I'm so excited...

...I'm about to head out the door to my first ever quilting class. This series of classes was my Christmas gift from Casey. What a guy! Here is my stack of fabric that will soon be a real quilt (hopefully). Wish me luck!

Christmas Pics

We had a great time seeing our families and friends during our time in Boise. Our only regret is that we didn't have more time to spend with everyone. Hopefully that won't be a problem in 2009! Here are some pics of our trip: ***Okay, as if I wasn't already late enough posting these pics, blogger is having issues and won't let me upload them. Grrr. Will try again soon!*** 1/13 - Yay - I can finally put up my pictures! Here they are:

My big brother Ben on Christmas morning.

My grandma either a) testing out one of her gifts b) doing step aerobics or

c) multitasking and doing both. (Great job coaching Auntie Sess!)

Grammy and Katie

The Todd and my mom

Aunt Sessie, Uncle Stevie, and Kate

Ben and his girl Kimmi

Both Casey's family and my family got together at Kassi's store (Handmade Too

in Eagle - check it out!) for a day of chatting, snacks, and creativity. It was really fun :o)

Note that her tongue is out - she's really concentrating!

The cute little elephant that Katie painted.

The cookie jar Casey & I made together - I can't wait to see what it looks

like fired and finished when Casey's family brings it down at the end of the month

Cousins!!!

Dan & Emma dancin' it up!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Hey everyone! Just popping in to say Merry Christmas a little late and Happy New Year a little early :o) We are up in Idaho hanging out with our families and friends and enjoying the holidays. We'll be back soon and post some pics of our fun times!

Marital Dispute...

Casey and I are having a 'discussion' tonight. Please help us settle this disagreement by voting in the poll to the right of this post. Does/did Chuck Norris have a mullet? I will not sway you by posting any pictures - any additional research is up to you.

Attitude of Gratitude

A few weeks back I signed up to work an extra shift yesterday. I thought it might be nice to have a little extra moolah before the holidays. But it's been a long week, and the thought of working yet another 12 hour shift just did not sound appealing at all. Well as it turns out, the hospital has had more than enough staff on hand this week and they have been cancelling extra shifts for nurses. Because of this, I thought for sure I would get a call from the staffing office Friday morning telling me I was cancelled and could go back to sleep. So Thursday night I stayed up WAY later than I should have (to finish the book I've been reading) thinking it would be no big deal because I was going to get cancelled anyway. Well, as you've probably already guessed - they didn't call. So I grumpily got out of bed, got ready, and went to work. As I was driving to work, thinking of all the other things I could be doing (like sleeping), I had an epiphany. I realized that I had absolutely no reason to be grumpy and that I shouldn't be disappointed that I had to go to work. I should in fact be thrilled that during this rough economic time I not only have a job - but a job that needs me more than full time. I gave myself a little lecture, right there in my car driving down the freeway, and seriously adjusted my attitude before starting my shift. And I'm so glad I did because having that "attitude of gratitude" the rest of the day really helped me to have a better day with a positive outlook. Now I'm generally a glass half full kind of gal, but I have realized that I need to have this attitude of gratitude more often. I am so thankful for all that I have and need to be better about acknowledging that every day.