My dad

My dad's company closed the location to where he worked out of and has been laid off for the time being. If anyone knows of anywhere that is hiring let me know! He is a very hard worker and knows how to do just about anything. He is very reliable, dependable and is like I said a very hard worker!

Kip's big buck

Kip and I share a car so we ride to and from work together, when we arrived home the other night much to my surprise (the taxidermist told us 6 months which would be April) there was Kip's buck hanging on the wall. I had wondered why he was so happy that day! So Kip finally got his buck from the taxidermist and it's now hanging in our living room. He love's it and it actually fits in our little living room very well! Here are some pictures. Sorry in advance to those who don't like hunting!

Our first anniversary

We finally made it to our first anniversary and has all seemed to go by so quick. I have loved our first year of marriage and have enjoyed all we've gone through. For our anniversary we just did it really low key and didn't get gifts for each other since there are other things that we could use our money for. We did however go to dinner and to a movie which was really fun! Our anniversary was the 22nd which was actually on Sunday but we celebrated on Saturday by going out. On Sunday I cooked us a yummy dinner and Kip did the dishes (how sweet!). It was a fun night!

Babysitting adventures

Occasionally we will babysit Burke's (Kip's brother) kids on Tuesdays because they have a class in Salt Lake that they go to. I love babysitting them and they are pretty well behaved kids. They love to play games and make things, type on the computer and color. Yesterday when they came they brought a friend who's mom was going with their parents to the class. I didn't know she was coming because my husband forgot to tell me but I didn't mind at all. She was so cute and we had fun with her. Her name was Sophia and she is 3 years old. She was so much fun to play with and to have around. We made Valentine's cookies and they each had their own color of frosting to frost their cookie with. It was fun to see how creative they could be with it.

Our new little neice

We had a new neice born over the weekend. Her name is Mia Victoria Christensen and she is soooo CUTE! They waited a long time for her and she finally came. We are so happy for them, Congratulations Christensen family!

Valentine's day

For Valentines day this year we went to the Salt Lake City LDS temple with G & G Barker, Mom, Jer and Amber and Kev and Cass. It was so much fun and I loved being there! The temple is always so beautiful and quiet, I enjoy the peace it has. I am thankful that we all went as a family because we haven't done that a lot.

After the temple we had a problem deciding where to eat but finally settled on The Outback which was yummy! We had to sit in two groups because they were a little busy but other than that it was nice.

We had gone to the temple in the morning and lunch in the afternoon so that night we watched basketball. Kip LOVES basketball and I enjoy it too so we had fun!

Day 1 of the Director Summit

If you don't work at Focus then you probably don't know what I am talking about so allow me to explain. I work for Focus Services and every year they do a Director Summit with upper management. I was lucky enough to get to go this year and today enjoyed day 1. It is a workshop teaching you about principle's and teaching skills to help with every day life as well as work. I am thankful for the company that I work for and the fact that it believes in developing the one. They are teaching me so much about life and skills to better others. I can't wait to go back tomorrow!

Superbowl Sunday and the Jazz game

We had a Superbowl party last Sunday and had a lot of fun! Nobody really likes football except my Grandpa Barker, Kip and the boys but it was an excuse to have a fun party with my family. We got a really good deal at Kent's last week on Pork Ribs and so we cooked those for our party for our first time. They turned out soooo good and we got them for a good deal! The party was fun and I was glad that everyone got to come hang out!

Benson (Kip's cousin) knew someone that had Jazz tickets so we bought them from him for Monday night's game. They were on the first row of the upper bowl but we still had fun! I always get so scared when you get those high seats because you are so far off the ground and I am terrified of heights but these ones weren't so bad. I mostly loved spending time with Kip and I really enjoy basketball and the Jazz so we had a great time! Hopefully we will buy tickets again and go.