I love my Daddy!

Again I have been slacking on our blog, but I have a really good excuse this time. I've been finally reading the Twiling series and I have not been able to put it down for a whole week, I finished the last one yesterday and I loved it! I knew that it would be that way, so I waited until I had plenty of free time to just go for it. I'm pretty impressed with myself with how fast I read them, but it was too good to put it down! Now I'm looking for other good books to keep up my thirst for reading! ANY IDEAS?

Two weeks ago Tiffany and I got to go down to Rock Springs to visit Bryan for a few days. It was a really long trip, specially for Tiffany and she had a hard time adjusting to the hotel room, but she LOVED being with her dad. She's been having some stranger anxiety lately with people but I'm sure glad she doesn't have that with her dad, specially after being away from him for a while. She loves to just stare at him and then engages in the longest conversation...like she's trying to catch him up on what's been going on with her life. Then Friday Bryan got to come up for the weekend and she had even more fun with him being home. She's so much more calm when he's around and I get so much more done...it was sure a fun weekend!

catching up!

So here I am trying to catch up with what happened for the holidays! I'm now officially a stay at home mom so I haven't had much time for anything...just trying to adapt being alone with Tiffany all day. Bryan got a job down in Wyoming working for Halliburton and until he can find us a place to live down there I'm here in Rexburg! We don't see each other very much at all, and that really sucks, specially because Tiffany is growing so fast and learning so many things everyday that he doesn't get to see. But it is for a short period of time, and then we'll be together again! His schedule will still be crazy, but at least we'll get to see each other everyday! So if anyone is around Rexburg and wants to hang out...I'm up for anything to not stay at home all day!

But Christmas was so much fun! Christmas Eve we spent with my sister-in-law's family and the food was just delicious! Then on Christmas day it was just our family here at my house, we got to open gifts and watch Elf...it was just really special to be able to have my parents around for Tiffany's 1st Christmas! Bryan got me a computer since mine broke down and I needed something to do while at home all by myself! I loved it! Tiffany of course got tons of stuff from everybody, including that little book that she's managed to hold on that picture...so cute!

On the 30th was my b-day and Bryan had already gone back to work, but I had my family and Mathew and Barbara over for a carrot cake...it didn't look very good, but tasted delicious! Tiffany was also celebrating her 3rd month...I can't believe how fast time goes by...she's SO BIG and so smart...she amazes me everyday with the new things she can do! She is the only thing that's been keeping me from breaking down for having bryan gone for so long!
On the 31st my parents left to go back to Brasil...it was really sad seeing them say goodbye specially to Tiffany...they got so attached to her and now we don't even know when they'll get to see her again, but it was the best thing in the world to have them around...specially my mom for all those months! I know I couldn't have done it without her! We had a great time together and got a lot closer!

But for as sad as I was with everything, I still wanted to celebrate the New Year...2008 was one of the most memorable years of my life, so many great things happened that I wanted to end it right! We had a party over at a friend's house with delicious food, music, friends and even champagne (without alcohol of course!)...it was way fun!

And this was my end of the year...I'm now at home full time and have actually been ejoying it! This is the first Fall semester that I don't go to school and it feels good...I'm just glad to be done and to have Tiffany now to take care of!

Week in Utah!

I feel like I've been very absent from my blog but it's probably because I don't have my own computer anymore...Bryan takes his to work and I have to share my mom's, which means I don't get much of a chance! Plus last week we went down to Utah and I didn't even get close to a computer! But it was WAY fun though! My friend Paola was getting married on the 18th and we were able to meet with friends from Brazil I hadn't seen in years! Of course we managed to do lots of shopping while we there, despite of the bad weather in Park City that made it very scary to drive back home, specially with an inexperienced driver such as my dad! On our way back to Idaho I had to drive half the way because he was scaring me! But we made it back and now we are in the middle of this horrible snow storm... I don't even want to leave the house! I wish I would've been smarter and finished all my christmas shopping ahead of time! A lesson for next year I guess! But I'm not going to translate now cuz I'm out of time and my mom is kicking me out of here!MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!

I'm a graduate!

I can't believe this day finally arrived! After 4 years of hard work...the reward! And I graduated Magna Cum Laude, top 5 percent of the graduating class! It was an amazing day! I'm so glad my parents were able to make it! They worked so hard so that I could be there that I don't even know how to thank them enough for everything! President Uchtdorf was there and his words were very inspiring! I was very impressed with all the formality and specially the spirit that I felt during the whole thing! The only thing that didn't make the day perfect is that Bryan couldn't be there...I really wish he could've made it.

Nem acredito q esse dia finalmente chegou! Depois de 4 anos de mto estudo...a recompensa! E eu me formai Magna Cum Laude, top 5% da classe! Foi um dia mto especial! Eu sou tao grata q meus pais puderam estar lah. Eles batalharam tanto pra q eu pudesse chegar nesse ponto q nem sei como agradece-los por td! O Presidente Uchtdorf estava lah e suas palavras foram mto inspiradoras. Eu fikei bem impressionada com a formalidade e principalmente o espirito q eu senti durante td! A unica razao pelo qual o dia nao foi perfeito foi q o Bryan nao pode estar lah...gostaria mto q ele tivesse ido!

Our thanksgiving...

It's been a while since I updated here and a lot has happened, but for now I just wanted to share some pictures of our Thanksgiving! We went to Bryan's grandparents in Grouse Creek, UT and it was way fun! We had our thanksgiving dinner on Saturday so that more people could be there and it was delicious! We spent some good time with everyone and Tiffany loved all the attention.

Jah faz um tempo desde a ultima vez q eu postei por aki, mas por agora eu soh vou colocar umas fotos do feriado de Acao de Gracas. Nos fomos pra casa dos avos do Bryan em Grouse Creek, UT e nos divertimos muito. Nosso jantar de acao de gracas foi no sabado ao inves de quinta pq a maioria da familia soh chegou sexta a noite e estava uma delicia! Curtimos mto estar com todo mundo e a Tiffany adorou toda a atencao e os colos!