Bringing in 2011

Wow. It's official. I'm a terrible blogger. Well, I guess it's time for a quick catch up cuz there have been quite of a few changes from July 2010. And today is June 15, 2011!! (Yes, June 15th. The title says March 29th-that is a day when I attempted to make a post, but didn't finish) Ah! Where has the time gone? First off, hello! It's nice to write you again... to whoever is out there reading my belated posts. I hope I can remember what all has happened since my last post. I will start with the furthest back event I can remember...

I turned 25 in August! Jas and I traveled to Utah and spent a few wonderful days with family. It's so funny, I still feel like I'm a kid and 25 seems way too old...even tho I know it's not really that old. Have I really been alive this long? I guess so! My mom was way cute, she threw a Birthday Luau! Very fun! We had a different gathering this year because it was also Kelly's (my mom's now husband) birthday a few weeks before, so we had a combined party and I had the opportunity to meet his family. They are lovely people, and have some adorable little ones too.

In September, I starting teaching dance again!! One of the sweetest ladies I know, Leann, asked if I would help her out this year with her oldest dance classes while she was pregnant. Her studio is called Danceworks, located here in Ft. Collins. What darling girls I have!! This year has reminded me just how much I've missed dancing! I also am taking a dance class with my cute friend RaQuelle taught by the talented Polly at Contemporary Dance Academy. Boy, do I have some work to do to get back to where I was before we moved.

October was quite an eventful month. My mom was married on the 20th to Kelly Jensen, and she was an absolutely beautiful bride. Jason and I were lucky and found some inexpensive plane tickets so we didn't have to drive across Wyoming...again. There have been quite a few difficult changes this year, but things are looking up! My mom seems so happy. Her wedding was super fun with a yummy dinner and dessert and dancing (of course!). Love you Mom!

November was a big month! I decided to throw Jason a surprise birthday party for his big 30th!!!! Yay! Boy, was Jason surprised! Thanks to all of our friends who came and helped!! You are wonderful and we value your friendship!! We also traveled to Utah again for Thanksgiving! We spent the day and had our feast with Jason's cute family, and went to my Mom's for dessert. Unfortunately, my Dad had to work through Thanksgiving (darn airlines!), but I was lucky and spent a few fun filled days with him when was home. For the first time EVER, I did the whole black friday thing...kinda-it was still Thursday technically. My lil sis Tay, Kaye (my amazing mother in-law), Mandy, Kandus, & Jessie (my sis in-laws) went to Park City to find all the deals! Awesome!! We had a blast and I purchased almost half of my Christmas in ONE night! Sweet. Thanks for an awesome time girls! Love you ;) Also in November, I was put in as the Laurel advisor in our ward! I absolutely love it! The girls are so beautiful and talented. The leaders...AMAZING! I love these incredible women. Oh, how blessed I am!

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!! December was, of course, all about Christmas. I love that time of year. We again got lucky and flew home to Utah for about a week. It's always so nice to be with family over the holidays. Hopefully, this Christmas we will be just as lucky. It was a very different Christmas, now that we have three places to visit. We spent Christmas Eve with Jason's family, Christmas morning with my Mom, and the evening with my Dad and my extended Keck family. YES!! He was home on Christmas! A beautiful miracle! It was a wonderful day to celebrate the birth of our Savior.

Basically I can summarize January, February, March & April in two words. Busy Season. My life is consumed by taxes. However, as I mentioned before, I am also teaching dance and Body Jam during all of this. So each week has around 60-65 hrs at work, 7 hrs of teach dance, 1 hr of Body Jam class time, and 2 hrs for YW, and recently I've had a plethora of doctor visits. This leaving hardly any time to sleep, let alone relax. My poor husband listens to me complain way too much. Gosh, I am lucky to have him to keep me grounded. And to top it off, our generous government gave us until the 18th of April to file individual and partnership tax returns. Lovely. I got to work an additional weekend and Monday. Let's just say, I was reaady for the 19th of April. Fortunately, We've had several visitors come to see us! I love it when that happens!! It makes working this hard while Jason's in school so worth it! Thanks to Kaye & Marion, Jessie, Dad & Ingrid, Mom, Kami, & Taylor for visiting and helping keep my sanity intact.

May was a fun month! Throughout my life, every May is dance recital time! It was something I looked forward to every year. Well, since we've moved to Fort Collins, I haven't been a part of one in the last 2 years. This year I had my own!! After a year of hard work and dedication, Danceworks was ready for a spring recital. It came off beautifully. Thank you ladies! Love you! Also in May...Jason started his fourth and final year of Vet School!!! Wow! I can't believe it has been three years already! This year is quite different as he is at the hospital and working. He has a new rotation about every two weeks, and he is already on his third! He is extremely busy, and is at the hospital quite a bit more. I hardly see him :( but I knew it was coming so I am staying busy. I love you, honey!

We haven't been home in awhile, so I am getting a little home sick. I miss our family and friends! However, I am planning a trip home over the 4th of July weekend! Our car has many things that need fixing, and Jason really wanted to have his mechanic in Utah work on it for us. Fortunately, Jessie came to see us this past weekend, so we swapped her cars. So, I will be driving (alone-Jason has to be at the VTH) to Utah on July 1st!! Yahoo! Hope I make it all the way across. Yikes.

One last piece of huge news...We are going on a cruise!! Amazing, huh?! In May, we celebrated our 5th Anniversary, and we decided a cruise would be our present to each other. Great idea, right?! We both cannot wait! We will be leaving on July 31st for a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Montego Bay, Jamaica, & Cozumel, Mexico! We are so excited we can hardly stand it. Hopefully, we can finally relax!

Well, that's what's been going on with us lately! Sorry if this post sounds like a diary entry; I was trying to be very informative. Wow, well in a few months I will be 26! It's almost been a year. Hopefully, I will not get this behind from now on. I will also try to post some pictures over the next fews days from the past few months. We love and miss you all!!!

Lotts of Love,
Brittany