Where to begin.....sisters here's your update ;)

Here we are sisters! Finally my blog update haha It's only taken 3 months!

I moved from King Cove back to civilization, Anchorage! Although sad to leave behind my King Cove friends I must admit I enjoyed every idea of wining and dining, shopping, and a normal grocery store. Two days after arriving in Anchorage I flew straight to the great state of Oregon! Enjoying a full day in Ptown. My first stop of course was Voodoo doughnuts to devour the one and only bacon maple bar, mmmmm. 

Then headed over to Rob and Mizuho's new house, sure to give them a freezer full of Alaskan halibut and smoked salmon. The next stop was my Ptown tradition, Buffalo Wild Wings woooo my favorite! The Asian zing wings are to die for fyi.

Later that night plans were made to have dinner at a favorite restaurant, Saburo's. If you want the best sushi in Oregon Saburo's is the place to go!

Delicious sushi & my favorite...the Rainbow roll

 So delighted the Brown's could join in for dinner at Saburo's. Truly love this couple and wish more time could be spent with them.

After a day in Portland onto Corvallis for non other than the famous Dad's weekend! I met up with my good friend Megan. She is just the sweetest thing, we had a blast catching up, dancing the night away, and having some girl time!

After Dad's weekend I headed down to Medford for Thanksgiving.

Able to meet up with this crazy guy, none other than Ben Weaver! Love this guy!

Ben brought his wonderful girlfriend, Natasha. What a sweetheart, she and I have had so much fun chatting and hanging out. She is a nurse in the ICU working with the newborn babies. She is leaving tomorrow for a month to the Dominican Republic for volunteer work. I happy she's able to go but sad she's leaving for such a long time.

Being in Medford and around those Meddy boys you must realize that they have A LOT of guns! We go shooting just about every weekend, I really do enjoy it. My personal favorite is clay pigeon shooting, I have great instructor and he has been making sure my skills are top notch.

Mike and Robin also had their engagement party at the Roadhouse Grill, its basically your Texas Roadhouse and it was delicious! It was great meeting all of Robin's family and bridesmaids. Afterwards we headed out on the town and had some celebratory drinks

How cool is it that you can cut down your christmas tree in Oregon? It's one of my favorite traditions when spending Christmas in Oregon. Went with Ben and Natasha to help them with theirs. We had forgotten tie down staps so some jimmy rigging had to be done in order to get that tree home and setup.

Natasha and I just hung out and found bird nests.

Tuck had a great time too :)

An ugly sweater Christmas party is always a must, I wish I would have gotten more pictures but I had to leave early and change. I love Robin!

When in Medford Josh Rigerio is one person who is always a blast, he's great!! All of us always have so much fun and Josh is always making everyone laugh. He's always down to shoot a gun, but then again what guy isn't? Andy and Chris come with love to join in every once in a while too. I am hoping one of these days I can get Gail or Natalie to come so that I'm not always the only woman, it can be tiring being around these boys all by yourself all day ;) They're definitely rowdy guys!

Chris the sniper

Sweet action shot of Josh

Gail is one of my best friends, we have become very close in the last few months. We just have way too much fun, laugh till we cry, text all day, and hangout way too much! We love it! She is such a great gal and we have plans to move in together once her internship is over. Woohoo!

Gail's older sister Nichole is also a wonderful friend, all three of us together is just too much of a good time! :)

Love you llama

After Oregon I headed over to gorgeous Utah to spend Christmas with my family. I was ecstatic since I knew both my sisters and their babies would be home! Our entire family together for Christmas for the first time in years since Ryan and Reese spent Christmas 2 years ago in China and then last year with Ryan's parents. It's always so good to have the whole family together, especially since there are two new little ones!!! That's always a big perk :)

My 15 year old brother Derek

Seany boy had his orchestra performance, I was glad we were able to go and support our youngest brother.

I love Sean's style he looks good in suspenders

Then it was my 25th birthday! I have more pictures but I was too lazy to get them off my iPhone. My birthday was wonderful!!! I went out for sushi at my favorite resturant, Tona in Ogden on 25th street.

Then I was able to get my birthday present!!!

My very own wine making kit!!!

After a wonderful lunch and opening my gift I went with my mother, who volunteers with the boys and girls club and helped out with the kids. I met the two sweetest twin girls who I immediately just adored. They had the longest hair I couldn't believe it, they are actually triplets with a brother who wouldn't stay still enough to capture a photo. When it was time for me to go the kids all gathered together and sang me happy birthday, it was so precious they all gave me a group hug and we tipped over. What a great birthday!

Boys and girls club

After volunteering we all went to have a birthday dinner at the Marks' favorite birthday spot, El Matador "yumm." We always go here for our birthdays, I used to work here my first summer back from college and can never stay away from their delicious food! After a wonderful dinner we all headed to the mall for some birthday shopping :) my favorite.

And yes of course I made a trip down to Provo to see the Fisher boys! Oh and Reese and Ryan too ;) I had SO much fun! Those boys are a riot and I get crazy with them chasing them around the house letting them blow off all that rowdiness! Momo is also learning how to spell names, for my birthday gift he drew me his famous Giganotosaurus ....(jig-a-NOT-oh-SAWR-us) and spelled my name. He is such a sweet boy, I love my momo!

He spells my name right but pronouces it "Jeeenelle"

After spending time down in Provo I headed back up to Ogden and went out with my best friend Kimmy and her boyfriend Carlton. I have such a blast when we're together and am constantly laughing at Kimmy's entertaining boyfriend. Kim and I have never really spent so much time apart so we had lots of catching up to do and dancing the night away of course.

My brother Derek had the opportunity to perfom at his school talent show, he perfomed the Native hoop dance. We were all so proud of how well he did and glad we could all be there to support him.

Finally Christmas day! I loved how excited the boys were, Momo and Didi could hardly wait! Tonah really didn't know what was quite going on yet.

Christmas morning

Baby June was too tired to enjoy her first Christmas, haha. She has the oddest sleeping schedule (thanks to her night owl of a dad!) she normally doesn't go to bed till midnight or later, then sleeps till noon or 2 in the afternoon! Its the craziest thing, she takes a nap about 8 or so. Therefore she almost slept through her Christmas ;)

Sleepy June bug

Too tired to open presents

The boys on the other hand could not wait to open their presents and were wide awake waking everyone up that morning saying "Santa came!!! Santa came!!"

We all helped baby T open some of his presents, he didn't really know what to do. He just wanted to play with whatever he could grab and stick in his mouth.

Love my little Chinese Momo :)

June still struggling to keep those eyes open, haha. But her first gift was a curly haired cabbage patch baby she did enjoy holding her and wasn't quite sure what to do with her.

Conductor Didi

Mo's favorite gift a talking dinosaur book

June's most favorite gift!

Didi is such a BYU sports fanatic, Santa gave him a BYU football helmet and soccer ball. We all sat on the couches while he tossed the ball to each of us and we tossed it back. Every once in a while someone would throw it just a little too high hit him in the face, so smart Didi put his helmet on and starting putting his head down and hitting the ball with his head. He is such a character!

Tonah about to get hassled by his brother

Tonah didn't like Didi's helmet

After Christmas we spent a day up at Powder Mountain, it was a gorgeous warm day! We had such a blast, I love going to Powder everytime I go to Ogden.

Derek is getting amazing!!

Michael, Derek's best friend

Just two days before New Year's Eve I headed back to Oregon to celebrate! I celebrated New Year's with good friends at a house in Jacksonville. We all had a great time!

Me and Nichole

Todd was able to make it over from Klamath Falls and come celebrate with us.

Todders (Our favorite!)

New Year's kisses for Todd!

He loves us

Short little Nicole :)

So much fun!

I just LOVE these twins! We have such a blast together and they are so kind and lots of fun!

Nicole & Natalie Boekenoogen

All the ladies

What a great way to bring in the new year with all your close loved ones!

It was a great New Year's celebration

A couple days after New Years I headed back up to Anchorage, but only to pack some stuff and make the move down to Medford. I'm excited to be living in Medford! I of course had a layover in Portland so I made the most of my day :)

Gloomy winter day in Ptown

And of course the biggest Portland tradition is go to Buffalo Wild Wings everytime. I absolutely love this place, I am such a big fan a hot wings and have fallen in love with the famous Asian Zing! Yummy!

Enjoying my Asian Zing taco :)

I also did a little shopping, of course

While in Anchorage I called up a few friends and had a little fun.
I had lunch with Leona, from AIC, and had a good time catching up on things since I haven't seen her since before King Cove in April.

My last night in Anchorage before I had to leave, it was a blast!

Then it was back down to Medford hanging out with the besties.

I love my sistah

Love my llama too :)

It didn't take long to get back into the normal routine and enjoy good old Medford. I am just hoping that I don't move for a very long time, unless its to Portland, I am so sick of moving! I even still have to fully move back from Alaska since I didn't want to make the drive in the winter again I stored the cars and belongings in a storage unit. I am planning this summer to make a good long trip from Alaska enjoying more sight seeing.

Tuck happy to be done with moving

Mr. McNuggies loves hanging out

Josh and Andy

It was pretty chilly so after sometime I bundled up in the back of the Yukon to stay out of the wind and stay warm. Great idea!

I spend quite some time down in Ashland hanging out with Josh and Arianna and meeting new friends. Ashland is a fun little town with good resturants and shopping, 

Dinner at Blacksheep Pub

Arianna is the most gracious woman I have ever met, I love spending time with her and we have such a good time always.

Love Ari :)

Ben, Natasha and I, along with the dogs, were able to spend a day snowshoeing in Ashland. We had such a great time enjoying the beautiful weather and watching the dogs play. We also did do a little target practice with handguns, it was pretty fun!

Ben, Rogue, & Natasha

Love this girl!

Shooting time

Gorgeous Oregon!

Last weekend was Gail's 22nd birthday!!! I took her out for a Manicure & Pedicure, then it was time to take the birthday girl out. I got her a cute decorative wine glass for her birthday gift along with balloons and a silly card. We all had a blast on her birthday and made sure the birthday girl was well taken care of.

Happy Birthday Gail!

Night out with the Birthday girl

22!!