Once upon a time...

Once upon a time we had a "remembering Grandpa Guthrie" party.

All my dad's siblings were able to come and it was a BLAST!!

Once upon a time Grandma had food in her mouth and we made her take a picture with us anyway. Don't worry, she thought it was funny. :)

Once upon a time I bought a pair of jeans that were too short for me...and you can tell in this picture.

Once upon a time "The Guild of Roses" left a rose for me on the doorstep. Honestly, I was pretty freaked out when we first found it. I guess I got a tiny bit used to the idea of good-deed-doers. :)

Once upon a time we went on an early morning hike...

...and it was pretty cold.

Even though Linda couldn't come with us, we still tried to take a good band picture for the new album that's coming out soon.

Even though I look like death in this picture, I still like it. I look like a real, live college student.

My little buddies!

Once upon a time my parents were the cutest couple EVER!

Wait. They still are!!!

Once upon a time I hugged Brad...and he loved it. You can tell.

Once upon a time I knew the funnest 16 year old in town. Her name is Anna. If you want a date...just call.

Once upon a time I didn't really want to have this picture taken. I'm glad we did anyway.

Once upon a time I figured out how to use the timer on Anna's camera so we could get this picture of all of us TOGETHER on the hike. I love my family!

Once upon a time we were happy to get in the car. Then we started swerving and getting car sick. Barf...literally.

Once upon a time my legs got chopped off. JUST KIDDING!

Once upon a time I started driving the baby car to school. It has a tricky window that doesn't like to roll down. Since I have to swipe my card to get in to the parking structure, this poses a little bit of a problem.

Once upon a time my mom took this incredibly awesome picture. (Brad want's you all to notice his "sextuple" chin. I think that means 6.)

Once upon a time I was having a little bit of a bad day. After drinking some spinach-blueberry-very banana-peach-apple smoothie, looking at this picture, and listening to Christmas music...the day seemed a little more bright. Happy Monday :)

Life as of Late-the Linda Version

 So, last time I graced  you with my presence I was finishing school. Well since that time I graduated. Since I am an adult and I think graduations are lame I didn't go. Do I regret it, no! I had visiting teachers, dinner with my family, read Ella Enchanted, and went to bed at 9:00 while everyone else was sitting listen to someone they don't even know or care about talk forever.

Since I didn't go to graduation my mother decided that I had to walk at fast Sunday family dinner.

Here I am getting into the atrocious, I mean lovely robe. Then, I got to open my diploma, but you don't get a picture of that because they are all really bad!

 

For my graduation present my grandpa and grandma Huber gave me a can of Cherry Pie filling. Random fact about me: I love Cherry Pie filling! Just grab a spoon and dig right in. 

I know my Grandma and Grandpa love me because my grandma made a cherry pie just for me at Thanksgiving, and they gave me a can for my birthday a month earlier and I had just finished it. Whew, right in time.

 

A couple weeks ago I took two of our Brasilian Exchange Students to the Visitors Center. They got the grand tour from one of the sisters and even a Book of Mormon in Portuguese.

 

 If you're looking for a really good book, and you like books like The Giver I would highly recommend this book.

My sister-in-law let me borrow it on Saturday night and I read until 1am (don't tell my dad). I finished reading it this morning. It was super good! I couldn't put it down! Thanks Stacy! I can't wait for the next one!

That's about it from me. I'm working so much! I had over 5 hours of overtime on my last paycheck! That's a good thing, it means I'm that much closer to buying a car. I'm also getting ready to start some projects that I'm really looking forward to. My dad got this thing that will record records onto a computer so you can put them onto CD. I get to put all of his Argentina records onto CD. It's so fun to see the sparkle in his eye when he listens to them. I'm also, hopefully, going to start working on a project about my Grandma Guthrie.

Welp, that's all for now!

Adventure is out there!

This month has been full of so many fun adventures!

Our Huber cousins came down from Utah to visit us.
We love sitting around, catching up on life, and being crazy together.
We LOVE these guys!!

Baby Nigel came!!
His real name is Kyle Alan Guthrie. He is the cutest little boy that Alan has. :)
Way to go guys! We love your darling little fam!

We took twenty people to the movie theatre!
That's right...20.
And did we have a blast? You betcha!
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" was a pretty good movie.
The sea creature at the end was mighty creepy though. Eek.

We had our Guthrie Christmas Party at the beginning of the month.
Our family is the best!
The picture below is one of my absolute favorites.....Stacy. :)

Linda, Elf A, Elf B, Me

Linda has been really busy this month.
She graduated from college and had a birthday!!
I wish I could be as amazing as girl.
Isn't she cute?

Linda and Marcie took me to their new favorite restaurant, Lenny's.
If you haven't been there, you should check it out.
There are super cool pictures on the wall and they have the best rootbeer floats in town!

I've been on a few super fun dates with Scott this month.
We went to a cool art museum and then to the park.
We fed the ducks...
...and played on the springy animals...
...and swung on the swings.
I had a fabulous time!
Saturday was full of adventure.
Some of my work friends were going to Goldfields Ghost Town,
and I invited Scott to come along.
The weather was perfect, the friends humorous, and the date fantastic.
Michelle and Natalie helped to make the afternoon fun.
Guys! I pet a cactus! I didn't even bleed, or die, or anything terrible!
This is at the jail.
Don't worry, it's like in the game Monopoly...we were "just visiting".

This was my favorite picture from the trip.
It looks like we're emerging from somewhere dark and scary.
Are we cool? Yes. Yes we are.

After the Ghost Town extravaganza, Scott took me and Michelle to lunch.
It was a party!
I'm glad I have such great friends.