Thanksgiving

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone already! Where does time go?! My Thanksgiving was a fabulous one....We had just the Nuttall crew over at Trev and Kat's new house! We had such a great time! Which leads me to what I am most Thankful for....my family. I have the greatest family...I love so much. I do not know what I would do without a wonderful set of parents, and my awesome siblings and sister inlaws, and don't even get me started on my nieces and nephews (It's really not describable the love I have for each of those kids!) Im incredibly grateful for a family that loves and cares so much for me, grateful we all get along and have so much fun together. Im grateful for the examples they are to me. Mom, Dad, Trev, Kat, Parker, Evrett, Fletch, Joss, Chad, Nic, Malleri, Merissa, Ella, Sawyer, Lucy, Chris, Heather, Madi, Cami Love you all very much!
To see pictures of the Nuttall Thanksgiving see

www.thenuttallclan.blogspot.com It was a great day!

If you just Believe....

Last weekend Arlene, Tonja and I went up to Willliams....to ride the Polar Express! Call us 5 year olds...But we had the greatest time! I would suggest this to anyone - don't get me wrong...It probably would have been even more fun with kiddos....But don't worry I'm pretty sure we had more fun than any kid on the train! There was Christmas music playing on the train - they served hot chocolate and cookies - and read the story to us on the way to the "North Pole" - where Santa got on the train - and apparently I was the only adult on the nice list...Because I was the only one of us that got a magic bell from Santa (Arlene and Tonja you know you are still a tad bitter!) Anyway! We had a fabulous time and it made me even more excited for Christmas! (Like I needed that!) 

I Believe

Mr. C.

Too bad they don't look too excited (FALSE!)

Waiting for the Train

Store front in downtown Williams So Fun!

Christmas Tree in the middle of downtown!

OREGON

Our cute little house

Be AFRAID of Sasquatch!!

Me and Arlene on a Bridge

The beautiful temple (note the red leaves)

The Column in Astoria

This is us in front of the Bayview bakery

By far our fav place to eat

This is where the cute old man stopped to take our pic!

Multnomah Falls

So I have been a bad blogger lately...for anyone who reads Tonja and Arlene's blogs....I am slacking! Two weeks ago the 3 of us went to Oregon for 4 fabulous days! We had the greatest time - words can't even describe how perfect this trip was! I could write for pages and pages everything we saw and did but I'll leave it to the pictures and highlights!

Highlights of the trip include.....

*Seeing and hiking to AMAZING waterfalls
*Staying in a cute little beach house for $20 ( for the whole weekend)
*Listening to Christmas music as we drove
*Watching Christmas movies every night
*Going to Tilamook Cheese Factory
*Seeing the Goonies house and other places from the Goonies

*Seeing the angry ocean hit up against the rocky beaches
*Meeting a sweet old man who just pulled over on the side of the road just to take our picture and proceed to tell us all the best places to eat on the coast (loved him)

*Seeing the end of the Oregon trail
*Facing my fears and eating at the BIG FOOT pub and grub YIKES
*Seeing the beutiful fall leaves everywhere
*Seeing the Portland temple (Pretty sure its my new favorite)
*Traveling with Arlene and Tonja (we make quite the combination)

I absolutely loved this trip! Oregon was beautiful! Cant wait to go back!

FEELING GOOD

I VOTED today - don't know if it is because I live in Phoenix or what but there was no waiting at all I walked in....voted....and left within 5 minutes! It was a beutiful thing!! Just wanna say it feels good to vote - sounds cheesy and cliche...but I am proud to be an American... Glad we have the oppurtunity to live in this country -Im grateful for the founding fathers who I know were men of God - who fought hard to make this country what it is. I realize this country is not in the best of situations right now - but it could be so much worse! It makes me proud that so many people are getting so involved in this election. I think it is awesome! I hope it all turns out for the best! I am excited to see history be made one way or another today.
I also find incredible peace in knowing that good, bad, or indifferent in the world, the church will always stand fast and unwavering. Im grateful to have that foundation in my life. It brings incredible peace of mind - no matter what happens around us the church teachings and leaders will not change and will always lead us in the right direction.

Disneyland

As you can tell by pictures and for those of you who read Kathy's blog...I went to Disneyland with the Trev and Kat fam! We had the funnest time! I loved being there with Parks, Ev, Fletch, and Joss - they made it so much fun! (Trev and Kat you guys were ok to be with :) JK!!) Actually I have been to Dland more times with Kathy than I have anyone else - we first went to Dland together when we were 14 years old! Who knew 15 years later we would still be going and this time with her 4 kids! The boys were so cute and they braved all the big kid rides - we somehow talked/tricked them into the Tower of Terror! I never thought I would go to the haunted mansion 6+ times... but I did and I loved it more everytime! It even made me teary eyed (get help!) dont know if it was because that is Parker and Ev's fav movie and they were excited or if I just got excited for Christmas - prob a combo of both!! Can't wait to go at Christmas time although I may lose my mind (in a good way) because two of my favorite things...Christmas + Disneyland = OVERWHELMING!! Thanks Trev and Kat for letting me tag along!

Some excitement in My Life!

So as many of you know my dental career started back in the day right after high school when good ol' Dr Stapley so graciously offered to train me to be his assistant (still do not know what possessed him to do such a thing) But boy am I grateful! so long story short...I worked there for several years until I decided to do the hygiene thing - when I started school - not working for Stapley felt like the weirdest thing in the world...after all it was all I knew for ten years - After I graduated I started temping -- this made me really really miss the comfort of Dr. Stapley's office! Unfortunately, for me, his hygienists have both been there for several years and there was not a position open there......UNTIL LAST WEEK!!! One of his hygienists has decided to move to California....And guess who is headed back!! YEP TRACIE!! I could not be happier! This has been such a blessing because temping has been SO SLOW right now I have not really been working enough! So I am super grateful for this opportunity and cant wait to start on the 20th for Dr. Stapley and crew.....again!!

My other exciting news is that I am going to Oregon in November! Arlene, Tonja, and I are headed to Seaside to stay on the coast in a beach house for 5 days! We are going to celebrate Arlene's big 3-0!! I am super excited although I think we might freeze to death! But I cant wait!! I love traveling with these two...we have been to Cali a few times together and we conquered a ten day trip with 6 girls in NYC! I'm excited for our new adventure! If anyone has been there or has suggestions of what we should do lmk! Tonja and Arlene don't worry I have the count down going we leave in 26 days!

NOT GOOD!!

What beats getting pulled over???

Having your 2 nieces with you when it happens...

What beats that???

Having your Brother Sister-in-law there to watch the whole thing

And what can beat that.....

Having Chad send me this picture message while the cop is writing my ticket!!

Thanks for documenting Chad....

Yep that is me....Congrats!

Now this happened about a month ago... HOWEVER...I got the privelege of going to the Mesa court house today! HATED IT!!! I do not know if anyone has had this wonderous oppurtunity...but turns out it was pretty gross! I wanted to bathe in hand sanitizer after I left! Luckily I ended up with a bargain priced ticket of $173 and I made a friend named Angel... who is not only 20 and headed to prison but has been been there 2 times before...Don't worry he assured me he was a good person and not to be afraid him! And I wasn't....FALSE!! There was a dude who looked like Snoop Dogg and was yelling obscenities at the top of his lungs...Also met a pregnant girl who proceeded to tell me she had to see a judge because she had a suspended license because she had 3 unpaid tickets....Not sure why everyone decided to tell me there legal issues...But it was FULL ENTERTAINMENT!!! Lets just say I was more than grateful to get the heck out of there! And I have renewed my commitment to be a law abiding citizen!!