December in a nutshell.

I need to hop on the blog bandwagon and blog more than once a month! I feel like when I finally blog, I have so much I want to say, but I can never remember it all. So forgive me if this blog is random and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
First off, happy late Christmas, and early New Years! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday, I did! It was exciting starting a new tradition with Rob. We did “gifts” at midnight. I think that will be fun, then when we have kids of our own, Christmas morning can be just for them, letting them see what “Santa” brought them. We got some fun new stuff for our house. We got some Pots and pans, dishes, and a vacuum; we also got some fun looking games that I’m super excited to play. Christmas eve I went to Rob’s parents house for brunch, (Rob had to work) it was really good, and it was fun seeing all the little kids going to town on the chocolate fountain. When Rob was off work, we ran a few errands, and then we had a lot of people over to my mom’s house for dinner. I got to see my cousin Steve, and that was really exciting. I haven’t seen him for 2 years. He was a marine stationed in San Diego, but now he just lives there. It was fun to see him and meet Angela. All in all there were about 20 people there; it was loud and chaotic, and so much fun! Like I said, Rob woke me up and midnight and we did our “gifts” I was a little frustrated with the whole situation. Rob and I decided not to do anything for each other because of the wedding, I wanted to get him scriptures, but things came up unexpectedly, that needed to be taken care of right then (my alterations on my dress namely) so we weren’t going to do anything. That’s not how I wanted our first Christmas, and it was really hard on me (if any of you know how wonderfully Rob treats me, you would understand why I felt bad) anyway, he thought he was funny and put party poppers on the box, so when I opened it, it would pop and scare me (it didn’t, I was too asleep to have it affect me) anyway, he got me the new Carrie Underwood CD, and a new iPod Nano. I love them both; my iPod is a great companion for work. (in fact, I’m listening to it right now as we speak) as far as saying we wouldn’t get each other anything, apparently Rob said that after he got me something, so I got an iPod, and he got an I.O.U for new scriptures. (yeah, I suck, I know- I knew I should have just done something anyway, I figured he would be a terd.) Later that night, we went to the Carter’s house, and hung out, and then they got to call Scott, Rob’s brother who is serving a full time mission in Mexico. It was talking to him and putting a voice with the pictures I’ve seen. I’m excited to meet him in June; he seems like a really cool guy. After that, we went back to my house and just watched a Christmas movie. It was really fun. I couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas, and I’m looking forward to spending an eternity of Christmases with the people I love.
Well, as mentioned earlier, Rob and I have gotten a townhouse. I’m so excited. The location is great for my work and what used to be Rob’s work (I’ll get into that a little later) The best thing about our townhouse is that it is only a few doors down from Rob’s best friend Tony and his wife (well, almost wife, they are getting married tomorrow) Its nice knowing that you have instant friends in the ward. And both Tony and Loni are so much fun, I enjoy hanging out with them, and look forward to doing it more, and getting to know them better.
As far as work goes, we both have gone through some changes. I was hired as the full time receptionist for Jean Brown Research at the end of October of this year. Since then, for about the last 2 or 3 weeks I have been moved into my own office, and I now handle all the patient checks from both buildings and I’m in charge of making sure that our patients are happy with the studies they are doing, and making sure they just have a good time all around (or as much of a good time as you can have when you are giving 7 viles of blood in one sitting) Rob also got some news this month about his work, He was working at the South Jordan Branch for America First Credit Union, and has been at that branch since mid to late August (I think) He got a call, or email, or however they give news in that company, that he was being transferred to the America Fork Branch, located in the Wal-Mart. I wasn’t very pleased about it. It’s a long way from home (a lot longer than what we are used to) and this branch is open an hour later on the weekdays, and 4 Hours later on Saturdays. So he wouldn’t get home until about 8PM on weekdays and Saturdays, He would have 2 days off during the week, but my only day off is Saturday, So I was not happy with this new development. Anyways, I was in a bitter sweet mood about the whole thing, there were defiantly advantages to him leaving that branch in South Jordan, but I wished he was going to somewhere closer to me, and closer to home. About two weeks ago, Rob was told that he was no longer going to American Fork, and I was excited, and then on Christmas Eve, Rob was told that his last day was Saturday, and he would start in American Fork on Monday (today). It’s been a huge emotional roller coaster ride, but all in all, Rob is in American Fork, and I hope it doesn’t last long. I hope they find someone to replace him and he can be transferred to a branch closer to home, I know, it’s useless, but a girl can dream).
Another note, Rob and I got together with some friends earlier this month and went to the festival of trees, and then we went to my house and had homemade scones and hot chocolate and played games. I had a lot of fun doing that! We had Brent and Katy (Rob’s brother and his wife) and my friend Elisa and her husband Josh. Games and dessert is something I want to do more of, like once a month, and get more couples to join us (Tony and Loni are in when they get through all their wedding stuff) I’m just excited to hang out with friends and get to know them better, It was a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing it more.
On a last note, wedding plans are going smoothly. With the help of friends, we have been able to get a lot of “good deals” on things. We have everything planned, except for the announcements, food, and I need to pick Rob’s ring. I’m sure there will be little things that pop up closer to the actual date, but I think that we are on a good track. I’m just ready for it to be March 6th. Planning a wedding is stressful, and Running off to Vegas has crossed my mind more than once.
Anyway, now that I have wasted away a good deal of time from your day, I’m going to go now, I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season, and have the best and most blessed upcoming year.