look at me and say..."just stop talking"... Oh and calling for a sub wasn't fun either.... after not hearing from one sub, I called her again after a couple of hours of not finding one....I was then informed she tried to call me back but couldn't understand the phone number I had left! OOPS!

I got to return to Logan a few more times this month! It was a delight....

For those of you that don't know... I love Hockey! Not just any Hockey... Utah State Hockey!!! Now that I live in Bountiful.... I don't get to games very often. But I try and make it to the important games.... WEBER, BYU! I was able to go to such a game! It was great! I'm never disapointed when I go to a Weber game! This particular weekend was especially fun because I was able to take my old roommate and dear friend Lisa up to Logan. She was in Logan for a wedding of one of our dearest friends! So we made sure to make it to the Weber Utah state game! It was so much fun!!! GO AGGIES!!! Can't wait till the next game!!!



At the end of this game. there was quite the fight! Ben... you really missed out!!!








The next week, we got to party it up with Ben and Loretta at their wedding...



At the wedding I was able to meet up with some of my favorite roommates in Logan. These girls are the reason I became Henrie! Allison new the other Lisa first... to prevent confusion in the apartment... I soon became Henrie! Before long, everyone in the ward started calling me Henrie (which left no more confusion about Allison imaginary friend) We had many great time! Like the time we were pushing Lisa to go after Ben only to have Ben turn around and ask Allison out... now here we were at His wedding where he Married Loretta, Lisa's best friend! We would have never matched those two up yet they couldn't be more perfect for each other!!!

Christmas came and it was good to see family! I do wished my sister in AZ could have made it up however, was happy to have my brother and his cute little family come. We all got together a few days before Christmas for a party! It was great! I love playing with my nieces and nephews! Aren't they so cute! They are all crazy but we have a lot of fun!!!

Look at those Faces! They are all cuties! I especially love watching my dad with his grand kids! They are all so lucky to have him! He is always happy to see them and always excited to get down on the floor and play with them! It's so much fun to see!





Over all the holidays were a lot of fun and I most especially loved being with my family! They are so important to me and I'm so lucky to have them in my life! I love y'all!!!