Playing Catch-Up: Part Uno

Okay, OKAY! I know! I am a horrible blog owner! BUT, the
reason
this is
so delayed is because my (new!) camera was being weird. This
means that your
pictures have to be limited. :( Sorry!

Our family had a Christmas full of fun, love, and good memories. And, of course, PRESENTS!

Santa left me this....

Don't make fun of me for taking pictures of the pictures!

I mean come ON how can they torture us with THIS on the inside cover and expect us not drool all over the book?

A little question, people. And PLEASE vote....

A cuter couple....

Jasper and Alice?

or Emmett and Rosalie?

Sorry, Edward and Bella aren't in the contest cuz, DUH! They would win!

I also got this book from my brother. It is called, "Fairest". It is about a girl who is an amazing singer but is ugly. So everyone won't even give her a chance to sing and she has to hide away in her parents' Inn. Is my family trying to tell me something? If so, is it and insult or complement? And it my acne really THAT BAD?

Mother made sure my passion for theatre was fed with one of my all time fave musicals, "NEWSIES"!

And Daddy fed my passion for Music with Taylor Swift...:)

Poor Hurky looked at us like this the whole day while we were having fun.

We headed over to a party at some friends' house after we hit the showers......

Then we went to Grandma's for some Christmas fun.. :)

We ate a super yummy ham dinner and then... Opened presents of course!

I love Christmas with my Grandma

Our evening was filled with lots of love.

COMING SOON:

Me showing off my snazzy new camera/pictures of enjoying the nice weather.

Fresh out of the Oven-- all 40 dozen...

Yesterday, my mother and I went to a fun little Baking Day over at her friend Amanda's. It was really fun. We all made a couple recipes, and then took some of each home! YUMM! Here are the results...










Those last two were ours ;)



Mom and Amanda

We ended up with a TON of cookies. We filled the whole kitchen with them!! :O I recommend going this with your girlfriends sometime but CAUTION! Use a good blender or THIS might happen after the fourth mix or so.

Thanks for the fun "holiday baking", Amanda! We love you!

P.S.!!

I MET STEPHANIE MEYER!!

It was so funny! We were at this stake bell choir concert in my Grandma's Stake, and we saw her there (she is a mormonian) She Grew up with my uncle and came to my parents' wedding BTW. It was SO funny cuz my dad was all, "Do you want me to introduce you?" and I was all, "Like totally father dearest!". So after the concert we realized she was parked RIGHT behind us, so we walked over to her car, and she goes, "Oh hey Scott!", like she just saw us the day before or something! It was so cool! They started talking about my uncle and aunt and then my dad goes," So, this is my daughter Carly", "I LOVE your books", I say. "And she says, "Thanks, It is nice to hear that from my fans", and stuff like that. Then we took a picture and left! It was so cool. She is really nice, and it was fun talking to her.

I let you see the picture if you promise not to deny that it is me! My dad had to use his camera phone.....

OK OK... HORRIBLE PICTURE! But I promise it is real!... they saw a picture is worth a thousand words but, Dad, this one says only 4. GET A NEW PHONE!

The New Sarah Palin

HALLOWEEN! My Halloween was a BLAST! I got to show off my three years of theatre experience. Anyone want to guess who I was? Why, the marvelous Sarah Palin, of course!





OK, so I have to explain... my mom told me to try to make a Sarah face once, and now my face is stuck like this. I look like a retard in all the pics! Oh well. But my mom is a fox.

Adam was a Hockey Player since Sarah is a Hockey mom! (Got it?)

So during my Journey through our "Trunk-or-Treat" Church parking lot (and after posing for many pictures) I came across Joe the Plumber!

(This is funny, because his name is actually Joe)

Me and all my BFF's:)

Here in the great state of Alaska, we citizens are very "tight" you might say, with Mother Nature.

Love you Rylee!

The Fabulous Forth!

Okay, so my pics for this post are kind of lame, but who can't post about a great holiday?? (Court! THAT'S who!...) erg. Anyway, yesterday our family went over to a friends house and swam, and barbecued! We also went to 5 & diner for shakes, and I got to have a sleepover! So... "No fireworks?" you ask? I know! GASP!! Well actually, I stand corrected, we saw a glimpse of some on the way to get shakes. But, ya know, that still doesn't count and we are big loser faces.

Me and Adam in the pool! At least my swim suit is RW&B!

Okay, before you go on you have to understand that I was trying to take pictures with people holding up a 4 , but then it slowly led into 'gasp' and 'Merilyn Monroe' faces, but hey, it was fun.

Adam was being nice and holding up a 4 for me!!

AWW!!!

Me, Riley, and Mossy (his real name is MOS it stands for Monkey of Sin!) (don't ask me why, it is a long story)

Here is me with Chandler , Ethan, Marylin Monroe, and Elvis!

Hope you had a great fourth!!

Devotional:

"I [have been] overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude for the magnificent principle of repentance and for the Atonement that makes it possible, for the miracle of conversion, for this great Church and its members, and for our missionaries."
Topics: Atonement, repentance
(Richard G. Hinckley, "Repentance, a Blessing of Membership," Ensign, May 2006, 50)

Fathers Day

See the Scrapbook we made for fathers day!!!! To all, you DADS-

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!

Easter!

Last night I went to the Easter Pageant with my family. It is an amazing play that is put on every Easter by our church. There was also a photography presentation that was like a time line of Christ's life, and it was AMAZING. I was grateful that I got to see it, and feel the spirit.

We left to go to the Temple at 2:30...... so we could get a good spot on the lawn to lie our blanket down. (The pageant started at 8:00) Yeah, we had to wait six hours, but it was defiantly worth it, and not too bad, since we brought friends, books, games, and the weather was good. It was a great way to start off Easter. I hope this Sunday brings you thoughts of Christ, and time with loved ones. (Ooh! and don't forget CHOCOLATE!)