Happy New Year!

January is a fun busy month for our family. Kaitlynn (my neice) is turning 6 on the 13th. She decided she wants to have a "Princess Party" which means Aunt Julie gets to make a castle cake! My brother Nick's birthday is on the 17th and my sister Jennifer's is on the 18th. Nick's wife Katie is scheduled to have a c-section to give birth to their baby girl Sarah on the 18th also. We had a baby shower for them on saturday and it turned out really fun with the awesome manager at Costa Vida delivering food for the party.
Happy Birthday guys!

'Tis The Season

I love this time of year! I can't believe how fast time flies. Our anniversary seamed to "sail" on by. We had a lot of fun on our cruise, especially when Ray won first prize in the belly flop competition! Thanksgiving was great spending time with the Stewart's this year at Melissa's house and shopping with all the girls on Black Friday. Getting ready for Christmas has been fun, we finally finished all our shopping on Monday. I'm like a little kid so excited for Christmas morning to come (2 days left!). We will be with my family this year on Christmas starting the morning off at home to see what Santa brought, then off to Grandpas house for our Christmas breakfast and gifts then to my parents for games and a lazy afternoon.
I hope everyone has a very safe Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Surprise!

I have the best husband in the world. He is always thinking of me and doing things for me and pretty much spoils me. Our 6 year anniversary is coming up on November 1st and we usually use our timeshare to take a trip, so I thought we would do that again and go to Bear Lake or Wolf Creek for the weekend. Little did I know Ray had other plans.....

He planned a 4 night CRUISE to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We will drive to Las Vegas next Wednesday then to San Deigo to the port of call Thursday. We are on the ship until Monday when we drive home. I am sooooo excited. I've been wanting to go on a cruise ever since our honeymoon and now my amazing husband made it possible. (He has been keeping this a secret from me for a whole month!)

Thanks Ray!

Congratulations Nick & Katie

My brother Nick got married to his best friend Katie on Friday. The wedding was really nice, it was small and simple but at the same time very beautiful. We are so happy for them!
(I will post some pics soon)

Free Kittens!!!

It all started when I was a senior in High School when a friend gave me one of her kittens that her cat had, we named the kitten "Spunky". Spunky is a good cat but she is getting old and fat so my dad decided to get her a friend to keep her happy. He bought a Bob-cat breed of a house cat with a bob-tail and 6 toes on its back feet, very rare and you need a permit to own a cat like this. We call this cat "Stubby". Stubby and Spunky are good friends and both live in my dads basement. Then along came "Flower" who is a stray cat that started hanging around the house and Kaitlynn loved it and fed it and gave it a name. She became part of the family this year. A few months ago Flower started getting a little round belly and apparently it only takes about 60 days for a cat to have kittens. She decided to give birth to her 5 kittens in a box full of junk in my dads garage. (The little runt couldn't get enough to eat and died one week later.) My dad made a nice little bed for them in the back corner and Flower was very happy about that. Now the kittens are about 1 month old and will need a home soon. They are pretty cute, we have a calico female, 2 black and white males, and an orange male. The orange one has a nice home waiting but the others are up for grabs.

And just when my parents thought they were empty nesters their house is over run with pets.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

Our new fun thing is to go to the Orem Owlz baseball games. We usually go on Rays day off if there is a home game. It's pretty fun especially if it's an exciting game like last night. We have never seen the Owlz lose a game! So if you are in the Orem area and need something to pass the time, check out the Owlz schedule.

Nursery

After a year in the Primary Presidency in our ward, I have been called to be the new Nursery leader. I am happy about the change, although I really enjoyed being in the presidency. I love the people I served with and learned some new skills that will help me in other areas of life.

Nursery is a lot less stress and a ton more fun! Who else at church gets to play with toys, color, sing songs AND have snack time?! I have always loved working with kids, especially the little ones and to be able to do what I love and fulfill my calling at the same time is awesome!