Our 1st Trip to Hilton Head Island

Here's our self-portrait.

This is Biz after playing in the waves, you can't really tell but she's soaking wet! Good thing we came prepared (and that it's not our car she's riding back in!)

This is Biz in the back of the convertable Alan rented for the weekend (working for a rental car company sure has it's perks!!) She had so much fun just sitting there letting the wind hit her.

Here's a shot of my cute hubby with his ridiculous hat and Biz. Aren't they the cutest!! It was such a fun getaway, we plan on definitely doing it again!!

Too Much!

That's my excuse for not posting more often, too much going on! Not a very good excuse I know, especially when I have so many good examples who have kids, jobs, callings, etc. and still find time to keep everyone updated!!! Well here's the latest happenings around this White House.....

Alan is still at Enterprise and will be qualifying for an assistant manager position soon hopefully. He's really liked working at the airport and the drive has been a lot less stressful too which is good. But in order for him to move up he'll have to go to another store somewhere. He will have the option where to go, so that's nice.

I started a new job in February. I'm the office manager for a cleaning company. Nothing fancy, and definitely not as wonderful as my job in Utah, but it's a job and I'm very grateful for that! I now have a half hour commute every morning and night which has been a huge adjustment. I have to be out of the house by 8 and usually don't get home till 6. So I feel like I'm never home and when I am home I'm lazy and get nothing accomplished (which is why this blog has suffered). I'm still teaching in Primary and love my newest class, although I am sad that I have 6 boys and 0 girls that come every Sunday. It makes for a very interesting class to say the least.

We are in the process of buying a new home, which is both exciting and frustrating. Being in real estate for 6 years has really come in handy but it has also aggravated Alan with all my questions and reservations. Hopefully everything will work out and we can be in by the end of April, especially since our lease is up in May!! I'll try to keep everyone updated!

That's about it for us. Nothing big and exciting, just the everyday living! I'll try to post a few pictures from Alan's parents' recent visit and out first trip to Hilton Head Island with Bizzy.

I need everyone's help!!

Alan's 30th birthday is this year and anyone who knows me well knows I am not a party planner! So, any and all ideas are welcome! I am hoping since most of his family and our friends have the link to my blog they'll be able to help me come up with something fun and exciting!! I only have about 6 months to figure something out! HELP!!!

Last Christmas

We miss our family! Last Christmas was so much fun! We had Azamat living with us so we made sure and show him all of America's crazy traditions. Mark, Star, and the girls came from California so we got to spend time with them too! We love our adorable nieces, they had us constantly laughing! And we got to do some fun things like build snowmen and go sledding down the big hill by our house and we even got to decorate a cake train with lots of candy and frosting. We will really miss all of those fun things this year!

2 Weeks!!!

I can not believe it is only 2 weeks till Christmas! I just finished decorating yesterday! And I just realized this morning that I still haven't sent out my Christmas cards. I got them all addressed last week, but forgot to sign and send them. So as I was signing cards this morning I thought, "I should stick a note about this blog in the cards." Now I'm sure no one is really all that interested in our boring lives in Savannah, but eventually I'll get pictures up and learn all the tricks to blogging and maybe everyone will want to check my blog every now and then. I know I love snooping on other people's blogs for updates and pictures. So this post is for all those who actually do check out my blog, hopefully I'll have more posts than the three I have by the time everyone gets their Christmas cards (which at this rate might be by Valentine's Day!).

It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas

I admit I have been a bit of a scrooge this season. I don't know if it's the state of the economy or the lack of snow, but for some reason I have had a hard time getting "in the mood" for Christmas, until last night. We have some wonderful neighbors, that are always sharing - be it food, gifts, dog sitting, you name it. One of them works for Fort Stewart and has a hook up for free Christmas trees. Last night Alan and I were just finishing dinner when our door bell rang. Alan hopped up to answer it and Bizzy went running out the door to assault the persons on the other side. I knew it was our awesome neighbors from the sound of their voices but I didn't know what great surprise they had brought us - a beautiful Christmas tree! The moment I stepped outside and saw it I was in the Christmas mood! And the smell, that wonderful fragrance that can only come from a real tree, brought back so many fond memories. So, even though I started out not really wanting to have anything to do with Christmas this year, I am now officially "in the mood"! I'll post pictures of our decorated tree once we get it all decorated tomorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving

It's the day before Thanksgiving and I am sick! I think Thanksgiving is one of the worst times to get sick. So much food and goodies get neglected because you can't swallow, smell, or taste. Alan and I are spending this Thanksgiving with some friends from church and are pretty exited about it - they're doing most of the cooking so that means we finally get a break from it. I am in charge of bread and desserts(2 of my most favorite things). Hopefully by tomorrow I can kick this cold so I can enjoy myself! What's everyone else doing for Thanksgiving this year?