Laugh

My friend Tara had this on her blog and I liked it so much I wanted

to share it with all of you.

The Proposal....two thumbs up!

On Saturday I went with my friends and saw The Proposal. It is hilarious. I give it a "two thumbs up" I think I laughed through almost the whole movie. I will definately see it again.

By the way all you guys this is not just a chick flick. You will enjoy it too.

Def Leppard/Poison concert

I got tickets to go see Def Leppard and Poison in September. I am so excited. I am more excited to see Def Leppard than Poison cuz I don't care for Bret Michaels but I do like their music so I will look past how disgusting he is.

Molly

MOLLY BATES
August 1990 - May 2009

On May 26th the Bates family lost a member of our family. I thought I would be ok by now to do this blog but putting together these pictures have brought more tears to my eyes. She will be greatly missed by the young and old.

At almost 19 years old, age finally got to her and she was having a hard time seeing and hearing. We have known for awhile that it was coming. It doesn't make it easier but I am glad she is not suffering now. I have never really thought much about whether dogs go to heaven but I am convinced that there is no way I will never see Molly again. She was part of my family and I want to live forever with them all one day.

I will always miss you Molly!!!!

Back to blogging....what is happening?

Wow I am bad at this blogging thing. No posts since February. I need to get into it more and be more creative like my buddy Evonne (yeah right....that will never happen she is awesome and so is her blog) Well here are a few things that have been going on. I will do some pics today and some in a few days. I don't want to over load my self.....ha ha

So it was my birthday a few weeks ago and it was so fun. Yes I said "my
birthday" was fun. I am not a fan of birthdays....well my
birthday...and have had bad ones the last few years. But my room
mate loves them and insists on celebrating big. Her and my friend
Christina took me to San Francisco for a day of shopping and a Giants
game. It was a blast!! Thanks Skeena and Christina.

This is a mall in downtown S.F. it was huge. There was like 7 floors. I wanted to go to the top and take a picture down so since it was
my birthday and I got to do whatever I wanted we did it. Here are the pics
to prove it.

Here we are at the Giants game. My friend Christina doesn't even like
baseball or really any sports (why we are friends I don't know....just kidding I
love her) but she went for me and she ended up liking it. I think I
converted her. Now I am going to get her to Sac Rivercats games with us.

My friend Jen was not able to go to SF with us cuz she was driving back from Utah so she got me this cake made of flowers and took me to dinner. Thanks Jen love ya!

It is May in California which means 90 degree weather with 100 degree weather right around the corner...ugh. So with the great weather me and my fabulous room mate have been hanging out at Folsom lake. It is really full for right now so we are enjoying it cuz with this drought I am sure it will be drained by the end of the summer.

Jazz and Korver

So last friday I got to go to the Jazz/Kings game here in Sacramento. I had great seats close to the Jazz bench thanks to my friend Brandi who got them from her work. It was a fun night for Sac Kings fans because Chris Webber's jersey was retired. It was rockin and really loud. But the Jazz spoiled their night by winning 111 - 107. WAY TO GO JAZZ!

Then after the game I got to meet Kyle Korver. He is really tall and really, really cute. Here is pics of him hanging out with some of his friends. Then of him and I.

GOOD TIMES

Home for the holidays

So I got to go HOME for Christmas. I definately has a white Christmas. It was beautiful but I am so glad I live in California and don't have to drive in it at all. I drove in the snow for the first time in 2 years. I have to admit even though I drove in it for 15 years I was still alittle nervous but it was like riding a bike....which I haven't done for awhile either.....did just great.





I got to go to dinner with my 4 best friends for our annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange. It was an interesting dinner with bad service but we did end up getting our whole bill taken care of. In the gift exchange I got a Phase 10 hand held game. I was so excited to get it and then ended up leaving it in Utah : (

The baby in this picture is the newest addition to the family. Preston Joseph Stubbs....he is a great baby and it was so fun to finally be able to hold him.

Here is some pics of my family. I had so much fun with them. I was beyond excited to see my nephews and they surprised me by being at the airport with my parents when I got off the plane. I got to hang out with Kaiden more on this trip than all time he has been born put together. I was in heaven.

Carson and Kaiden in a box

My bro in law and sis in law are both Patriots fans and my mom gave them Pat shirts. Mark is behind them holding up a niners blanket.

HERE IS MY GOOFY FAMILY

Sarah Brightman concert

Last night I got to go see a fantastic concert with two of my best (California) friends, Jen and Christina. We went and saw Sarah Brightman. I have loved her music for many years and have been so excited since we bought the tickets like 5 months ago.


She has a beautiful voice. So amazing. I was really disappointed that she didn't sing "Time to say Goodbye" with Bocelli vocals in the back or even with one of the other guys she sang with during the show. She sang it by herself and it just wasn't the same. Phantom of the Opera was amazing though. I have seen Phantom 4 times and have never heard the song sang that great. I had goosebumps. I would definately give the concert "two thumbs up"

I got an A

So I have been trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up....It's about time I do that. I decided to tak e a medical terminology class this semester at Sierra College to see if the medical field is for me. Let me tell you I went to college for 3 years (many years ago) and this is the hardest class I have taken. I don't know if it is because I am older and haven't been to school for awhile or because I work lots of hours and have a primary lesson to prepare every week but it was stressful.

BUT it is over and I got a B in the class. Now you are probably thinking then why does the title say "I got an A". Well I got a C on the midterm so my professor said that I had to get an A on the final to get a B in the class. Are you following? Well I got 90 out of 100 questions right and got an A. Iwas so excited. I studied and studied and studied for hours and hours. And it all paid off.

And the result is I do enjoy the medical stuff but I still don't know what I want to be!!!

Christmas time...

So thanks to my great roommate Athina our apartment is now decorated for Christmas. I absolutely love Christmas! When I walked into my apartment after work today I smelled the tree. I love the smell of a real Christmas tree. Our tree is small but we like it. My moms snowflakes that she tatted are hanging on it and thanks to me and Athina's boyfriend, Chris there are white light around the tree....in an organized way (unlike the way Athina had them) and a star on the top.

All the decorations are mine that I have collected through out the years. Some are bought, some are home made, and some were presents given to me. They all are special in there own way.

The stockings were hung on the TV console with care in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. We don't have a fireplace in this apt like we did in our last so they went on the console. This is the 3rd year we have used these stockings. I can't believe this is my 3rd Christmas in California. Athina bought these stockings for us and wrote our names on them in glittery paint.

I am so happy it is December. I can listen to Christmas music all the time and make Christmas candy (I made toffee as Athina was decorating) The feeling of Christmas in the air it is the best feeling in the world. It will even be better in 21 days when I can go home to Utah and enjoy it with my family and be around the kids.

And of course I can never forget the real meaning for Christmas and reason for the season. That is the celebration of the birth of our Savior. What a great event! I feel his love every day and am happy I am a member of his true church.

This picture was taken by me at the Laie temple in Hawaii.

Merry Christmas everyone!