SO GOOD! SO GOOD!! SO GOOD!!!

The night that we've been waiting for...

Could I be any more excited?!

He did not disappoint...

This 67 year old heart-throb had me giddy as a school girl!

I can't wait until he's back in town!


Thanks again for a great night CJ! I love you!

ARGHHHH!

Oh man... I have actually have access to a working computer this afternoon and I can't get stupid blogger to upload any pics!

So... some updates with pics to look forward to...

• Grandma's Cookie Bake Christmas Party with all my nieces and nephews.
• Benihana Christmas Party.
• Kitchen countertops and most of the appliances now functioning!
• NEIL DIAMOND CONCERT that I have been anxiously awaiting! Its TONIGHT!

For now... I'll just share my wish that I sure hope Santa brings the J's a new computer this year!

Christmas Traditions

Okay, being that we still don't have a functioning computer at home... I am just about the last to blog about this, but I wanted to document it anyway. If you'd like, you can read more about this amazing and treasured holiday tradition here, here, here, here and here!

These are my lovely and amazing friends from high school and this is our amazing, ridiculously fun, always entertaining, laugh out loud funny, "how did we ever get so lucky" annual Christmas party. We started going up to Sari's cabin when we were sophmores in high school to sleepover and exchange Christmas gifts and the tradition stuck. Now, as we are all older and busy with our own lives, it is the party that we all look forward to with much anticipation each year. It is amazing to come together and know that you are surrounded by true friends who know you, love you and support you in spite of (and sometimes because of) all the dumb things you've done in your life. Although we're all in different places in our lives and have different social, political and religious outlooks and views, we all genuinely really LOVE to be together and have so much fun acting like school girls again. We eat, exchange gifts, talk, laugh, reminisce and stay up until the wee hours of the morning. (I'm pretty sure Jill and I saw daylight before we finally dozed off)

I always leave feeling so very lucky and blessed . I really, really love these women and the examples that they have been in my life!

The annual group photos are always one of the most entertaining parts of the evening.



Then it's just time to hang out...




Beckie, Miss and I




Sari...modeling her super cute new hat and scarf.


The annual 'Pregnant Girl" Picture.
There were 4 this year - Jill, MaryJane, Melissa & Rachel!
Someday, I hope to be able to make it into this freaking picture...
...someday. *sigh*


Ahhh...this is the life! This is really what we do best...lounge, eat, laugh and enjoy!


This is the insanely adorable and whimsical snowman that I got to take home with me (among other treasures)- Thanks Shan! I LOVE him!

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And for good measure and fun... just a little reminder of what we all looked like around the time we started this fun tradition! Oh, how far we have come!

Holly and Sandy--- we missed you this year!

XOXOX

update 101

sorry, no pictures. computer is broken. need a new one.

a sampling of the highlights of the last 2 weeks:

Family Pictures with the whole Nelson clan. that's a lot of people.
Jazz game with the Mister. love him.
Long awaited dinner with the Sherry's. always so fun.
Wedding #1 - Lindsey & Brandon. so cute together.
Niece Ashley's Birthday Party. all about princesses.
Twighlight Midnight Movie with my favorites. loved it. love them.
Wedding #2 - Brooke and Steve. beautiful night. beautiful couple.
Slumber Party @ Hotel Monaco. last night of eternity being a single girl for my aimo. love her. miss her like crazy.
Wedding #3 festivities - Amy & Mike. a-m-a-z-i-n-g! thanks mike for making her so so happy. she is so lucky and you are even luckier.
Finally a day of rest.
Decorating for the holidays. love having a new house.
The first (but not last) limited edition peppermint ice cream of the season. yum.
Seeing Twilight AGAIN with all the YW and teenage girls I know. so fun. loved it even more the 2nd time.
Thanksgiving. one of my favorite holidays of the year.
Sleepover with Mom. always a delight.
Black Friday shopping with all my best girls. fun tradition that I look forward to every year.
Another very needed day of rest.

looking forward to:

Friends Christmas Party/Sleepover with all my besties. love this tradition.
Christmas lights at Temple Square. wouldn't be the holiday season without them.
More Christmas lights with extended family.
Neil Diamond.
More peppermint ice cream.
Maybe seeing Twilight, yet AGAIN.

hopefully pictures and better updates to come shortly. stupid computer.