Kendra & Brandon had a new baby on January 13th. Her name is Amber and she is beautiful!
January 21, 2009
January 3, 2009
2008 Favorites
Here are my 2008 favorites...
- the sad start that January 1, 2008 brought to my family (in crisis we always grow stronger)
- FINALLY getting Tessa home with the family
- football watching with Lauren while our parents sailed to The Blues
- the day on the lake honoring Larry (even if it was bittersweet)
- Peyton's first birthday party
- March Maddness with the family & my Mom turning 50 on Easter
- Ray-Ray with Jes in Vegas & the roadtrip home
- being in school despite the challenge
- watching Interventions with Kendra (that she tivo-ed & saved for me) in pj's together
- hearing "YaYa" for the first of MANY times
- learning a new Kertson was on the way (I was scared at first for Kendra - admit it!)
- GGW 2008 in Napa Valley (good work K!)
- the time spent in Monterey with Peyton while Brandon & Kendra interviewed in Santa Cruz
- reading the text from Kendra "We got the job!"
- having a bestie so close now!
- the trips Jes made north to come see me
- helping Kendra get unpacked in their new home together
- phone dates with Kendra
- the not one but 2 Raiders games I got to attend
- Girls weekend in Santa Cruz for my birthday
- Thanksgiving weekend as always!
- singing again
- S.F. bus trip with my family & friends
- straight A's baby!
- Christmas in Belize!
I know the moment I post this I will think of a dozen more but these are the ones that came to mind first. It was an amazing year filled with love and laughter. Living at home again turned out to be not so bad. I love my family, The Girls, and life more and more with every passing day and I am one VERY blessed girl to have the life and year I do and did!
- the sad start that January 1, 2008 brought to my family (in crisis we always grow stronger)
- FINALLY getting Tessa home with the family
- football watching with Lauren while our parents sailed to The Blues
- the day on the lake honoring Larry (even if it was bittersweet)
- Peyton's first birthday party
- March Maddness with the family & my Mom turning 50 on Easter
- Ray-Ray with Jes in Vegas & the roadtrip home
- being in school despite the challenge
- watching Interventions with Kendra (that she tivo-ed & saved for me) in pj's together
- hearing "YaYa" for the first of MANY times
- learning a new Kertson was on the way (I was scared at first for Kendra - admit it!)
- GGW 2008 in Napa Valley (good work K!)
- the time spent in Monterey with Peyton while Brandon & Kendra interviewed in Santa Cruz
- reading the text from Kendra "We got the job!"
- having a bestie so close now!
- the trips Jes made north to come see me
- helping Kendra get unpacked in their new home together
- phone dates with Kendra
- the not one but 2 Raiders games I got to attend
- Girls weekend in Santa Cruz for my birthday
- Thanksgiving weekend as always!
- singing again
- S.F. bus trip with my family & friends
- straight A's baby!
- Christmas in Belize!
I know the moment I post this I will think of a dozen more but these are the ones that came to mind first. It was an amazing year filled with love and laughter. Living at home again turned out to be not so bad. I love my family, The Girls, and life more and more with every passing day and I am one VERY blessed girl to have the life and year I do and did!
January 2, 2009
The past few weeks...
Sorry it has been so long since my last blog...it has been a busy few weeks for me! There were the holidays, finals and a WONDERFUL vacation that took all my attention! So the end of 2008 was lost as far as my blog goes...so here comes the update!
First there was Thanksgiving which is also know as "All Family - All the Time!". We spend the entire weekend all together doing everything from meals, movies, sports, bowling and oh yes...there is wine! This year we even extended the weekend by a day so we could all go to a Raiders game together! It is always a great weekend together and is really the only time the whole family is together so we really love the time.
Then the first few weeks of December are a blurr of holiday parties, concerts (both as a audience member and a performer), school papers, cousin lunches, shopping, finals and one great bus trip to SF that I remember almost all of! It was a great few weeks with family and friends and as always reminds me how blessed I am to have all the amazing people I do in my life! There was a lot of planning and hard work but it all paid of - the school part even landed me straight A's this semester!
Then on December 17th my Dad, Mom and I took off! We decided to spend the couple weeks I had off from school on a family vacation. So we packed our bags and headed to Belize for some quality family time in the sun! My parents have been going to Belize for a couple years on a fishing trip/beach time with another couple but this was my first time there and I am officially in love! It was beautiful there (once I get my act together I will post some pictures) and it was unlike any place I have been before. We had an amazing time together and got a tan in the process. I got to see a bunch of places I have been hearing about for years, I went snorkeling with my Mom, Nemo fish an sharks. There was a Ray that was stalking me in the water and that is not me just being me - my mom can validate the story! I sat on a beach and read a book or two a day for almost two weeks - it was wonderful!!! There was one book in particular that I will blog about later that I am officially in love with! Thanks for the book Kendra! Thanks again Dad and Mom for my Christmas vacation/present in Belize!
We got back on the 30th and I got to meet up with Kendra, Brandon and Peyton at our hotel in San Jose and catch up and hand out gifts! As always, quality time with the Kertson's is one of my favorite things!
We were so sleepy from our trip that no one in my family was awake when the ball dropped on New Years Eve but it was a small price to pay for a great trip.
So I have a few more days of vacation before I start my next semester, which I am NOT looking forward too. There are 5 units of math alone...it is not going to be fun!!
So as 2009 starts and I look back on the past few weeks I am blessed and very excited to see what this next year holds!
First there was Thanksgiving which is also know as "All Family - All the Time!". We spend the entire weekend all together doing everything from meals, movies, sports, bowling and oh yes...there is wine! This year we even extended the weekend by a day so we could all go to a Raiders game together! It is always a great weekend together and is really the only time the whole family is together so we really love the time.
Then the first few weeks of December are a blurr of holiday parties, concerts (both as a audience member and a performer), school papers, cousin lunches, shopping, finals and one great bus trip to SF that I remember almost all of! It was a great few weeks with family and friends and as always reminds me how blessed I am to have all the amazing people I do in my life! There was a lot of planning and hard work but it all paid of - the school part even landed me straight A's this semester!
Then on December 17th my Dad, Mom and I took off! We decided to spend the couple weeks I had off from school on a family vacation. So we packed our bags and headed to Belize for some quality family time in the sun! My parents have been going to Belize for a couple years on a fishing trip/beach time with another couple but this was my first time there and I am officially in love! It was beautiful there (once I get my act together I will post some pictures) and it was unlike any place I have been before. We had an amazing time together and got a tan in the process. I got to see a bunch of places I have been hearing about for years, I went snorkeling with my Mom, Nemo fish an sharks. There was a Ray that was stalking me in the water and that is not me just being me - my mom can validate the story! I sat on a beach and read a book or two a day for almost two weeks - it was wonderful!!! There was one book in particular that I will blog about later that I am officially in love with! Thanks for the book Kendra! Thanks again Dad and Mom for my Christmas vacation/present in Belize!
We got back on the 30th and I got to meet up with Kendra, Brandon and Peyton at our hotel in San Jose and catch up and hand out gifts! As always, quality time with the Kertson's is one of my favorite things!
We were so sleepy from our trip that no one in my family was awake when the ball dropped on New Years Eve but it was a small price to pay for a great trip.
So I have a few more days of vacation before I start my next semester, which I am NOT looking forward too. There are 5 units of math alone...it is not going to be fun!!
So as 2009 starts and I look back on the past few weeks I am blessed and very excited to see what this next year holds!
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