Fun Memories

As many of you know, Ryan and I are officially moving to Texas! Now that my friends are planning my going away shindig, I have to come to terms that I'm leaving them. It's been the best and sometimes worst 2 years, but I've had awesome friends to get through it. I can't believe my time with them is ending so soon and I'm trying to get in as much time with them as possible. So here are some funny memories that I have had over these past 2 years. So here's to California and all of you who have made it so special. Feel free to e-mail me any more memories you can think of to add to the list. I'd love to add more!

Settlers of Catan nights at the Nielsen’s, Amy’s chocolate chip cookies, telling everyone “I caught something from work” (pregnancy), bed rest, Hilary’s encouraging phone calls, Emily’s enchiladas, fun chats in the nasty mother’s lounge, making fruit baskets at enrichment, pregnant women (at church and work), “I’ve been bamboozled!” Eric and Amy asking if I had any good “stories” from work, hearing “I’m paining” (in an Indian accent) out of a labor room every night at work, baby showers galore, going out to eat, Becky’s tomato dip, teaching Relief Society, visiting the “newest arrivals” at the hospital, having advice sessions, GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT!, blogging, Eric and Mike “frogging” and doing the worm, celebrating birthdays, List 5 things game, white elephant/ Yankee swap Christmas party, “Can’t get enough Super Golden Crisp…”, working night shift, Live Nativity (Bethlehem), many many trips to Safeway, walking with Hilary, “Can I get a little more cow bell?”, getting makeovers with Angie and Becky, going to the mall with friends, Oakland Temple trips, walking with Janelle to try to get me into labor, Sundays in the Nursery with the twins leaving my class sweating from jumping around, Pounce matches, Wahoo, Train, Kevin Buchannan phone calls, watching BYU football, early early basketball alarm, playgroups, swimming at the pool, Michelle’s boyfriend at Cheesecake, leaving the house at 10:30 almost every night for work and wishing that I was going to bed instead, waiting for HC’s, Andy swearing our child never cried until he actually had to watch him, Bria asking me about my baby before I even knew I was pregnant!, photo shoots with Ethan, hanging out with Carly, Michelle’s chocolate fountain, swelling face and huge “cankles”, pregnancy DDR, Emily’s perfect hospitality, Livy calling Emily “Cinderella”, beach trip with Amy, watching Napoleon, post conference dates at Max’s, hanging out at Janelle’s, all of the fun BBQ’s, Thanksgivings with the Eves’, FHE’s at the Uyleman’s when we first moved in, pregnancy announcements from everyone, my baby shower, “un-holy hot”, back row in Relief Society, blue scrub wardrobe, “my belly button has fallen off” (in an Indian accent), Linger Longers, Murder Mystery dinner at Becky’s the night before I became a mother, Michelle as the “bag lady”, Scum games, Clue night when Becky dressed up all “Flashy” and had crazy amounts of lipstick on, pumpkin belly, Hilary’s birthday party extravaganza, fun friends, the Youth, grossing Andy and Ryan out with “nursing talk”, Giants game with Gilroy garlic fries, watching conference at the Van Dykes, and many many more memories!