Happy New Year! 2009!

Nine years ago tonight I met Matt at a singles dance at Saltaire. We met after midnight. I was pretty outgoing at that time.. I wouldn't just wait for a guy to ask me to slow-dance. I had been complaining to my sister & my friend that no one was asking me to dance. Just then a slow song came on. I decided that I'd just go ask someone. On my way Matt stopped me and asked me to dance! It was fate.. or I'd like to think it was. :) We danced and talked and laughed! I thought he was so hot (I was 19)! At the end of the song he asked me for my phone number! Of course I gave it to him. The very next day he called me and asked me out for that night! He wasn't wasting time. Our story just goes on from there. We spent as much time with each other or on the phone with each other as we could. Two months after we met we were engaged. Seven months after we met we were married! New Years Eve always brings me wonderful memories of our courtship! :)

Family pictures..

I got everything set up in my living room to take some family pictures. Got myself ready, got both girls ready in dresses with hairdo's and bows and tights and all, had Matt get ready... by the time we were all ready Abby was not cooperative!! So, in essence we didn't get a very good family picture. We'll have to try again sometime. Thanks to Tiffany (neighbor) for being patient in waiting for us to be ready.. and for helping us to try and get a decent picture. At the end of it, we have a few cute pictures.. so I'll share! :)

Santa!

We went to a party today for tooelemommies.com. It was the kids Christmas party. Abby had a blast, of course! Well, Santa came to the party too! He was a wonderful Santa! Abby was afraid of him, but awfully interested too. Lucy didn't mind him at all. Here's our pictures!

For all you blog-stalkers... :)

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Blessing

We blessed Lucy on 11/30 in our ward. We had a busy day. We had a breakfast before the blessing. We went to the ward and Matt blessed Lucy. He almost blessed her with the name Lucy Jean Bonham - not Lucile Jean Bonham! But, he caught himself and corrected with Lucile Jean Bonham. :) It was a beautiful blessing. He blessed her to have a strong testimony. To find a spouse to take her to the temple someday. He blessed her to be a good example to others around her. It was special. He was so proud to be her father and to be blessing her. Right after sacrament meeting we drove down to Orem, UT for my nephew Lukas to be ordained deacon.