Flowers

 

Isaac had another great idea today after picking up a Fiji water bottle he decided that he needed to water the flowers outside because they were dying(hence January). I was showing him which plants he should water and he told me "no" on a few because they weren't flowers. Isaac is very helpful when he wants to be which makes moments like this great :)

I heart bowling

Joe and Brock

Isaac and Ryan

Max

For Family Home Evening Mindy decided that we should go bowling which I could not turn down because I love bowling so much. So everyone bowled even little Joe. It was the funniest and slowest game ever trying to keep Isaac and Joe and even Max entertained the whole evening.Luckily there was a small acrade with rides that kept the three young boys happy the rest of the evening.



"A NINJA"



JELLO

Isaac and his JELLO

 So today Isaac came up to me and told me he wanted to make some "JELLO" in a high pitch scream. Okay we will make some jello. He was so cute and so excited to help :) He loved watching the water boil and couldn't wait the 4 hours for the Jello to set. So while we were waiting we went to the Discovery park,were the boys all had a blast.

Cedar

Isaac

Joe

After finishing up school this last fall, I wasn't ready to move back home just yet. So I am taking a little detour at my Aunt Mindy's home is Cedar City where I will be watching her two youngest boys Isaac (3 1/2) and Joe(1 1/2) in the evening . While I am here I hope to enjoy SUU with my BF Megan in her last year of school.  I am going  to work hard on my goals for this year and really hope to prepare enough for my mission that I have decided to do in June.

New Year's Eve

Grandma Maureen and Grandpa Berry

Brandon,Hayden,Dallen,Mom and Grandparents

To start my New Years  Eve my Grandpa Berry called and invited my family to Sizzlers which is their favorite place to eat.  It was a great lunch, my Grandma Maureen talked  more then ever to me about  how happy she was that I was serving a mission. Later that even I got all done up to go out with Hailee and Skyler to a YSA dance. The dance wasn't the best  the d.j. was horrible and I was very upset that he was playing the same lame songs over. Luckily there was a cute guy there that I eyed the whole time waiting to dance with him. After waiting almost the whole night I went over and asked him. His name was Justin he was 6'5" a hockey player and had a hurt back so he was only able to dance to a slow song. It was the best song of the whole night!! To bad he didn't agree . 

2010

As I reflect back on the year 2010 I look back with JOY and HAPPINESS with all that I accomplished.  I moved forward in so many areas of my life thanks to the goals I set . I accomplished 6.5 of 10

1. Visit the Temple once a month

                                                     DONE!!! total of 15 times,

                                            including a my first trip to Redlands Temple

2.Finish the Book of Mormon

Soooooo sooo close I am at the end of 3 Nephi so a month late

 but much better then I ever thought

3. Work on Family History

I have found out so much thanks to Sister Chidester a cute lady

that works in our family history center.

4.Write in Journal weekly

Um not good at all, but my excuse is that I wrote all my feelings

on my blog instead of my journal.

5.Loose 15 pounds

Ah yeah this didn't happen. Oh I miss volleyball tons because it keeps me in shape

              6.Be confident and happier.

 I was, I found myself involved in many activities

then usual and asked out 5 guys!

 7.Travel abroad 

   Nope didn't happen,

    I just traveled to the beach a lot

                                                             8. Read 4 books
                                                       Yes, thanks to Sarah Dessen!!

                                                         
                                                             9.BLOG
                                            DONE, DONE, and DONE!!

                                                         10. Receive a 3.5 gpa
                                       Totally did, with a BIG 3.6 gpa!!

P.G. Friends

Over the break I was able to go to lunch at Zupas with my old P.G. volleyball friends and it was so good to see them all at the same time and hear how about their lives. I was also able to have a separate lunch at Costa Vida with Barner, JaNae, and Hailey Jeppson which was a great to see Hailey since I haven't seen her for a year. I am so grateful for all these old teammates and am so glad that we are still good enough friends that we can meet up and have a good time like we never left P.G.

Allyce - Married in 2009 and graduated from UVU in May and is now coaching and teaching at A.F.

JaNae- Graduated from Eastern Washington in May and is now working at a troubled kids center

Barner- Is attending Capelli a hair school 

Kortney-  Is a mom to Christopher who is 2 years old and just finished school at Georgetown in May

Kailee-  Is a senior at Fordham University

Christina- Is a senior at BYU

Me- I just finished my last year of college at CSUN and am planning to serve a mission in June

Hailey-  Married in 2009 and just bought her first home in Eagle Mt. and is working full time at Home Depot 

Danny's Birthday

Birthday girl!!

Training for the Olympics!!

Today my BFC( best friend cousin) Danielle turned the big 25 and she isn't excited about the number she was turning. However she was excited to receive the birthday gifts and birthday praise for the next few days.  So to help her not admit her age we went to Classic Skating which was a blast to skate this time with none of my little campers on my legs. Skyler and I kept racing around the rink to prepare for the Olympics and burn calories!! It was a great evening and week spending time with all my cousins and friends!!

 Danielle Maria Berry you are a great cousin and I am so glad that we are BFC!!! 

Christmas

I thought this Christmas would be quiet and laid back since the twins are 14 years old and boy was I wrong. At 7:30 a.m. there they all were jumping on my bed telling me to wake up, I couldn't believe it they were so excited to open presents. After we opened all the presents my mom noticed that Dallen was missing one of his gifts so she asked him " are you sure there nothing under the tree for you"?  He replied " nope there isn't". My mom was so confused she didn't know where the game Skate 3 was that he had wanted so bad. She then asked " did you open the Skate 3 game" He said " oh yes I opened that a long time ago like at 5:30 a.m.". We all laughed so hard, this is why he was so happy the whole time he was opening gifts and wasn't really in a hurry. He had the game he wanted downstairs loading already. Later that evening Roland and  I headed to my dad where we opened gifts and attempted to play the new  monopoly build that we received. I had a wonderful Christmas and am so grateful that I could spend with my family.

Christmas Aprons

Amanda, Josi, Shalise, Savannah, Alexa, Danielle and Brandy

Me, Amanda and Danielle

After a long drive home in the rain we finally made it back to Utah.  For the Berry Christmas party we all headed out to Cedar Fort to my grandparents where we had a big dinner and  opened up presents from the grandparents which turned out to be aprons and wow they were all beautiful. Then the 24th was here and I was not ready I had only done shopping for my mom, lucky for me Amanda still needed to go so we hit the mall the day before Christmas as I tried to get all my shopping done. We went to Provo mall which was the perfect stop I was able to get every one's gifts. That evening we headed to Thanksgiving Point to see the  Christmas lights which is a tradition we started a  few years ago with my mom's brother's family and then had dinner. It was a wonderful Christmas Eve

Grandparents

Kedar and Me

Grandma Peggy  and Grandpa Burnett

After a long day of packing and fighting with my brothers and it raining, I was finally all packed up and ready to leave my apartment. We drove down to the Burnett grandparents home to have dinner with them. My grandma was so excited I was coming and wanted to do a lot more then just eat, but because loading the truck took a lot more time then expected we only had a little time to be with them. I found out that my grandma isn't going to be able to come to my graduation walk in May which makes me sad to hear. So it was good to be able to have dinner with her one more time since she wont be back till August as she heads to Mongolia. My cousin Kedar was able to join us for dinner which was great since I have seen him since he was 3 years old and wow he looks like my dad did when he was younger.  

Last Day in California

Hayden, me and Kade

Sister Ward and Me

Mom and Dallen

Sunday being a day full of good byes hugs and tears( mostly from Bro. Ward) as I prepared to leave California, I was ready to have some fun on my last day there. My mom and I dropped the boys off at a movie because they were being a little annoying. We then went to meet Sis. Ward for lunch at Wood Ranch which is an awesome restaurant known for their trip tip and rolls. After that we went bowling at Matador Bowling alley because of the great special they were having. We then ended the long day with Rebox movies. I am so thankful for my mom and for her driving all the way down to help me move. I am also grateful for the twins and Kade for coming and helping me pack up everything even though they were a little obnoxious at times.

Metcalf's

Breanne and Megan

After the posse and my roommates leaving Thursday and me sitting in my house all Friday as we got new carpet I was ready to get out of the house the next day. I drove over to Megan's home and helped her and Breanne decorate her Christmas tree. Then  later that evening we attended two ward Christmas parties  because the singles ward had great food from a restaurant called Reds and the family ward was having Megan and her mom sing. I was so excited to have an eventful day as I was waiting for my family to arrive . It was a great day I totally forget that its Christmas when I am in California because its either very warm or raining. This year I was busy with finals and packing that I didn't even make time to put up my own Christmas decorations. I am so thankful that I was able to live so close to the Metcalf family for days like this when I want to be around family .

Last Day with the Posse

                                        

                                                   granny roll

                                       

                                                                  sexy bowling shoes!

December 16th was the last day for the posse to be together in Ridge so we decided to try to do something different so we went bowling. It turned out perfect we got there a little after 2 o clock which allowed us to receive this awesome bowling deal of $7.99 for shoes,2 hours of bowling , a small drink, french fries and 12 tokens to the arcade!! We were so excited because shoes alone were $4.  After a good three hours  everyone winning one round of bowling and playing the basketball game and the motorcycle game we went to dinner. To end the night we went to my last RS meeting with the girls from the ward as we watched Elf at one of the girls home.

Last Northridge Elders

Elder Tafur and Elder Saena and their cool bridge hug

 Elder Tafur aka Columbia and Elder Saena aka Alaska are the last elders that I worked with in Northridge. I am so grateful for all the elders that served in the Northridge area and for pushing me to become a better person and for allowing me to do spilts with them. I loved working with  these missionaries and can't wait to be serving full time!!