2012 Holden Family Year in Review

As our 2012 year came to an end I wanted to go 

ahead and re-cap everything that happened and do our

'Holden Family Year in Review'..

2012 was filled with lots of great things! I always enjoy

looking back and re-living all the great memories I have

been able to enjoy! 

So here goes.. 2012 Year in Review..

Rang in the New Year again in Vegas with my family! 

Wonderful and fun trip! 

Enjoyed my parents annual Superbowl Party in February..

even though our favorite team wasn't in it..

Had a great Valentines day even though my hubby

had to work.. He decorated our house, got flowers and chocolates!

Enjoyed a March softball tournament and a good glimpse of Spring..

Nascar Weekend in Vegas with the family.. Filled with lots of

shopping, laughs and Nascar..

Bought a new truck...

Blue Angels in St. George.. Such a cool experience

Spent a weekend in Vegas for a Softball Tournament..

Fun weekend with my hubby..

Baby sister turned 16

And heaven gained a beautiful Angel.. a dear friend of mine

 passed away from cancer..

My mom and I headed to the annual Womens Conference in

Provo at BYU. It was spiritually fulfilling and so awesome

as usual.. I also loved the quality time with my mom...

Adam & I went and saw Brian Reagan at Tuachan.. he was hilarious!

Mom turned 50 this year.. Dad turned 49! 

Adam got a new job at the Blindman

Watched the cool Solar Eclipse..

Spent a beautiful weekend in Pine Valley for Memorial Day.. 

Celebrated my 25th Birthday with a pedicure with mom, lots of gifts, dinner at Pancho & 

Lefty's and yummy Cold Stone cake! 

And then celebrated Adam's 26th Birthday with both of

our families (his parents were in town)

Got new wood flooring done in our whole house and got
new carpet for our bedrooms! 


Celebrated Fathers Day and enjoyed swimming in our 110 degree
weather..

Found out one of my best friends, Krystal was pregnant and expecting
a baby in February 2013! 

Spent 4th of July at my parents new house eating, swimming
and watching Fireworks..

My baby brother came home from his mission in Tampa FL..
we were all thrilled!! 



Went to Oahu, Hawaii end of July.. 
pure bliss....








Found out my best friend, Chelsey was pregnant and expecting her
baby in March of 2013!

Labor Day weekend in Pine Valley.. and we had Trev back! 
Fun weekend of four-wheeling! 


Our good friend Keli'i came back to stay with us and brought 
his Australian girlfriend! Had a lot of fun weekends with them..
especially the ones in Pine Valley !



Went to a work conference in California and my mom tagged along!
It was so fun! 

Conference Weekend was spent in Pine Valley.. 
such beautiful weather..


Trevor proposed to Linzi in October on the Dixie Hill
and had all the family included..
it was beautiful! 


Fourth Wedding Anniversary was spent together
just relaxing and enjoying a nice meal out! 



Lost my incredible Grandpa Shifflet on October 29th ..
He was the sweetest, funniest, most witty man I've ever known.
He is missed every day.. I'm glad I got to make a trip out
to Pueblo, see my cousins and make great memories..
It was also good to show Adam Pueblo and have him
see that part of my life.. 

Last picture with Grandpa.. July 2012

Thanksgiving 2012 was spent in St. George.. my Aunt, cousins
and Grandma came over.. Delicious food and a fun weekend of 
shopping and hanging out! 


Photo - Bombing was the new thing this year. .



Got to be a part of Trevor & Linzi's Bridal Pictures.. 

Got my old blonde hair 'do back! 

Some new Christmas traditions and old ones this year..
Lots of fun times with the family during the holiday season.



Completely spoiled and blessed this Christmas! 
And rang in 2013 in viva Las Vegas with my loved ones..

Well that is my review of the year.. 
2012 you have been very, very good to me but I am excited for 2013..
It's amazing what you can fit into a year and all that you can
accomplish! I feel very blessed for all the treasured memories
I got to have in 2012..There were hard times for sure, but 
many wonderful times as well..

May 2013 bring more of the same :) 

Trip Up North..

The first part of January Adam and I decided

to head up to Salt Lake to visit his family. This Christmas

we weren't able to spend with them so it was really nice

to get to spend a weekend with them! And we were excited

to be a part of our nephew Jordan's baptism!

 We both decided to take work off on Friday and drive up Thursday evening. 

Weather was good, besides the fact that it was fareeezzing cold.

It was a about 5 degrees when we got to their house..

I didn't start our trip off very good and ended up with

a horrible tooth pain. Unfortunately, the pain didn't go away and

only got worse, luckily I was on antibiotics and pain killers, but it was still

tough to get through the weekend. 

We spent most of our time just visiting and relaxing with the family. 

I was so blessed to have an amazing family that was able

to give me a priesthood blessing and take care of 

me so much while I was in pain..

On Saturday morning Adam and his brother, dad and nephew

went bunny hunting. They had a blast but didn't get anything. That

afternoon was the baptism. We were so proud of Jordan! 

He's such a cute 8 year old! 

I really wanted to go to City Creek Center and enjoy

some Salt Lake activities but between my pain and the freezing

temperatures we didn't get out to do much! I really liked just being

at home with the family. That's one nice thing about

my in laws, is that it's a good time just sitting around with them! 

I really missed my sister in law too.. since she's moved 

up north we haven't got to have some fun chatting sessions.. 

and it was great to spend some quality time with her! 

Adam took some fun pictures of the kids on our

trip.. here are some of my favorite! 

miss this bunch! 

I also got the amazing chance to see my best friend's

new house.. which is not so new to her anymore! 

I loved seeing it.. it's absolutely gorgeous and I loved

 seeing her cute pregnant self! Miss her so much! 

New Years 2012

New Years 2012 didn't disappoint! 
We headed down to Las Vegas again with my family. 
We were able to spend Saturday through Tuesday down there
and stay again at the beautiful Palazzo hotel. 

That Saturday when we headed down my Grandma
was with us since we were dropping her off at the airport the next
morning. We didn't do much our first day but a little 
shopping and eat a yummy dinner. It was fun to have my
Grandma with us for a little bit. 

The next morning my Grandma left and we enjoyed a day of
shopping and watching some football. It was actually a relaxing
day considering we were in Vegas. That night we went
to the New York New York casino and did a little gambling
The boys lost.. and my mom won big! 
Her big win and my tiny pathetic win.. 

New Years Eve day we 
again did more shopping.. what else do you do in Vegas? 
And that evening before the craziness and firework show, we
went and saw Cris Angel the Magician and very cool show at
the Luxor. I really liked the show but it wasn't something I'd
go see again! He was a funny guy though! 

After the show we just decided to walk down the strip
and make our way towards the Palazoo. Since it was about 9 or 10
that night the strip was already closed so it was easy
to walk around and the street was already getting filled of people. 
We also went into the Paris hotel and had their delicious
buffet for dinner! 

After dinner we just roamed the streets and got ready 
for the firework show! It was freezing cold that night and
so we were all bundled up! It was such a fun night though
and even more fun having my brother with us! 
The firework show is amazing as always.. I love watching
them off Treasure Island and Palazzo, we always get the
best view! I'm one lucky girl to get such a fun
trip to start off my New Year! 

Here are a few pictures from New Years Eve! ...

Happy New Year 2012!

Christmas 2012

I can't believe the Christmas holiday has come and gone already.

This year I don't know what it was but the whole month

of December flew by and I didn't even fit everything

in I was hoping to do! 

Christmas 2012 was spent here in St. George. 

I was lucky enough to have all my side of the family around

but we did miss our Holden family this year! 

We had my grandma in from Colorado, Uncle, Aunt and cousin

from Colorado, Uncle, Aunt, cousins from California and all our

St. George family this year.. 

On Christmas Eve Adam and I headed over around 2

to my parents house. I always like getting there early 

before all the rest of the family show up! 

My parents wanted to keep it real simple this year for dinner

and so we ordered Bucca Di Peppo for Christmas Eve. It was delicious! 

Our night was filled with the traditional festivities of Christmas Eve.

I sure love this night.. Christmas Eve has always

been the more celebrated day with my family! 

After our yummy dinner we exchanged cousin white-elephant

gifts and cousin gift card gifts.. 

Both of our 'stories' were fun and Adam and I ended up getting

an ovulation kit and 'boob job' for our white-elephant gifts! 

All of the gifts were pretty creative! 

For our gift cards we got Menchies and Cold Stone..

We didn't come out too bad with getting two yummy gift cards! 

After our gift exchanges we started the annual 

Bingo game! It got a little crazy with our 20+ people

but was still a blast nonetheless! 

Once the fun and games calmed down it was just my 

immediate family that was left, with grandma of course

and sometimes this is just the way I like it on Christmas Eve.

The night finally calms down and we can open a few presents.

We always get our surprise 'Christmas PJ's' which were so comfy..

This year Adam decided my mom should have some to open as

well, so we got her some cute red jammies. 

After we opened those presents we decided to head down stairs

and watch a movie. The past 3 years since Adam and I have 

been married, we have stayed the night at my parents..

it may be funny to some, since we live only about 5 minutes away

from them, but I love it! I guess it just makes me feel

like a kid again and I love being home. Adam is always such a supporter

and never really questions my crazy wishes! 

Unfortunately there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed,

so we didn't have the best nights sleep. 

Trevor pulled his mattress out on the basement floor, Tay was on the 

love sac and Adam and I slept on the couches.. We turned

on Polar Express and I was out within the first few minutes! 

I remember waking up around midnight that night 

my cute siblings and Adam sleeping peacfully and I looked

at my mom's beautiful tree that she has had since I was young

and it was giving off the perfect Christmas glow I couldn't resist snapping a shot

of it..I just love it..

Even though we have no young children in my family yet..

we were somehow all up at 6:30.. way too early! 

My mom is cute and still does the whole "Santa" thing for Tay

and us since we are there! It's funny! 

We did get an awesome camera that we both wanted

and a lot of cool presents. We were truly spoiled! 

Christmas Day was spent relaxing and watching movies! 

We watched the new Batman, Bourne Legacy, and Trouble with the Curve

all great shows.. But it was just quite a boring day.

It was also weird and sad to not be able to run over

 and see our other family! I sure miss having them so close! 

It was great however to have all my mom's family in town

and my sweet grandmother. It was nice to all be together for the holiday.

Every year I'm pretty sure I say the same thing.. but

we are truly blessed and are so thankful for this amazing holiday.

I'm so grateful for the birth of my Savior and the awesome

gospel that I get to have in my life. 

I love the spirit of Christmas, it's by far my absolute

favorite time of the year.. I think in part because I love

to be with family and I love planning all the fun activities..

Adam and I were again spoiled this year.. 

Adam got me way too much, as usual..

his parents spoiled us during the Thanksgiving holiday and after

and my family got us way too much..

but in the spirit of Christmas we loved the giving and receiving! 

Hope you all had an amazing Christmas Holiday filled with lots

of laughter, family, friends and the spirit of our Savior.