The Tellings of Holly: January 2010

My nephew, Jack, LOVES bowling. On every single one of our ipods we have the bowling application downloaded so he can play. So when he gets the opportunity to bowl in real life, he is in heaven! It was really fun to watch him. He gets so excited!

It was really fun to have most of my family there (minus Neil and Meredith... you'll find out why soon :])

Even when he missed every pen he would jump up and down and run back. Cute kid for sure :]

So my sister-in-law Meredith was scheduled to have a C-section on the 28th, but my new nephew had a different plan in mind. She went into labor in the middle of the night and he was born the morning on December 23. On Christmas Eve we were able to go to the hospital and visit Neil, Meredith and the baby!

They named him John. He is the sweetest little baby; he rarely cries! And seriously. Newborns are so tiny. I think you forget until you hold one again.

Grace was very happy to see her mom. She had been staying with us since the night before the baby was born. Good story actually. We got everyone ready and went to the hospital. We walked in a Grace ran and jumped in the bed with her mom and Meredith goes where are her pants? And we were like well she's just wearing a dress (it's longer than it looks in this picture... but pretty short nonetheless). And Meredith is like.... That is not a dress. Hahahahaha. Funny stuff.

While I was home I also celebrated my 19th birthday! It was quite the party :]

It was really fun, but it's funny how as you get older... birthday's aren't as big of a deal. I think I'm getting to that age. lol.

While at home I was also reunited with a good friend named Justin. lol. It was fun to spend time with him again.

The majority of Christmas break was spent watching Jack open presents. Which was fun. He was so excited and loved opening things!

On the other hand, we tried to get Grace excited about presents and tried to get her to open some, but she wasn't exactly into it. She was content with playing with a lint brush roller from someone's stocking!

Later Christmas Day Meredith and the baby got released from the Hospital and we took Grace home. We also were able to have Christmas dinner there and hold John some more :]

We had another present opening session with Neil and Meredith. Chad and Amy gave them a wagon which Grace loved and sat in for a longgg time in the living room!

The next night back at my parent's place we had a gingerbread house making contest. Boys against girls!

Justin came over to help the guys team!

Here are the finished products! Girls on the left and the guys on the right.

We decided that the girls was prettier, but that the guys were more creative because come on, let's face it... that castle is pretty awesome.

While I was back home me and my friends Allison and Lauren went shopping at the Galleria! Which was so much fun! I loved seeing you girls!

I got locked out of my house in the freezing cold without a jacket. That was awesome. hahahaha.

I got to see a friend named Laekynn while I was home. Sooo fun. We went shopping and I got the green plaid jacket you will see in the next pictures :]

New Years Eve was really fun. We went to the Elementary School Parking lot across the street from my house and shot off fireworks! I have to admit. I did not stay up until midnight. I went to bed early... for reasons you will soon learn!

New Year's Day, my mom, Chad and I woke up early and went and ran the Texas (Half) Marathon. SO much fun. And I'm being serious. While you are running it you hurt and it's hard. But it is so much fun. I loved it. I have already signed up to run the Salt Lake City Half Marathon on April 17th!

Aren't those medals something? hahaha.

Anyways. That was pretty much my Christmas break. It was so much fun. I didn't really want to come back to school, not going lie. But once I got back here to Provo, everything came back. I was able to see all the girls on my hall again. It was so fun. I am now the proud owner of a pink snuggie thanks to my friend Kelli. We have a cute picture of the two of us holding the snuggie.... but she would kill me if I posted it. She seems to have something against the picture. I'm not exactly sure why.

Classes started this past week, and I can honestly say I'm excited for this semester. It's going to be a REALLLY hard semester, but it'll be okay. I didn't do very well this past semester, but I was transitioning. I know how it works now. I realize I need to work harder. And I am going to (I love that I say that at the beginning of every semester!) hahah but it is true.