Family Fun!

My mom, dad, and younger sis, Jill, came to visit the day after Christmas and then they left yesterday morning. It was lots of fun to have them here and we did some pretty cool stuff. I am an idiot and forgot to to take pictures -- or my dad was taking videos when he was supposed to take pictures. :) Well, on Saturday we went to Idaho Falls and did some shopping, went and saw "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (which was REALLY long and kinda boring, but good in some places), went out to eat at Bajios and just hung out. Oh and by the by, on the way to Idaho Falls, I wanted to take my family to see where I work in Rigby, and on the way there a big truck ran us off the little street we were driving on and we got stuck in a ditch covered in snow. My mom took some pictures, and I will have to get those from her, but after about a half and hour, a nice guy came by and pulled us out with a rope and his truck. I love people that are so willing to help people in a bind like that. :) On Sunday, we just went to church, then had Chicken Tortilini soup that my mom made (way delicious), and then we had a game night while my mom colored and cut my hair. Sunday night Jill and I played "It Came to Pass" (a really addicting card game), and then we happened to come across a freakin' hilarious show called "Scream Queens." It's a reality show where girls go through various acting classes and challenges and the winner will be on Saw 6. I don't watch those movies, but this show was so funny because so many of the girls were horrible actresses. There was a marathon of it playing and we tried to stay up to watch all of them, but we had to go to bed at 4 a.m. because we were really tired.
Anyway...on Monday my mom, dad, Jill and I went up to Kelly Canyon to snowboard. Well, Jill and I snowboarded and my mom and dad watched us. Let's just say that I have never been so sore in my entire life -- I think every part of my body is sore -- well, most parts anyway. :o) We went down a total of four times, one of those times being down the advanced hill (didn't know that before hand). And we ended up sliding down most of the hill... ha ha. Jill was so patient with me, since it was only my second time going (the first being over five years ago). I saw several of my students there too, unfortunately....I looked NASTY with my hat hair and google imprints on my face. We had a lot of fun though and I am glad I could do that with Jill. Monday night Jill and I played our special card game and did Mad Libs for awhile too. We have some really good inside jokes now.... "I would climb the highest guac head for you."
I definitely miss my family and we had so much fun with them here. Jill is graduating from high school this year and then she will come up to live with us this summer while she works. Then she will go to BYU-Idaho in the fall. I am excited also to have my sister Stacie moving to Utah in February! I love having my sisters and best friends closer to me. Now I need to try and get Tiffany to move closer now. Any ideas? :)


Me and Jill before going shopping on Saturday....I will get more pics from my mom's camera