HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The house before we left for Utah
The house as of new years day!
(for those of you watching time, this might be a medium length post..3 minutes maybe.)
Well my New Years day gift was my letter from Arizona Board of Cosmetology! I PASSED my exam!!! all that work payed off!! i was issued a license! so i am officially and Aesthetician, not just a student or hopeful! im a pro. anyways, we rang in the new year last night at audreys, i took a little nap before midnight but woke back up for the countdown, we watched the ball drop in new york. the kids had their little celebration last night at like 10 or something, they banged pots and pans, and maggie got to bang a cheese grater and a spoon i think..haha. and they had sparkling cider and those party favors that you pull and a "prize" is in it. like a paper crown, or a joke. today we went to the new house to look at its progress, its coming right along! the first floor is in the framing stage, they have all the rooms separtated and all that. it was very exciting to come back from utah and see framing! we took a picture, so i will post it. and we got back from utah yesterday. long morning, we got to bed about midnight, and got up at 4, and left at 4:30 for the airport, then flew out at 6:30, and went to san francisco (it was foggy so we didnt get to see san fran) and then came to phoenix where mary picked us up, we drove by the house, and then went to audreys and had some lunch, went home, took a nap, jinx slept on my lap!! thats unusual to say the least, and then went back over to audreys for the festivus. we forgot our camera in utah, well not IN utah, but we forgot to take it with us to utah, so we dont have any pictures from up there . we did see dans mom , jen, sam , heidi, the girls, his dad, and amos and jeremy and crystal, and had fun. it was cold! but it was fun. we stayed with jen, and his mom was really close so we got to see her more. we all got to go to the temple together saturday morning at the Timpanogos Temple, i had never been to that one so that was cool. and then saturday night i got to see jenny and garry and parker and livi, and i got to feel the littlest McLean. Parker and garry were sick, so me and jenny and livi "weebee" how she calls herself, went to olive garden for dinner, and then hung out at the hotel. livi is so funny!! parker was so cute, he was so sick but he was sweet. and livi was very interested in anything me and jenny were up to. we were bored, so livi suggested "LETS CLAP!" hahaa she is so cute. and she kept giving jenny butterfly kisses , shes so cute. poor parker was just asleep by the chair most the night, he must have really not felt good ... anyways, thats it for now! happy new years!